The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (December 2010) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2008) This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006. List of years in music (Table) … 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 •    2003 • 2004 • 2005 – 2006 – 2007 • 2008 • 2009 •    2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 … Related time period or subjects … 2003 • 2004 • 2005 – 2006 – 2007 • 2008 • 2009 … … 1970s • 1980s • 1990s – 2000s – 2010s • 2020s • 2030s … … 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November–December 1.12 Undated 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Bands reformed 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 6 Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of 2006 7 Top hits on record in the world 7.1 United States 7.2 United Kingdom 7.3 Australia 8 Classical music 9 Opera 10 Musical theater 11 Musical film 12 Births 13 Deaths 13.1 January–February 13.2 March–April 13.3 May–June 13.4 July–August 13.5 September–October 13.6 November–December 14 Awards and contests 15 External charts 16 References 17 See also Events January January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band. January 11 – January 15 – MahlerFest XIX, honoring Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, is held in Boulder, Colorado, USA. January 13 – Mylène Farmer launches her Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy tour at Paris-Bercy, France.citation needed January 16 – Transplants frontman, Rob Aston, announces that the band has disbanded shortly after their fall tour was cancelled.citation needed January 24 – It is announced that British girl band All Saints are to regroup for a tour and album later in the year.citation needed January 31 – American hardcore punk band Champion announced their impending breakup, with a final show scheduled for May.1 February February 1 – Vienna State Opera announces that music director Seiji Ozawa will have to cancel all of his performance commitments for 2006 due to ill-health. February 8 – The 48th annual Grammy Awards are handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. Madonna opens the awards for a third time. U2 is the night's big winner, with five awards. Mariah Carey won three of her eight nominations, her first Grammys since 1991. Kelly Clarkson is the first American Idol contestant ever to win a Grammy. February 10 – White Lion/Black Label Society bassist James Lorenzo joins Megadeth as the replacement for James MacDonough (who was previously in Iced Earth).citation needed February 18 – The Rolling Stones give a free concert to three million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.citation needed February 22 – The one billionth song is downloaded on iTunes; the song is "Speed of Sound" by Coldplay. February 24 – Premiere of The Scarecrow by Joseph Turrin at University of Texas at Austin Performing Arts Center. February 25 – The fourth annual Total Request Live awards are held in New York City, USA. Madonna wins the Lifetime Achievement Award and Bono wins the Most Inspired Artist/Humanitarian Award. Other winners include Fall Out Boy, Chris Brown, Mariah Carey, Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Amanda Bynes, and My Chemical Romance. Performers included Ashlee Simpson and Chris Brown.citation needed March Bon Jovi's second single, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", from the album Have A Nice Day goes to number one in the U.S. Hot Country Charts for two weeks. This is the first time a rock band has achieved a number one hit in the US country charts.citation needed March 5 – Three 6 Mafia became the first African American hip-hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Song and also became the first hip-hop artists to ever perform at the ceremony. The group was nominated for the song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from the Hustle & Flow film soundtrack. 6 March – Peccatum Disbands. March 11 – James Blunt, with his single "You're Beautiful", becomes the first British artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart since Elton John with "Candle In The Wind 1997" almost nine years earlier.citation needed March 21 – My Chemical Romance release their first live album Life on the Murder Scene. March 22 – Aerosmith cancel their tour after lead singer Steven Tyler is taken ill, requiring throat surgery. April April 1 – April 2 – The Festival Imperial is held in the Autódromo La Guácima, in Alajuela, Costa Rica. April 3 – Killing Joke released their thirteenth studio album, Hosannas from the Basements of Hell. This was Killing Joke's last album not to include the original four members of the band. April 4 – Hawk Nelson released their second album, Smile, It's the End of the World. April 11 – Rapper Proof is shot and killed by a nightclub bouncer at 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan, after allegedly shooting a third man, Keith Bender, Jr, who later dies of his injuries. April 15 – Mary J. Blige's single "Be Without You" ends its 15th week at number one on the US Billboard R&B chart, making it the most successful R&B song in history.citation needed April 20 – Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins confirms that the band are in the studio recording their first album since 2000's Machina/The Machines of God.citation needed April 21 – April 23 – The Terrastock 6 festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. April 25 – American rock band, the Goo Goo Dolls, celebrate twenty successful years in the music industry with the release of Let Love In. April 29 – April 30 – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in Indio, California, USA. Performers include Madonna, James Blunt, Kanye West, Depeche Mode, and Paul Oakenfold. May May 1 – 1,951 guitarists simultaneously play Jimi Hendrix's song "Hey Joe" in the town square of Wrocław, Poland, breaking a Guinness world record.2 May 8 – Mor ve Otesi, a Turkish alternative rock band, release Büyük Düşler, their fifth studio album. May 10 – Roy Mayorga joins Stone Sour. May 11 – Dave Baksh announces that he left Sum 41 to pursue his career with his second band Brown Brigade.citation needed May 12 – Martin Lopez, Quits Opeth. May 12 – May 17 – Guns N' Roses play four warm-up shows at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, USA, preceding a European tour and shows across the U.S.citation needed May 13 The Los Angeles, California, USA radio station KROQ airs the fourteenth annual Weenie Roast. Drummer Ryan Vandeberghe announces that The Suicide Machines have broken up after 15 years of activity.citation needed May 20 – Finnish monster rock band Lordi win the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah", the first hard rock and heavy metal song to win.citation needed May 23 – Madonna begins her Confessions Tour in Los Angeles, USA. Tickets were sold out within minutes in North America, Europe, and Asia, resulting in new dates to be announced in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London. The tour grossed more than US$260 million – the highest grossing tour in history by a female artist.citation needed May 24 – Taylor Hicks wins the US television talent contest, American Idol, season 5. Katharine McPhee is the runner-up. June June 1 – YoungbloodZ and their entourage are arrested on drugs and weapons charges in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.3 (dead link)citation needed June 6 – Ice Cube's first album in six years, Laugh Now, Cry Later, is released on his indenpendetly owned record label Lench Mob Records. The album debuted in the top five selling 144,000 copies in the first week. June 7 – World premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Freude, for two harps, in the Milan Cathedral by Esther Kooi and Marianne Smit.4 June 8 – Shakira's single "Hips Don't Lie" sells 266,500 downloads in its first week of availability, overtaking D4L's record of 175,000. "Hips Don't Lie" also breaks another record, gaining the greatest airplay in a single week with 9,657 plays, breaking Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" record of 9,582.citation needed June 9 Nelly Furtado's new album, Loose is released and debuts at #1 with 219,000 copies sold, making it her first #1 album.citation needed Igor Cavalera leaves Sepultura because of artistic differences – the third official member and the second Cavalera to leave.citation needed June 14 – Shakira launches her Oral Fixation Tour in Zaragoza, Spain. June 16 – June 18 – Bonnaroo Music Festival takes place in Manchester, Tennessee, USA. Performers include Radiohead, Tom Petty, Phil Lesh and Friends, Beck, and Sasha. June 19 – The "Beautiful Goal" single by Paul Oakenfold was released. June 23 – Backstreet Boys band member Kevin Richardson leaves the group to pursue other interests. July Luciano Pavarotti is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. July 1 – Glue Gun performed their