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The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop group from Los Angeles. As of 2009, the group is composed of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie. Since its breakout album Elephunk in 2003, the group's pop/dance-oriented style of hip hop music has sold an estimated twenty-seven million albums and singles worldwide.
The first notable album released by the Black Eyed Peas was Behind the Front in 1998, making it their first to be release in North America. The album featured the first lineup of the Black Eyed Peas, which included Will.i.am (William James Jr. Addams), Apl.de.Ap (Allen Pineda) and Taboo (Jaime Gomez). The album contains 16 tracks and sold 980,000 copies worldwide. The album spawned several singles for the group, including Fallin' Up, Joints & Jam, What it is, Karma, Que Dices?, and Head Bobs .
The first single from Elephunk was the song Where is the Love? , a single featuring Justin Timberlake which became Black Eyed Peas' first major hit, peaking at #8 on the U.S. Hot 100. It charted better outside of the U.S., topping several music charts, including six weeks at #1 in the UK where it became the biggest-selling single of 2003. The single also had similar results in Australia, staying at #1 for 6 weeks as well. The album subsequently spawned Shut Up, which peaked at #2 in the UK and topped the charts in many other European countries including France and Germany, as well as Australia, holding on to the #1 spot for 3 weeks there. Elephunk won worldwide success and went Gold and Platinum in the US, UK, Germany, and other European markets.
During Black Eyed Peas' concert tour in Asia in 2004, apl.de.ap's life story was featured in a weekly Filipino TV drama special called Maalaala Mo Kaya ( Would You Remember ), which explained his childhood with his poor family in Pampanga, Philippines. ( The Apl Song , with the chorus written in Tagalog, a language of the Philippines, from their album Elephunk, also tells his story.) It was at this time that apl.de.ap formed the Filipino Songwriters and Artist Group (FSAG) with Leli, a songwriter also from Pampanga, Philippines, who had developed her writing craft in Compton in the early eighties.