2006 in music
{{ yearbox| in?=in music
cp=20th Century | c=21st century | yp1=2003 | yp2=2004 | yp3=2005 | year=2006 | ya1=2007 | ya2=2008 | dp3=1970s | dp2=1980s | dp1=1990s | d=2000s | dn1=2010s | dn2=2020s | dn3=2030s*January - James Nicholl, drummer of Pay*Ola became ill and was admitted to hospital. He has since been released and made a full recovery.
* January 11 to January 15 - MahlerFest XIX held in Boulder, Colorado, honoring Austrian composer Gustav Mahler.
* January 16 - Frontman Rob Aston announces that the Transplants have disbanded shortly after their fall tour cancelled.
* January 24 - It was surprisingly announced popular British girl-band All Saints are to regroup for a tour and album later in the year.
* January 31 - American hardcore punk band Champion announces their impending breakup, with a final show scheduled for May.[1]
* February - Alice in Chains reform with new singer William DuVall as the replacement of Layne Staley, who died of a drug overdose in April 2002. Their planned tour will embark their performance since 1996.
* February 1 - Vienna State Opera announced Seiji Ozawa, a Conductor concurrently works as a Music Director of the Opera, has had to cancel all his performance commitments for 2006 due to health reasons.
* February 8 - The 48th annual Grammy Awards are handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Madonna opens the awards for a third time. U2 is the night's big winner, with 5 awards. Mariah Carey receives her first award in more than ten years.
* February 10 - White Lion/Black Label Society bassist James Lomenzo joins Megadeth as the replacement for James MacDonough (who was previously in Iced Earth).
* February 18 - The Rolling Stones give a free concert to 3 million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, possibly one of the largest ever given.
* February 25 - The 4th Annual TRL Awards are held in New York City. 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.
* March 22 - News reports are released that Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler is ill and will require throat surgery. The band cancels the rest of their tour (which was Top 3 at the time) with Cheap Trick and the band is on hiatus indefinitely until Tyler recovers.
* April 21 to April 23 - Terrastock 6, Providence, Rhode Island.
*April 25 - Rihanna's sophomore album featuring SOS (Rescue Me) and Unfaithful is realeased.
* April 29 to April 30 - The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in Indio, California. Performers include: Madonna, James Blunt, Kanye West, Depeche Mode, Paul Oakenfold among others.
*It is rumored that Alice Cooper has began writing material for his next album, which would be his 28th album. It is also rumored that Welcome To My Nightmare guitarist Dick Wagner has written material for this album.
* May 2 - Tool releases 10,000 Days their 4th studio album. It is their follow-up to 2001's Lateralus.
* May 2 - Pearl Jam releases Pearl Jam.
* May 9 - Red Hot Chili Peppers release Stadium Arcadium, their 9th studio album. It is a double album. #1 in 26 countries
* May 11 - Dave Baksh announces that he left Sum 41 to pursue his career with his second band Brown Brigade.
* May 13 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the fourteenth annual Weenie Roast.
* May 13 - Drummer Ryan Vandeberghe announces that The Suicide Machines have broken up after 15 years of activity.
* May 20 - Finnish monster rock band Lordi win the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah, the first hard rock/heavy metal song to win.
* May 23 - Madonna opens up her Confessions Tour for her album Confessions On A Dancefloor. Ticket sales were sold out within mintues in North America, Europe, and Asia, resulting in new dates to be announced in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo and London. The tour is expected to gross $200 million - the biggest tour in the history by a female artist according to Billboard magazine.
* May 23 - The Wreckers release their debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty.
* May 24 - Taylor Hicks wins American Idol, season 5. Katharine McPhee is the runner-up.
* May 26 - Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have their first baby boy, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale.
* June 1 - Youngbloodz and entourage arrested on drugs and weapons charges in Atlanta, Georgia. [2]
* June 6 - Metallica play their new song (Yet to be titled) for the first time in Berlin.
* June 8 - Shakira's single Hips Don't Lie sells 266,500 downloads in its first week of availability, smashing D4L's record of only 175,000. Hips Don't Lie also breaks another record: it becomes the most played song in Pop History with 9,657 spins, breaking Gwen Stefani´s Hollaback Girl record of 9,582.
*June 12 - Keane release their second studio album Under the Iron Sea, which sold in its first week 222,297 copies. It remains the first place in the UK Albums Chart despite new albums from Fatboy Slim and The Automatic
*June 16 to June 18 - Bonnaroo Music Festival takes place in Manchester, TN. Performers include Radiohead, Tom Petty, Phil Lesh and Friends, Beck, and DJ Sasha.
* June 23 - Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson leaves the group to pursue other interests.