first reunion concert at Harpers in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA. It was the band's first performance since breaking up in 1996. July 4 – Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith perform with the Boston Pops Orchestra in an event televised nationally in the USA.citation needed July 5 – The US television talent show, American Idol, begins its tour. July 7 - Justin Timberlake released his single SexyBack. The song went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 for a total of 7 weeks. July 9 – Scooter released its live CD and DVD Excess All Areas, with recordings taken from the Who's Got The Last Laugh Now? tour. July 11 – Jean Dolabella replaces Igor Cavalera in Sepultura.citation needed July 12 – Rivers Cuomo confirms that Weezer is now on hiatus again. Commenting on the band's future he said, "I'm not certain we'll ever make a record again, unless it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one."citation needed July 17 – Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne marries Deryck Whibley in a private ceremony. July 29 Stephanie McIntosh, former star of the Australian television soap opera, Neighbours, releases her debut single Mistake in Australia, where it became a top three hit.citation needed Family Values Tour 2006, featuring Korn, Deftones and Stone Sour, begins. This was the first Family Values Tour since 2001. July 30 – The last ever weekly edition of the British television chart show, Top of the Pops, is broadcast.citation needed July 31 – Chicago rock band OK Go release their video for their single Here It Goes Again, and the video quickly becomes an internet phenomenon on YouTube. August August 1 – The 10th anniversary of television channel MTV2's launch and the 25th anniversary of MTV's launch. August 2 - Dan Swanö quits Bloodbath. August 4 - August 6 – The Lollapalooza festival is held in Chicago, USA. August 13 – Jon Nödtveidt commits suicide. August 15 - Christina Aguilera releases her third studio album Back to Basics, and debuts #1 on the Billboard 200, becoming her second number one album since her debut, selling 346,000 copies in its first week.

16 - Ablaze My Sorrow, Disbands. August 22 - The Devil Wears Prada release their successful debut album while all the members are still in high school. August 22 – All female group Danity Kane release their debut album which debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. Their first single Showstopper reaches #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. August 25 It is reported that Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is undergoing treatment for throat cancer and will sit out the first half of the band's Route of All Evil Tour, the first time he would miss any shows in the band's history. Long time band friend, David Hull filled in for Hamilton until his return.citation needed The Assassin Tree (score: Stuart MacRae, libretto: Simon Armitage) is premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival. August 29 Jessi Malay releases her debut single "Gimme", featuring Lil Scrappy. Method Man released their album 4:21...The day after. Jessica Simpson released her first album in 3 years, "A Public Affair", after her "public" divorce. August 31 Rock group Panic! at the Disco win the Video of the Year award for their hit single I Write Sins Not Tragedies at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. September September 2 – Christina Aguilera scores her second US number one album and first UK number one album with Back to Basics, selling 346,000 copies in its first week in the US becoming the best first week sales for a female artist in 2006. The album sold 84,279 in the UK and became the best selling double album by a female artist. September 3 – Beyoncé Knowles releases her second consecutive No.1 solo album B'Day, selling 541,000 copies in its first week. And spawning two UK No.1 singles. September 5 – The Mercury Music Prize is held in the UK, with Arctic Monkeys' debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not winning ahead of entries from acts such as Muse and Thom Yorke. Audioslave's third and final album, Revelations, is released. September 12 - Justin Timberlake releases his sophomore album FutureSex/LoveSounds after 4 years. The album debuted #1 on the Billboard 200, giving Justin his first number one album as a solo artist, selling 648,000 copies in its first week. Its first three singles were consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, making Timberlake the first male artist to have three or more consecutive number-one hits from one album since Usher achieved it in 2004 September 18 – Elton John released his twenty-ninth studio album The Captain & the Kid. September 19 – Ben Kweller releases his third solo album Ben Kweller on the label ATO Records. September 22 – A Tempestade, (score and libretto: Ronaldo Miranda), based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest, is premiered at Theatro São Pedro in São Paulo, Brazil. September 27 – Boy band, Five, announce they are to reunite, minus original bandmate Sean Conlon.citation needed October October 2 The Strokes' guitarist, Albert Hammond, Jr., released his solo album Yours to Keep on Rough Trade Records. Violinist and opera singer Logan Simpson is arrested for refusing to stop his car when a traffic light turns red.citation needed October 10 – Justin Hawkins, lead singer of the band The Darkness announces he is leaving the band.citation needed October 11 – After 25 years as an artist, "Weird Al" Yankovic finally gets his first top 10 hit, with "White & Nerdy". October 15 – New York City music club CBGB closes after a lengthy rent dispute. Patti Smith performs the final show at the club that night. October 17 – French singer Manu Chao performs in Colombia to an audience of 80,000 people. October 23 Launch of MTV Pakistan. My Chemical Romance release their third studio album The Black Parade, the first on which Bob Bryar plays drums. October 24 – The Corrs release their greatest hits collection Dreams – The Ultimate Collection. October 25 – Guitarist Brian May announces on his website that Queen is returning to the studio for recording sessions. The new lineup, Queen + Paul Rodgers, features May, Paul Rodgers (the former lead vocalist of Free) and former Queen drummer Roger Taylor. October 26 – Duran Duran lead guitarist Andy Taylor once again leaves the band after a series of disagreements surrounding their latest album, which was still incomplete by the year's end. Reasons given are his disapproval of the usage of both Timbaland and Justin Timberlake in the creation of the band's album. The band hires an interim guitarist to supplant Taylor, with no real replacement being announced.citation needed October 30 – Keane release "Nothing In My Way", the first single to be released on a USB memory stick. October 31 – The Who release Endless Wire, their first studio album for 24 years. October 31 - Green Day and U2 released a cover of The Saints are Coming. November–December November – Nelly Furtado records a cameo appearance in the Portuguese soap opera Floribella5 November 11 Justin Timberlake's single "My Love" reaches number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.6 Kylie Minogue resumes Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour in Sydney, Australia after a break of a year and a half resulting from undergoing treatment for breast cancer.7 November 16 The MTV Movie Awards Latin America 2006 are held. Performers at the event included Evanescence, Robbie Williams, Panda, Nelly Furtado, and Shakira.citation needed Snow Patrol become the first British band in 13 years to reach the top five of the US Billboard Hot 100.8 November 24 – The American Music Awards are broadcast. Winners include Kelly Clarkson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shakira, Jamie Foxx, Nickelback, Sean Paul, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Faith Hill, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and Mary J. Blige, Nelly Furtado, John Mayer, Fall Out Boy and Beyoncé performed at the event. November 26 – Damien Leith wins the Australian television talent show, Australian Idol 2006, becoming the oldest winner of any Idol show in the world. and defeating 16-year-old Jessica Mauboy. November 27 – The Offspring announced that they were back in the studio recording their first album since 2003's Splinter.9 December 6 Beyoncé achieves her fourth number one single in the U.S. with "Irreplaceable", which went on to become the best selling single of 2007. December 6 is declared Dia de Shakira (Day of Shakira) by the mayor of Miami, USA. December 13 – David Silveria leaves Korn to manage his restaurant. Undated Soilwork, Hires, Daniel Antonsson. