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In order to be considered for a Grammy Nomination, the label of any given artists (rarely, but at times the artists themselves) must submit any songs/albums/videos they want the Recording Academy to consider for nomination.  Any submissions must be according to the regulations of the Academy.  Any artist missing  to submit a song even if was the number 1 hit of the year, will definitely not be nominated.  Well, peabodies, we got a list of submissions for The Black Eyed Peas and others for Fergie! REMEMBER: These are not the official nominations.

FERGIE

Record of the Year:
ALL OF THE LIGHTS
Kanye West feat. Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
ALL OF THE LIGHTS
Kanye West feat. Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

BLACK EYED PEAS

Song of the Year (Award goes to songwriters)
Don’t Stop the Party
William Adams, Joshua Alvarez, Stacy
Ferguson, Jaime Gomez, Damien
LeRoy & Allan Pineda, songwriters

Just Can’t Get Enough
William Adams, Joshua Alvarez, Stacy
Ferguson, Jaime Gomez, Rodney
Jerkins, Allan Pineda & Stephen
Shadowen, songwriters

Record of the Year
Just Can’t Get Enough

Album of the Year
The Beginning

Best Pop Group/Duo Performance
Don’t Stop the Party
Just Can’t Get Enough

Best Pop/Vocal Album
The Beginning

Best Short Form Music Video
Just Can’t Get Enough (Final US
Version)

Check out what Fergie had to say when asked about Miley Cyrus‘ Black Eyed Peas skit on SNL last week.

Apl.De.Ap from Black Eyed Peas has opened a studio in his country the Philippines.

The rapper has launched his apl.de.ap Music Studio and Library at his old school Holy Angel University and a library, computer room and music room at Sapang Bato National High School.

Apl attended the school and university as a kid when he was known as Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr.

At age 14, he was adopted and moved to the USA and where he formed Black Eyed Peas with will.i.am and Taboo in 1995.

This week, Apl was also appointed special ambassador to education by the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation.

If the Black Eyed Peas are applying for the title of “Biggest biggest band in the world” in 2011, they’ve set up that campaign nicely with a newly released album called The Beginning which picks up where their landmark previous record The E.N.D. left off – and they’re gearing up for a Super Bowl halftime performance in February which positions them as the first modern act to receive that honor in years. Co-founder Apl.de.ap talks with Beatweek about how the new album was born on the road, what they have (and don’t have) planned for the Super Bowl, and more about the world of the Black Eyed Peas.

Four years went by between your previous two albums. But now between The E.N.D. and The Beginning, it’s been barely a year and a half. What led to that where you guys said let’s get something out there quicker this time?

It was a natural progression, being inspired by going out and seeing what’s out there, me and Will had been DJing every night on tour. Sometimes when we DJ we try to create new songs just for that night, and those tracks we ended up using them for this album. So we’re always inspired by what’s going on and new stuff. We bring our laptops and set stuff up in the hotel room with our mics, and try to keep fresh.

Is this the first time you guys have laid the groundwork for an album while you were on the road?

We’ve done that in earlier years. From Elephunk through Monkey Business we did that. And then also The Duchess, Fergie’s album, we also did that. The John Lennon Bus was with us on tour, when we’d get a break we’d all jump in there.

Are you guys just having some fun with your album names, The E.N.D. and then The Beginning?

Every ending got a new beginning, you know? For this album we implemented a lot of technology into it. In the U.S. there’s not a lot of music stores anymore to sell music. It’s all through the internet and media, and that’s the beginning of new technology. So we tried use a lot of that technology with this new album.

As far as The Time (Dirty Bit), I think you guys are the only ones who can take an eighties pop song like “I Had The Time Of My Life” and completely rework it into an electronic hip hop song and have it work. Where did you guys come up with the idea for that?

You had a feeling that you were going to have a good time that night, so the next day you reminisce back that you had the time of your life. We also picked that song because of the settings of going out, having a good time, having the time of your life, especially with the music industry and the economy right now, and we’re still supported by our Peabodies and still touring and doing what we love and doing great. The song just came about like sometimes when you go out to DJ, we like to create something new. It’s one of those songs like Barbara Streisand, with a dope beat after it, you know? It’s like an instrumental. So we were influenced by those type of songs, going to these dance festivals and going to underground electro clubs, and then put our Black Eyed Peas twist to it.

Can you help us out as far as the Black Eyed Peas definition of the term “dirty bit”?

It’s saying the beginning in a different way. It’s going back to the beginning, and dirty bit is eight bit, and that’s how technology started. So dirty bit, going back to the beginning when you used to play Atari and those graphics.

I’m hearing that your 2011 tour is going to have most of the shows at stadiums instead of arenas. Is that the case?

Yeah, there’s definitely a lot more stadium shows this time around.

