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2Be3 was a French boyband that was active in 1996 - 2001.

History

2Be3 was formed in 1996 and comprised three childhood friends from Longjumeau (a suburb of Paris): Filip Nikolic, Adel Kachermi and Frank Delay. Inspired by English bands like Take That and Worlds Apart, the group produced 3 studio albums and various compilations before disbanding in 2001.

The name 2Be3 was a pun on the English language phrases to be free (in French, "être libre") and to be three ("être trois"). Hence the band's name was pronounced in English ("Two Be Three") rather than French ("Deux Be Trois")

Hugely popular in France, despite attempts to break the American and British markets (via an English-language single, Excuse My French, produced in Miami by Desmond Child), their only significant chart success occurred in their home nation. In 1997 they appeared in their own television series (called Pour être libre) which ran for 40 episodes on TF1, and several videos were released including a live concert from the Bercy arena in Paris.

After disbanding, Filip Nikolic had a role in the film Simon Sez with Dennis Rodman and appeared in the French version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2006.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	FR	BE	Sales
1997	Partir un jour Re-released later in the year	2	3	France: 3xPlatinum (780,000)
1997	Remix Collector	-	-
1998	2 Be 3	4	6	France: 2xGold (160,000)
1999	Bercy 98	38	-	France: 30,000
2001	L'Essential	-	-
2001	Excuse My French	-	-

Singles

Year	Single	FR	BE	French Sales
1996	"Partir un jour"	2	4	Gold (250,000)
1997	"Toujours là pour toi"	4	12	Gold
1997	"Donne"	8	19
1997	"La salsa"	7	11	Gold
1997	"Pour être libre"	15	17
1998	"Don't Say Goodbye"	14	22	Silver (125,000)
1998	"Regarde-moi"	27	-
2000	"Excuse My French"	71	-