Top songs of 2006

What was the number one song of 2006?

The number one song of 2006 was “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2006. It spent 5 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated April 8, 2006.

“SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake was number one for the most weeks of 2006: 7 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated September 9, 2006.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2006, year-end Hot 100 of 2006).

How many songs reached number one in 2006?

18 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2006. Counting “Don't Forget About Us”, which was already at number one when the year began, 19 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2006, “Irreplaceable” by Beyoncé stayed there longest: 10 weeks in total, from the chart dated December 16, 2006, with 7 of those weeks on charts dated after 2006.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 2006. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2006?

2 acts had more than one number one in 2006, counting lead and featured credits. Beyoncé and Justin Timberlake had 2 each.

• Beyoncé: “Check on It” and “Irreplaceable”
• Justin Timberlake: “SexyBack” and “My Love”

What were the biggest songs of 2006?

The five biggest songs of 2006 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter, “Temperature” by Sean Paul, “Promiscuous” by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland, “You're Beautiful” by James Blunt and “Hips Don't Lie” by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Everytime We Touch” Cascada
32. “Ain't No Other Man” Christina Aguilera
33. “Dance, Dance” Fall Out Boy
34. “Gold Digger” Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
35. “Money Maker” Ludacris featuring Pharrell
36. “Ms. New Booty” Bubba Sparxxx featuring Ying Yang Twins
37. “(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me” Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole
38. “Photograph” Nickelback
39. “Because of You” Kelly Clarkson
40. “Stickwitu” Pussycat Dolls
41. “I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)” T-Pain featuring Mike Jones
42. “My Humps” The Black Eyed Peas
43. “Where'd You Go” Fort Minor featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga
44. “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)” Chris Brown
45. “Walk Away” Kelly Clarkson
46. “Laffy Taffy” D4L
47. “What You Know” T.I.
48. “Dirty Little Secret” The All-American Rejects
49. “Savin' Me” Nickelback
50. “Don't Forget About Us” Mariah Carey
51. “Sexy Love” Ne-Yo
52. “U and Dat” E-40 featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl
53. “Far Away” Nickelback
54. “What's Left of Me” Nick Lachey
55. “So What” Field Mob featuring Ciara
56. “Do It to It” Cherish featuring Sean Paul of the YoungBloodZ
57. “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” KT Tunstall
58. “There It Go (The Whistle Song)” Juelz Santana
59. “Shoulder Lean” Young Dro featuring T.I.
60. “Unpredictable” Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris
61. “My Love” Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
62. “Shake That” Eminem featuring Nate Dogg
63. “Pullin' Me Back” Chingy featuring Tyrese
64. “Bossy” Kelis featuring Too Short
65. “Chain Hang Low” Jibbs
66. “Smack That” Akon featuring Eminem
67. “One Wish” Ray J
68. “Sugar, We're Goin Down” Fall Out Boy
69. “Gimme That” Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne
70. “I Know You See It” Yung Joc
71. “Who Says You Can't Go Home” Bon Jovi featuring Jennifer Nettles
72. “Too Little Too Late” JoJo
73. “Touch It” Busta Rhymes
74. “Rompe” Daddy Yankee
75. “Déjà Vu” Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
76. “Life Is a Highway” Rascal Flatts
77. “Call Me When You're Sober” Evanescence
78. “Jesus, Take the Wheel” Carrie Underwood
79. “Show Stopper” Danity Kane featuring Yung Joc
80. “Get Up” Ciara featuring Chamillionaire
81. “We Be Burnin'” Sean Paul
82. “Hate Me” Blue October
83. “You and Me” Lifehouse
84. “Beep” Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am
85. “I Think They Like Me” Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat and Bow Wow
86. “Say Goodbye” Chris Brown
87. “Waiting on the World to Change” John Mayer
88. “Soul Survivor” Young Jeezy featuring Akon
89. “Pump It” The Black Eyed Peas
90. “When I'm Gone” Eminem
91. “Hung Up” Madonna
92. “Stay Fly” Three 6 Mafia featuring Young Buck and 8Ball & MJG
93. “Love” Keyshia Cole
94. “When You're Mad” Ne-Yo
95. “Why You Wanna” T.I.
96. “Stupid Girls” Pink
97. “Feel Good Inc.” Gorillaz
98. “I'm Sprung” T-Pain
99. “Do I Make You Proud” Taylor Hicks
100. “For You I Will (Confidence)” Teddy Geiger

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2006, year-end Hot 100 of 2006).

What songs should go on a 2006 mix CD?

A 2006 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 19 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Grillz” by Nelly featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp and closing with “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland, for 75:34 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2006, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 76:12, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 2006 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2006 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 2000s?

Popular music in the 2000s was dominated by hip-hop, R&B and pop, and featured guest artists became a regular part of number one hits. By 2005 the Hot 100 counted digital download sales alongside physical singles and radio airplay.

From 2000 to 2009, 129 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 12 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 129, “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey and “I Gotta Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas spent the most weeks at number one, 14 each. Usher had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 7. The typical number one of these years ran 4:03 (the median of the 100 with a known length).