But it's Bee original song before she decided to re-record with Shakira.
I'm aware. Still, the fact that Shakira is big in Europe and Latin America plays a role in "Beautiful Liar"'s worldwide success. She's not simply a featured artist; she shares about as many lines in the song as Beyonce.
It's both of their damn hit. Let's not make this a matter of whose song it is because they both are credited. And to the person that said he/she doesn't know why the song flopped in the US, since when is debuting at number 1 on the digital downloads chart and making history by jumping all the way from the 90s to the top 10 a flop? Yeah, it may have left the top 10 early, but it is a hit nonetheless.