Black Eyed Peas

New lyrics gave the tune a basketball theme, and the spot featured Carlos Santana. The revised song had great success as a single, especially popular on the iTunes music download service. With Peterson's help Brightman became an international star. The BEP's song "Let's Get Retarded" was restyled as "Let's Get it Started" for an NBA finals worldwide commerical. Later, Brightman met her future producer and boyfriend, Frank Peterson. The Tagalog lyrics and backing melody were based on the the song Balita, an original composition of the 1970s Filipino folk rock group Asin. This led the two to divorce in 1990, but relations have remained cordial. The Apl Song, with the chorus written in Tagalog, from their album Elephunk, tells the story of Apl.de.ap. The theatre-goers refused to give Brightman the credit she felt she deserved, saying that the only reason for her success was that she was the wife of Lloyd Webber.

During Black Eyed Peas' concert tour in Asia in 2004, Apl.de.ap's life story was featured in a weekly Filipino TV drama special called Maalaala Mo Kaya (Will You Remember), which explained his childhood with his poor family in Pampanga, Philippines, before sadly parting with them to live a better life in the US at the age of 14. Fame as an actress came at a price, however. The current line-up of the Black Eyed Peas as of 2004 (not including supporting band members) is: will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and newcomer Fergie­. She went on to star in a number of his musicals, including Evita, Aspects of Love, and The Phantom of the Opera which was written specifically for her. The third single from the album, "Hey Mama" hit the Top 10 in the UK, Germany and several other European countries, and reached the Top 30 of the US Hot 100. Controversially, a reference to "dropping bombs like we in the Middle East" was edited out of some versions of "Hey Mama". Lloyd Webber divorced his first wife to marry Brightman in 1984. Indeed the band have enjoyed greater mainstream success in Europe than in the US with "Elephunk" going Top 10, gold and (sometimes multi-)platinum in the UK, Germany and many other European markets, yet ultimately failing to break the US Top 10, although it did go platinum there. She got the part.

The album subsequently spawned "Shut Up", which failed in the US but peaked at UK #2 (despite being referred to by one reviewer as "The single most vacuous, pointless, vile and generally loathsome song in a generation") and topped the charts in many other European countries including France and Germany. It was there that she met her future husband, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. From "Elephunk" came the anti-war anthem "Where Is The Love?", which became their first major hit, peaking at #8 on the US Hot 100, but topping the charts practically everywhere else, including six weeks at #1 in the UK where it became the biggest-selling single of 2003. In 1981, Brightman tried out for a role in the then-new musical Cats. She is the replacement of background singer Kim Hill who departed the band during 2000. The group, who were somewhat more 'raunchy' than Pan's People, had a chart-topping disco hit in this year with "I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper", wherin she first discovered her vocal talents. Their breakthrough album Elephunk was released in 2003, featuring a new female vocalist, called Fergie, born as Stacy Ferguson who used to be in a teen pop band named Wild Orchid. She later went on to lead Hot Gossip, a mixed dance act who appeared regularly on The Kenny Everett Video Show.

Their other album is 2000's Bridging the Gap (2000 in music). In 1978 she joined the dance group Pan's People. After Eazy-E died of AIDS in 1995 (see 1995 in music), Atban Klann reformed as the Black Eyed Peas and released a debut, Behind the Front (1998, 1998 in music) that earned the group (and their accompanying live band) critical acclaim. She often took ballet lessons and was an excellent student. The group is composed of Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie. Her ambition to be an artist was clear from a very early age. As Atban Klann, they signed to Ruthless Records (run by Eazy-E), but their album was never released because the positive and peaceful lyrics were too unusual for Ruthless. Brightman is the oldest of six children.

The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop crew from Los Angeles, who have lately enjoyed massive international pop success. Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire) is an English soprano and actress. 2004 "Let's Get It Started" #21 US, #11 UK. Live From Las Vegas (2004)....as Herself. 2004 "Hey Mama" #23 US, #6 UK. Harem: A Desert Fantasy (2003)....as Herself. 2003 "Shut Up" #2 UK. Sarah Brightman: La Luna: Live In Concert (2001)....as Herself.

Justin Timberlake) #8 US, #1 UK. Rosamunde Pilcher - Zeit der Erkenntnis (2000)....as Herself. 2003 "Where is the Love" (feat. Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998)....as Herself. Macy Gray) #31 UK. One Night In Eden (1998)....as Herself. 2001 "Request + Line" (feat. Sarah Brightman In Concert (1998)....as Herself.

2005 "Monkey Business"; due for release on April 4th. A Gala Christmas in Vienna (1997)....as Herself. 2003 "Elephunk"; #14 US, #3 UK. The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1995)....as Herself. 2000 "Bridging the Gap"; #67 US. Requiem (1985)....as Soprano. 1998 "Behind the Front"; #129 US. Song and Dance (1983)....as Emma.

"Live From Las Vegas" (2004). "Harem" (2003). "Encore" (2002). "The Very Best of 1990-2000" (2001).

"Classics (2001)". "La Luna" (2000). "Eden" (1998). "Fly II" (1997).

"The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection" (1997). "Timeless" (also known as "Time To Say Goodbye", 1996). "Fly" (1995). "Surrender" (1995).

"Dive" (1993). "Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber" (1992). "As I Came of Age" (1990). "The Songs That Got Away" (1989).

"The Trees They Grow So High" (also known as "Early One Morning", 1988). "A Room With A View" (1987). "Rhythm of the Rain" (1983). "Him" (1983).

"Not Having That!" (1981). "My Boyfriend's Back" (1981). "Love In A UFO" (1979). "The Adventures of a Love Crusader" (1979).

"I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper" (1978). Aspects of Love (as Rose Vibert). Carousel (as Carrie Pipperidge). Camelot.

The Phantom of the Opera (as Christine Daaé). Evita (as Eva Duarte de Peron). Song and Dance (as Emma). Nightingale (as Nightingale).

Cats (as Jemima).