  Black Eyed Peas consists of
William Adams (Will.I.Am), Allen Pineda
(Apl.de.Ap), Stacy Ferguson (Fergie), and Jaime Gormez
(Taboo). Fergie joined
the group in 2003 replacing background singer
Kim Hill.
Black Eyed Peas released Behind
The Front.
The video for
"Joints & Jams" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Special Effects.
 Black Eyed Peas
released Bridging
The Gap.
 # 141
Singles Artist of the Year
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with help from Macy Gray with "Request Line."
 Black Eyed Peas were
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video ("Request Line").
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with Justin
Timberlake on "Where Is The Love?"
 Black Eyed Peas released Elephunk.
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 10 with "Where Is The Love?"
Black Eyed Peas topped the
Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart with "Where Is The Love?"
Black Eyed Peas hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Where Is The Love?"
 Black Eyed Peas topped the
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart for a week
with "Where Is The Love?"
Black Eyed Peas topped the UK
singles chart for 6 weeks with "Where Is The Love?"
Elephunk was certified gold.
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with "Shut Up."
 Black Eyed Peas were nominated
for an American Music
Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop
Band/Duo/Group.
Black Eyed Peas topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot
Mainstream Top 40 Track ("Where Is The Love?").
 # 10
Singles Artist of the Year
 Black Eyed Peas performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with "Hey Mama."
Will.I.Am and
Fergie contributed the remake of
"True" to the soundtrack for 50
First Dates.
Black Eyed Peas were
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
("Where Is The Love?" with Justin
Timberlake). Black Eyed Peas performed at
the ceremony.
 Black Eyed Peas
could be heard on the soundtrack for
Dirty
Dancing: Havana Nights with
"Dirty Dancing."
Elephunk was certified
platinum.
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 10 with "Hey Mama."
 Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with "Let's Get It Started."
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 10 with "Let's Get It Started."
The video for "Hey Mama" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Choreography (Fatima Robinson), and
was also nominated for Best Dance Video and Best Hip-Hop Video.
The DVD Behind
The Bridge To Elephunk was released.
The singles "Hey Mama" and "Where Is The Love?" were certified
gold.
Black Eyed Peas won a MTV Europe
Award for Best Pop Act.
Elephunk was certified 2x
platinum.
# 204 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 5
Singles Artist of the Yea (# 1
Group/Duo of the Year)
The single "Let's Get It Started" was certified
gold.
Black Eyed Peas won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Let's Get It Started") and were
nominated for Record of the Year and and Best
Rap Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Let's Get It Started"). Adams scored
an additional songwriting nomination for
"Hey Mama" in the category
Best Rap Song. Black Eyed Peas performed at
the ceremony.
 Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with "Don't Phunk With My
Heart."
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 10 with "Don't Phunk With My
Heart."
The single "Shut Up" was certified
gold.
 Black Eyed Peas released Monkey
Business.
Black Eyed Peas topped the
Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart with
"Don't Phunk With My
Heart."
The single "Don't Phunk With My
Heart"
was certified gold.
Black Eyed Peas topped the
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart
and Top Rap Albums chart with Monkey
Business.
 On July 2nd, Black Eyed Peas
performed in Philadelphia as part of the
worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
Black Eyed Peas topped the
Canadian LP charts with Monkey
Business.
Monkey
Business was certified platinum.
 Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with "Don't Lie."
The Black Eyed Peas won a Teen
Choice Award for Choice Party Starter ("Don't Phunk With My
Heart").
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with "My Humps."
The video for "Don't Phunk With My
Heart"
was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Group Video.
 Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 10 with "Don't Lie."
Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 10 with "My Humps."
Black Eyed Peas won a MTV Europe
Awards for Best Pop Artist.
Black Eyed Peas topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Tracks chart with "My Humps."
Black Eyed Peas won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop
Band/Duo/Group.
 Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with "Pump It."
Monkey
Business was certified 3x platinum.
Black Eyed Peas had the #5
selling LP of 2005 with Monkey
Business selling over 3.0
million copies during the year.
Black Eyed Peas topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Digital
Songs Artist.
 # 29
Singles Artist of the Year
 Black Eyed Peas
won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Don't Phunk With My
Heart"),
and were nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Don't Lie"), and Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Gone Going" with Jack
Johnson).
Black Eyed Peas
could be heard on Sergio Mendes' Timeless which was also
produced by Will.I.Am.
 Black Eyed Peas hit the Top 40
with "Gone Going."
Black Eyed Peas won a Juno Award
for International Album of the Year (tie with
Coldplay) (Monkey
Business).
Black Eyed Peas won a BET Award
for Best Group.
The video for "My Humps" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video.
Fergie released her solo LP The
Dutchess.
Black Eyed Peas won 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop
Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Soul/R&B
Band/Duo/Group, and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album (Monkey
Business).
Black Eyed Peas topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist - Group/Duo.
 will.i.am:
# 96
Singles Artist of the Year
Black Eyed Peas
won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("My Humps") and was
nominated for Best Urban / Alternative
Performance ("Mas Que Nada" with Sergio Mendes). Will.i.am was
nominated for 2 more for Best Urban / Alternative
Performance ("That Heat" with Sergio Mendes and Erykah Badu) and Producer of the
Year.
Will.I.Am could be heard on the Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony LP Strength
And Loyalty on the track
"Streets."
 Black Eyed Peas could be heard
on the compilation Instant
Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur with "Power To
The People."
On July 7th, the Black Eyed Peas
performed at the Live
Earth
concert in the UK. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
 will.i.am hit the Top 40 solo
with "I Got It From My Mama."
will.i.am released his solo LP Songs
About Girls (Billboard peak: # 38 - Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly:
C-).
will.i.am could be heard on the Chris Brown LP Exclusive on the track
"Picture Perfect."
will.i.am performed at the American Music
Awards.
will.i.am could be heard on the Wyclef Jean LP Carnival
II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant on the track
"Touch Your Button Carnival Jam."
will.i.am could be heard on a
few tracks on the Michael Jackson LP 25th
Anniversary Of Thriller.
will.i.am could be heard on the Flo Rida LP Mail
On Sundays on the track "In The
Ayer."
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