Fergie was born Stacy Ann
Ferguson on March 27, 1975 in California.
Prior to becoming a member of the Black Eyes Peas, Fergie appeared in Kids
Inc. for 5 years in the 80s and was a
member of the group Wild Orchid.
Between the disappointment of her first
group's success and her second group's
massive success, Fergie got addicted to
crystal methamphetamine. She said of her
recovery from addiction: "It was the
hardest boyfriend I ever had to break up
with. I dug deep as to why I got there. It's
the drug that's addicting. But it's why you
start doing it in the first place that's
interesting. A lot of it was being a child
actor; I learned to suppress feelings."
Fergie had beaten her addiction by the time
she joined the Black Eyes Peas in 2003.
Fergie could be seen in the film
Poseidon.
Fergie hit the Top 40 solo for
the first time with "London Bridge."
Fergie topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot Digital Songs chart, and Pop
100 chart with "London Bridge."
Fergie hit the Top 10 with "London Bridge."
Fergie released her solo LP The
Dutchess.
Fergie appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone.
Fergie hit the Top 40 with
"Fergalicious."
Fergie hit the Top 10 with "Fergalicious."
Fergie topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Songs chart with "Fergalicious."
Fergie hit the Top 40 with help
from Ludacris with "Glamorous."
Fergie topped the Billboard Pop
100 chart with "Fergalicious."
The
Dutchess was certified platinum.
Fergie hit the Top 10 with help from Ludacris with "Glamorous."
Fergie topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Pop 100 chart, and Hot Digital
Songs chart with "Glamorous."
Fergie hit #1 for a week with help from Ludacris with "Glamorous."
Fergie could be heard on the Shrek
The Third soundtrack with
"Barracuda."
Fergie hit the Top 40 with
"Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with help from Ludacris with "Glamorous."
Fergie hit the Top 10 with "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Tracks chart with "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie topped the Billboard Pop
100 Airplay chart and Pop 100 chart with
"Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie topped the Canadian
singles chart with "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie hit #1 for 6 weeks with "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
The
Dutchess was certified 2x platinum.
The single "Glamorous" was certified
gold and "Fergalicious" and "London Bridge" were certified
platinum.
Fergie topped the Billboard Hot
100 Airplay chart with "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie won a MTV Video Music
Award for Female Artist of the Year.
Fergie topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart and Adult Top 40 with "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie hit the Top 40 with
"Clumsy."
Fergie topped the Billboard
Adult Contempoary chart with "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie won an American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and was nominated for
Artist of the Year. Fergie also performed at
the ceremony.
Fergie hit the Top 10 with "Clumsy."
Fergie had the #1 single of 2007 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)."
Fergie topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Female (singles & albums), Top Hot 100
Singles Artist - Female, Top Pop 100 Artist,
Top Digital Songs Artist, and with the Top
Pop 100 Song, Top Digital Song , and Top Pop
100 Airplay Track ("Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)").
The single "Big Girls Don't Cry
(Personal)" was certified platinum.
The
Dutchess was certified 3x platinum.
Fergie had the
#8 selling LP of 2007 with The
Dutchess selling over 2 million copies
in the US.
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