Three (album)

Three
Studio album by Sugababes
Publication (s)	October 27, 2003
admission	2002-2003
Label (s)	Island Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Pop music , urban contemporary, R&B
Title (number)	14th
running time	55:15
occupation	Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena Heidi Range
production	Eivan "Ricco" Bj (executive producer), Andy Bradfield, Craigie, Rob Dougan , Brian Higgins, Linda Perry , Jony Rockstar, Guy Sigsworth , Jeremy Wheatley, Xenomania
chronology Angels with Dirty Faces (2002) Three Taller in More Ways (2005)

Three ( German : Drei ) is the third studio album by the British girl group Sugababes . It was released on October 27, 2003. It is the second album of the second line-up, consisting of Keisha Buchanan , Mutya Buena and Heidi Range . The album went double platinum in the UK.

Background information

Each of the three members recorded a "solo" song for the album. These are Whatever Makes You Happy (Keisha Buchanan), Sometimes (Heidi Range) and Maya (Mutya Buena), which is dedicated to Buena's sister Maya, who died in 2002. After the first single made it into the American charts, the album was planned to be released in the USA with a slightly modified song list, which included the singles from the previous album Angels with Dirty Faces . However, after the second single did not hit the charts, the release was canceled.

The album received mixed, mostly positive reviews. The Guardian speaks of "excellent songs", but also of the fact that one notices nothing on this album of the charisma and other attributes which the Sugababes are assigned and which supposedly set them apart from other groups.

Track list

1. "Hole in the Head" (Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Niara Scarlett, Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range) - 3:38
2. "Whatever Makes You Happy" (Keisha Buchanan, Craigie, Stuart Crichton, Pete Martin) - 3:15
3. "Caught in a Moment" (Jony Lipsey, Karen Poole, Marius de Vries, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 4:24
4. "Situation's Heavy" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Tim Larcombe, Shawn Lee, Higgins, Cooper, Edele Lynch) - 4:10
5. "Million Different Ways" (Craigie, Crichton, Felix Howard, Guy Sigsworth, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 4:29
6. "Twisted" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Cooper, Higgins, Lee, Larcombe, Lynch) - 3:03 [UK Bonus Track]
7. "We Could Have It All" (Craigie, Howard, Johnny Dollar, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 3:37
8. "Conversation's Over" (Tom Elmhirst, Lipsey, Poole, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 4:06
9. "In the Middle" (Cooper, Higgins, Scarlett, Lee, Lisa Cowling, Buchanan, Buena, Range, Andre Tegler, Phil Fuldner, Michael Bellina) - 3:59
10. "Too Lost in You" ( Diane Warren ) - 3:58
11. "Nasty Ghetto" ( Linda Perry , Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 4:16
12. "Buster" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Cooper, Higgins, Lee, Larcombe, Lynch) - 4:22 [UK Bonus Track]
13. "Sometimes" (Lipsey, de Vries, Howard, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 4:34
14. "Maya" (Craigie, Sigsworth, Buena, Range, Buchanan) - 4:43

Chart placements

album

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	10 (28 weeks)	28
Austria (Ö3)	21st (14 weeks)	14th
Switzerland (IFPI)	9 (25 weeks)	25th
United Kingdom (OCC)	3 (41 weeks)	41

The album went double platinum in the UK and gold in Switzerland and Germany. The album also went platinum in Europe as it had sold more than 1 million copies everywhere.

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2003	Hole in the Head Three	DE9 (14 weeks) DE	AT5 (17 weeks) AT	CH8 (16 weeks) CH	UK1 (14 weeks) UK	First published: October 13, 2003
	Too Lost in You Three	DE14 (13 weeks) DE	AT26 (16 weeks) AT	CH8 (18 weeks) CH	UK10 (14 weeks) UK	First published: December 15, 2003
2004	In the Middle Three	DE29 (9 weeks) DE	AT33 (12 weeks) AT	CH23 (10 weeks) CH	UK8 (9 weeks) UK	First published: March 22, 2004
	Caught in a Moment Three	DE71 (9 weeks) DE	AT56 (6 weeks) AT	CH56 (4 weeks) CH	UK8 (7 weeks) UK	First published: August 23, 2004

Four singles emerged from the album. The first single Hole in the Head , released October 13, 2003, became the band's third number 1 hit in the UK. It reached number 9 in Germany, number 5 in Austria and number 8 in Switzerland. Hole in the Head is also the first and so far only song by the Sugababes that made it into the US Billboard Hot 100 , where it reached number 96. It also reached # 1 on US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs and # 24 on US Billboard Pop Songs .

The second single Too Lost in You , which was released on December 15, 2003, is a cover of the song Quand j'ai peur de tout by the French singer Patricia Kaas , which was written by Diane Warren . It's part of the soundtrack for the movie Actually ... Love . The song reached number 10 in the British, number 14 in Germany, number 26 in the Austrian and number 8 in the Swiss charts.

Next, on March 22, 2004, In the Middle was released. It contains a sample of the song U Know Y by the German DJ Moguai . The song reached number 8 in the British charts, as well as number 29 in Germany, number 27 in Austria and number 23 in Switzerland.

The last song Caught in a Moment was released on August 23, 2004. It is part of the soundtrack of the film Wimbledon . In Great Britain it reached 8th place, but in Germany, Austria and Switzerland it clearly missed the top 50 with places 71, 56 and 56.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Sugababes-Three/release/452999
4. ↑ http://www.laut.de/Sugababes/Three-(Album)
5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/24/popandrock.shopping10
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
8. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search=Angels+with+DiDir+Faces
9. ↑ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Three&strInterpret=Sugababes&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked
10. ↑ http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2003.html
11. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/sugababes/hole-in-the-head/5077707