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Music News: Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
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Originally posted by Yahhh!
220-230k
All their TV performances have been GREAT!
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HDD Now saying 225-250K
Im like Pedro im tired of Ciara in everyones thread
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BILLBOARD REVIEW
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In an era of economic instability, it's nice to know the Black Eyed Peas still believe in truth in advertising: The acronym that forms the title of their latest stands for "The Energy Never Dies," and they more than make good on that promise, blasting through 15 high-powered rave-rap jams that rarely lack for melodic hooks or rhythmic thrust. The Los Angeles quartet's most dance-influenced outing yet, "The E.N.D." is best when group mastermind Will.i.am shares behind-the-board duties with David Guetta, the French disco-house producer whose "When Love Takes Over" is giving the Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" a serious run for song-of-the-summer status. In "Rock That Body" they "get a little crazy, get a little stupid" (as Will.i.am puts it), while "I Gotta Feeling" throbs as triumphantly as a BEP version of "Don't Stop Believin'."—Mikael Wood
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Member Since: 2/22/2008
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Great review
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It's almost impossible to pick a top 5 from this album, I love almost every song. At this point, they can release whatever, and get another number one.
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Member Since: 2/22/2008
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The top 5 songs for me are:
Imma be
I gotta feeling
Missing you
Party all the time
Showdown
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Member Since: 2/9/2008
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I'm shocked they're not having bigger sales, honestly.
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Member Since: 2/22/2008
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Yeah :-/ The sales are very low IMO disapointing.
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Member Since: 5/7/2009
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Well, with BBP being at #1 for 10 weeks now,
I expected it to have 500k sales :-/
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Member Since: 5/14/2008
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i can't believe those numbers!
party all the time *****!
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A new bonus track called "Terrabyte" has leaked! Amazing.
Link available @ ileaks.com
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Originally posted by Hard Candy
A new bonus track leaked called "Terrabyte" has leaked! Amazing.
Link available at ileaks.com
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Great!!! Love how they let the Album grow...Now we got 21 songs on the Album (without the Remixes of course ;-))
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Member Since: 2/22/2008
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310K or whatever they sold isn't that bad after all. At least they broke the 250K mark. That track leaked is kinda hot.
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Member Since: 6/16/2006
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First week sales: 304,000
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Originally posted by E!
A little "Boom Boom Pow" has gone a long way for the Black Eyed Peas.
With its single dominating the Hot 100 for two months now, it's really no surprise that the hip-hop supergroup's new album, The E.N.D., has debuted at No. 1, a first for will.i.am, Fergie and cohorts.
The E.N.D., the group's first new release in four years, moved more than 304,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, per Nielsen SoundScan.
B.E.P. previously peaked at No. 2 with 2005's Monkey Business, which finished behind Coldplay's hugely popular X&Y. Even on the solo side, Fergie never topped the album charts with The Duchess.
With the Peas popping, last week's chart-topper, Dave Matthews Band's Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, dropped to No. 2 with 128,000.
Elsewhere, Latin act Aventura pulled off a career-high of its own, selling 47,000 copies of Last at No. 5. Mos Def and Pleasure P, meanwhile, battled it out for the final two spots in the Top 10. Mos Def's The Ecstatic narrowly took the No. 9 spot over the Pretty Ricky singer's Introduction of Marcus Cooper at No. 10. Both albums sold about 39,000.
Further down, Sonic Youth also landed a career-high at No. 18 with The Eternal, though it took the group nearly three decades to pull off its first Top 20 debut.
Next week, look for the Jonas Brothers to bounce the Peas as Lines, Vines and Trying Times aims for No. 1.
Overall sales were about even with last week but down 32 percent compared to the same week last year when Lil Wayne sold over 1 million first-week copies of Tha Carter III.
Here's a Top 10 recap:
1. The E.N.D., Black Eyed Peas
2. Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band
3. Relapse, Eminem
4. Chickenfoot, Chickenfoot
5. Last, Aventura
6. The Fame, Lady Gaga
7. Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, various
8. 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day
9. The Ecstatic, Mos Def
10. Introduction of Marcus Cooper, Pleasure P
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#1 Album
#1 Song
#2 Song
BEP Dominating!
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^ They are the biggest right now
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WOW!
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Originally posted by Billboard
Black Eyed Peas 'E.N.D.' Up At No. 1 On Billboard 200
June 17, 2009 11:03 AM ET
Keith Caulfield, L.A.
Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 304,000 -- the hip-pop act's best sales week ever. It's also the first No. 1 album for the group, which had previously gone as high as No. 2. Its last set, 2005's "Monkey Business," bowed in the runner-up slot with a then-best 291,000. It had the unfortunate luck to come out the same week as Coldplay's "X&Y," which kept the Peas' at bay when it started at No. 1 with 737,000.
Believe it or not, "The E.N.D." is only the second top 10 album for the Peas. While "Monkey" peaked at No. 2, its first two releases -- 1998's "Behind the Front" and 2000's "Bridging the Gap" -- both missed the top 50. It wasn't until the group recruited Fergie for "Elephunk" in 2003 did the group break through big time. That album, powered by three top 40 Hot 100 singles (including "Where Is The Love?"), peaked at No. 14 and spent 106 weeks on the chart.
It was hard not to know that the Black Eyed Peas had a new album last week, thanks to heavy promotion from Target. The retailer carried an exclusive version of the album that featured additional tracks and flooded the airwaves with a commercial touting the new set.
Over on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the Peas debut at No. 2 with its new single "I Gotta Feeling" while holding at No. 1 for an 11th week with "Boom Boom Pow." It's the first time any act has occupied the top two slots on the Hot 100 with songs from the No. 1 album of the week since OutKast did it on Feb. 7, 2004. They were Nos. 1 and 2 on the Hot 100 with "Hey Ya" and "The Way You Move," respectively, while "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" spent its seventh (and final week) atop the Billboard 200.
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300k is not bad at all, I expect the album to go at least 2x platinum.
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BEP
get that record smash <3
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