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PEAS ACROSS THE SEAS

 

Hi Gary,

 

I've read Billboard columns like Chart Beat and the Between the Bullets commentary boxes in the magazine since around 1993 almost every week. I meant to write earlier, but I still think this item makes for great trivia.

 

The Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." is the first album in more than 23 years to yield three No. 1 singles in the U.K. and on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.

 

"Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" topped U.K. and U.S. charts, while "Meet Me Halfway" reigned in the U.K. and "Imma Be" in the U.S.

 

Madonna last accomplished this feat in 1986-87 with her album "True Blue": "Papa Don't Preach" led the U.S. and U.K. charts, "Live to Tell" and "Open Your Heart" ruled in the U.S., and "True Blue" and "La Isla Bonita" were U.K.-only No. 1s.

 

I just wanted to spotlight an achievement by the Black Eyed Peas that should not go overlooked.

 

Thank you,

 

Elmo Aybar

Puno, Peru

 

Hi Elmo,

 

Thanks for pointing out yet another monumental accomplishment by the quartet. As reported yesterday in Chart Beat, the Black Eyed Peas are the first duo or group to collect five top 10s on the Hot 100 from one album in more than 20 years.

 

Fans of international charts will love this link that Billboard's London-based Hits of the World chart manager Paul Pomfret e-mailed me. The site lists all the No. 1 songs on the Official UK Charts Co. survey from 1960 through 2010.

 

On the same site, you can also spend countless (and fun) hours perusing each weekly chart over the past 50 years.

Thanks for posting this its nice to know and again huge well done to them. funnily enough when i first heard boom boom pow i didnt think the e.n.d would be a great era for them as i didnt really like it and i still dont, thankfully everything they have done since in my opinion has been great. Huge well done to them and i hope they have just as much success when they do a new studio album, although i think it could be a while as i think fergie and will.i.am are both doing solo albums before a new black eyed peas studio album.

 

I also have a feeling we might see a greatest hits from them this christmas.