The Black Eyed Peas Announce New Album

The Black Eyed Peas have announced that they’re releasing a new album!

The album, titled The Beginning, is almost finished and will be released later this year.

Will.i.am said that this record “symbolizes growth, new beginnings and starts, fresh new perspective.”

After it was just announced that the band’s hit I Gotta Feeling has become the best-selling song in digital history with 6 million downloads, we have to admit, the Black Eyed Peas are unstoppable!

The Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” hits 6 Million Downloads!

The Black Eyed Peas have more proof of the ubiquity of “I Gotta Feeling.”

Their No. 1 hit has become the first song to reach the 6 million mark in digital downloads.

The milestone was announced Friday and confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan. For the group’s leader, will.i.am, the moment is about much more than the song.

“We came out in ’98 and our career, if you would look at it on chart, there’s no dips in it,” he said in a phone interview Thursday. “For our career to still be healthy and vibrant and doing things like 6 million downloads, it’s pretty significant.”

It’s also significant, he said, in a time when illegal downloading is the norm.”That means that they chose to support the group, support the art,” he said. “God knows how many people listened to it online and didn’t buy it, downloaded it for free and didn’t think about it.”

The upbeat song about good vibes was No. 1 for 14 weeks; will.i.am said the reason it was so successful was because it gave people hope in a downward time.

“It’s a positive, feel-good song at the time where there’s question marks and uncertainty. People want to be reminded that it’s going to be all right,” he said.

The song was one of the hits from the group’s multiplatinum “The E.N.D.,” which was released last year. Although it is still on the charts, will.i.am said a new album, “The Beginning,” is almost finished and likely due at the end of the year.

“It symbolizes growth, new beginnings and starts, fresh new perspective,” he said.

Congrats Black Eyed Peas!

Ke$ha Tops The Billboard Charts More Than Once

Ke$ha has a lot to celebrate. Not only did her album Animal knock Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed A Dream out of the top spot, but she also has the No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart with ‘Tik Tok’. Ke$ha is the first artist to top both charts since Leona Lewis in 2008.

But it doesn’t stop there!

Ke$ha’s second single ‘Blah Blah Blah’ skyrocketed to the No. 7 spot on the Hot 100 chart and debuted at the No. 2 spot on the Digital Songs Chart. ‘Tik Tok’ is No. 1 on the Digital Songs Chart. Ke$ha is the first artist to hold down both spots since the Black Eyed Peas did it with ‘Boom Boom Pow’ and ‘I Gotta Feeling’.

Congratulations.

The Top 10 Singles And Albums On iTunes

Ke$ha (pictured above) is ruling the iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Jan. 11, 2010:

Singles:
1. “Tik Tok,” Ke$ha
2. “Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3),” Ke$ha
3. “Bad Romance,” Lady GaGa
4. “Replay,” Iyaz
5. “Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys),” Jay-Z
6. “Fireflies,” Owl City
7. “Drop the World (feat. Eminem),” Lil Wayne
8. “BedRock,” Lloyd, Young Money
9. “I Gotta Feeling,” Black Eyed Peas
10. “Sexy Chick (feat. Akon),” David Guetta

Albums:
1. “Animal,” Ke$ha
2. “The Fame Monster (standard),” Lady GaGa
3. “Ocean Eyes,” Owl City
4. “Glee — The Music, Vol. 2,” Glee Cast
5. “Avatar,” James Horner
6. “Glee — The Music, Vol. 1,” Glee Cast
7. “The Element of Freedom,” Alicia Keys
8. “Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” Various Artists
9. “Battle Studies,” John Mayer
10. “The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies),” Black Eyed Peas

Robbie Williams Tops European Albums Chart

Robbie Williams makes a winning return to Billboard’s European Albums chart, debuting at No. 1 with “Reality Killed The Video Star” (Virgin/EMI). On European Hot 100 Singles, Black Eyed Peas scores another chart-topper, moving 2-1 with “I Gotta Feeling” (Interscope/Universal).

“Reality Killed The Video Star” does, however, score No. 1 debuts in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Holland, also arriving at No. 2 in Italy and the Czech Republic, No. 3 in Denmark, No. 6 in Norway and Ireland and No. 7 in Portugal.

Katy Perry Opens MTV European Music Awards With Cabaret Act

Katy Perry hosted the 2009 MTV European Music Awards in Berlin last night and opened the show with a cabaret act that including the Best Song Nominees.

Hosting the shindig in Berlin for the second year in a row, Perry got the party at the “Katy Kat Club” going with a cabaret-style medley of Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling,” David Guetta’s “When Love Takes Over,” featuring Kelly Rowland, Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody,” Beyoncé’s “Halo” and Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.”

Check out her incredible performance –

Black Eyed Peas And Jay-Z lead U.S. singles chart

The Black Eyes Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” reigned for a 13th week on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, besting the 12-week stay at the summit of “Boom Boom Pow,” the hip-hop band’s previous single that directly preceded its follow-up at No. 1.

Jay-Z logged two tracks in the top five: “Run This Town,” with Rihanna and Kanye West, rose two places to No. 2; and “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z’s duet with Alicia Keys, vaulted 45 places to No. 5. The pair performed the song at the end of the MTV Video Music Awards on September 13.

Jason Mraz & Black Eyed Peas Tie Hot 100 Records

Jason Mraz and the Black Eyed Peas have tied Billboard Hot 100 records set by Usher and LeAnn Rimes. New chart milestones may be set on next week’s Billboard Hot 100 list.

The Black Eyed Peas have spent 19 consecutive weeks at No. 1. That ties Usher’s record from 2004 with his hits ‘Yeah!’ and ‘Burn.’ The Black Eyed Pease ‘I Gotta Feeling’ is currently at No. 1 this week, and if it remains at the top of the chart next week, Usher’s record will be replaced.

Jason Mraz’ ‘I’m Yours’ has tied LeAnn Rimes’ ‘How Do I Live’ for the longest Hot 100 chart run. This week Mraz climbed from 35-23 on the Hot 100 and saw a 17% increase in downloads.

The Black Eyed Peas Performance “I Gotta Feeling” At The Teen Choice Awards 2009

Check out the Black Eyed Pea’s performance of their latest hit “I Gotta Feeling” last night on the Teen Choice Awards.

The Black Eyed Peas extended their record for the longest successive No. 1 chart run by a duo or group in the 51-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The six-week reign of “I Gotta Feeling” followed 12 weeks at the top by “Boom Boom Pow.” Both tunes come from the hip-hop group’s recent No. 1 album “The E.N.D.”

Black Eyed Peas Set New Record

The Black Eyed Peas are definitely going strong with their new album. We weren’t so sure of ‘Boom Boom Pow’ when we first heard it, but it looks like things are going well for BEP. This week they set a record for the longest successive No. 1 chart run by a duo or group in the history of the Billboard Hot 100′s chart. ‘I Gotta Feeling’ is in its 5th week at No. 1. This run comes after ‘Boom Boom Pow’ topped the charts for 12 weeks. The former record was held by Boyz II Men in the mid-’90s.