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 2006 Bands disbanded 22-20s A*Teens Acceptance Adequate Seven Arab Strap b4-4 Bad Astronaut The Beautiful Mistake (hiatus) The Blackout Pact Blur (return in 2008) Bow Wow Wow (hiatus) Bro'Sis The Casket Lottery (hiatus) Cave In (hiatus, return in 2009) Centinex Champion Clor Cold The Darkness Day At The Fair Dead Moon Death from Above 1979 Dropbox Eiffel 65 Elefantes E.Town Concrete Finch (hiatus) For Felix (hiatus) Frost* (hiatus) Further Seems Forever Gorky's Zygotic Mynci High School Football Heroes Hope of the States JJ72 JR Ewing The Juliana Theory Kill Cheerleader Kind of Like Spitting Letter Kills The Letters Organize Mest Mad Capsule Markets (hiatus) N'Versity The Organ Peccatum Plonker The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower Preluders Rainer Maria Scatter the Ashes Sleater-Kinney The Soviettes Speedstar Stampin' Ground The Suicide Machines Supersystem System of a Down (hiatus, return in 2011) Test Icicles This Day and Age To My Surprise Treble Charger Vendetta Red Bands reformed A Tribe Called Quest The Afghan Whigs All Saints Alice in Chains Atheist Believer Blaque Blind Melon Bloodgood Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Buckcherry Cactus Chavez Deliverance Divinyls East 17 Five Genesis (with Phil Collins) Gorilla Biscuits Information Society Immortal Jodeci Lifetime Meat Puppets Neighborhood Watch Ozma Pitchshifter Take That X-Clan Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 1 (Miss)understood Ayumi Hamasaki RIAJ-certified Million 3 First Impressions of Earth The Strokes ARIA-certified Gold 9 Inhuman Rampage DragonForce BPI-certified Silver 10 Soul of a Man Eric Burdon Live: Wherever You Are Jack Ingram 13 Aerial View blackmail 15 Changes Taylor Horn 19 Mutemath Mutemath Debut album/Remastered version released September 26, 2006 20 Rocket Ride Edguy 23 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys BPI-Certified 3x Platinum, ARIA-certified Gold Keys to the World Richard Ashcroft Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Amber Clearlake Inside In/Inside Out The Kooks 24 The Greatest Cat Power Greatest Hits Live Ace Frehley Live The Essential Kenny G Kenny G Compilation Rabbit Fur Coat Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins Testify P.O.D. From a Compound Eye Robert Pollard Your Man Josh Turner RIAA-certified 2x Platinum Lights and Sounds Yellowcard RIAA-certified Gold Now That's What I Call Music! Number 1's Various Artists 26 Vuelvo A Ti Ericson Alexander Molano 31 The Greatest Songs of the Fifties Barry Manilow Covers album She Wants Revenge She Wants Revenge Synchestra The Devin Townsend Band For Me, It's You Train February Day Album Artist Notes 1 Come Clarity In Flames 6 State of Emergency The Living End ARIA-certified Gold Hello Young Lovers Sparks 7 Magnificent City Aceyalone The Life Pursuit Belle and Sebastian BPI-certified Silver Other People's Lives Ray Davies On Top of Our Game Dem Franchize Boyz RIAA-certified Gold Comfort of Strangers Beth Orton Eye to the Telescope KT Tunstall BPI-certified 5x Platinum, RIAA-certified Platinum Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 8 Various Artists 13 Cheap Pop for the Elite Kore. Ydro. The Best of the Specials & Fun Boy Three The Specials & Fun Boy Three Compilation 14 Voices Matchbook Romance Timeless Sérgio Mendes BPI-certified Gold The Secret Life of... The Veronicas ARIA-certified 4x Platinum 16 Best Kenny G Live 17 Everytime We Touch Cascada BPI-certified Platinum 21 The Destruction of Everything is the Beginning of Something New Adair Everytime We Touch Cascada - Songlines The Derek Trucks Band 20/20 Dilated Peoples Six Demon Bag Man Man Geekin' Out Across the Galaxy Jason Mraz EP Streets of New York Willie Nile Every Woman Dreams Shanice 22 Imaginations Fantastic Plastic Machine 27 Directo A La Luz WarCry Live, Spain-certified Gold Taller in More Ways Sugababes Re-issue 28 Thugs Revenge Bizzy Bone Corn Fed Shannon Brown If Only You Were Lonely Hawthorne Heights Live Trucker Kid Rock And The Twisted Brown Trucker Band In My Own Words Ne-Yo RIAA-certified Platinum, BPI-certified Gold Chaotic Resolve Plumb Hammersmith Odeon London '75 Bruce Springsteen March Day Album Artist Notes 6 On an Island David Gilmour BPI-certified Platinum Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae RIAA-certified Platinum Addicted Sweetbox RIAJ-certified Gold Kick White Rose Movement 7 Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Neko Case Morph the Cat Donald Fagen Reality Check Juvenile RIAA-certified Gold This Old Road Kris Kristofferson - Youth Matisyahu RIAA-certified Gold Youth Dub Matisyahu Mr. Beast Mogwai Keasbey Nights Streetlight Manifesto Country Is My Rock Trent Tomlinson Rizz-Wa-Faire Ralph Tresvant That's So Raven Too! Various Artists 10 The Chthonic Chronicles Bal-Sagoth 11 Moo, You Bloody Choir Augie March ARIA-certified Gold 13 Love Travels at Illegal Speeds Graham Coxon There Are No Happy Endings Engerica Grand Unification Fightstar The Great Cold Distance Katatonia Jagged Gary Numan 14 Menace 2 Society Capone My Ghetto Report Card E-40 RIAA-certified Gold Stars of CCTV Hard-Fi BPI-certified 2x Platinum Meds Placebo BPI-certified Gold Lottery Romeo Super Colossal Joe Satriani Dante XXI Sepultura Fortuneteller's Melody SHeDAISY Dave Chappelle's Block Party Various Artists Blinders On Sean Watkins 19 Little Cloud The Whitlams ARIA-certified Gold 20 4 Gerling Part Two Throbbing Gristle 21 America's Most Luved Bad Guy Master P For Blood and Empire Anti-Flag Peregrine The Appleseed Cast The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years boysetsfire Kill Cannibal Corpse Chicago XXX Chicago Heroine From First to Last Underage Thinking Teddy Geiger Both Sides of the Gun Ben Harper Vol. 1 Hurt Hearts of the Innocent Kutless Born Again in the USA Loose Fur The Graduate MC Lars Life On The Murder Scene My Chemical Romance 3121 Prince RIAA-certified Gold Now Esto Es Musica! Latino Various Artists Compilation 22 Diego Diego González 24 GlaubeLiebeTod Oomph! 27 This New Day Embrace BPI-certified Gold Ringleader of the Tormentors Morrissey BPI-certified Gold Let It Roll Willard Grant Conspiracy Show Your Bones Yeah Yeah Yeahs Educated Horses Rob Zombie 28 A Death Grip On Yesterday Atreyu Get That Paper Do or Die Fishscale Ghostface Killah Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Tim McGraw RIAA-certified Platinum Motel Motel Oral Fixation Vol. 2 Shakira Re-release, RIAA- and BPI-certified Platinum, ARIA-certified Gold 29 Human After All: Remixes Daft Punk Remix album of "Human After All" News and Tributes The Futureheads Enjoy the Ride Marie Serneholt Solo debut April Day Album Artist Notes 3 Musique Vol. 1 1993-2005 Daft Punk Compilation 4 The Village Lanterne Blackmore's Night Foiled Blue October RIAA-certified Platinum The Charm Bubba Sparxxx Ahí Vamos Gustavo Cerati The Phoenix Throne Dead to Fall At War with the Mystics The Flaming Lips Demon Days Live Gorillaz Includes DVD, BPI-certified Gold Return to the Sea Islands Karmacode Lacuna Coil New American Gospel Lamb of God Reissue, LP Daylight Needtobreathe I'm Not Dead Pink BPI-certified 3x Platinum, RIAA-certified Platinum Operation: Mindcrime II Queensrÿche Me And My Gang Rascal Flatts RIAA-certified 4x Platinum DisneyMania 4 Various Artists RIAA-certified Gold Now That's What I Call Music! 21 Various Artists RIAA-certified Platinum Vision Valley The Vines 10 Chosen Lords AFX The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living The Streets Now That's What I Call Music! 63 Various Artists BPI-certified 2x Platinum 11 You in Reverse Built to Spill Toppa di Top and Dirty Rhythms Buju Banton & Various Artists Compilation Tuesdays, Thursdays and if it Rains Brian Byrne Solo Debut. Exile and the Kingdom Jeff Martin Solo Debut. Death By Sexy Eagles of Death Metal A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Josephine Foster White Trash with Money Toby Keith RIAA-certified Platinum Todd Smith LL Cool J RIAA-certified Gold Lost in America Edwin McCain Daniel Powter Daniel Powter RIAA-certified Gold Élan Vital Pretty Girls Make Graves 37 Everywhere Punchline Stone Cold Classics Queen Compilation Chemical City Sam Roberts Sound the Alarm Saves the Day 12 Carnival of Rust Poets of the Fall IFPI-certified Platinum Bitter Tea The Fiery Furnaces 17 A Bugged Out Mix Miss Kittin Compilation Simpatico The Charlatans Tired of Hangin' Around The Zutons 18 Abracadabra Florent Pagny Side Three Adrian Belew Cantos A. J. Croce Wood Work Da Backwudz A Blessing and a Curse Drive-By Truckers Union Street Erasure Works in Progress Kansas CD/DVD; live Hosannas from the Basements of Hell Killing Joke Hind Hind Legs The Lovely Feathers We, the Vehicles Maritime Wolves in Wolves' Clothing NOFX Ten Silver Drops Secret Machines Under the Covers, Vol. 1 Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs Cover album 21 Free OSI Pitch Black Progress Scar Symmetry 23 Transkripsi Siti Nurhaliza 24 Let Love In Goo Goo Dolls Fires Nerina Pallot BPI-certified Gold One Cure Fits All Therapy? Clan Destiny Wishbone Ash All the Roadrunning Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris St. Elsewhere Gnarls Barkley