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Elephunk is the third studio album by American group the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on June 24, 2003, by A&M Records, Interscope Records and will.i.am Music Group.
The production of Elephunk commenced in August 2001, and was affected by the September 11 attacks, which both caused anxiety to the group members and inspired the songwriting. During the process, Fergie joined the group as the female vocalist, replacing Kim Hill, who departed the group in 2000. The recording sessions went on to be extended until May 2003, which caused its release to be postponed multiple times. The first album to have the group credited as The Black Eyed Peas, Elephunk is a hip hop and pop record incorporating an array of genres, such as R&B, Latin, funk, dancehall, rock and dance. It explores lyrical themes such as relationships, dancing and social issues.
Elephunk was met with critical polarity upon its release, directed towards its variety of genres and lyrical content. The Black Eyed Peas' breakthrough album, it was a
Elephunk produced four singles. "
Background and development
After signing a record deal with Interscope Records, the Black Eyed Peas released two critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful studio albums–Behind the Front (1998) and Bridging the Gap (2000). The latter produced the single "Request + Line", featuring Macy Gray, which was their first to enter the US Billboard Hot 100 and numerous international charts, but peaked only at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] Following the commercial failures, it was unsure whether the group would continue recording together. will.i.am met Ron Fair, then-president of A&M Records, when he recruited the group for the Legally Blonde (2001) soundtrack, for which they recorded the song "Magic" featuring Terry Dexter. Fair offered the group to move to A&M, which they accepted.[3] In order to make them more commercially successful, Fair suggested a musical direction change:
"I asked them, 'How would you feel about taking a leap and going more into the pop world?' They replied, 'We don't want to lose our credibility or our fanbase.' I said, 'Well, if you don't take a shot at it, it's gonna get worse, because the backpack crowd are the people who will download the records for free.'"[3]
The group was initially reluctant; however, after discussions and several songwriting sessions, the idea was pursued.[3] Taboo would later claim if he was going to sell out, he'd "rather be selling out arenas than selling out of my trunk on the corner of my block."[4]
Recording and production
The recording for Elephunk commenced on August 23, 2001, with "Smells Like Funk", which wouldn't be finished until July 2, 2002.[5] Sessions took place at various recording studios across California. Most of the tracks were recorded at The Stewchia in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. Other locations included the Glenwood Studio in Burbank, California and Record Plant in Los Angeles. Music for "Smells Like Funk" was recorded at a house in Bodega Bay, California. "Anxiety" was the sole song recorded at Velvet Tone in Sacramento, California, and was recorded from March 24 until July 23, 2002.[5] The final song recorded for the album was "The Boogie That Be", which was finished on May 11, 2003, only a day prior to "Where Is the Love?" being serviced to radio as the lead single.[5] will.i.am wrote "Don't Knock It", a song "about how everybody got their opinion. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean somebody else ain't going to love it", which ultimately failed to make the final cut, much like the mid-tempo "Thanks" and the Rockwilder-produced "Fire".[6]
The Black Eyed Peas begun recording Elephunk as a trio; original member Kim Hill departed the group in 2000. As a female vocalist was needed for some of the tracks, various singers were brought in to record. Terry Dexter provided backing vocals for "Smells Like Funk", Noelle Scaggs for "Let's Get Retarded" and "Smells Like Funk", and Debi Nova for "Latin Girls".[5] In early 2002, during the recording of "Shut Up", will.i.am once again sought a female vocalist needed for the song. His original choice was Nicole Scherzinger, who was a member of Eden's Crush at the time. He asked Scherzinger's then-fiancé Nick Hexum from 311, who rejected the offer for her.[8] will.i.am then asked Fergie, whom he met in 2001 on a radio show where both the Black Eyed Peas and Wild Orchid, of which Fergie was a member at the time, performed. She accepted the offer and was soon made a permanent member of the Black Eyed Peas, recording remainder of the album with the group.[9]
