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The Black Eyed Peas
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1995 US pop/hip hop group
The Black Eyed Peas formed in 1995 in Los Angeles, United States. The Black Eyed Peas has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Gotta Feeling”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #298. The station that charted The Black Eyed Peas most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
The Black Eyed Peas started out in Los Angeles as an alternative hip-hop trio of will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo, cutting two albums for Interscope in that mode. Then they went for the jugular of pop. With Fergie on board, Elephunk in 2003 was the big-tent breakthrough: "Where Is the Love", recorded with Justin Timberlake, topped charts in 13 countries, while "Anxiety" found its way onto rock countdowns.
By The E.N.D. in 2009, will.i.am, who produced the group, had them sounding like the club of the future: robotic, relentless and built to make stadiums jump. "I Gotta Feeling" is the party-starter to end all party-starters, a slow-building Friday-night rush that was the first single ever to pass a million downloads in the UK. The album also gave them "Boom Boom Pow", "Imma Be", "Rock That Body" and "Meet Me Halfway", and three Grammys at the 52nd ceremony.
They played the Super Bowl XLV halftime show in February 2011, then went on hiatus. Fergie eventually left, J. Rey Soul joined, and later albums Translation and Elevation turned toward reggaeton and Latin sounds. All told, they have sold an estimated 80 million records.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Black Eyed Peas on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Gotta Feeling | 4 | #298 | – | – | |
| 2 | Anxiety | 1 | #31 | – | 2003 | |
| 3 | Where Is The Love | 1 | #499 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 789 | I Gotta Feeling | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs |
| 2024 | 298 | I Gotta Feeling | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) |
| 2024 | 499 | Where Is The Love | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) |
| 2013 | 456 | I Gotta Feeling | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) |
| 2009 | 799 | I Gotta Feeling | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) |
| 2006 | 704 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
| 2003 | 31 | Anxiety | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 |
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