3 Words
3 Words is the debut studio album by English singer Cheryl Cole released on 23 October 2009 by Fascination Records. Musically, it features a dance-pop and R&B sound to it. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 125,271 copies in its first week. The album also charted on the Irish, Australian and Swiss charts. In the UK the album was certified three times Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and has since sold 1,000,000 copies in the country alone.
Critical reception
3 Words received generally favourable reviews from music critics, earning a rating of 62 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 6 reviews.
Track listing
Sample credits
" Heaven" contains samples from" Is You" by D. I. M. , written by Andreas Meid.
" Happy Hour" contains samples from" Nevermore" by Renaldo Domino, written by Richard Pegue.
" Boy Like You" contains samples from" Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac, written by Christine McVie and Eddy Quintela.
3 Words - The B-Sides EP
A digital EP featuring the three B-sides to the three singles from the 3 Words album, titled 3 Words - The B-Sides EP, was released online on 18 April 2010 from Fascination Records.
Personnel
Cheryl Cole - lead vocals, co-writer
William" will. i. am" Adams - executive producer, featured vocals, background vocals, producer, arrange, mixing, Instrumentation, co-writer
Taio Cruz - producer, featured vocals, instrumentation, co-writer
Priscilla Renea - co-writer, background vocals
Louis Biancaniello - instrumentation
Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin (Soulshock & Karlin) - producers, arrangement, instrumentation, mixing
Steve Kipner - producer, arrangement
Nick Knight - photographer
Reggie" Syience" Perry - producer, arrangement
Fraser T Smith - producer, instrumentation
Samual" Sam" Watters - producer
Wayne Wilkins - producer, arrangement, mixing
Tom Coyne - mastering
Mikaelin' Blue' Bluespruce - recording engineer
Charts
The album debuted at number one in the UK with sales of 125,271. It then retained the number 1 position for another week. On 6 November 2009 the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the album platinum. It has since gone 3x Platinum, with sales of over 1,000,000 copies.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
2009 albums
Debut albums
Dance-pop albums
R&B albums