Music and lyrics
Elephunk is a hip hop and pop album which incorporates an array of genres, such as R&B, Latin, funk, dancehall, rock and dance.[10][11][12] It explores lyrical themes such as partying, sex, infatuation and, to a lesser extent, social issues. The album opens with the horn-infused "Southern-fried rapid rap" song "Hands Up".[13][14] The trumpet-driven "Labor Day (It's a Holiday)" lyrically celebrates an alcohol and sex-filled three-day weekend.[14][15] "Let's Get Retarded" encourages its listeners to party with lines such as "Lose your mind, this is the time / Y'all can't stand still, twist and bang your spine / Bob your head like epilepsy / Up inside the club or in your Bentley".[16] Its censored version "Let's Get It Started" replaces the terms "retarded" and "epilepsy", and replaces the original track on the 2022 reissue.[17] The dancehall track "Hey Mama" features a male protagonist expressing his attraction to a woman.[18][19] "Shut Up" details an argument between two lovers leading up to the end of their relationship.[6] The sixth track "Smells Like Funk" describes an odor-filled environment and insinuates cannabis consumption.[14] "Latin Girls" is a guitar riff-laced song incorporating Latin piano and percussion, and lyrically celebrates Hispanic women.[20][14] Jazz-influenced "Sexy" sees the male protagonist express his love and admiration towards his female love interest prior to having sex with her.[11][21]
"Fly Away" is a rock-influenced hip hop track which encourages a former lover to leave, while "The Boogie That Be" is a "vintage early 1980's
Title and artwork
will.i.am revealed the title of the Black Eyed Peas' third studio album to be Elephunk on June 11, 2002, explaining:
"An elephant ain't the fastest, swiftest animal, but it walks smoothly. It's fat. It's heavy. Thump, thump. You can just picture an elephant's movement. That's the sound of the album. We have a lot of trombones, fat basslines, fat grooves, and nice, thick horn layers and arrangements. Just fat funk."[6]
The album cover for Elephunk was designed by Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri and uses images of the group members photographed by Markus Klinko.[5] It features each member in a corner and an artwork of an elephant's head in the center against a light blue background.[25] The cover marked the first time the group was credited as The Black Eyed Peas, the name they would retire in 2018, when they removed the prefix.[25]
Release and promotion
Originally set for an October 2002 release,[6] Elephunk was released on June 24, 2003, by A&M Records, Interscope Records and will.i.am Music Group.[26] On June 4, the Black Eyed Peas embarked on Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera's The Justified & Stripped Tour as a supporting act, touring North America until September 2.[27] Interspersed with the tour, the group headlined a club tour from May 30 until August 31.[27] They performed "Where Is the Love?" at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on August 28.[28] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, they promoted the album by being a supporting act for The Stripped Tour, Aguilera's solo extension of The Justified & Stripped Tour, from October to November, as well as performing "Where Is the Love?" at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards and, with "Shut Up", on Top of the Pops on November 28.[29][30] In the United States, they performed "Where Is the Love?" and "Hey Mama" on Saturday Night Live on January 10, 2004.[31] The group performed "Where Is the Love?" again at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards on February 8, where they received two nominations for the song.[32] Internationally, the group promoted the album by performing at the Big Day Out in Australia and New Zealand from January to February, at the MTV Asia Awards 2004 in Singapore on February 14, at the Sanremo Music Festival 2004 in Italy on March 2, and on the Bravo Super Show in Germany on March 13.[33][34][35][36]
In March, the Black Eyed Peas embarked on their third headlining tour, titled Elephunk Tour, and toured North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania until December.
