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 3× Platinum, with sales of over 1,000,000 copies.

Weekly charts
Chart (2009–2010) Peakposition Greece Albums (IFPI Greece)15 South Korean Albums (Gaon)5

Year-end charts
 Chart (2009) PositionIrish Albums Chart23UK Albums Chart11 Chart (2010) PositionUK Albums Chart37

Certifications

Release history
RegionRelease dateFormatLabelCatalogueIreland23 October 2009CD, digital downloadPolydor2721459United Kingdom26 October 2009Fascination2721459HMV bonus version2724424Italy12 February 2010CD, digital downloadUniversal Music060252732483Netherlands0602527324838SwitzerlandPortugal15 February 2010RussiaMexico16 March 2010602527324838BrazilGermany19 March 20100602527214597France22 March 2010Australia9 April 20100602527324838Denmark17 May 2010Digital download0602527214597

References

Category:2009 albums
Category:Debut albums
Category:Dance-pop albums
Category:R&B albums