black eyed peas

The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop group that formed in Los Angeles, Californiain 1995. The group is composed of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist will.i.am, and vocalistsapl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie. Since the release of their third album, Elephunk, in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 27 million albums worldwide, 20 million singles, and 47 million copies with both sales combined. The group scored its first worldwide hit with "Where Is the Love?" in 2003, which topped over ten charts worldwide. Another single was the European hit "Shut Up". Their next album, Monkey Business was also a worldwide hit, certified 4xPlatinum in the U.S., and spawning two hit singles, "My Humps" and "Don't Phunk with My Heart".

In 2009, the group became one of only 11 artists to have ever simultaneously held the #1 and #2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, with their singles "I Gotta Feeling" and "Boom Boom Pow", from the album The E.N.D.. Combined, these singles also topped the chart for an unprecedented 26 consecutive weeks in 2009. The album later produced a third Hot 100 number-one placement with "Imma Be", making the group one of few to ever place three number one singles on the chart from the same album. The album also includes the singles "Meet Me Halfway" and "Rock That Body". "I Gotta Feeling" has become the first single to sell more than 1 million downloads in the United Kingdom.^[1]