|-

| Choice Music – Party Starter

|

|

|-

! scope="row"| 2005

| MTV Video Music Award

| Best Group Video

|

|

|-

! scope="row"| 2005

| IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award

| Ten Best Sales Releases, Foreign

| rowspan="2"| Monkey Business

|

|

|-

! scope="row"| 2006

| NRJ Music Award

| International Album of the Year

|

|

|-

! scope="row" rowspan="4"| 2006

| rowspan="4"| Grammy Award

| Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

| rowspan="2"| "Don't Phunk with My Heart"

|

| rowspan="4"|

|-

| Best R&B/Soul or Rap Dance Cut

| "My Humps"

|

|

|-

! scope="row"| 2006

| Juno Award

| International Album of the Year

| Monkey Business

|

|

|-

! scope="row"| 2006

| MTV Australia Video Music Award

| Best Hip-Hop Video

| rowspan="3"| "Don't Phunk with My Heart"

|

|

|-

! scope="row" rowspan="3"| 2006

| rowspan="3"| MTV Video Music Award Japan

| Best Group Video

|

| rowspan="3"|

|-

| Best Pop Video

|

|-

| Album of the Year

| Monkey Business

|

|-

! scope="row"| 2006

| Myx Music Award

| Favorite International Video

| rowspan="5"| "My Humps"

|

|

|-

! scope="row"| 2006

| MuchMusic Video Award

| Best International Group Video

|

|

|-

! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2006

| rowspan="2"| MTV Video Music Award

| Best Hip Hop Video

|

|

;Notes

  • <sup></sup> signifies a co-producer
  • <sup></sup> signifies an additional producer
  • "My Humps" contains the hidden outro "So Real".
  • Japanese tour edition bonus DVD includes the music videos for "Don't Phunk with My Heart" and "Don't Lie", alongside an interview.
  • Asian special edition bonus DVD includes the music videos for "Don't Phunk with My Heart", "Don't Lie", "My Humps", "Pump It", and "Like That".
  • apl.de.ap – vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–8, 10–12, 14–15), Clavinet (track 8), drum machine (track 8), strings (track 8), production (track 8)
  • Marcella Araica – recording engineering assistance (track 3), Pro-Tools editing (track 3)
  • Charlie Baccarat – electric violin (track 2)
  • Printz Board – Mellotron strings (tracks 2, 7–8), Mellotron keyboards (track 13), Moog synthesizer (tracks 7 and 10), synthesizer (tracks 8 and 13), bass (tracks 8 and 10), drums (track 8), drum machine (track 13), trumpet (tracks 9–11 and 13), keyboards (track 10), Rhodes piano (track 10), production (tracks 8 and 13)
  • Ray Brady – guitar (tracks 4 and 7)
  • James Brown – vocals (track 10)
  • Venus Brown – backing vocals (track 10), A&R management
  • Demo Castelleon – recording engineering (track 3)
  • Mino Cinelu – percussion (track 15)
  • Fred Davis – legal representation
  • Dylan "3-D" Dresdow – vocal recording engineering (track 8)
  • Ron Fair – executive production, additional production (track 4), string arrangements (tracks 2 and 9), string conducting (track 9), harmonica (track 4)
  • Shepard Fairey – album cover design, logo design
  • Fergie – vocals (tracks 1–8, 10–11, 13, 15)
  • Mike Fratantuno – bass (track 13)
  • Seth Friedman – A&R management, cover art direction, management
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Şerban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 5, 10–12 and 15)
  • Dennis Gomez – booklet design
  • Cee-Lo Green – vocals (track 6)
  • Keith Harris – live drums (track 7), drums (tracks 2, 7, 13 and 14), keyboards (track 7), Mellotron strings (track 7), percussion (track 8)
  • Tal Herzberg – recording engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4 and 9), Pro-Tools programming (tracks 2 and 4)
  • Julie Hovsepian – product management
  • Ted Howard – recording engineering (track 6)
  • Tippa Irie – backing vocals (track 7)
  • Jack Johnson – guitar (track 9), vocals (track 9)
  • Mike Jurkovac – cover art direction
  • Manu Katche – drums (track 15)
  • Kenny Kirkland – keyboards (track 15)
  • Talib Kweli – vocals (track 6)
  • Sarah Larkin – business management
  • John Legend – vocals (track 6)
  • Melvin "Chaos" Lewis – recording engineering (track 11), bass (track 11), drum machine (track 11)
  • Jimmy Limon – bass (track 12), Clavinet (track 12), organ (track 12), drum machine (track 12), percussion (track 12), guitar (track 12)
  • Lor-e – styling
  • Branford Marsalis – soprano saxophone (track 15)
  • Edward Martinez – booklet art direction, photography
  • Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 3, 7, 8 and 13)
  • Michael Matthews – guitar (track 11)
  • Polo Molina – management
  • Osinachi Nwaneri – recording engineering (track 6)
  • Tim "Izo" Orindgreff – saxophone (tracks 9–11 and 13), flute (track 13)
  • George Pajon Jr. – guitar (tracks 1–4, 8, 10 and 13)
  • Jack Joseph Puig – mixing (track 9)
  • Q-Tip – vocals (track 6)
  • Kevin Rudolf – guitar (track 3)
  • Dante Santiago – backing vocals (tracks 8, 10, 11, 13 and 16–18), vocals (track 7), A&R management coordination
  • Justin Siegel – A&R management coordination
  • Madeleine Smith – music clearance
  • David Sonenberg – management
  • Mike "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 1, 2 and 4)
  • Sting – vocals (track 15), bass (track 15)
  • Taboo – vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–8, 11, 13 and 15)
  • Robert "Mousey" Thompson – bass (track 10), Clavinet (track 10), drums (track 10), drum machine (track 10), organ (track 10)
  • Justin Timberlake – vocals (track 3)
  • Timbaland – vocals (track 3), all other instruments (track 3)
  • Neil Tucker – recording engineering (tracks 2, 8, 10, 11 and 13)
  • Andrew Van Meter – production management
  • Jason Villaroman – recording engineering (tracks 1, 3–5, 7, 12, 14 and 15)
  • Jeff Watkins – saxophone (track 10)
  • Albert Watson – photography
  • will.i.am – executive production, conceptual design, production (tracks 1, 2, 4–10 and 12–15), mixing (track 14), vocals (all tracks), bass (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 14), drum machine (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 15), drums (track 15), synthesizer (tracks 1, 7, 12 and 14), Clavinet (tracks 5 and 11), organ (tracks 5 and 9), Rhodes piano (tracks 8 and 11), additional instruments (track 6)
  • Ethan Willoughby – recording engineering (track 6), mixing (track 6)
  • Damon Woods – guitar (track 10)
  • Florencio Zavala – album cover design, logo design