RIAA-, BPI-, ARIA-certified Platinum 25 Whips and Roses Tommy Bolin Yes, Virginia The Dresden Dolls IV Godsmack RIAA-certified Gold Sell Control for Life's Speed Pilate A Girl Like Me Rihanna RIAA-, BPI-certified Platinum We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Bruce Springsteen RIAA-certified Gold Louder Now Taking Back Sunday RIAA-certified Gold In Search of Sunrise 5: Los Angeles Tiësto May Day Album Artist Notes 1 Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords - Eyes Open Snow Patrol BPI-certified 6x Platinum 2 Barriers and Passages Dysrhythmia How We Operate Gomez Goodbye Alice In Wonderland Jewel Pearl Jam Pearl Jam RIAA-certified Gold Rio Grande Blood Ministry Blood Money Mobb Deep Old New Ballads Blues Gary Moore A City by the Light Divided Thursday 10,000 Days Tool RIAA-certified Platinum Greatest Hits Phil Vassar Wolfmother Wolfmother RIAA-, BPI-certified Gold 8 Ruun Enslaved 9 The Spell The Black Heart Procession Baby Makin' Music The Isley Brothers What's Left of Me Nick Lachey RIAA-certified Gold It's Alive: The New Cars The New Cars Live Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers RIAA-, BPI-certified 2x Platinum Surprise Paul Simon Without Feathers The Stills Punk Goes '90s Various Artists Compilation Best of Chris Isaak Chris Isaak Compilation 12 Dancing Diva Jolin Tsai 15 Burial Burial Feeder – The Singles Feeder BPI-certified Platinum Bright Idea Orson Broken Boy Soldiers The Raconteurs Convicts You Am I Living with War Neil Young 16 Killa Season Cam'ron Screwed Up Movement E.S.G. Every Man for Himself Hoobastank RIAA-certified Gold So Amazin' Christina Milian 19 To Find Me Gone Vetiver 22 The Warning Hot Chip BPI-certified Gold Fundamental Pet Shop Boys BPI-certified Silver 23 We Don't Need to Whisper Angels & Airwaves Bolton Swings Sinatra Michael Bolton Tribute to Frank Sinatra The Best of Candlebox Candlebox Yeah! Def Leppard Taking the Long Way Dixie Chicks RIAA-certified 2x Platinum In With the Out Crowd Less Than Jake American Idol Season 5: Encores Various Artists Stand Still, Look Pretty The Wreckers RIAA-certified Gold Back 2 Da Basics Yo Gotti 26 The Infinite Wonders of Creation Luca Turilli 30 Trans Canada Highway Boards of Canada EP In The Shadow of Two Gunmen The Forecast June Day Album Artist Notes 5 Nâdiya Nâdiya 6 End of Silence RED Decemberunderground AFI RIAA-certified Gold The Gold Record The Bouncing Souls The Bronx The Bronx It's Alive The New Cars Rockford Cheap Trick End of Grey Decyfer Down The River in Reverse Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint Twelve Stops and Home The Feeling Blue Flashlight Brown Move by Yourself Donavon Frankenreiter Popaganda Head Automatica Like Vines The Hush Sound Laugh Now, Cry Later Ice Cube RIAA-certified Gold Danielle Peck Danielle Peck The Only Thing I Ever Wanted Psapp Free to Stay Smoosh El Sexto Sentido Re+Loaded Thalía Firecracker The Wailin' Jennys New Joc City Yung Joc RIAA-certified Gold Voices from the FIFA World Cup Various Artists Compilation 9 Loose Nelly Furtado RIAA-certified Platinum Lost Horizons Luca Turilli's Dreamquest 12 Mind Tricks Disarmonia Mundi Under the Iron Sea Keane BPI-certified 2x Platinum 13 Rest Inside The Flames 36 Crazyfists Fewer Moving Parts David Bazan EP The Anatomy Of Between the Buried and Me Consequences Dave Burrell / Billy Martin The Big Bang Busta Rhymes RIAA-certified Gold The Long Road Home - In Concert John Fogerty Live DVD Chasing the Sun Indigenous Sinner Joan Jett and the Blackhearts The Holiday Collection Kenny G Compilation Songs from Black Mountain Live Don't You Know Who I Think I Was The Replacements Compilation Fallout From The War Shadows Fall Rather Ripped Sonic Youth Begin to Hope Regina Spektor One X Three Days Grace 14 Ultra Blue Hikaru Utada RIAJ-certified Platinum 17 Imago The Butterfly Effect 19 Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam Gorgoroth Not Accepted Anywhere The Automatic BPI-certified Platinum 20 The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch Cute Is What We Aim For Ganging Up on the Sun Guster Journey Of A Gemini Donell Jones Define the Great Line Underoath RIAA-certified Gold 26 Crazy Frog Presents More Crazy Hits Crazy Frog The Platinum Collection Chaka Khan Compilation 27 Billy Talent II Billy Talent CRIA: 2x Platinum, IFPI: Platinum Permanent Revolution Catch 22 Dusk & Summer Dashboard Confessional Liberation Transmission Lostprophets Bande à Part Nouvelle Vague Men & Mascara Julie Roberts Greatest Hits The Specials Compilation 28 Splurge Puffy AmiYumi July Day Album Artist Notes 3 Garou Garou - Black Holes and Revelations Muse BPI-certified 2x Platinum 4 American V: A Hundred Highways Johnny Cash RIAA-certified Gold The Sufferer & the Witness Rise Against 10 The Eraser Thom Yorke 11 The Fall of Ideals All That Remains Play Pause Stop Benevento-Russo Duo The Harvest Boondox LP The Day Has Come Cheyenne Kimball Impeach My Bush Peaches Live in Brooklyn Phish One Cold Night Seether Acoustic/Live w/bonus DVD The Silver Lining Soul Asylum The New Black Strapping Young Lad The Avalanche Sufjan Stevens A Collection Third Eye Blind Legend of the World Valient Thorr Now That's What I Call Music! 22 Various Artists RIAA-certified Platinum 13 The Last Stand Boot Camp Clik 17 Alright, Still Lily Allen Catalogue Moloko Razorlight Razorlight BPI-certified 4x Platinum 18 Up In The Attic Alien Ant Farm Cristo Satánico Asesino If You're Going Through Hell Rodney Atkins RIAA-certified Platinum Can Can Bad Manners Live Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry Sinners Like Me Eric Church Eighteen Visions Eighteen Visions Monochrome Helmet Don't You Fake It The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 20 Dinosaurchestra Lemon Demon 21 Doomsday Rock 'N Roll Chrome Division 24 The Great Western James Dean Bradfield Now That's What I Call Music! 64 Various Artists BPI-certified 2x Platinum 25 LeToya LeToya RIAA-certified Platinum The Trials of Van Occupanther Midlake One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This New York Dolls Startin' with Me Jake Owen Highway Companion Tom Petty LP Landon Pigg In My Mind Pharrell The Colors In The Wheel Venus Hum Katorz Voivod 28 A.T.O.M Carbon/Silicon 31 D. 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Crisis Alexisonfire Boys Like Girls (album) Boys Like Girls RIAA-certified Gold Happy Hollow Cursive (band) Wanna Be Your Joe Billy Ray Cyrus Danity Kane Danity Kane RIAA-certified Platinum The Stench of Redemption Deicide High & Mighty Gov't Mule Amar es Combatir Maná Cannonball Pat Green Paris Paris Hilton Kelis Was Here Kelis Sacrament Lamb of God Study Natural Law Of the Opera Idlewild OutKast RIAA-certified Platinum Rose Hill Drive Rose Hill Drive 23 Temperature Rising Tata Young 28 Beyond Hell GWAR A Matter of Life and Death Iron Maiden BPI-certified Gold Empire Kasabian BPI-certified 2x Platinum 29 CiRCADiAN 5th PROJEKT This Binary Universe BT The Underdog/El Subestimado Tego Calderón 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Terri Clark Terri Clark Compilation Falling Away Crossfade Score – 20th Anniversary World Tour Dream Theater Modern Times Bob Dylan RIAA-certified Platinum Supremacy Hatebreed Ghost Stories Chantal Kreviazuk Kiss of Death Motörhead 'Till The Sun Turns Black Ray LaMontagne All Roads Lead To Ausfahrt NoMeansNo A Public Affair Jessica Simpson RIAA-certified Gold Game Theory The Roots Nightcrawler Pete Yorn September Day Album Artist Notes 4 5:55 Charlotte Gainsbourg UK Yellow House Grizzly Bear The Platinum Collection Gary Moore Compilation 5 Revelations Audioslave Gold B'Day Beyoncé Knowles 3x Platinum A Shared History Of Tragedy The Black Maria - A Twist in the Myth Blind Guardian - Sophia (EP) The Crüxshadows EP 8 Live from the UK Sept./2006 (CD 1) Billy Talent Live 9 Tightrope Stephanie McIntosh Gold 11 Costello Music The Fratellis - The Best t.A.T.u. Compilation Subliminal Genocide Xasthur - 12 Too Bad Buju Banton Barenaked Ladies Are Me The Barenaked Ladies - Magic Potion The Black Keys - Shot to Hell Black Label Society - Sound Grammar Ornette Coleman - Live From Across the Pond Robert Cray Live So So Gangsta Daz Dillinger - Saints Destroy the Runner - Switzerland Electric Six - Welcome to the Drama Club Everclear - Knives Don't Have Your Back Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - So This Is Goodbye Junior Boys - Amputechture The Mars Volta - Blood Mountain Mastodon - Continuum John Mayer X2 Platinum Redeemer Norma Jean - The Paramour Sessions Papa Roach - Pieces of the People We Love The Rapture - And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 R.E.M. - Coming Home Lionel Richie - Face the Promise Bob Seger Platinum Black Magic Swollen Members - How to Grow a Woman from the Ground Chris Thile - FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake 4x Platinum IV Veruca Salt - 13 Regressive by Default DeadXheaD - 16 Live from the UK Sept./2006 Billy Talent 2x CD 18 Retroglide Level 42 - Ta-Dah Scissor