What is 3 Words?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = 3 Words | type = studio | artist = [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl]] | cover = | border = yes | alt = | released = {{start date|2009|10|23|df=y}} | recorded = 2009 | studio = {{flatlist| * Henson Recording Studios * [[Record Plant Studios]] * SubZero Studios * [[Metropolis Studios]] * My AutoTonic Studios * Brown Sugar Studios}} | genre = * [[Dance-pop]] * [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] | length = 43:55 | label = *[[Fascination Records|Fascination]] * [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] | producer = *[[will.i.am]] (also [[executive producer#Music|exec.]]) * [[Taio Cruz]] * [[Soulshock & Karlin]] * [[Steve Kipner]] * [[Fraser T Smith]] * [[Syience]] * [[Sam Watters]] * [[Wayne Wilkins]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Messy Little Raindrops]] | next_year = 2010 | misc = {{Singles | name = 3 Words | type = Studio | single1 = [[Fight for This Love]] | single1date = 16 October 2009 | single2 = [[3 Words (song)|3 Words]] | single2date = 20 December 2009 | single3 = [[Parachute (Cheryl song)|Parachute]] | single3date = 11 March 2010 }} }} '''''3 Words''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by English singer [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl Cole]] released on 23 October 2009 by [[Fascination Records]]. Musically, it features a [[dance-pop]] and [[Contemporary R&B|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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.popjustice.com/thenews/cheryl-coles-3-words-has-passed-the-million-sales-mark-in-the-uk/115724/ |title=Cheryl Cole's '3 Words' has passed the million sales mark in the UK |first=Brad |last=O'Mance |work=Popjustice |date=11 June