* July 1 - Glue Gun performed the first reunion concert at Harpers in Northridge, Los Angeles, California. This concert embarked 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 a nationally televised event.
* July 5 - American Idol tour begins.
* July 7 - Syd Barrett, co-founder and original vocalist for Pink Floyd dies of complications from diabetes
* July 9 - Scooter, releases it's long awaited live CD and DVD "Excess All Areas", recorded from the "Who's Got The Last Laugh Now?" Tour 2006.
* July 12 - Rivers Cuomo confirms that Weezer is now on hiatus again. As for the future of the band, 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."
* July 30 - The last ever Top Of The Pops is broadcast.
* August 1 - 10th anniversary of MTV2's original launch and 25th anniversary of MTV's original launch.
* August 4 to August 6 - Lollapalooza, Chicago, Illinois.
* August 15 - Third studio album by grammy-winning pop diva Christina Aguilera to be released as a double-album.
* September 5 - Second solo album by nine time Grammy winner Beyoncé, B'Day to be released.
* September 25 - sixth album by legendary Enigma (musical project) named A Posteriori (album) to be released worldwide ( it will be released on Sep 22 in Germany.
* October 3 - Evanescence's sophomore album The Open Door to be released (released on September 25th in Australia and October 2nd in Europe.* Audio Adrenaline
* Centinex
* Clor
* Cold (band)
* Death From Above 1979
* A Dozen Furies
* Dropbox
* Finch (hiatus)
* Further Seems Forever
* Grandaddy
* JJ72
* JR Ewing
* The Juliana Theory
* Mest
* Out Hud
* Peccatum
* Pedro the Lion
* A Perfect Circle (hiatus)
* Plonker
* Sleater-Kinney (hiatus)
* The Suicide Machines
* Test Icicles
* Transplants
* Vendetta Red
* Weezer (hiatus) [http://www.nme.com/news/weezer/23579]1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd QuarterAll releases are an LP unless otherwise stated.AugustSecond Round's on Me by Obie Trice - (August 15)
Back To Basics by Christina Aguilera - (August 15)
The Early Years by Rebecca St. James - (August 15)
Unappreciated by Cherish - (August 15)
Danity Kane by Danity Kane - (August 22)
Supremacy by Hatebreed - (August 22)
Material Girls Soundtrack - (August 22)
Kelis Was Here by Kelis - (August 22)
Amputechture by The Mars Volta - (August 22)
Idlewild by OutKast - (August 22)
Sacrament by Lamb of God - (August 22)
High and Mighty by Gov't Mule - (August 22)
Paris by Paris Hilton - (August 22)
Simple Mind Condition by Trouble - (August 22)
'Till The Sun Turns Black by Ray LaMontagne - (August 29)
Game Theory by The Roots - (August 29)
Kiss of Death by Motörhead - (August 29)
A Public Affair by Jessica Simpson - August 29
The Underdog/El Subestimado by Tego Calderon - August 29
Modern Times by Bob Dylan - August 29
Falling Away by Crossfade - August 29
*Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour by Dream Theater - (August 29)
*Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor'' by Lupe Fiasco - (August 29)SeptemberEmpire by Kasabian - (September 4)
Revelations by Audioslave - (September 5)
Summer Girl by Smash Mouth - (September 5)
B'Day by Beyoncé - (September 5)
A Twist in the Myth by Blind Guardian - (September 5)
A Shared History Of Tragedy by The Black Maria - (September 5)
A Matter of Life and Death by Iron Maiden - (September 5)
Face the Promise by Bob Seger - (September 12)
Welcome to the Drama Club by Everclear - (September 12)
The Captain and the Kid by Elton John - (September 12)
Continuum by John Mayer - (September 12)
Coming Home by Lionel Richie - (September 12)
The Paramour Sessions by Papa Roach - (September 12)
FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake - (September 12)
Blood Mountain by Mastodon - (September 12)
Barenaked Ladies Are Me by Barenaked Ladies - (September 12)
Crunk Rock by Lil Jon - (September 12)
Magic Potion by The Black Keys - (September 12)
Pieces of the People We Love by The Rapture - (September 12)
VSIV by Veruca Salt - (September 12)
Untitled by Mario Vasquez - (September 12)
Sleeping Lessons by The Shins - (September 13)
Ta-Dah by Scissor Sisters - (September 18)
Hip-Hop Is Dead by Nas - (September 19)
Right Where You Want Me by Jesse McCartney - (September 19)
Hood Star by Chingy - (September 19)
Shot to Hell by Black Label Society - (September 19)
The Tempest by Insane Clown Posse - (September 19)
The Dutchess by Fergie - (September 19)
The Makings of Me by Monica - (September 19)
Platinum Weird - (September 19)
*A Thousand Different Ways by Clay Aiken - (September 19)
*Untitled by Ace of Base - (September 25)
*20 Y.O. by Janet Jackson - (September 26)
*Last Man Standing by Jerry Lee Lewis - (September 26)
*Ecce Cor Meum by Paul McCartney - (September 26)
*The Return by Ruben Studdard - (September 26)
*Friendly Fire'' by Sean Lennon - (September 26)