Sisters - 19 Suffocation Suffocation A Thousand Different Ways Clay Aiken Gold Thug Stories Bone Thugs N Harmony - The Letting Go Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Live: Live Those Songs Again Kenny Chesney - Hoodstar Chingy Gold The Always Open Mouth Fear Before the March of Flames - The Dutchess Fergie 3x Platinum Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Up From the Catacombs – The Best of Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction - Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell Jedi Mind Tricks - The Captain & the Kid Elton John - Food & Liquor Lupe Fiasco - Right Where You Want Me Jesse McCartney - Savior Sorrow Mushroomhead - Coming Home New Found Glory - Summer Girl Smash Mouth - This Could Be A Possibility Valencia Reissue, LP 25 A New Shape of Desperation By Night - Nine shades of pain Carnal Grief - The Freedom Spark Larrikin Love - The U.S. vs. John Lennon John Lennon Soundtrack Ecce Cor Meum Paul McCartney - Triumph or Agony Rhapsody of Fire - Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain Sparklehorse - 26 Acoustic Hearts of Winter Aly & AJ - Time Again...Amy Grant Live Amy Grant - V Vanessa Hudgens - Like Red On A Rose Alan Jackson - 20 Y.O. Janet Jackson Platinum Friendly Fire Sean Lennon - Last Man Standing Jerry Lee Lewis - Release Therapy Ludacris Platinum Saosin Saosin - See The Morning Chris Tomlin - Silent Nightclub Richard Cheese - Mario Vazquez Mario Vazquez - Straight Outta Lynwood "Weird Al" Yankovic Gold October Day Album Artist Notes 1 Follow the City Lights Dover - 2 Insider Amplifier - Public Warning Lady Sovereign - Amantes Sunt Amentes Panda Gold (Mex) How to Destroy a Relationship The Servant - 3 The Information Beck - The Philosophy of Velocity Brazil - Under the Skin Lindsey Buckingham Body Riddle Clark - The Crane Wife The Decemberists - Oye Mi Canto!: Los Grandes Exitos Gloria Estefan - The Essential Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan - The Very Best of Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan - The Open Door Evanescence 2x Platinum Chris Young Chris Young - Suck Out the Poison He Is Legend - Boys and Girls in America The Hold Steady - Shine On Jet - Sam's Town The Killers Platinum Supply and Demand Amos Lee - Ghetto Therapy Mellow Man Ace & Sen Dog As Reyes Bros The Makings of Me Monica - The Reckoning Pillar - Comatose Skillet - Better Than Knowing Where You Are Spitalfield - We Are The Ones (We've Been Waiting For) The Visionaries - It Just Comes Natural George Strait - When Devils Strike South Park Mexican - The Evolution of Robin Thicke Robin Thicke Platinum Beat'n Down Yo Block Unk - 4 Piano Love Songs Bradley Joseph - 10 Rotten Apple Lloyd Banks - Young Machetes The Blood Brothers - Take the Weather with You Jimmy Buffett - While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets Cobra Starship - I Loved Her First Heartland - Atlantis k-os - (A) Senile Animal The Melvins - Cool Yule Bette Midler Christmas album ...And the Battle Begun Rx Bandits - Sammie Sammie - Still Searching Senses Fail - Absolutely Sister Hazel - Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time Rod Stewart Gold Trailer Park Boys: The Movie Various Artists Soundtrack The Crusade Trivium - Who Brings a Cat to the Disco? 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And More 10cc Compilation Print Is Dead Vol 1 yourcodenameis:milo - 7 The Great Burrito Extortion Case Bowling for Soup - Skin and Bones Foo Fighters Live album Awake Josh Groban - Maniacal Renderings Jon Oliva's Pain - Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) Jim Jones - MTV Unplugged Ricky Martin Unplugged Sinatra: Vegas Frank Sinatra Live album Enjoy the Ride Sugarland EP One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra Styx Live Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing Keith Urban - Now That's What I Call Music! 23 Various Artists Compilation, 2x Platinum 9 Ena Peggy Zina Platinum 13 The Best Of, Volume 1 Depeche Mode Compilation Singles, Rarities & Remixes Spandau Ballet Compilation The Same Side Lucie Silvas - Overloaded: The Singles Collection Sugababes Compilation (Là) où je pars Emmanuel Moire - 14 Navidades Luis Miguel Christmas When Your Heart Stops Beating +44 - Konvicted Akon 2x Platinum Army of Anyone Army of Anyone - Momentum Dave Burrell - The Wraith: Remix Albums Insane Clown Posse Remix album Veteran Marques Houston - From Then Until Raven Symone - Me, Myself & I Fat Joe - Doctor's Advocate The Game Platinum An Other Cup Yusuf Islam - I'm in the Mood for Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time Kenny G Covers album Ys Joanna Newsom - Reasons Why: The Very Best Nickel Creek Compilation The Early Years EP The Rocket Summer - The Singles: 1996-2006 Staind Compilation Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Tenacious D - So Divided ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - 15 The Hummer Devin Townsend Website release 20 Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection The Corrs Compilation Stop the Clocks Oasis Compilation U218 Singles U2 Compilation Now That's What I Call Music! 65 Various Artists Compilation Don't Let It Go to Waste Matt Willis - The Love Album Westlife - 21 Love The Beatles and George Martin Platinum Now Esto Es Musica! Latino 2 Various Artists Compilation The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me Brand New - Daughtry Daughtry 4x Platinum The Lost. The Sick. The Sacred. Inhale Exhale - Capricornio María Isabel Kingdom Come Jay-Z 2x Platinum Entomology Josef K Compilation As Daylight Dies Killswitch Engage Gold A Decade Our Lady Peace CD/DVD Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years P.O.D. Compilation Rock Star Supernova Rock Star Supernova - Pac's Life Tupac Shakur Gold The Blue Carpet Treatment Snoop Dogg Gold Songs for Christmas Sufjan Stevens - Beast Moans Swan Lake - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Tom Waits - 22 Best Of Christina Milian Compilation 24 Celestial RBD - 27 Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation Ornette Coleman CD re-issue of 1960 LP with bonus tracks Beautiful World Take That Gold 28 Roughly Speaking April Wine - Hell Hath No Fury Clipse - Light Grenades Incubus - Chemically Imbalanced Ying Yang Twins - 29 Secret Ayumi Hamasaki - December Day Album Artist Notes 4 Life in Mono Emma Bunton - Albertine Brooke Fraser 3x Platinum Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy Mylène Farmer Gold (CD), Diamond (DVD) 5 It's Only Time Drake Bell - Ciara: The Evolution Ciara - A Dipset X-Mas Jim Jones - Live From Portland Kutless - Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live Lil Scrappy - Ten Brian McKnight - Fijación Oral Vol. 1/Oral Fixation Vol. 2 Shakira Platinum The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani Platinum Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack Eminem Presents: The Re-Up Various Artists Music from the OC: Mix 6 Various Artists - 6 Endless Summer Fennesz Remastered re-issue of 2001 album with bonus tracks 11 East 17: The Platinum Collection East 17 Compilation 12 Reflections - A Retrospective Mary J. Blige - Fantasia Fantasia Barrino Gold Snow Blankets the Night Teddy Geiger EP Taylor Hicks Taylor Hicks Gold Alter Ego Tyrese - The Inspiration Young Jeezy Platinum 13 Come Clarity In Flames EP 18 La Quinta Esencia WarCry Studio 19 The Price of Fame Bow Wow - Hip Hop Is Dead Nas Gold Fly Like a Raven Raven-Symoné - Time Is Money Styles P - Back by Thug Demand Trick Daddy - Grand Hustle Presents: In Da Streetz Volume 4 Grand Hustle Records - 20 Talk to Me Joey McIntyre - 26 21 Omarion - Rebels RBD - Oh! Gravity. Switchfoot - 29 True Magic Mos Def - Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of 2006 No. Artist Album Copies Sold 1. High school musical Soundtrack 8,500,000 2. Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds 8,350,000 3. Nelly Furtado Loose 8,200,000 4. Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium 7,900,000 5. Carrie Underwood Some Hearts 6,900,000 6. P!nk I'm Not Dead 6,500,000 7. Beyoncé B'Day 5,700,000 8. The Beatles Love 5,650,000 9. Daughtry Daughtry 4,900,000 10. Taylor Swift Taylor Swift 4,500,000 Top hits on record in the world The examples and perspective in this section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (December 2010) United States

Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits "Don't Forget About Us" — Mariah Carey (1 week in 2005/1 week in 2006) "Laffy Taffy" — D4L (1 week) "Grillz" — Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Big Gipp (2 weeks) "Check on It" — Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug (5 weeks) "You're Beautiful" — James Blunt (1 week) "So Sick" — Ne-Yo (2 weeks) "Temperature" — Sean Paul (1 week) "Bad Day" — Daniel Powter (5 weeks) "SOS (Rescue Me)" — Rihanna (3 weeks) "Ridin'" — Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone (2 weeks) "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (2 weeks) "Do I Make You Proud" — Taylor Hicks (1 week) "Promiscuous" — Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland (6 weeks) "London Bridge" — Fergie (3 weeks) "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland (7 weeks) "Money Maker — Ludacris featuring Pharrell (2 weeks) "My Love" — Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. (3 weeks) "I Wanna Love You" — Akon featuring Snoop Dogg (2 weeks) "Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé (3 week in 2006/7 weeks in 2007) See also: Hot 100 number-one hits of 2006 Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20 "(When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me" — Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole (#3) "A Public Affair" — Jessica Simpson (#14) "Ain't No Other Man" — Christina Aguilera (#6) "Be Without You" — Mary J. Blige (#3) "Beep" — Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am (#13) "Before He Cheats" — Carrie Underwood (#16) "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" — KT Tunstall (#20) "Bossy" — Kelis (#16) "Breaking Free" — Zac Efron, Drew Seeley and Vanessa Anne Hudgens (#4) "Buttons" — Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg (#3) "Call Me When You're Sober" — Evanescence (#10) "Chain Hang Low" — Jibbs (#7) "Chasing Cars" — Snow Patrol (#5) "Come To Me" — Diddy featuring Nicole Scherzinger (#9) "Control Myself" — LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez (#4) "Crazy" — Gnarls Barkley (#2) "Dani California" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (#6) "Deja Vu" — Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z (#4) "Dirty Little Secret" — The All-American Rejects (#9) "Do It To It" – Cherish featuring Sean Paul of The YoungBloodZ (#12) "Everytime We Touch" — Cascada (#10) "Far Away" — Nickelback (#8) "Fergalicious" — Fergie (#3)* "Get Up" — Ciara featuring Chamillionaire (#7) "Gimme That" — Chris Brown featuring Lil' Wayne (#15) "How To Save A Life" — The Fray (#3) "Hurt" – Christina Aguilera (#19) "I Know You See It" — Yung Joc (#17) "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" — Panic! at the Disco (#7) "It Ends Tonight" — The All-American Rejects (#11)* "It's Goin' Down" — Yung Joc (#3) "Jesus, Take the Wheel" — Carrie Underwood (#20) "Keep Holding On" — Avril Lavigne (#17) "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" — Dem Franchize Boyz (#7) "Let U Go" — Ashley Parker Angel (#12) "Life Is A Highway" — Rascal Flatts (#7) "Lips of an Angel" — Hinder (#3) "Love" — Keyshia Cole (#19) "Maneater" — Nelly Furtado (#16) "Me & U" — Cassie (#3) "Move Along" — The All-American Rejects (#15) "Ms. New Booty" — Bubba Sparxxx featuring Ying Yang Twins & Mr. ColliPark (#7) "Over My Head (Cable Car)" — The Fray (#8) "Promise" – Ciara (#11) "Pullin' Me Back" — Chingy featuring Tyrese (#9) "Pump It" — Black Eyed Peas (#18) "Ring The Alarm" — Beyoncé Knowles (#11) "Say Goodbye" — Chris Brown (#10) "Say It Right" — Nelly Furtado (#6) "Savin' Me" — Nickelback (#19) "Sexy Love" — Ne-Yo (#7) "Shake That" — Eminem featuring Nate Dogg (#6) "Shortie Like Mine" — Bow Wow featuring Chris Brown and Johnta Austin (#9) "Shoulder Lean" — Young Dro featuring T.I. (#10) "Show Me What You Got" — Jay-Z (#8) "Show Stopper" — Danity Kane (#8) "Smack That" — Akon featuring Eminem (#2) "Snap Yo Fingers" — Lil Jon featuring E-40 and Sean Paul of The YoungBloodZ (#7) "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" — Katharine McPhee (#12) "So What" — Field Mob featuring Ciara (#10) "Stars Are Blind" — Paris Hilton (#18) "Stupid Girls" — Pink (#13) "That's That" – Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly (#20) "Too Little Too Late" — JoJo (#3) "Touch It" — Busta Rhymes (#13) "U and Dat" — E-40 featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl (#13) "Unfaithful" — Rihanna (#6) "Unpredictable" — Jamie Foxx (#8) "Unwritten" — Natasha Bedingfield (#5) "Waiting On the World to Change" — John Mayer (#20) "Walk Away" — Kelly Clarkson (#12) "Walk It Out" — Unk (#14) "Welcome to the Black Parade" – My Chemical Romance (#13) "What Hurts the Most" — Rascal Flatts (#6) "What You Know" — T.I. (#3) "What's Left of Me" — Nick Lachey (#6) "Where'd You Go" — Fort Minor featuring Holly Brook (#4) "When You're Mad" — Ne-Yo (#15) "When You Were Young" — The Killers (#14) "When I'm Gone" — Eminem (#8) "White & Nerdy" — "Weird Al" Yankovic (#9) "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" — Chris Brown (#7) "You Don't Know" – Eminem featuring 50 Cent, Cashis, and Lloyd Banks (#12) Note: "Fergalicious" later peaked at #2 in 2007 Note 2: "It Ends Tonight" later peaked at #8 in 2007 United Kingdom The Official UK #1 Singles "When the Sun Goes Down" — Arctic Monkeys (1 week) "Nasty Girl" — The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, and Avery Storm (2 weeks) "Thunder In My Heart Again" — Meck and Leo Sayer (2 weeks) "Sorry" — Madonna (1 week) "It's Chico Time" — Chico (2 weeks) "No Tomorrow" — Orson (1 week) "So Sick" — Ne-Yo (1 week) "Crazy" — Gnarls Barkley (9 weeks) "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker" — Sandi Thom (1 week) "Maneater" — Nelly Furtado (3 weeks) "Smile" — Lily Allen (2 weeks) "Please, Please / Don't Stop Me Now" — McFly (1 week) "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (4 weeks, 5 weeks in total) "Déjà Vu" — Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z (1 week) "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake (1 week) "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" — Scissor Sisters (4 weeks) "America" — Razorlight (1 week) "Welcome to the Black Parade" – My Chemical Romance (2 weeks) "Star Girl" – McFly (1 week) "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" – Fedde Le Grand (1 week) "The Rose" – Westlife (1 week) "Smack That" – Akon (Featuring Eminem) (1 week) "Patience" – Take That (3 weeks) "A Moment Like This" – Leona Lewis (2 weeks) See also: List of number-one hits of 2006 (UK) The Official UK Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20 "After All This Time" – Simon Webbe (#16) "Ain't No Other Man" — Christina Aguilera (#2) "All Good Things (Come to an End)" — Nelly Furtado (#4) "All Time Love" — Will Young (#3) "Always on Your Side"(with Sting) — Sheryl Crow (#4) "Amazing" – Westlife (#4) "Analogue (All I Want)" – A-Ha (#10) "Angel" – Pharrell Williams (#15) "Bad" – Michael Jackson (#16) (re-release) "Bang Bang You're Dead" – Dirty Pretty Things (#5) "Beat It" – Michael Jackson (#15) (re-release) "Beautiful Soul" – Jesse McCartney (#16) "Because I Want You" – Placebo (#13) "Beep" — Pussycat Dolls featuring Will.I.Am (#2) "Better Do Better" — HARD-Fi (#14) "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson (#11) (re-release) "Black Or White" – Michael Jackson (#18) (re-release) "Bones" — The Killers (#15) "Boyfriend" – Ashlee Simpson (#12) "Boys Will Be Boys" — The Ordinary Boys (#3) "Break The Night With Colour" – Richard Ashcroft (#3) "Bright Idea" – Orson (#11) "Burning Benches" – Morning Runner (#19) "Buttons" — Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg (#3) "Call Me When You're Sober" – Evanescence (#4) "Call on Me" – Janet Jackson and Nelly (#18) "Chasing Cars" — Snow Patrol (#6) "Check on It" — Beyoncé Knowles featuring Slim Thug (#3) "Checkin' It Out" — Lil' Chris (#3) "Control Myself" — LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez (#2) "Come To Me" — Diddy featuring Nicole Scherzinger (#3) "Country Girl" — Primal Scream (#5) "Crystal Ball" – Keane (#20) "Dance Dance" – Fall Out Boy (#8) "Dancin'" – Aaron Smith Featuring. Luvli (#20) "Dani California" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (#2) "Different World" – Iron Maiden (#3) "Dirty Diana" – Michael Jackson (#17) (re-release) "Don't Bother" — Shakira (#9) "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" – Michael Jackson (#17) (re-release) "Downtown" — Emma Bunton (#3) "Do You Ever Think Of Me" – Antony Costa (#19) "Dreams" – Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks (#14) "Eddie's Song" – Son Of Dork (#10) "Everytime We Touch" — Cascada (#2) "Faster Kill Pussycat" — Oakenfold featuring Brittany Murphy (#7) "Fill My Little World" — The Feeling (#10) "First Time" – Sunblock feat. Robin Beck (#9) "Fly" – Hilary Duff (#20) "From Paris to Berlin" — Infernal (#2) "Funny Little Frog" – Belle & Sebastian (#10) "Get Together" — Madonna (#7) "Gold Lion" — Yeah Yeah Yeahs (#18) "Grow" – Kubb (#18) "He's the Greatest Dancer" – Dannii Minogue (#3) "Heartbeats" – José González (#9) "Here We Go" – Trina feat. Kelly Rowland (#15) "Hustler's Ambition" – 50 Cent (#13) "I'll Be Ready" – Sunblock (#4) "I'm with Stupid" – Pet Shop Boys (#8) "In The Closet" – Michael Jackson (#20) (re-release) "Incredible" – Shapeshifters (#12) "Irreplaceable" — Beyoncé Knowles (#4) "I See You You See Me" – The Magic Numbers (#20) "Is It Any Wonder?" — Keane (#3) "Is It Just Me?" – The Darkness (#8) "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" — Meat