Black Eyed are Really Peas’ed with British Download Record

On June 30, 2010 in Uncategorized

The Black Eyed Peas number 1 tune “I Gotta Feeling” has become the very first ever single to get down loaded more than one million times in the UK. Initially unveiled on 8 June, 09, it lasted a couple of weeks in the number one spot and altogether a whole thirty-three weeks in the top forty. Singer Fergie stated: “It’s exhilarating to know we are so connected to our Peabodies.”Hopefully the good vibes from that song will continue to brighten people’s lives.” Martin Talbot, managing director with the Official Charts Company, pointed out the milestone has been “a very significant step for the download market.”It’s been with us for five years but this really marks a coming of age,” he said. Downloading was originally taken into account in the music singles chart in April ‘05, although only if the CD was for sale in the shops. A year later, downloads became eligible for the chart in their own right, and only a few weeks shortly after, Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy became the very first music single to get to number one with out selling any physical copies. Consequently downloading has come to take over the top 40. Nearly 98% of all single sales are now from downloading, with nearly one hundred thousand sold each week to get the top spot. Despite the fact that this number is pretty high in contrast to all the rest of the music charts past, you’ll find concerns from the music sector that it’s masking a much deeper problem. Record company executives say that millions of pounds annually are now being lost as a result of issues such as online piracy - in no way aided through the easy availability of downloads. Martin Talbot said that download single sales are merely one part of the picture. He said: “Around the world album sales are declining rather dramatically. “But here in the UK things aren’t quite as bad. This isn’t a boom time but it’s not a time for real concern either.” If perhaps you want to catch this awesome group live then you happen to be in luck. They are going to be hitting live near you in the near future with their in demand Northern American tour! Buy your Black Eyed Peas concert ticket now before they are sold-out!

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