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Black Eyed Peas Break Billboard Record

According to Billboard.com:

With an eighth consecutive week at No. 1 for “I Gotta Feeling,” the Black Eyed Peas will have held the top slot for an unprecedented 20 straight weeks, having previously led the list for the prior 12 frames with “Boom Boom Pow,” the lead single from its Billboard 200-topping album “The E.N.D.”

Also entering the record books is Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours,” which spends an extraordinary 70th week on the Hot 100. The track debuted on the May 3, 2008, chart and peaked at No. 6 nearly a year ago, on Sept. 20, 2008. The song has resided within the top 40 of the list in all but the first 12 weeks of its chart life, dropping 23-29 on the latest tally.

The Black Eyed Peas’ 20-week string atop the Hot 100 surpasses Usher’s run of 19 consecutive weeks achieved in 2004 with “Yeah!” and “Burn.”
On establishing the mark for longest successive stay at No. 1 in the Hot 100′s 51-year history, Peas member will.i.am comments, “With this kind of success your ego wants to take all the credit but your heart reminds your soul that it was your heart that had you slaving and creating in the studio making the music; breaking through comfort zones and tradition. In the fight between heart and ego my heart always wins.” Fellow Pea Fergie adds, “It’s an amazing feeling to know that these songs have connected with so many people who have kept them alive for so long.”

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