Black Eyed Peas break download record

Black Eyed Peas' 'I Gotta Feeling' has become the first song to achieve six million downloads.

The news was confirmed by Nielson SoundScan on Friday.

According to Yahoo, the group's will.i.am said: "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 six million downloads, it's pretty significant."

He added: "That means that they chose to support the group, support the art. God knows how many people listened to it online and didn't buy it, downloaded it for free and didn't think about it.

"It's a positive, feel-good song at the time where there's question marks and uncertainty. People want to be reminded that it's going to be alright."

The track belongs to the multi-platinum album The End, released last year.