Singles
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"Shut Up" was released as the second single from Elephunk on September 8, 2003.[55] It wasn't as successful as its predecessor in the US as it failed to enter the US Billboard Hot 100. However, it duplicated the international commercial success of "Where Is the Love?", peaking atop the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland, and the European Hot 100 Singles.[56][57][58] The digital single was certified gold by the RIAA on May 19, 2005, for sales of 500,000 units in the US.[59] The song's accompanying music video was directed by The Malloys and features an opera themed around a battle of the sexes, in which will.i.am and Taboo play Fergie's suitors, and apl.de.ap is the conductor. It features cameos by Kimberly Wyatt and Carmit Bachar from the Pussycat Dolls, Travis Barker from Blink-182, Shifty Shellshock from Crazy Town, and French singer Afida Turner.[54]
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In April 2004, "Let's Get Retarded" was announced to have been re-recorded and retitled "
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 66/100[71] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [72] |
Alternative Press | 4/5[73] |
The A.V. Club | (mixed)[74] |
Blender | [75] |
Drowned in Sound | 9/10[76] |
Entertainment Weekly | C[12] |
HipHopDX | 4.0/5[20] |
Rolling Stone | [13] |
Spin | B+[77] |
The Village Voice | A−[78] |
Elephunk received mixed to positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 66, based on 15 reviews, indicating generally positive reviews.[71] John Bush from AllMusic wrote that Elephunk "possesses some of the most boundary-pushing productions in contemporary, (mostly) uncommercial hip-hop".[72][79] Chris Nettleton from Drowned in Sound complimented the album, writing: "This record is full of first rate rapping, first rate tunes, first rate instrumentation. Look on the surface, and you've got an album full of memorable songs, hooks that lodge in your mind... but look in depth, and it's quality from the top down."[76] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau called the album "the brightest actual pop album of 2003" and commented that the group "remain unbelievable, but in pop that's just one more aesthetic nuance".[78] K.B. Tindal from HipHopDX described the album as "a collaboration of riffs, funk, rhymes, vocals and beats and looses steam at some points with all the originality that just seems to be all over the place, but it's still a solid outing none the less".[20] Terry Sawyer from PopMatters called the album "one of the essential hip-hop records of the year", adding that it "drops non-stop hook and hump, an album with almost no missteps and more than its share of undeniable, thumping joy."[14] Bill Lehane from musicOMH also praised the album, writing: "With Elephunk, this alternative rap crew have proved again that they are just that, offering a different style of hip-hop to contrast with the gangsta style. Whoever digs that vibe, get your hands up."[18]
Evan Serpick
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2003 | Billboard Music Award | Mainstream Top 40 Track of the Year
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"Where Is the Love?" | Won | |
2004 | Grammy Award
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Record of the Year | Nominated | ||
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
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Nominated | ||||
2004 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Song | Nominated | ||
2004 | MTV Video Music Awards Japan | Best Group Video | Nominated | ||
Breakthrough Video | Nominated | ||||
2004 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Music – Hip-Hop/Rap Track | Won | ||
2004 | MTV Video Music Award
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Best Dance Video | "Hey Mama" | Nominated | |
Best Hip-Hop Video
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Nominated | ||||
Best Choreography in a Video | Won | ||||
2004 | MTV Europe Music Award
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Best Album | Elephunk | Nominated | |
2004 | Billboard Music Award | Digital Track of the Year | "Let's Get It Started" | Nominated | |
2005 | Grammy Award | Record of the Year | Nominated | ||
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
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Won | ||||
Best Rap Song | Nominated | ||||
"Hey Mama" | Nominated | ||||
2005 | MTV Australia Video Music Award
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Best R&B Video | Won | ||
Sexiest Video | Won | ||||
2005 | MTV Video Music Award Japan | Best Hip-Hop Video | "Let's Get It Started" | Nominated | |
2005 | MuchMusic Video Award
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Best International Group Video | Nominated | ||
People's Choice: Favorite International Group | Nominated |
Commercial performance
Elephunk was a
In the United Kingdom, Elephunk debuted at number 94 on the
Elephunk was a commercial success in Oceania as well. In Australia, it debuted at number 50 and went on to peak atop the chart after a year of charting, on August 29, 2004, spending a total of 70 weeks on the chart.[107] The album has been certified quadruple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[108] In New Zealand, it debuted at number 11, and after months of fluctuating within the top 30, peaked at number two on April 19, 2004.[109] The album has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ).[110] As of September 2013, it has sold over nine million copies worldwide.[111]
Impact and legacy
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [112] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide (updated) | [113] |
Elephunk and its singles are credited for pushing the Black Eyed Peas into stardom and cementing them as pop culture icons.[114][115][116] The group's breakthrough record, it became their first charting album in numerous countries, as well as their first album to be certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[117] Specifically, lead single "Where Is the Love?" is credited for establishing the group as a viable act worldwide. According to Katie Sharp from Mic, "it brought an oddball rap group from L.A. right into the public eye. Suddenly, there was a powerful force countering all the macho posturing in rap and the shallowness of pop — there was a catchy song delivering incisive cultural criticism about world peace in the wake of 9/11. And it became a massive global hit."[115] The album was the group's first to feature Fergie, who was also credited for being "the primary vehicle for the Black Eyed Peas' rise to pop stardom, though. She not only brought sex appeal to the all-male dynamic, but she also brought a heavy emphasis on catchy hooks."[115] Elephunk was also credited for individually propelling Fergie and will.i.am to global prominence.[115]
However, the group's newfound commercial success and the introduction of Fergie also resulted with what some critics perceived as a downgrade in quality of the group's music, and the group received accusations of selling out.[114][115] Writing for Slant Magazine, Sal Cinquemani stated: "The Black Eyed Peas's 2003 breakthrough album, Elephunk, was a slow-building success story. Filling the album with irritatingly catchy songs was a bold, ballsy move you couldn't help but admire, and it transitioned the Peas, with the aide of new member Stacy Ferguson, from the Fugees-lite to omnipresent pop supergroup."[118] During the Elephunk Tour (2004), which supported Elephunk worldwide, the Black Eyed Peas commenced production of their fourth studio album Monkey Business.[119] It was released on May 25, 2005, and became the group's first US Billboard 200 top-ten album, debuting at number two, and produced their first two US Billboard Hot 100 top-three singles–"Don't Phunk with My Heart" and "My Humps".