Loaf featuring Marion Raven (#6) "Jump In My Car" — David Hasselhoff (#3) "Knights of Cydonia" — Muse (#10) "Leave Me Alone" – Michael Jackson (#15) (re-release) "Like You" – Bow Wow feat. Ciara (#10) "Live With Me" – Massive Attack (#17) "Lost & Found" – Feeder (#12) "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" — David Guetta vs. The Egg (#3) "Lovelight" – Robbie Williams (#8) "Make A Move On Me" – Joey Negro (#11) "Moodswings (To Come At Me Like That)" — Charlotte Church (#14) "Most Precious Love" – Blaze feat. Barbara Tucker (#17) "Munich" – Editors (#10) "Music Is Power" – Richard Ashcroft (#20) "Naïve" – The Kooks (#5) "Nature's Law" — Embrace (#2) "Never Wanna Say" – Soundbwoy Ent (#18) "Nine2Five" — The Ordinary Boys vs. Lady Sovereign (#6) "No Promises" — Shayne Ward (#2) "Nothing In My Way" – Keane (#19) "One" — Mary J. Blige featuring U2 (#2) "One More Night Alone" – Friday Hill (#13) "One Wish" – Ray J (#13) "Promiscuous" — Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland (#3) "Pump It" — The Black Eyed Peas (#3) "Put Your Records On" — Corinne Bailey Rae (#2) "Run It!" — Chris Brown (#2) "Red Dress" — Sugababes (#4) "Ride A White Horse" – Goldfrapp (#15) "Ridin'" — Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone (#2) "Rock With You" – Michael Jackson (#15) (re-release) "Rooftops" — Lostprophets (#8) "Rudebox" — Robbie Williams (#4) "Say I" – Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy (#4) "Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U)" – Hi-Tack (#4) "Sewn" – The Feeling (#7) "She Moves In Her Own Way" — The Kooks (#8) "Sleep" – Texas (band) (#6) "Snow ((Hey Oh))" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (#16) "Somebody's Watching Me" — Beatfreakz (#3) "Something Kinda Ooooh" — Girls Aloud (#3) "SOS (Rescue Me)" — Rihanna (#2) "Soul Survivor" – Young Jeezy Featuring. Akon (#10) "Smooth Criminal" – Michael Jackson (#19) (re-release) "Speechless" – Mish Mash (#16) "Standing On My Own Again" – Graham Coxon (#20) "Stars Are Blind" — Paris Hilton (#5) "Steady As She Goes" – The Raconteurs (#4) "Stoned In Love" – Chicane feat. Tom Jones (#7) ";;Stupid Girls" – Pink (#4) "Suffer Well" – Depeche Mode (#12) "Sugar, We're Going Down" – Fall Out Boy (#8) "Suzie" – Boy Kill Boy (#17) "Nobody Knows" — Pink (#4) "Talk" — Coldplay (#10) (released in 2005) "Piece of My Heart" – Beverley Knight (#16) "Teenage Life" — Daz Sampson (#8) "Temperature" — Sean Paul (#11) "The Adventure" – Angels & Airwaves (#20) "The Fallen / L. Wells" — Franz Ferdinand (#14) "The Saints Are Coming" – U2 and Green Day (#6) "The Way You Make Me Feel" – Michael Jackson (#17) (re-release) "The Weakness In Me" – Keisha White (#17) "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" – Flaming Lips (#16) "Touch It" – Busta Rhymes (#6) "Touch The Sky" — Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco (#6) "U + Ur Hand" — Pink (#10) "Unbelievable" – Craig David (#18) "Unfaithful" – Rihanna (#2) "Unpredictable" – Jamie Foxx feat. Ludacris (#16) "Voodoo Child" — Rogue Traders (#3) "Watchin'" – Freemasons feat. Amanda Wilson (#19) "Welcome to Wherever You Are" — Bon Jovi (#19) "We Ride" — Rihanna (#17) "When I Think of You" – Lee Ryan (#15) "When You Wasn't Famous" — The Streets (#8) "When I'm Gone" — Eminem (#4) "Who Am I" – Will Young (#11) "Who Knew" — Pink (#5) "Who Says You Can't Go Home" — Bon Jovi (#5) "Whole Lotta History" — Girls Aloud (#6) "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" – The Zutons (#9) "Wind It Up" — Gwen Stefani (#3) "Woman in Love" – Liz McClarnon (#5) "Wonderful World" — James Morrison (#8) "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" — Chris Brown (#13) "You Don't Love Me" – The Kooks (#12) "You Give Me Something" — James Morrison (#5) "You Got The Love" – The Source feat. Candi Staton (#7) "You Have Killed Me" — Morrissey (#3) "You Only Live Once" — The Strokes (#14) "You're All I Have" — Snow Patrol (#7) "You Spin Me Round" – Dead or Alive (#5) Australia "Wasabi/Eye of the Tiger" – Lee Harding (3 weeks) "Run It!" – Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana (1 week) "When I'm Gone" – Eminem (1 week) "Run It!" – Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana (2 weeks) "Love Generation" – Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine (2 weeks) "Flaunt It" – TV Rock featuring Seany B (4 weeks) "Forever Young" – Youth Group (1 week) "Flaunt It" – TV Rock featuring Seany B (1 week) "Forever Young" – Youth Group (1 week) "SOS" – Rihanna (8 weeks) "Hips Don't Lie" – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (9 weeks) "SexyBack" – Justin Timberlake (2 weeks) "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" – Sandi Thom (10 weeks) "The Saints Are Coming" – U2 and Green Day (1 week) "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" – Scissor Sisters (2 weeks) "Night of My Life" – Damien Leith (3 weeks) See also: List of number-one singles in Australia of 2006

Australian ARIA Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20 "Ain't No Other Man" — Christina Aguilera (#6) "Beep" — The Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am (#3) "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" — Eskimo Joe (#6) "Bossy" – Kelis (#18) "Buttons" – The Pussycat Dolls (#2) "Deja Vu" – Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z (#12) "Dani California" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (#8) "Don't Give Up" – Shannon Noll & Natalie Bassingswaithe (#2) "Faded" — Kate DeAraugo (#8) "Goodbye My Lover" — James Blunt (#3) "Grillz" — Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp (#11) "Joker & the Thief" – Wolfmother (#8) "L.O.V.E." — Ashlee Simpson (#5) "Maneater" — Nelly Furtado (#4) "Miss Murder" — AFI (#20) "Mistake" — Stephanie McIntosh (#3) "Nasty Girl" — The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm (#15) "Nothing at All" — Kasey Chambers (#9) "Now I Run" — Shannon Noll (#6) "Promiscuous" — Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland (#2) "Pump It" — Black Eyed Peas (#6) "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" – Jet (#14) "Savin' Me" — Nickelback (#18) "Sexy Love" — Ne-Yo (#14) "Shine On" – Jet (#20) "So Sick" — Ne-Yo (#4) "So Under Pressure" — Dannii Minogue (#16) "Sorry" — Madonna (#4) "Stupid Girls" — Pink (#4) "Temperature" — Sean Paul (#5) "This Time I Know It's for Real" — Young Divas (#2) "Tightrope" – Stephanie McIntosh (#16) "Touch The Sky" — Kanye West (#10) "Together We Are One — Delta Goodrem (#2) "U + Ur Hand – Pink (#6) "Unfaithful – Rihanna (#2) "Watching You" – Rogue Traders (#5) "We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)" — Crazy Frog (#13) "What's Left of Me" — Nick Lachey (#8) "When It All Falls Apart" — The Veronicas (#7) "Who Knew" – Pink (#2) "Wisemen" — James Blunt (#11) "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" — Chris Brown (#10) "You Raise Me Up" — Westlife (#3) Classical music Alla Pavlova – Symphony No. 5 Steve Reich – Daniel Variations Lorenzo Ferrero DEsCH for oboe, violin, piano and orchestra Mozart a Recanati for one actress, one voice and piano trio La conquista, suite for choir and orchestra Haring at the Exhibition, ambient piece Behzad Ranjbaran – Persian Trilogy Karlheinz Stockhausen – Natürliche Dauern (Natural Durations), for piano Harmonien (Harmonies), three versions: for solo bass clarinet, for solo flute, for solo trumpet Schönheit (Beauty), for flute, trumpet, and bass clarinet Türin, for Tür (door), rin, and speaker (versions in German and English), with electronics, Daniel Theaker – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 17 Opera Jorge Antunes – Olga Tan Dun – The First Emperor Stephen Hartke – The Greater Good, or the Passion of Boule de Suif Stuart MacRae – The Assassin Tree (with libretto by Simon Armitage) Ernst Mahle – O Garatuja Ronaldo Miranda – A Tempestade Robert Xavier Rodriguez — La Curandera Ned Rorem – Our Town Kaija Saariaho – Adriana Mater Somtow Sucharitkul – Ayodhya Musical theater Edit:Undo premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on August 7 as the first full length by-students for-students musical about high school. Grey Gardens Broadway production opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on November 2 and ran for 308 performances Mary Poppins Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16 The Phantom of the Opera officially became the longest Broadway running musical ever on January 9, at 7486 performances surpassing the previous record holder, Cats, also written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Spring Awakening Broadway production opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on December 10 Tarzan Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on May 10 The Wedding Singer Broadway production opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 27 and ran for 284 performances. Musical film Bolletjes Blues, a Dutch film starring Negativ, released on March 23. The Cheetah Girls 2, a