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[JumpinJack AJ]

Black Eyed Peas' Song Earns Six Million Digital Downloads

The Black Eyed Peas hit another milestone in their careers this week when their single, 'I Gotta Feeling,' became the first song in history to reach the six million digital download mark.

The single, from their 2009 album, 'The E.N.D.' remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts for 14 weeks in a row, stealing the top spot from their previous single, 'Boom Boom Pow.' The song now holds the title of best-selling digital download of all time.

"We came out in '98 and our career, if you would look at it on a chart, there's no dips in it," will.i.am. told the AP in a phone interview on Thursday (July 29). "For our career to still be healthy and vibrant and doing things like 6 million downloads, it's pretty significant."

The Peas celebrated their achievement on ABC's 'Good Morning America' on Friday, July 30, where they performed the hit single and announced the title of their upcoming album. 'The Beginning' is tentatively slated to drop at the end of 2010. "It symbolizes growth, new beginnings and starts, fresh new perspective," will.i.am explained.

[VIsqo]

This team is fire!! It seems like every hit they put on in the radio becomes a sensation!

[JumpinJack AJ]

I'm hoping their new album is nothing like that last. I think their albums have dropped in quality since Behind The Front (maybe Monkey Business is better than Elephunk tho'). I'm done with this poppy dance crap with auto-tune. I love BEP but it was hard for me to stomach most of their last album.

[VIsqo]

Because it was a party worldwide album full of hits on it.. Most people like that..

[JumpinJack AJ]

As we all know, what's popular has nothing 2 do with quality. Today's music scene says it all. Behind The Front and Bridging The Gap will be two of my favorite albums for the rest of my life. The E.N.D. will get a spin from time to time. The Peas are crazy talented and very creative but as they dip further into pop music, their music credibility is slipping. I believe they'd be just as popular without going futuristic dance-pop on us. "I've Got A Feeling" is a dope song...and the album has some other highlights. But this album can't hold a candle to their past stuff.

[VIsqo]

I believe that they handled the production to David Guetta in order to win more of the European public..

[JumpinJack AJ]

I don't know...I'll check the credits. Normally Will.I.Am is very hands on when it comes to the boards.