Charts

Weekly charts

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2005–2006)

! scope="col"| Peak<br />position

|-

|-

! scope="row"| Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)

|1

|-

|-

|-

|-

|-

! scope="row"| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)

| 3

|-

|-

|-

!scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (Billboard)

| 1

|-

|-

|-

|-

!scope="row"|Greek Albums (IFPI)

| 3

|-

!scope="row"|Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)

| 1

|-

|-

|-

|-

! scope="row"|Taiwanese Albums (Five Music)

| 1

|-

|-

|-

|-

|}

Year-end charts

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2005)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)

| 5

|-

!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)

| 37

|-

!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)

| 36

|-

!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)

| 35

|-

!scope="row"|Danish Albums (Hitlisten)

| 51

|-

!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)

| 32

|-

!scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (Billboard)

| 13

|-

!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)

| 30

|-

!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)

| 34

|-

!scope="row"|Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)

| 42

|-

!scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)

| 68

|-

!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)

| 45

|-

!scope="row"|Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)

| 55

|-

!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)

| 5

|-

!scope="row"|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)

| 68

|-

!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)

| 14

|-

!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)

| 21

|-

!scope="row"|US Billboard 200

| 18

|-

!scope="row"|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)

| 23

|-

!scope="row"|Worldwide Albums (IFPI)

| 4

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)

| style="text-align:center;"|19

|-

!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)

| style="text-align:center;"|13

|-

!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)

| style="text-align:center;"|30

|-

!scope="row"|Danish Albums (Hitlisten)

| style="text-align:center;"|61

|-

!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)

| style="text-align:center;"|67

|-

!scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (Billboard)

| style="text-align:center;"|11

|-

!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)

| style="text-align:center;"|17

|-

!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)

| style="text-align:center;"|62

|-

!scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)

| style="text-align:center;"|50

|-

!scope="row"|Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)

| style="text-align:center;"|2

|-

!scope="row"|Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)

| style="text-align:center;"|50

|-

!scope="row"|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)

| style="text-align:center;"|92

|-

!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)

| style="text-align:center;"|42

|-

!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)

| style="text-align:center;"|61

|-

!scope="row"|US Billboard 200

| style="text-align:center;"|14

|-

!scope="row"|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)

| style="text-align:center;"|21

|-

!scope="row"|Worldwide Albums (IFPI)

| style="text-align:center;"|28

|}

Decade-end charts

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|-

!scope="col"|Chart (2000–2009)

!scope="col"|Position

|-

!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)

|align="center"|27

|-

!scope="row"| US Billboard 200

|align="center"|67

|}

Certifications

Release history

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Release dates and formats for Monkey Business

! scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Edition(s)

! scope="col"| Format(s)

! scope="col"| Label(s)

! scope="col"|

|-

! scope="row"| Italy

| May 25, 2005

| rowspan="12"| Standard

| rowspan="11"| CD

| rowspan="6"| Universal

|

|-

! scope="row"| Denmark

| rowspan="2"| May 26, 2005

|

|-

! scope="row"| Germany

|

|-

! scope="row"| Japan

| May 27, 2005

|

|-

! scope="row"| Argentina

| rowspan="4"| May 30, 2005

|

|-

! scope="row"| France

| rowspan="2"| Polydor

|

|-

! scope="row"| United Kingdom

|

|-

! scope="row"| Poland

| May 31, 2005

| rowspan="3"| Universal

|

|-

! scope="row"| Canada

| rowspan="3"| June 7, 2005

|

|-

! scope="row"| New Zealand

|

|-

! scope="row"| United States

|

|

|

|-

! scope="row"| Japan

| August 31, 2005

| Tour

| rowspan="2"| CD+DVD

| rowspan="3"| Universal

|

|-

! scope="row"| South Korea

| February 10, 2006

| Special

|

|-

! scope="row"| Europe

| September 30, 2016

| Standard

| Vinyl

|

|-

! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Various

| June 6, 2025

| 20th anniversary

|

| rowspan="2"| Interscope

|

|-

| May 29, 2026

| Standard

| Vinyl

|

|}

See also

  • Black Eyed Peas discography
  • List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2005
  • List of number-one albums of 2005 (Australia)
  • List of number-one albums of 2005 (Canada)
  • List of number-one albums of 2005 (France)
  • List of number-one hits of 2005 (Germany)
  • List of number-one albums of 2005 (Mexico)
  • List of number-one albums from the 2000s (New Zealand)
  • List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2005

Notes

References

Bibliography

  • Official website