The 3rd Masterpiece is the third Korean studio album by South Korean male vocal group SG Wannabe. The record was a commercial success in South Korea, peaking at number one on the monthly MIAK album chart for two consecutive months[1][2] and sold over 311,000 copies by the end of the year.[3] It was the second best-selling album of 2006 according to MIAK, only behind TVXQ's "O"-Jung.Ban.Hap which sold 349,317 copies.
Similar to what they did in their second album (the music video had two parts; the first part was with the song "Crime and Punishment" ("죄와벌"), while the second part was with the song "As We Live" ("살다가")), their third album also contained two-part music videos. The first part was with their new title song, "Partner for Life" (내 사람) starring Shinhwa's Kim Dong Wan and also featuring Jeong So-Young, and the second part was released with "Slowpoke" ("느림보").
^ ab2006.04월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2006.04 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
^2006.05월 – 가요 음반 판매량 [2006.05 – Sales volume] (in Korean). Music Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
^ ab동방신기, 골든디스크상 대상..연말시상식 '싹쓸이' [TVXQ, Golden Disc Awards Grand Prize... sweeps year-end awards ceremony]. Star News (in Korean). December 14, 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
^한국 최고의 R&B그룹 SG워너 비 [Korea's best R&B group SG Wannabe]. The Korea Times (in Korean). July 28, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
^MKMF, 2006년 가요계 총결산 동방신기가 제패 [TVXQ wins at 2006 MKMF]. Yonhap News (in Korean). November 27, 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
^ ab2006년 가요음반판매량 [2006 Album Sales Figures] (in Korean). Recording Industry Association of Korea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.