3 (song)
| 3 | |
|---|---|
| Britney Spears | |
| publication | October 2, 2009 |
| length | 3:33 min. |
| Genre (s) | Electropop |
| Author (s) | Max Martin, Karl Schuster, Tiffany Amber |
| album | The Singles Collection |
3 is a song by American pop - singer Britney Spears from her best-of album The Singles Collection , which by Max Martin and Shellback produced.
background
3 is an up-tempo electro-pop song, which is characterized by synthesizer and vocal effects. The accompanying music video was shot on October 5th and 6th and released on October 30th. In July 2009, during the European part of The Circus Starring: Britney Spears tour, Spears is met in Stockholm with the Swedish producer Max Martin and took the song with Martin and Shellback in Maratone studios. 3 was selected as the first single along with the release of The Singles Collection and was sent to radio stations for promotional purposes on September 29, 2009.
Music video
The music video was shot on October 5th and 6th, 2009 in Los Angeles . Directed by Diane Martel and choreographed by Tone & Rich. Fashion stylist GK Reid created the outfits together with Spears.
On October 15, 2009, some images from the video were released. It was posted on Spears' official website on October 30, 2009.
I think it's her [Spears] next sexy video. It's a very simple video for her […] She's so sweet and funny and so normal and down to earth. It's really fun as a director to see her in front of the camera. She's so creative with this stuff. The video is very simple, it's very, very minimal. So it's her, her, her. And she's totally engaging every second. She really knows how to work with a camera and move. I was really impressed, and I have worked almost with every female artist in the business.
“I think it's a very sexy video of her. It's kept very simple [...] She's so cute and funny and so normal and down to earth. It's really fun to have her in front of the camera as a director. She's so creative with her stuff. The video is very simple, it's very, very minimalistic. It's just her, her, her. And she's so dedicated. She really knows how to present herself to a camera. I was really impressed and I've worked with almost every female artist in this business. "
reception
In the US, 3 debuted at number one and became Spears' third number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 after ... Baby One More Time and Womanizer . 3 is one of the shortest track songs to ever hit the top of the Billboard charts. The song also reached number one on Hot Digital Songs , with 255,000 download sales in its first week. In total, the song has sold over two million times in the USA, which means double platinum .
The song was also able to reach the top ten in Switzerland, Great Britain and Canada, as well as in eight other countries.
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
18th (9 weeks) | 9 |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
17th (11 weeks) | 11 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
8th (15 weeks) | 15th |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
7th (12 weeks) | 12 |
 United States (Billboard)
|
1 (20 weeks) | 20th |
Sales and Awards
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
 platinum
|
70,000 |
 Canada (MC)
|
2 × platinum
|
160,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
 gold
|
7,500 |
|
United States (RIAA)
|
- | 2,300,000 |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
 silver
|
200,000 |
| All in all |
1 × silver 1 × gold 3 × platinum |
2,737,500 |
Main article: Britney Spears / Music Sales Awards
Contributors
- Britney Spears - vocals
- Max Martin - songwriter, producer, keyboard
- Shellback - songwriter, production, keyboard, guitar
- Serban Ghenea - Audio Mixing
- Tim Roberts - Audio Engineering
- John Hanes - Vocal editing
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Notes on the new Britney single on digitalspy.co.uk, accessed May 15, 2013.
- ↑ Billboard singles reviews: Foo Fighters, Britney Spears ( July 17, 2011 memento on the Internet Archive ) on theusdaily.com, accessed May 15, 2013.
- ↑ The Singles Collection & New Song "3" , BritneySpears.com, September 23, 2009 ( September 14, 2010 memento in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Jocelyn Vena: Britney Spears Gives Fans '3' Video Sneak Peek. In: MTV . MTV Networks , October 15, 2009; accessed January 4, 2010 .
- ↑ Jocelyn New York Post: Britney Spears done with junk food. In: New York Post . News Corporation , October 20, 2009; accessed March 3, 2010 .
- ↑ Staff Reporter: 3 Video Release Details. In: britneyspears.com. Brandcasting Unlimited, October 28, 2009; archived from the original on November 2, 2009 ; Retrieved May 15, 2013 .
- ↑ Life & Style exclusive: Britney's video director speaks. In: Life & Style . Bauer Media Group , October 20, 2009, archived from the original on March 1, 2012 ; Retrieved January 4, 2010 .
- ↑ Week Ending Oct. 3, 2010: America's Most Popular Inmate on new.music.yahoo.com, accessed May 15, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ^ Gary Trust: Ask Billboard: Britney Spears's Career Sales. In: Billboard. March 24, 2015, accessed August 11, 2015 .