''Naughty or Nice'' is a Christmas album, as well as the third and final studio album by American girl group

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, released in 2002. The album was recorded without

Naturi Naughton Naturi Cora Maria Naughton (born May 20, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Naughton is best known as one-third of the Contemporary R&B, R&B group 3LW and for her acting roles in the films ''Fame (2009 film), Fame'' and ''Notor ...

who had recently left the group. The album features nine original songs with Christmas-themed lyrics and a cover of the Christmas classic "

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Adrienne Bailon Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton ( née Bailon () ; born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host o ...

and

Kiely Williams Kiely Alexis Williams (born July 9, 1986) is an American singer, dancer and actress. She is known for her membership in the girl groups 3LW, The Cheetah Girls (group), the Cheetah Girls and BluPrint. Career 1999–2002: Career beginnings and 3 ...

would later re-record the song with

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as the Cheetah Girls for the 2007 compilation, ''

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''. Despite being a Christmas album, some of the songs on ''Naughty or Nice'' feature more mature content similar to that of ''A Girl Can Mack'', and the album is largely hip-hop influenced. The mature content and hip-hop sound of the album would heavily contrast the R&B and pop sound of 3LW's debut album. Bailon and Williams would later go on to record as The Cheetah Girls. Released just weeks after ''

A Girl Can Mack ''A Girl Can Mack'' is the second studio album by American girl group 3LW. A follow-up to their self-titled debut album (2000), it was released by Epic Records on October 22, 2002. With ''A Girl Can Mack'', the group attempted to shed their you ...

'', ''Naughty or Nice'' did not chart.

Track listing

References

External links

* 2002 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Contemporary R&B Christmas albums 3LW albums Albums produced by Troy Taylor (record producer) {{2000s-R&B-album-stub