Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas are a Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group from Los Angeles, California. In November 2010, the Peas were awarded the American Music Award for Pop or Rock Favorite Band.http://idolator.com/5696122/2010-american-music-awards-the-liveblog The award came just before their 2010 release of the album called The Beginning.http://www.blackeyedpeas.com/home/news/811668 The Black Eyed Peas also performed for the 2010 AMAs in neon lit, glow in the dark costumes.http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1652763/20101121/black_eyed_peas.jhtml

The Black Eyed Peas world tour called The E.N.D. started in May 2010. After beginning in Atlanta, the tour included locations such as London, Dublin, Birmingham, Zurich, Milan, Berlin, Prague, Antwerpen, Paris, Manchester, and Lisbon.http://www.blackeyedpeas.com/home/events In late November 2010, the Peas were named as the 2011 Bridgestone Super Bowl XLV half time performers. The band will be the first non-rock half time performers in the past seven years. The game takes place at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on February 6.http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1653126/20101129/black_eyed_peas.jhtml

• Will.i.am - Vocals and songwriting
• apl.de.ap - Vocals
• Taboo - Vocals and Keyboard
• Fergie - Vocals

The Black Eyed Peas originated when Will.i.am and Apl.de.ap formed a band named Atban Klannin in 1988. In 1995, Black Eyed Peas became the name of the group and in 2003, Fergiereplaced Kim Hill as the female vocalist.http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/black_eyed_peas/artist.jhtml The Peas are Grammy winners, American Music Awards winners, and Kid's Choice Award winners. Grammy awards were received each year from 2005 through 2007 and again in 2010.http://www.metrolyrics.com/black-eyed-peas-awards-featured.html In 2010, the Kids Choice Award for Favorite Music Group went to Black Eyed Peas.http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/03/kids-choice-awards-2010-full-list-of-winners/

In 2009, Black Eyed Peas were named one of the top five artists for Billboard Magazine for the year.http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1628063/20091211/swift__taylor.jhtml The group set records on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009 when the combination of "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" held the number one spot for more than 20 weeks.http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/08/19/2009-08-19_black_eyed_peas_break_record_for_most_weeks_on_billboard_hot_100.html The Peas' single "I Got A Feeling" unseated the previous sales record holder for singles by selling more than the previous high amount of 5,536,000 copies.http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/black-eyed-peas-song-i-gotta-feeling-is-most-downloaded-single-ever/6795202 When the group released Elephunk in 2003, the single "Where is the Love?" featuring Justin Timberlake made it to the number eight spot on the U.S. Hot 100 and number one on the pop charts.http://www.billboard.com/song/the-black-eyed-peas/where-is-the-love/4722189#/song/the-black-eyed-peas/where-is-the-love/4722189 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=The+Billboard+Hot+100

• 1992: Grass Roots (As Atban Klann)
• 1998: Bridging the Front
• 2000: Bridging the Gap
• 2003: Elephunk
• 2005: Monkey Business
• 2006: Renegotiations: The Remixes
• 2009: The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)
• 2010: The Beginning