current_members years_active article_title languages background known_for genre origin name
lilian mbabazi jackie chandiru cinderella sanyu mya baganda 2004 - 2010 blu * 3
 english , luganda , swahili , etc group_or_band music , popstars soft rock pop r & b indie rock kampala-uganda blu * 3
blu * 3

blu 3 was a ugandan all-girl band formed in april 2004 after winning the tv show coca cola `` popstars '' .
the name is contrived to mean 3 beautiful -lrb- or black -rrb- ladies from uganda .
original members were jackie chandiru , lilian mbabazi and cinderella sanyu .
after winning the contest , they went on to record 2 albums `` hitaji '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- and `` burrn '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- .
the `` hitaji '' album spawned the hit singles `` hitaji '' , `` frisky '' and the afro beat `` tomalaako '' .
the girls launched `` hitaji '' at logogo cricket stadium in december 2004 with thousands of fans .
the `` hitaji '' video went on to win the pearl of africa music award for video of the year .
sanyu left to pursue other projects and was replaced by mya baganda the group 's name was changed to blu 3 having dropped the star .
in 2007 , blu 3 got back in the studio with their longtime producer and manager steve jean and recorded the full length album `` burrn '' .
the title track featured navio from hip hop group klear kut .
other hits on the album were the silver kyagulanyi penned songs `` nsanyuka nawe '' , `` ndibeera nawe '' and `` nkoye '' .
`` burrn '' won the video of the year award at the 2007 pearl of africa music awards -lrb- pam awards -rrb- .
they have also been nominated for kora awards , channel o music video awards and have won 2 kisima awards , 3 pam awards and numerous others .
the group has toured many countries including kenya , rwanda , tanzania , south africa , ghana , nigeria , uk and ethiopia .
a new album is being planned for late 2008 with a slew of international producers like charlie king and aydee of goodenuff coming in on the project .
the working title of the project is `` b3 '' and is expected to wrap production in october 2008 .
the first single off the new album is the latin flavored `` together '' produced by steve jean .