Raised Up by The Cure - (September 26)
Undiscovered by Brooke Hogan - (September 26)
Release Therapy by Ludacris - (September 26)
Untitled by Tyler Hilton - (September 28)
Unknown
Point of No Return by 3LW
Untitled by Constantine Maroulis
The Ambition by D12OctoberTweedles by The Residents - (October 2)
The Information by Beck - (October 3)
Sam's Town by The Killers - (October 3)
Supply and Demand by Amos Lee - (October 3)
Saturday Night Wrist by Deftones - (October 3)
The Open Door by Evanescence - (October 3)
Shine On by Jet - (October 3)
Better Than Knowing Where You Are by Spitalfield - (October 3)
The Crane Wife by The Decemberists - (October 3)
Physical Education by Brooke Valentine - (October 3)
Rotten Apple by Lloyd Banks - (October 10)
...And the Battle Begun by Rx Bandits - (October 10)
Absolutely by Sister Hazel - (October 10)
While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets by Cobra Starship - (October 10)
Still Searching by Senses Fail - (October 10)
Arriving Alive by Desa - (October 10)
Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time by Rod Stewart - (October 10)
Young Machetes by The Blood Brothers - (October 10)
Press Play by Diddy - (October 17)
Untitled by Fantasia Barrino - (October 17)
Me Myself & I by Fat Joe - (October 17)
The High Road by JoJo - (October 17)
The Blue Carpet Treatment by Snoop Dogg - (October 17)
Como Ama Una Mujer by Jennifer Lopez - (October 17)
Graduation by Kanye West - (October 17)
Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998-2005) by Bright Eyes (October 24)
Vultures by Smile Empty Soul - (October 24)
Little Death by (+44) - (October 24)
Liberation by Mya - (October 24)
*The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance by My Chemical Romance - (October 24)
*Songs from the Labyrinth by Sting - (October 24)
*Untitled by Savage Garden - (October 27)
*Big by Macy Gray - (October 27)
*Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse - (October 31)
*The Greatest Songs of the Sixties by Barry Manilow - (October 31)
*United Abominations by Megadeth - (October 31)
*Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose'' by Meat Loaf - (October 31)NovemberThe Doctor's Advocate by The Game - (November 7)
Untitled by Killswitch Engage - (November 7)
Untitled by Switchfoot - (November 7)
Second Round by Teairra Mari - (November 12)
Chinese Democracy by Guns N' Roses - (November 13, Rumoured Date)
The Evolution by Ciara - (November 14)
Untitled by Katharine McPhee - (November 14)
Untitled by Taylor Hicks - (November 14)
Untitled by Kellie Pickler - (November 14)
Veel The Bow by Duran Duran - (November 18)
Light Grenades by Incubus - (November 20)
Stop the Clocks by Oasis - (November 20)
Hilary Duff's fourth studio album by Hilary Duff - (November 21)
Untitled by Chris Daughtry - (November 21)
Untitled by 2gether - (November 25)
Curious by Chrishan - (November 25)DecemberUntitled by Brandy - (December 1)
The Long Road To Eden by Eagles - (December 3)
Untitled by Cher - (December 3)AutumnAbsolute Garbage by Garbage
Blue by Diana Ross
Altar by Sunn O)))/Boris
Disillusionment (Remaster of Reverence for the Lost and Nekromanteia) by Fields of Aplomb
Trip The Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Hannah Montana by Soundtrack
We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank by Modest Mouse
The Great Burrito Extortion Case by Bowling For SoupWinterBorn To Try by Delta Goodrem
*''Untitled by Linkin ParkUnknown DateTitled Albums
Love & Pain by Eamon
Cheri Dennis by Cheri Dennis
Detox by Dr. Dre
Sunday Love by Fefe Dobson
W3: Faithful by W (Double You)
Album Number 5 by Silverchair
Old Habits by Smash Mouth
Origin Vol. 2 by Soundtrack Of Our Lives
Libertad by Velvet Revolver
Half by Eric West
Black Aria II by Danzig
WHO2 by The Who
Upheld Against the Court System by Chevelle
*All Y'all by Travis Morrison and the Hellfighters
*Sins of the Past by Sinergy
*Welcome to the Drama Club by Everclear
*The Unquestionable Truth (Part 2) by Limp Bizkit
*Boxriff by The Atomic Bitchwax *EP
*Me Myself and I by David Bowie
*Subliminal Genocide by Xasthur
*The Outsider by DJ Shadow
*Counting by Lucie Silvas
*Ready to Fly by Angela Via
*Once Again by John Legend
*I Am Me (Re-release) by Ashlee Simpson
*LOVE by The Beatles and George Martin
*Welcome The Night'' by The Ataris
Untitled Albums
*98 Degrees
*AC/DC
*Ace of Base
*Aliana Lohan
*Blackfield
*Black Sabbath
*Blur
*Carly Simon
*Celine Dion
*Dave Matthews Band
*Diana DeGarmo
*Dir en Grey
*Eiffel 65
*Emma Bunton
*Europe
*Fall Out Boy
*Fountains of Wayne
*Garbage
*Glue Gun
*Green Day
*Gwen Stefani
*The Haunted
*Jay-Z
*Josh Hoge
*Kelly Clarkson
*Kimberley Locke
*Lauryn Hill
*Linkin Park
*Lindsay Lohan
*Megadeth
*Melanie C
*Metallica
*Michelle Williams
*The Misfits
*Nicole Richie
*Puddle Of Mudd
*Paula Cole
*R.E.M.