Disney Channel Original Movie watched by 8.1 million viewers in its premiere broadcast on August 25. Dreamgirls starring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover and Jennifer Hudson, released on December 15 Hannah Montana, a Disney Channel original series about a pop star, premiered on March 23. Happy Feet, a film with the voices of Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Hugh Jackman, Brittany Murphy, Robin Williams and Anthony LaPaglia, released on November 17. High School Musical, a Disney Channel Original Movie watched by 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast on January 20. Neil Young: Heart of Gold, a film directed by Jonathan Demme, released on February 10. Take the Lead, a film starring Antonio Banderas and Alfre Woodard, released on April 7. Births May 14 — Bluebell Madonna Halliwell, daughter of Geri Halliwell and Sacha Gervasi. May 26 — Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, son of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale. September 12 — Jayden James Federline, son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. Deaths January–February January 1 — Bryan Harvey, American singer-guitarist of House of Freaks, 46 (murdered) January 6 Lou Rawls, American soul singer, 72 Alex St. Clair, American drummer of Captain Beefheart, 64 January 11 — Markus Löffel, German disc jockey, 39 (heart attack) January 19 — Wilson Pickett, American singer, 64 January 27 — Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer, 56 (liver and lung cancer) January 30 — Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts, American guitarist of Poison Idea, 47 February 2 — Bill Cowsill, American singer-gutarist of The Cowsills, 52 February 3 — Romano Mussolini, Italian jazz pianist, 78 February 10 — J Dilla, American hip hop producer, 32 (Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura) February 15 — Anna Marly, French singer-songwriter, 88 February 22 — Anthony Burger, American gospel music pianist, 44 (heart attack) March–April March 7 — Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer and guitarist, 66 March 10 — Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano, 75 March 23 Pío Leyva, Cuban singer of the Buena Vista Social Club, 88 Cindy Walker, American country singer-songwriter, 87 March 25 Buck Owens, American country singer and guitarist, 76 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress, 62 March 26 — Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter, 49 (heart attack) March 30 – Jackie McLean, American jazz alto saxophonist, 74 April 5 — Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter, 65 April 11 June Pointer, American singer of Pointer Sisters, 52 (cancer) Proof (DeShaun Holton), American rapper of D12, 32 (shot) April 24 Erik Bergman, Finnish composer of classical music, 94 Bonnie Owens, American country singer, 76 April 28 — Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer, 80 May–June May 1 — Big Hawk, American rapper, 36 (shot) May 5 — Naushad, Indian composer, 86 May 6 — Grant McLennan, Australian guitarist and songwriter of The Go Betweens, 48 May 7 — Steve Bender, Dschinghis Khan, The Poor Things, 60 May 10 Soraya, Colombian-American singer, 37 (cancer) John Hicks, American jazz pianist, 65 May 13 — Johnnie Wilder, American singer of Heatwave, 56 May 15 — Cheikha Rimitti, Algerian singer, 83 May 18 — Andy Capps, American drummer of Built to Spill, 37 May 19 — Freddie Garrity, English singer of Freddie and the Dreamers, 69 May 23 — Ian Copeland, American music promoter, 57 (melanoma) May 25 — Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska and reggae performer, 64 June 1 — Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, 62 June 2 Johnny Grande, American keyboardist of Bill Haley & His Comets, 76 Vince Welnick, American keyboardist of Grateful Dead, 55 June 6 Billy Preston, American soul keyboardist, 59 Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist, 54 (injuries from fall in street) June 12 — György Ligeti, Hungarian composer, 83 June 20 — Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist of Kool and the Gang, 57. June 27 — Eileen Barton, American singer, 76 July–August July 3 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American mezzo-soprano, 52 (breast cancer) Jack Smith, American singer, 92 July 7 Syd Barrett, English singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding-member of Pink Floyd, 60 (pancreatic cancer) Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Irish singer and guitarist of The Bothy Band, 54 July 8 — June Allyson, American actress, singer and dancer, 88 July 9 — Milan Williams, American keyboardist of The Commodores, 58 July 16 — Malachi Thompson, American jazz trumpeter, 56 July 17 – John G. Blowers, Jr., swing era drummer, 95 July 22 — Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter, 82 July 23 – Bobby Paterson, Love & Money July 31 — Rufus Harley, American jazz bagpiper, 70 August 2 — Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German operatic soprano, 90 August 3 — Arthur Lee, American guitarist and vocalist of Love, 61 August 16 — Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer of Dissection, 31 (suicide) August 17 – Walter Jagiello, polka musician, 76 August 19 — Joseph Hill, Jamaican lead singer of roots reggae group Culture, 57 August 22 — Bruce Gary, American drummer of The Knack, 55 (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) August 23 — Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpet player, 78 August 24 — John Weinzweig, Canadian composer of classical music, 93 August 27 — Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist with Napalm Death, 37 (liver failure) August 28 – Pip Pyle, English drummer forHatfield and the North, National Health, and Gong, 56 September–October September 3 — Eva Knardahl, Norwegian classical pianist, 79 September 4 — Astrid Varnay, Swedish operatic soprano, 88 September 10 — Bennie Smith, American blues musician, 72 September 13 — Lou Richards, American guitarist of Hatebreed, 35 September 14 — Norman Brooks, Canadian singer, 78 September 19 — Danny Flores, Mexican-American saxophonist of The Champs, 77 September 20 — Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor, 74 September 21 — Boz Burrell, English bass guitarist of Bad Company and King Crimson, 60 September 23 — Malcolm Arnold, English composer, 84 September 30 — Isabel Bigley, American singer and actress, 78 October 14 — Freddy Fender, American singer, 69 October 18 — Anna Russell, UK singer and comedienne, 94 October 21 — Sandy West, American drummer of The Runaways, 47 (brain tumour) October 23 Lebo Mathosa, singer, 29 (car accident) Leonid Hambro, pianist, 86 October 26 — Rogério Duprat, composer, 74 November–December November 1 Jason DiEmilio, guitarist (The Azusa Plane), 36 Buddy Killen, record producer and founder of Dial Records, 73 Silvio Varviso, conductor, 82 November 3 – Paul Mauriat, orchestra leader, 81 November 6 – Robert Jance Garfet, Dr Hook November 8 – Basil Poledouris, film composer, 61 November 10 – Gerald Levert, singer, 40 November 17 – Ruth Brown, US singer, 78 November 21 – Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist, 91 November 22 – John Allan Cameron, folk musician, 67 November 23 Betty Comden, lyricist partner of Adolph Green, 89 Anita O'Day, jazz singer, 87 November 24 – Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter, 56 November 25 – Valentín Elizalde, Mexican banda singer, 27 (automobile accident) November 30 – Shirley Walker, film composer, 61 December 2 – Mariska Veres, singer with Shocking Blue, 59 December 6 – Darren Brown, AKA Wiz, former frontman of Mega City Four, 44 (stroke) December 8 – Martha Tilton, US big band singer, 91 December 9 Georgia Gibbs, US singer, 87 Freddie Marsden, drummer of Gerry & The Pacemakers December 11 – Homer Ledford, bluegrass musician, 79 December 13 – Robert Long, singer and TV presenter, 63 December 14 – Ahmet Ertegün, co-founder of Atlantic Records, 83 December 16 – Pnina Salzman, pianist, 84 December 17 – Denis Payton, The Dave Clark Five, 63 December 18 Scott Mateer, US songwriter and disk jockey, 46 Daniel Pinkham, American composer, 83 December 22 – Dennis Linde, Songwriter "Burnin' Love", "John Deere Green" and others, 63 December 25 – James Brown, American singer, 73 December 27 – Pierre Delanoë, French lyricist, 88 Awards and contests ARIA Music Awards of 2006 Grammy Awards of 2006 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 2006 BRIT Awards 2006 NME Awards 2006 World Music Awards 2006 MTV Video Music Awards Nationwide Mercury Prize 2006 MTV Australia Video Music Awards MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 External charts Top 50 Albums For 2006 – Subculture Magazine UK Revolution 91.7's Top 30 Songs of 2006dead link mxdwn.com's User-Submitted AOTY/SOTY 2006dead link Open's Top 10 albums of 2006 References ^ cjmarsicano (January 31, 2006). 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