I like Fergie, too. She shouldn't get within ten feet of a cover song (did anyone hear her version of "Live and Let Die?") but she's a better Gwen Stefani than Gwen Stefani is.
I was telling someone over the weekend that she's released greater singles off one album ("Clumsy", "Fergalicious", "London Bridge", probably "Mary Jane Shoes") than Britney has in her entire career.
Brian