Sept. 8, 2007
On break from the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie crowned the Billboard Hot 100 solo with her ballad “Big Girls Don’t Cry.”
Today in Billboard History:
April 18, 2009
The Black Eyed Peas begin their six-month stranglehold atop the Billboard Hot 100, as “Boom Boom Pow” reaches No. 1. The song would lead for 12 weeks and be dethroned by the group’s follow-up, “I Gotta Feeling,” which led for 14 frames, giving the Peas a record 26 consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100.