Black Eyed Peas - Formula For Success?

Everyone knows The Black Eyed Peas, and whether it's from their new success with The E.N.D. and Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway, or Imma Be, or if it's back with Elephunk or any of their older albums. Personally my favorite song from them is "Where is the Love" followed by "Let's Get Re-Started".

So even if you don't like BEP, they are a world famous band and have had HUGE success. You can't even count the number of times one of their recent songs or their album The E.N.D. has been nominated for award shows, held at #1 of a song list, ect. During a time Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway, and Imma Be have all been #1 on iTunes singles list, and I Gotta Feeling was iTunes most downloaded song of all time.

So hows did they get this success? Well the music industry is very hard to get into, and even when your into it it is rather easy to get knocked out of it, you have to do what you do perfectly and it has to be wanted by the audience. BEP's catchy songs, modern and futuristic themes and beats, mesmerizing (edited) voices, insane music videos, and of course Fergie showing herself off all contribute to the bands success. They base their songs on the young generation, they talk about technology, they have all of these futuristic sounds and elements in their music videos that appeal to kids, teens, and young adults. They also do a lot of promotion, they allowed their music to be remixed and edited by many DJs including David Guetta, they even held a remix contest for aspiring DJs! They let Tappulous release an iPhone app featuring their music in a DJ mixing track based game called Riddim Ribbon. They released their album The E.N.D. Deluxe Edition for $9.99, they gave a free copy with DJ Hero, ect. All of these things helped lead to such a huge success.

Imma Be Rocking That Body - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufsq5lto6g

Boom Boom Pow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m48GqaOz90

[Slightly Explicit] I Gotta Feeling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA&feature=channel

Meet Me Halfway - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7HahVwYpwo&feature=channel

Where is the Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucRzVGSgCgs&feature=channel

Coming in the future, "Green Day - Matching the Era" and "Metallica - Rock Legends"