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3 (disambiguation)

Wikimedia disambiguation page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ1256977
Source-derived summary

3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.

3, three, or III may also refer to:

0s, the third year of the AD era

3 BC, the third year before the AD era

March, the third month

Books

3, a 2004 novel by Julie Hilden

Three, a 1946 novel by William Sansom

Three, a 1970 novel by Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Three, a collection of three plays by Lillian Hellman

Three (comics), a graphic novel by Kieron Gillen

Three (novel), a 2003 suspense novel by Ted Dekker

Three By Flannery O'Connor, collection Flannery O'Connor bibliography

Three of Them (Russian: Трое, literally, "three"), a 1901 novel by Maksim Gorky

Brands

3 (telecommunications), a global telecommunications brand

3Arena (Dublin), indoor amphitheatre in Ireland operating with the "3" brand

3Arena (Stockholm), stadium in Sweden operating with the "3" brand

3 Hong Kong, telecommunications company operating in Hong Kong

Three Australia, Australian telecommunications company

Three Ireland, Irish telecommunications company

Three UK, British telecommunications and internet service provider

Wind Tre, Italian telecommunications company

Film

Three (1965 film), a Yugoslavian film by Aleksandar Petrović

Three (1969 film), starring Charlotte Rampling and Sam Waterston

Three (2002 film), an Asian horror movie collaboration

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, a 2004 television movie

Survival Island or Three, a 2005 film starring Billy Zane and Kelly Brook

Three (2006 film), based on the novel with the same name

Three (2008 film), an Indian Telugu-language film

Three: Love, Lies, Betrayal, a 2009 Indian Hindi-language film starring Aashish Chaudhary, Nausheen Ali Sardar and Akshay Kapoor

Three (2010 film), a German film also known as 3

Super (2010 Indian film), starring Upendra, officially known as 👌 (sometimes read as Three)

3 (1996 film), an Italian film also known as Tre

3 (2012 Indian film), an Indian Tamil-language film starring Dhanush and Shruti Haasan

3 (2012 Uruguayan film), a Uruguayan drama film directed by Pablo Stoll

Three (2016 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese film by Johnnie To

Dandupalya 3, or III, a 2018 Indian Kannada-language film starring Pooja Gandhi, third in the Dandupalya series

Three (2020 film), a 2020 film Kazakh-South Korean film

The Three (film), a 2020 Russian film

III (film), a 2022 Canadian film

Television

Channel 3 (disambiguation)

Three (TV series), a 1998 American series

3 (TV series), a 2012 CBS reality television series

"3" (The X-Files), a 1994 episode

BBC Three, a British television channel.

Three (TV channel), a New Zealand television channel

Channel 3 HD (Thailand), a Thai television channel

Antena 3 (Spain), a Spanish television channel

Three, a character from the fifth season of Battle for Dream Island, an animated web series

Music

Music theory and notation

The mediant, the third note in a major or minor scale, often called a third and notated III or iii

A triad (music), a chord with three notes, usually spaced in thirds

A triplet, a type of tuplet, where a beat is split into three spaces

Artists

3 (1980s band), a rock band of Keith Emerson, Robert Berry and Carl Palmer

3 (American band), an experimental progressive band based in Woodstock, New York

III, the Inti Creates sound team

Three (band), a post hardcore band signed to Dischord Records

Three, a 1960s avant-garde jazz group fronted by Don Francks

Thriii, an American girl group composed of China Anne McClain, Sierra McClain, and Lauryn McClain

BK3, Three or 3, a band with Bill Kreutzmann, Scott Murawski and Oteil Burbridge

#3, the pseudonym of American musician Chris Fehn when performing with Slipknot

Albums

3

3 (Alejandro Sanz album), 1995

3 (soundtrack), by Anirudh Ravichander, a soundtrack for the 2012 Tamil film of the same name

3 (The Atomic Bitchwax album), 2005

3 (Bo Bice album), 2010

3 (Buffalo Killers album), 2011

3 (The Butchies album), 2001

3 (Calogero album), 2004

3 (FireHouse album), 1995

3 (honeyhoney album), 2015

3 (Ich Troje album), 1999

3 (Indochine album), 1985

3 (Mastedon album), 2009

3 (Murat Boz album), 2024

3 (Netsky album), 2009 (also stylised III)

