2006 in music explained

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November–December

Undated

Returning performers

Bands reformed

Top 10 best-selling albums of 2006

No.ArtistAlbumCopies sold
1.8,500,000
2.FutureSex/LoveSounds 8,350,000
3.Loose 8,200,000
4.Stadium Arcadium 7,900,000
5.Some Hearts 6,900,000
6.I'm Not Dead 6,500,000
7.B'Day 8,700,000
8.Love 5,650,000
9.Daughtry 4,900,000
10.Taylor Swift 4,500,000

Songs released in 2006

DateSongArtist
January 12"Ridin'" Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone
January 16"I Write Sins Not Tragedies"Panic! at the Disco
January 17"Pump It" The Black Eyed Peas
February 13"Far Away" Nickelback
February 14"S.O.S." Rihanna
February 27"Move Along"The All-American Rejects
February 28"Hips Don't Lie" Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
March 13"Crazy" Gnarls Barkley
March 14"World Wide Suicide"Pearl Jam
March 18"The Best of Both Worlds" Hannah Montana
"If We Were a Movie"
March 21"Do It to It" Cherish featuring Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ
April 11"No Hay Igual" Nelly Furtado
April 25"Promiscuous" Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
May 2"Unfaithful" Rihanna
May 12"Maneater" Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
May 29"Mas que Nada" Sérgio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas
June 6"Ain't No Other Man" Christina Aguilera
"Chasing Cars"Snow Patrol
June 20"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"" Fall Out Boy
July 18"SexyBack" Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland
July 19"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" Scissor Sisters
July 24"Lips of an Angel" Hinder
"Too Little Too Late" JoJo
August 7"Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" Panic! at the Disco
August 11"Hurt"Christina Aguilera
August 21"We Ride" Rihanna
September 6"Starlight"Muse
September 12"Welcome to the Black Parade" My Chemical Romance
October 3"Unappreciated" Cherish
October 23"Fergalicious"Fergie featuring will.i.am
October 24"My Love" Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
October 30"Pick of Destiny" Tenacious D
October 31"Say It Right" Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado
November 13"Break it Off" Rihanna featuring Sean Paul
November 17"All Good Things (Come to an End)" Nelly Furtado
November 22"The Metal" Tenacious D
November 27"Knights of Cydonia"Muse

Top hits on record in the world

United States

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Hits

See also: Hot 100 number-one hits of 2006 (USA).

Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2006

United Kingdom

The Official UK No. 1 Singles
The Official UK Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

Australia

See also: List of number-one singles in Australia of 2006.

Australian ARIA Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

Classical music

Opera

Jazz

See main article: 2006 in jazz.

Musical theater

Musical film

Musical television

Births

Deaths

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

Awards

See also

External charts

Notes and References

  1. Eminem Remarries Kim . Robertson . Jessica . January 17, 2006 . Rolling Stone . April 21, 2013.
  2. Web site: Break-ups: Champion. cjmarsicano. January 31, 2006. Punknews.org. April 14, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080311175705/http://www.punknews.org/article/15513. March 11, 2008 . live.
  3. Web site: Eminem Files for Divorce – Again . April 5, 2006 . . April 21, 2013 . March 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130307122657/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1180416,00.html . dead .
  4. Web site: Thanks Jimi Festival 2006. anonymous. n.d.. cichonski.art.pl. pl, en. April 15, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080331070535/http://www.cichonski.art.pl/i_fl_en.htm . March 31, 2008.
  5. Web site: Rap Group Youngbloodz Arrested On Drug, Gun Charges. Grouchy Greg Watkins. June 3, 2006. July 27, 2021.
  6. Karlheinz Stockhausen, 2006 Stockhausen-Kurse Kürten: Programm zu den Interpretations- und Kompositionskursen und Konzerten der Musik von / Programme for the Interpretation and Composition Courses and Concerts of the Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, 8. Juli bis 16. Juli 2006 in Kürten / from July 8 to 16, 2006 in Kuerten (Kürten: Stockhausen-Verlag, 2006), 19 & 39.
  7. Web site: Top of the Pops bows out . July 30, 2006 . . April 21, 2013.
  8. Web site: Eddie Van Halen Says He Is Open To Playing With David Lee Roth Again . September 8, 2006 . . April 21, 2013.
  9. Web site: Tower Records to Sell Off Inventory . Semuels . Alana . October 7, 2006 . . April 21, 2013.
  10. Web site: Nelly Furtado Guest Stars on 'Floribella' : Soul Shine Magazine . Soulshine.ca . February 20, 2011 . March 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200439/http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=3902 . dead .
  11. Web site: TMZ Staff. Britney Spears Files for Divorce. TMZ. November 7, 2006. 2013-04-21.
  12. Web site: Feathered Kylie's fans tickled pink. Sams. Christine. November 12, 2006. The Sydney Morning Herald. April 19, 2008.
  13. Web site: Microsoft to Put Zune Experience in Consumers' Hands on Nov. 14 . Microsoft . September 28, 2006 . July 27, 2021.
  14. Snow Patrol Chart History . Billboard.
  15. Web site: Recording (Dexter) . Holland . Dexter . November 27, 2006 . The Offspring . April 19, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080302051429/http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/journal?journal=431460 . March 2, 2008 . dead . mdy .
  16. News: Godfrey. Sarah. January 29, 2007. By Grace of MySpace: No New Album, but Bilal Packs Black Cat. The Washington Post. July 20, 2020.
  17. Web site: Novo filme de Tata Amaral será rodado no ABC . May 12, 2002 . Neves, Cássio Gomes . Diário do Grande ABC . May 24, 2014 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233628/http://www.dgabc.com.br/canais/dgabc2013/Noticia/225333/novo-filme-de-tata-amaral-sera-rodado-no-abc . May 25, 2014 . dead .
  18. Web site: Opera Jawa. Trigon-film. 14 November 2020.
  19. News: Deepita . Novera . 18 June 2005 . Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash: Samia Zaman on her debut film . The Daily Star.
  20. Web site: Wilson Pickett, 64; Soul Legend Sang Hits 'In the Midnight Hour,' 'Mustang Sally'. January 20, 2006. Los Angeles Times.
  21. Web site: Akira Ifukube Is Dead at 91; Composed Score for 'Godzilla'. February 10, 2006. New York Times. January 14, 2022.
  22. Web site: Anna Marly. March 7, 2006. Patrick O'Connor. The Guardian. January 14, 2022.
  23. News: Joyce Hatto (obituary) . https://web.archive.org/web/20071227030452/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2006%2F07%2F28%2Fdb2803.xml . dead . December 27, 2007 . . 2006-07-28 . 2007-09-30 . London .