Hot 100 Turns 60: The Black Eyed Peas, LMFAO and an Apology for Party Rocking

As part of Billboard’s celebration of the 60th anniversary of our Hot 100 chart this week, we’re taking a deeper look at some of the biggest artists and singles in the chart’s history. Here, we revisit The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” and LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” which finished at No. 7 and No. 6 in our all-time Hot 100 singles ranking, respectively.  There wasn’t a lot to celebrate when the Black Eyed Peas released their Hot 100-topping behemoth “I Gotta Feeling.” But some parties are so inescapable you end up attending them whether you like it or not, and you certainly didn’t need an invite to the Peas’ Hot 100-topping behemoth to listen to it and even love it — particularly not in 2009. That was the year the Black Eyed Peas occupied the top spot of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart from April to October – a total of 26 weeks, a full half of the year – first with their electro-rap ode to onomatopoeia “Boom Boom Pow” for 12 weeks and then with “Feeling” for another 14. It was a song so ubiquitous that it was easy not to notice how much America needed it. As a composition, it’s a paradox, existing at once… Read full this story

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