Elephunk

***Elephunk*** is the third studio album by American hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on June 20, 2003, by the will.i.am Music Group and A&M Records. Although the album is the group's third album it is also the groups first in many ways; it was the first album to feature R&B singer Fergie and was the first album of the group to be billed as "**the** Black Eyed Peas".

## Personnel

- The Black Eyed Peas
- will.i.am – vocals on all tracks except 11; backing vocals on track 11; Moog synthesizers on tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13; drum programming on tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; clavinet on tracks 12 and 13; drums and piano on track 2; Wurlitzer electric piano on track 4; synthesizer on track 10; executive production; production; engineering on tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12 and 14; mixing on tracks 10 and 14
- apl.de.ap – vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13; drum programming and production on track 11
- Fergie – vocals on all tracks except 6, 7 and 12
- Taboo – vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 13; guitar
- Main session musicians
- George Pajon, Jr. – guitar on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13 and 15
- J. Curtis – guitar on tracks 5, 7, 11 and 13
- Mike Fratantuno – bass on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 14 and 15; guitarrón on track 7; double bass and acoustic guitar on track 13
- Dante Santiago – backing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 and 10; vocals on track 7
- Other contributors

- Printz Board – horns on track 2; trumpet on track 7; Moog synthesizer and clavinet on track 13
- Tim Orindgreff – horns on track 2; saxophone and flute on track 7
- Terence Yoshiaki – drums on tracks 3 and 7
- Noelle Scaggs – backing vocals on tracks 3 and 6
- Tippa Irie – vocals on track 4

- Ray Brady – guitar on tracks 5 and 9
- Terry Dexter – backing vocals on track 6
- Travis Barker - drums on track 15
- Davey Chegwidden – percussion on track 7
- Chuck Prada – percussion on tracks 7 and 14
- Debi Nova – vocals on track 7
- Sérgio Mendes – piano on track 8

- John Legend – vocals on track 10
- Jacoby Shaddix – vocals on track 12
- Tobin Esperance – bass on track 12
- Jerry Horton – guitar on track 12
- David Buckner – drums on track 12
- Justin Timberlake – vocals on track 13

- Main production personnel
- Ron Fair – executive production; production on track 13; additional vocal production on track 5; piano on track 7
- Dylan Dresdow – engineering on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 15; additional vocal engineering on track 3
- Christine Sirois – engineering assistance on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 13
- Tony Maserati – mixing on all tracks except 10 and 12
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering

- Additional production personnel
- Tal Herzberg – additional engineering on tracks 5 and 13
- Jun Ishizeki – engineering on track 10
- Jason Villaroman – engineering on track 11
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing on track 12

The album is considered a victim of the Loudness war, with the worst possible ranking in the Hall of CD Clipping Shame, as 1 minute 19 seconds of the CD's audio has been destroyed by clipping.

### Weekly charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2003)|scope="col"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2||||
|6||||
|10||||

### Year-end charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2003)|scope="col"|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|47||||

### Certifications

|align="left"|Countries|align="left"|Certification|align="left"|Sales|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Argentina|style="text-align:center;"|Gold|style="text-align:center;"|50,000|
|align="left"|Australia|style="text-align:center;"|4× Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|280,000|
|align="left"|Brazil|style="text-align:center;"|Diamond|style="text-align:center;"|500,000|
|align="left"|Canada|style="text-align:center;"|7× Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|700,000|
|align="left"|Finland|style="text-align:center;"|Gold|style="text-align:center;"|23,541|
|align="left"|France|style="text-align:center;"|4× Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|413,000|
|align="left"|Germany|style="text-align:center;"|Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|200,000|
|align="left"|Indonesia|style="text-align:center;"|Gold|style="text-align:center;"|45,000|
|align="left"|Japan|style="text-align:center;"|Gold|style="text-align:center;"|100,000|
|align="left"|Canada|style="text-align:center;"|7× Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|700,000|
|align="left"|Europe|style="text-align:center;"|2× Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|2,000,000|
|align="left"|Mexico|style="text-align:center;"|Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|100,000|
|align="left"|Spain|style="text-align:center;"|Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|100,000|
|align="left"|Switzerland|style="text-align:center;"|Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|40,000|
|align="left"|Sweden|style="text-align:center;"|Gold|style="text-align:center;"|30,000|
|align="left"|UK|style="text-align:center;"|5× Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|1,500,000|
|align="left"|US|style="text-align:center;"|2× Platinum|style="text-align:center;"|3,190,000|

## Release history

|scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Edition|scope="col"|Label|
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|June 24, 2003|rowspan="3"|Standard|rowspan="2"|Universal||||
|July 1, 2003||||||||
|August 7, 2003|Polydor|||||||
|May 26, 2004|Re-issue|A&M||||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Elephunk
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: the Black Eyed Peas
- **released**: June 20, 2003
- **recorded**: August 23, 2001–May 11, 2003
- **genre**: *Hip hop music, Hip hop
*funk
*Contemporary R&B, R&B
- **length**: 59:30
- **label**: *A&M Records, A&M
*Interscope Records, Interscope
*will.i.am Music Group, will.i.am
- **prev title**: Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album), Bridging the Gap
- **prev year**: 2000
- **next title**: Monkey Business (album), Monkey Business
- **next year**: 2005