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Do not expect to see the Black Eyed Peas be the group ruling the nominations at this year’s Grammy Awards, much less expect them to take at least 2 awards with them.  The label of a recording artist is the one in charge of submitting what songs they want considered by the academy to be up for nomination.  This year, the peas’ label only submitted to one category.

The Black Eyed Peas were able to submit Imma Be and Rock That Body, since those two were the only songs released during the Grammy deadline.  While they could’ve gone with Imma Be for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Pop or even Rap, and Rock That Body for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Pop or Dance Recording, they opted not to.  The only one submitted to was Best Short Form Music Video for Imma Be Rocking That Body.  

Though, you might see Fergie, Will.I.Am or Apl.De.Ap come out with nominations apart from the peas!  The three were submitted various times for the songs Gettin’ Over You, Check It Out, Wavin’ Flag, Spaceship and OMG through the labels of the lead artists of those songs.  

We remind you that these are not official nominations! A label submits songs to the Grammy Academy and from the hundreds of songs submitted under each category, they will come out with the 5 nominated songs/albums/videos in about 2 months.

Here are the complete submissions for Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Will.I.Am, and Apl.De.Ap:

Record of the Year

• David Guetta & Chris Willis feat. Fergie & LMFAO – Gettin’ Over You
• Usher feat. Will.I.Am – OMG
• K’Naan feat. Will.i.am & David Guetta – Wavin’ Flag

Song of the Year

• David Guetta & Chris Willis feat. Fergie & LMFAO – Gettin’ Over You
• Usher feat. Will.I.Am – OMG
• K’Naan feat. Will.i.am & David Guetta – Wavin’ Flag

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The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. World Tour Takes on Mexico

MONTERREY – September 30, Estadio Technologico
MEXICO CITY – October 2, Estadio Azteca
GUADALAJARA – details to follow

BlackBerry Presents “The E.N.D. World Tour 2010.” Supported by BACARDI® Rum, the official spirit of the tour and Outspoken by Fergie, the exclusive fragrance by Avon

August 8 , 2010 - Six-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum artists The Black Eyed Peas have just announced the September 30th date in Monterrey, Mexico at the Estadio Tecnologico on the Latin American leg of BlackBerry® Presents “The E.N.D. World Tour 2010”. Supported by BACARDI® Rum, the official spirit of the tour and Outspoken by Fergie, the exclusive fragrance by Avon. Santder card holders pre-sale begin on Sunday, August 15th to 17th. Public on sale on Wednesday, August 18th.

The Black Eyed Peas “The E.N.D. World Tour 2010″, Mexican tour dates also include Mexico City on October 2 at Estadio Azteca and Guadalajara with details to follow.
 
BlackBerry Presents “The E.N.D. World Tour 2010,” has been described as “pop’s latest sci-fi spectacle” by the New York Times, while US Magazine raved that the tour is a “futuristic bash full of unstoppable hits, high-energy fun and some killer solo interludes….” Kansas City Star noted that “everyone got what he or she asked for: nearly two hours of hits, glitz and glamour” and The Orange County Register praised The Peas performance of “radio-ready smash after smash.”  So far they’ve already played 35 North American and 18 European headlining dates this year, and are currently on the road now wrapping up another 16 North American dates this summer.
 
BlackBerry Presents “The E.N.D. World Tour 2010″ is in support of The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas’ multi-platinum #1 album, and marks the first time that will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie are united for Latin American headline dates since their 2006 Monkey Business world tour. The Black Eyed Peas launched their worldwide trek just days after their 2010 triple Grammy Award win – The E.N.D. won for Best Pop Vocal Album, while its first single “Boom Boom Pow” won Best Short Form Music Video, and its second single “I Gotta Feeling” won for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.  To date, The E.N.D. has sold over 2.6 million copies in the U.S., and over 7.33 million copies world¬wide, while spending 59 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.  It is also the first album in two decades by a duo or group to yield five Top 10 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, including three #1 hits “Boom Boom Pow,” “I Gotta Feeling,” and “Imma Be,” #7 “Meet Me Halfway” and current #9 track “Rock That Body.”  In addition, “I Gotta Feeling” is the first digital download to pass the 6 million mark in SoundScan history, as recently reported in Billboard. 
 
BlackBerry Presents “The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) World Tour 2010,” promoted by AEG Live -Concerts West, is the ultimate Black Eyed Peas party experience, a feast for the senses for hundreds of thousands of fans in arenas around the world. The setting proves ‘The Energy Never Dies’ as it replicates the party vibe of a hot dance club, complete with guest DJs including will.i.am. 
 
Ticket prices range between $325 and $2,500 pesos. Tickets available through SuperBoletos.com, Saharis, Backstage and at the Arena Monterrey box office.

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While at the BET Awards this past Sunday, Access Hollywood got the opportunity to chat a bit with the four members of The Black Eyed Peas.  Fergie uses the opportunity to sarcastically say that she is already gone from the peas and that she’s pregnant for the 5th time, none of which are true by the way.  Enjoy the interview below: