Also hitting new heights was Soulja Boy (remember him?) with Kiss Me Thru The Phone feat. Outside the Top 10, Alesha Dixon was on the rise with manic pop bop Let's Get Excited (13), as were Deadmau5 and Kaskade with I Remember (14). 's Translation, although none of these made an impact on the UK charts.Įlsewhere in the Official Charts this week in 2009, Eminem's We Made You rose up to a new peak (4) as did Lily Allen's ode to bad sex Not Fair (5) and Prodigy rose up into the Top 10 with Warrior's Dance (9). The group are still active today (sans Fergie) releasing two albums as a trio - 2018's Masters of the Sun Vol. The Black Eyed Peas' last Number 1 in the UK was the Dirty Dancing homage The Time (Dirty Bit) in 2010. It's current-day streams also add up to over 24 million.īoom Boom Pow would be the first of three consecutive Number 1s the Peas would achieve in the UK over the span of just six months - also including follow-up smash I Gotta Feeling and Meet Me Halfway in the latter half of the year. According to Official Charts Company data, Boom Boom Pow's chart sales in the UK now exceed 987,000. The track's chart sales equalled over 74,000 in its opening week, and it would stay at Number 1 for two consecutive weeks (falling to Number 2 in the next week, before bouncing back the week after). MORE: Black Eyed Peas' Official Charts history in full It debuted at Number 1 in its first week, knocking Tinchy Stryder and N-Dubz off the top spot with their collaboration Number 1. The change in reception was almost immediate The Black Eyed Peas were, suddenly, the biggest group in the world.īoom Boom Pow arrived on the Official Singles Chart with, well, a boom boom pow. It was a truly transformational record for the group, turning them towards the more electronic side of hip-hop and flirting with elements of synth-pop.
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