Beautiful Heartache is a 2009 studio album by Russian pianist and singer-songwriter, Oksana Grigorieva, with Mel Gibson as executive producer.

Gibson served as co-writer on the song, "Say My Name," and recorded four music videos for the album's release.

[1] She grew up in Ukraine,[2] and at the age of 15 moved to Moscow to attend university to learn piano.

[1] After studying at the Royal College of Music,[2] she moved to the United States and spent time living in New York City and Los Angeles, California.

[1] A 2006 song she wrote, "Un Dia Llegara", became popular on the Josh Groban album, Awake; this garnered her recognition as a songwriter.

[6] The music project was made by the film production company Icon Entertainment, owned by Gibson.

"[14] Gibson served as director of four music videos intended to accompany the release of the album.

[2] Grigorieva stated of working with Gibson as a music video director, "I kept asking him, 'Please, give me directions!'

"[1] In describing the music videos, she observed, "They're like dramatic miniature films a whirlpool of different, exciting, bright images.

[10] Beautiful Heartache was marketed as "grown-up, piano-led pop, heavy on classical motifs".

[18] A music video for the second single released from the album featured Grigorieva on the piano, as well as portraying an assistant to a knife-thrower.

[18] ABC News reported that Beautiful Heartache garnered the singer "rave reviews" from music critics.

"[4] In a review of the album, Jack Foley of IndieLondon gave it a rating of 4 out of 5, and observed, "throughout, she displays a keen ear for melody, for honest emotional simplicity and classic values.