Black Eyed Peas match Mariah Carey record on chart
By Silvio Pietroluongo
NEW YORK (Billboard) – With its 14th week at the summit of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" matched Mariah Carey's 2005 hit "We Belong Together" for the longest No. 1 stay this decade.
The hip-hop band has now held firm at No. 1 for 26 straight weeks, with "Boom Boom Pow" preceding "Feeling" with a 12-week run, making the Peas the second act in the 51-year history of the Hot 100 to remain at No. 1 for half a calendar year or more. The other was Usher, who spent 28 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2004 with four tracks.
This would be acceptable if IGF was good. But the sad truth is the only reason BEP is #1 is because they have black members so they are eligible to be played on all radio formats. Miley should've been #1 the past few weeks but she was held back by the color of her skin.
This would be acceptable if IGF was good. But the sad truth is the only reason BEP is #1 is because they have black members so they are eligible to be played on all radio formats. Miley should've been #1 the past few weeks but she was held back by the color of her skin.
As much as I don't like Miley's music... That's true.
Unimpressive? It's very impressive, but they don't have crazy stans to make a world of it. Still, I don't think IGF is good enough for all this time at #1.