Stacy Ann "Fergie" Ferguson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. After earning recognition as a child actress in the 1980s, Fergie achieved international fame as a member of the Black Eyed Peas from 2002 to 2018. During her tenure with the group, she sought success with her solo music, film and television appearances, and business ventures.
As a child, Fergie starred on the children's television series Kids Incorporated (1984–1989), and voiced Sally Brown in two Peanuts television specials and in The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1984–1986). She later co-founded the girl group Wild Orchid, and performed on two albums in the 1990s. Fergie joined the hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas in 2002, recording four albums with them to commercial success. Her debut solo album, The Dutchess (2006), peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. It spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Glamorous" and "London Bridge", and the top-five singles "Clumsy" and "Fergalicious".
Fergie continued acting, appearing in the disaster film Poseidon (2006), the double feature Grindhouse (2007), the musical drama Nine (2009), and the comedy film Marmaduke (2010). She also pursued other ventures, releasing the fragrance Outspoken with Avon in 2010 and launching four more fragrances and two footwear lines. Her second solo album, Double Dutchess (2017), was released with a film and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200. It spawned the top 40 singles "L.A. Love (La La)" and "M.I.L.F. $". She then hosted the reality series The Four: Battle for Stardom (2018).
Fergie has sold over 35 million albums and 60 million singles worldwide, and her accolades include eight Grammy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Billboard named her Woman of the Year in 2010, and ranked her among the top female artists of the 2000s and the 21st century.
