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The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) is het vijfde studioalbum van de Amerikaanse hiphopgroep The Black Eyed Peas. Het album werd in Japan officieel op 3 juni uitgebracht en wereldwijd werd het album op 9 juni 2009 uitgebracht. will.i.am was de producer van het album en zorgde ervoor dat het nieuwe album niet de traditionele hiphop stijl bevatte, maar meer electropop.

Voordat het album uit zou komen werden er drie promo-singles uitgebracht, die op het nieuwe album zouden staan. De drie nummers zouden elk in een nieuwe week op iTunes uit worden gebracht. Op 19 mei werd het nummer Imma Be uitgebracht, gevolgd door Alive op 26 mei. Op 2 juni werd het derde promonummer Meet Me Halfway uitgebracht. will.i.am bevestigde dat geen van deze drie nummers zouden worden uitgebracht als leadsingle.

De eerste single van het album, genaamd Boom Boom Pow, bereikte een nummer tien notering in de Nederlandse Top 40 en stond zestien weken genoteerd. Tweede single I Gotta Feeling presteerde echter beter door na vijf weken de eerste positie te bereiken. Dit betekende de derde nummer 1-notering van de groep in Nederland en bleef er twee weken staan. Het nummer stond ook op de eerste positie in de jaarlijst van 2009. Het nummer versloeg in haar 23ste week Krezip's Sweet Goodbyes. De derde single Meet Me Halfway was weer een andere richting dan voorgangers Boom Boom Pow en I Gotta Feeling en bereikte de derde positie.

The E.N.D. (an abbreviation of and subtitled The Energy Never Dies) is the fifth studio album by American group the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on June 3, 2009, by Interscope Records.

While on The Monkey Business Tour, which they embarked on in support of their fourth studio album Monkey Business (2005), the Black Eyed Peas began recording material for their fifth studio album. Tentatively titled From Roots to Fruits, it was originally set for a late 2007 release, before being retitled and postponed several times. Executive producer will.i.am produced The E.N.D. with fellow member apl.de.ap and longtime collaborators Printz Board and Poet Name Life, alongside David Guetta, Jean Baptiste, DJ Replay, Funkagenda, Keith Harris, Mark Knight and Frederic Riesterer. Their final product was a pop, hip hop and EDM album, with elements of electro-funk and significantly differing from their previous albums. However, its lyrical themes were similar to its predecessors Elephunk (2003) and Monkey Business.

Upon its release, The E.N.D. received mixed to positive reviews from music critics, who described it as containing more anthemic and inspirational songs in the group's bid to appeal to a new generation of music listeners. It was the Black Eyed Peas' first number-one album on the US Billboard 200, debuting atop the chart with first-week sales of 304,000 copies. Internationally, it reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, New Zealand and Portugal. At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for six awards, including Album of the Year, and Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling", and won the award for Best Pop Vocal Album. By June 2011, the album had sold over 11 million copies worldwide, being one of the best-selling albums of its era.

The E.N.D. produced five singles, all of which peaked within the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" led the Billboard Hot 100 back-to-back, putting the band at the summit for a record-breaking 26 consecutive weeks. The group's first two number-one singles on the chart, the former spent 12 weeks atop the chart and the latter spent 14. "Meet Me Halfway" peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number one in nine countries. "Imma Be" was the group's third Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, and reached the top ten in Australia, Canada and Hungary. The final single "Rock That Body" peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and within the top ten in nine countries. To further promote the album, the group embarked on The E.N.D. World Tour (2009–2010).