3 (Ngaiire album), 2021

3 (Nouvelle Vague album), 2009

3 (Pole album), 2000

3 (Tricot album), 2017

3 (Typical Cats album), 2012

3 (Soulfly album), 2002

3 (Violent Femmes album), 1989

3, by Final, 2006

3, by Peace Love & Pitbulls, 1997

#3 (The Script album), 2012

#3 (Shakespears Sister album), 2004

#3 (Suburban Kids with Biblical Names album), 2005

3 EPs, by Tall Dwarfs, 1994

3's, by Smile Empty Soul, 2012

3rd (The Rasmus EP), 1996

BK3 (album) by Bruce Kulick, 2010

Focus 3, by Focus, 1972

3, by Car Seat Headrest, 2010

III

III (Bad Books album), 2019

III (BadBadNotGood album), 2014

III (Banks album), 2019

III (Gui Boratto album), 2011

III (Bosse-de-Nage album), 2012

III (Chad Brock album), 2001

III (Crystal Castles album), 2012

III (Download album), 1997

III (Espers album), 2009

III (Eths album), 2012

III (Family Force 5 album), 2011

III (Foster the People EP), 2017

III (Fuzz album), 2020

III (JoJo EP), 2015

III (Haloo Helsinki! album), 2011

III (Hillsong Young & Free album), 2018

III (The Lumineers album), 2019

III (Makthaverskan album), 2017

III (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster album), 2009

III (Moderat album), 2016

III (Moistboyz album), 2002

III (Stanton Moore album), 2006

III (Joe Nichols album), 2005

III (Orbital EP), 1991

III (Sahg album), 2010

III (Shiny Toy Guns album), 2012

III (Bob Sinclar album), 2003

iii (Miike Snow album), 2016

III (S.O.S. Band album), 1982

III (Take That album), 2014

III, by Dany Bédar, 2008

III, by Demons & Wizards, 2020

III, by Masked Intruder, 2019

iii, by Milosh, 2008

III, by Mt. Egypt, 2009

III, by Siam Shade, 1996

III, by Xerath, 2014

Billy Talent III, by Billy Talent, 2009

Chicago III, by Chicago, 1971

Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom, by Cypress Hill, 1995

Danzig III: How the Gods Kill, by Danzig, 1992

Led Zeppelin III, by Led Zeppelin, 1970

Santana (1971 album), Santana, 1971 (often referred to as III or Santana III)

Sebadoh III, by Sebadoh, 1991

Van Halen III, by Van Halen, 1998

Black Widow III, by Black Widow, 1972

Three

Three (The Black Heart Procession album), 2000

Three (Blue Man Group album), 2016

Three (The John Butler Trio album), 2001

Three (Charlotte Church EP), 2013

Three (Four Tet album), 2024

Three (Gloriana album), 2015

Three (Bob James album), 1976

Three (Nine Days album), 1998

Three (Ph.D. album), 2009

Three (Phantogram album), 2016

Three (Joel Plaskett album), 2009

Three (Sugababes album), 2003

Three (Tubeless Hearts album), 1994

Three (U2 EP), 1979

Three, by APB (band), 2007

Three, by Armageddon (Swedish band), 2002

Three, by Honey, 2001

Threes (album), by Sparta, 2006

Phase Three (album), by Riverdales, 2003

Songs

"3" (Britney Spears song), 2009

"3" (Disturbed song), 2011

"3", by The Dissociatives from I Can't Believe it's Not Rock, 2000

"3", by Flume from Skin, 2016

"3", by Scott Storch, 2021

"3", by Ultravox from the B-side of "Same Old Story", 1986

".3", by Porcupine Tree from In Absentia, 2002

"Song 3", by Stone Sour, 2017

"Song 3" (Babymetal and Slaughter to Prevail song), 2025

"Song 3", by Robbie Williams from Escapology, 2002

"III", by Foster the People from Sacred Hearts Club, 2017

"III", by Sleep Theory from Afterglow, 2025

"Tres" (song) (English: 'Three'), by Juanes from La Vida...

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