10 years after the release of Elephunk, will.i.am revealed that representatives from the Black Eyed Peas' then-label A&M Records did not like the songs produced for the album, namely "Where Is the Love?", "Shut Up" and "Let's Get Retarded", as they didn't consider them "hits".[111] He added: "Me and apl.de.ap were like, 'Look, dude. If this is going to be our last record, a lot of groups like us are getting dropped. Let's just make the kind of record we want to make; our record.' And so 'Elephunk' was our record."[111] Despite A&M's initial reaction, aforementioned three songs were all released as singles and became award-winning international hits.
Track listing
All tracks are produced by will.i.am.[g]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hands Up" |
| 4:43 |
9. | "Fly Away" |
| 3:35 |
10. | "The Boogie That Be" |
| 5:12 |
11. | "The Apl Song" |
| 2:54 |
12. | "Anxiety" (featuring Papa Roach) |
| 3:38 |
13. | "Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justin Timberlake) (includes hidden track "Third Eye") |
| 8:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Sumthin for That Ass" | Adams | 3:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justin Timberlake) |
| 4:32 |
14. | "Third Eye" | Adams | 3:41 |
15. | "Rock My Shit" |
| 3:50 |
16. | "What's Goin' Down" | Adams | 2:41 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justin Timberlake) |
| 4:32 |
14. | "Let's Get It Started" (includes hidden track "Third Eye") |
| 7:33 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justin Timberlake) |
| 4:32 |
14. | "Let's Get It Started" |
| 3:37 |
15. | "Third Eye" | Adams | 3:41 |
16. | "Hands Up" (live from the House of Blues) |
| 5:07 |
17. | "Fly Away" (live from the House of Blues) |
| 3:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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3. | "Let's Get It Started" |
| 3:37 |
13. | "Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justin Timberlake) |
| 4:32 |
14. | "Third Eye" | Adams | 3:41 |
15. | "Rock My Shit" |
| 3:50 |
16. | "What's Goin' Down" | Adams | 2:41 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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17. | "Sumthin for That Ass" | Adams | 3:51 |
18. | "For the People" |
| 4:02 |
19. | "Hey Mama" (Jimmy Remix) |
| 3:02 |
20. | "Shut Up" (remix) |
| 4:22 |
21. | "Shut Up" (instrumental) |
| 5:09 |
22. | "Where Is the Love?" (instrumental) |
| 4:33 |
23. | "Hands Up" (live from the House of Blues) |
| 5:07 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Where Is the Love?" (music video) | |
2. | "Shut Up" (music video) | |
3. | "Where Is the Love?" (instrumental) | |
4. | "Shut Up" (instrumental) | |
5. | "Sumthin for That Ass" | |
6. | "Tell Your Mama Come" (live) |
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Elephunk.[5]
- apl.de.ap – vocals (tracks 1–3, 6, 7, 11–13), drum programming (track 11), production (track 11)
- Travis Barker – drums (track 15)
- Printz Board – horns (track 2), trumpet (track 7), clavinet (track 13), Moog synthesizer (track 13)
- Ray Brady – guitar (tracks 5 and 9)
- David Buckner– drums (track 12)
- Davey Chegwidden – percussion (track 7)
- J. Curtis – guitar (tracks 5, 7, 11 and 13)
- Terry Dexter – backing vocals (track 6)
- Dylan Dresdow – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 13 and 15), additional vocal engineering (track 3)
- Tobin Esperance– bass guitar (track 12)
- Ron Fair – executive production, production (track 13), additional vocal production (track 5), piano (track 7)
- Fergie – vocals (tracks 1–5, 8–11, 13 and 14)
- Mike Fratantuno – bass guitar (tracks 1–3, 6, 13–15; guitarrón (track 7), double bass (track 13), acoustic guitar (track 13)
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
- Keith Harris – drums, percussion, keys
- Tal Herzberg – additional engineering (tracks 5 and 13)
- Jerry Horton – guitar (track 12)
- Tippa Irie – vocals (track 4)
- Jun Ishizeki – engineering (track 10)
- Markus Klinko – photography
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (track 12)
- John Legend – vocals (track 10)
- Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 1–9, 11, 13–15)
- Sérgio Mendes – piano (track 8)
- Debi Nova – vocals (track 7)
- Tim Orindgreff – horns (track 2), saxophone (track 7), flute (track 7)
- George Pajon – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5–8, 10, 13 and 15)
- Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri – photography
- Chuck Prada – percussion (tracks 7 and 14)
- Dante Santiago – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 14 and 15), vocals (track 7), A&R artist coordination
- Noelle Scaggs – backing vocals (tracks 3 and 6)
- Jacoby Shaddix – vocals (track 12)
- Christine Sirois – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 5–7 and 13)
- Taboo – vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9 and 13)
- Justin Timberlake – vocals (track 13)
- Jason Villaroman – engineering (track 11)
- will.i.am – vocals (tracks 1–10, 12–15), Moog synthesizer (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8–11 and 13), drum programming (tracks 1, 4, 6–10), clavinet (tracks 12 and 13), drums (track 2), piano (track 2), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 4), synthesizer (track 10), executive production, production (all tracks), engineering (tracks 2–4, 8, 9, 12 and 14), mixing (tracks 10 and 14)
- Terence Yoshiaki – drums (tracks 3 and 7), percussion
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[177] | Platinum | 40,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[108] | 4× Platinum | 280,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[178] | Gold | 15,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[179] | Gold | 50,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[98] | 7× Platinum | 700,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[180] | 4× Platinum | 80,000‡ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[181] | Gold | 23,541[181] |
France ( SNEP)[104]
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Platinum | 300,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[182] | Platinum | 200,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA)[183] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
Japan (RIAJ)[184] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[185] | Platinum | 150,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[186] | 2× Platinum | 160,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[110] | 4× Platinum | 60,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[187] | Gold | 20,000* |
Portugal (AFP)[188] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Russia ( NFPF)[189]
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3× Platinum | 60,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[190] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[191] | Gold | 30,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[192] | Platinum | 40,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[101] | 5× Platinum | 1,598,599[193] |
United States (RIAA)[26] | 2× Platinum | 3,190,000[194] |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[106] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Edition(s) | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Canada | June 24, 2003 | Standard | CD | Universal Music | |
United States | |||||
Australia | July 7, 2003 | Universal Music | |||
France | July 11, 2003 | Polydor | |||
United Kingdom | August 11, 2003 | ||||
Japan | August 20, 2003 | Universal Music | |||
Poland | September 11, 2003 | ||||
Germany | September 22, 2003 | ||||
Argentina | November 18, 2003 | ||||
Hong Kong | February 26, 2004 | Special | CD+VCD | ||
United States | May 24, 2004 | Reissue | CD |
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France | August 9, 2004 | Polydor | |||
Various | September 30, 2016 | Standard | Vinyl | Interscope | |
April 1, 2022 | Revised | ||||
December 8, 2023 | Expanded |
See also
- Black Eyed Peas discography
- List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2003
- List of number-one albums of 2004 (Australia)
Notes
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External links
- Official website
- Elephunk at Discogs (list of releases)