The Black Eyed Peas took home three gongs from this year's American Music Awards.
The Los Angeles funk combo were unable to collect their awards in person, but thanked fans and artists "for keeping hip-hop progressive and pushing it forward" by satellite from Costa Rica.
They won for favourite group in both the rap/hip-hop and soul/R&B categories, also winning favourite rap/hip-hop album for 'Monkey Business'.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers won two awards - for favourite pop/rock group and alternative music artist.
Other award-winners included Canadian rock band Nickelback (favourite pop/rock album), Eminem (favourite male rap/hip-hop artist), country stars Faith Hill (female country artist) and Tim McGraw (country album), Toby Keith (male country artist) and Shakira (Latin artist).
