Black Eyed Peas’ hit single I Gotta Feeling officially holds the title of the most-downloaded digital song which has been legally purchased over six million times, or roughly once every five seconds since its release. Celebrating the occasion, the band’s will.i.am said in a statement that the achievement signals a better future for the music industry:
I am so proud to be leading our industry with 6 million digital sales. It means so much for the future of the music industry.
The song spent fourteen weeks at the #1 slot on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. I think you’ll agree that I Gottta Feeling, released in June 2009, is a digital phenomenon.
iTunes is still ranking the song as the bestselling track of all time and it amassed nearly 40 million views on YouTube, which is pretty astonishing knowing that only a handful of music videos get that many views. The #1 most-viewed music video on YouTube remains Lady GaGa’s Bad Romance which has been viewed over 255 million times at press time.
Black Eyed Peas’ 100-date North American tour has grossed $47.7 million as of the end of June, the band noted. The tour is scheduled to end on August 23 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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File photo of the Black Eyed Peas in Paris 
US hip hop group Black Eyed Peas has announced that it is almost finished with its new studio album, ''The Beginning''. The group's leader and producer, will.i.am (William James Adams, Jr.), says that the recording "symbolizes growth, new beginnings and starts, fresh new perspective. It's a positive, feel-good album at the time where there's question marks and uncertainty. People want to be reminded that it's going to be all right."

''The Beginning'' is the group's sixth studio album and is set to be released by the end of the year. It comes one year after the release of multiplatinum ''The E.N.D.'' and one of its hit singles "I Gotta Feeling".

"I Gotta Feeling" officially became the most downloaded digital song last Friday, having reached six million legal digital downloads. Released in June 2009, the song topped the charts for fourteen weeks. iTunes still lists the song as the bestselling of all time, and its music video on YouTube has reached approximately 38 million views.

Will.i.am said of the milestone, "We came out in '98 and our career, if you would look at it on chart, there's no dips in it. For our career to still be healthy and vibrant and doing things like 6 million downloads, it's pretty significant."