Hits 93 Volume 3 is a 22-track compilation album which charted on 14 August 1993 and was released by Telstar Records

Telstar Records

Telstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges...

 in association with BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

. The release was subtitled "22 Hot Summer Hits".

The album was the third volume of four released in 1993 collecting the biggest hits of the year, much like the original The Hits Album

The Hits Album

Hits was a compilation album series which ran in the United Kingdom for over 20 years between 1984 and 2006. It was compiled as a joint venture, usually between the compilation arms of the Sony BMG and Warner Music groups Hits was a compilation album series which ran in the United Kingdom for over...

collections which were originally issued between 1984 and 1991. BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

 became involved in the series from 1986 onwards.

This is the first known UK compilation album to contain as many as 22 tracks on a single-CD compilation: a sticker attached to the case claimed this fact as twenty tracks was the standard amount of music featured on other compilations released around the same time. Furthermore, due to the compilers having full access to BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

 material, hits by artists such as Take That

Take That

Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...

, M People

M People

M People are a British house music act from Manchester, who formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is from the initials of Mike Pickering, who formed the group.-Career:...

, Snap!

Snap!

Snap! is a German Eurodance project formed in 1989 by Frankfurt-based producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. The act has been through a number of line-up changes over the years, but was most successful when fronted by rapper Turbo B, who performed on the UK number 1 singles "The Power" and...

 and Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...

 appeared on this collection instead of the rival Now That's What I Call Music 25

Now That's What I Call Music 25

Now That's What I Call Music! 25 may refer to at least two different "Now That's What I Call Music!" series albums.* Now That's What I Call Music! 25 * Now That's What I Call Music! 25...

which featured material licensed from EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

, Virgin

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 and Polygram

PolyGram

PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

.

The compilation was successful, and reached #2 in the UK Top 20 Compilation chart. It went on to gain a Gold BPI

British Phonographic Industry

The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...

 Award for units of over 400,000.

Tracklisting

TCD 2680

1. Take That - Pray

2. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up

3. M People - One Night In Heaven

4. Haddaway - What Is Love?

5. Kim Wilde - If I Can't Have You

6. Snap - Do You See The Light (Looking For)

7. Jade - I Wanna Love You

8. Lisa Stansfield - In All The Right Places

9. Sarah Washington - I Will Always Love You

10. Dannii Minogue - This Is It

11. Inner Circle - Sweat

12. Ali & Frazier - Uptown Top Ranking

13. Bitty McLean - It Keeps Raining (Tears From My Eyes)

14. Robin S - Luv 4 Luv

15. Urban Cookie Collective -The Key, The Secret

16. Black Box - Rockin' To The Music

17. Stan - Suntan

18. Oui 3 - Break From The Old Routine

19. Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You (Sure is Pure 93 Remix)

20. Evolution - Everybody Dance

21. Maxima featuring Lily - Ibiza

22. Dr Alban - It's My Life

See also

The Hits Album

The Hits Album

Hits was a compilation album series which ran in the United Kingdom for over 20 years between 1984 and 2006. It was compiled as a joint venture, usually between the compilation arms of the Sony BMG and Warner Music groups Hits was a compilation album series which ran in the United Kingdom for over...

Hits 1

Hits 1

For the Sirius XM Channel see Sirius XM hits 1The Hits Album, or Hits 1 as it is often called, is a compilation album released by CBS and WEA in November 1984. The album was released as a rival to the already successful Now That's What I Call Music series which EMI and Virgin Records had launched...

Hits 93 Volume 1

Hits 93 Volume 1

Hits 93 Volume 1 is a compilation album released by Telstar Records and BMG in February 1993. The original Hits Album compilation series had effectively been retired in 1991 by the original partners in the series CBS and WEA , and this release saw BMG, who originally joined CBS and WEA in 1986,...

Hits 93 Volume 2

Hits 93 Volume 2

Hits 93 Volume 2 is a 20-track compilation album released by Telstar Records and BMG in Spring 1993. It was the second in a series of four albums collecting the biggest hits of the year, much like the original series called The Hits Album which ran from 1984 to 1991, although Hits 93 was formatted...

Hits 93 Volume 4

Hits 93 Volume 4

Hits 93 Volume 4 was the final compilation in a series of four collecting the biggest hits of 1993. It was released by Telstar Records and BMG, and it charted at #2 in December 1993....

Now That's What I Call Music

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