*Rachel Stevens
*Roger Waters
*Rush
*Saliva (band)
*Simple Plan
*Sisqó
*Sixpence None the Richer
*Smashing Pumpkins
*Social Distortion (Greatest Hits album & studio album)
*Symphony X
*Vanessa Carlton
*Whitney Houston
*Willa Ford(from January to July 15, 2006 Mediatraffic data [3])
#James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 5,551,000#Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium 4,132,000 #Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor 3,382,000#Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway 3,168,000#Soundtrack - High School Musical 2,987.000#Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business 2,979,000#Shakira - Oral Fixation Volume 2 2,637,000#Pussycat Dolls - PCD 2,534,000#Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough 2,494,000#Andrea Bocelli - Amore 2,481,000#Eminem - Curtain Call (The Hits) 2,420,000#Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang 2,336,000#Jack Johnson - Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies For Curious George 2,175,000#Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 2,175,000#Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way 2,133,000#Il Divo - Ancora 2,023,000#Tool - 10,000 Days 1,942,000#Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere 1,818,000#Rihanna - A Girl Like Me 1,793,000#Pink - ''I'm Not Dead 1,710,000(from January to July 15, 2006 Mediatraffic data [4])# ''Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium 4,132,000# ''Soundtrack - High School Musical 2.987.000# ''Andrea Bocelli - Amore 2.481.000# ''Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang 2.336.000 # ''Jack Johnson - Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies For 'Curious George' 2.175.000# ''Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium 1.108.000 # ''Kumi Koda - Best (Second Session) 983.000 # ''Tool - 10,000 Days 756.000 # ''Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang 733.000 # ''Ayumi Hamasaki - (Miss)understood 654.000 # ''Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way 583.000 # ''Kat-Tun - Best Of Kat-Tun 557.000 # ''T.I. - King Rap/R&B 526.000# ''Hikaru Utada - Ultra Blue 500.000 # ''Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam 439.000United StatesBillboard Hot 100 #1 Hits
* "Don't Forget About Us" â€" Mariah Carey (1 week in 2005/1 week in 2006)
* "Laffy Taffy" â€" D4L (1 week)
* "Grillz" â€" Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Big Gipp (2 weeks)
* "Check on It" â€" Beyoncé Knowles featuring Slim Thug (5 weeks)
* "You're Beautiful" â€" James Blunt (1 week)
* "So Sick" â€" Ne-Yo (2 weeks)
* "Temperature" â€" Sean Paul (1 week)
* "Bad Day" â€" Daniel Powter (5 weeks)
* "SOS (Rescue Me)" â€" Rihanna (3 weeks)
* "Ridin'" â€" Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone (2 weeks)
* "Hips Don't Lie" â€" Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (2 weeks)
* "Do I Make You Proud" â€" Taylor Hicks (1 week)
* "Promiscuous" â€" Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland (6 weeks)
* "London Bridge" â€" Fergie (1 week)
See also: Hot 100 number-one hits of 2006.
Billboard Hot 100 Hits - Singles which have ranked within Top 20
* "A Public Affair" â€" Jessica Simpson (#14)
* "Ain't No Other Man" â€" Christina Aguilera (#6)
* "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" â€" KT Tunstall (#20)
* "Beep" â€" Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am (#13)
* "Be Without You" â€" Mary J. Blige (#3)
* "Bossy" â€" Kelis (#16)
* "Breaking Free" â€" Zac Efron, Andrew Seeley and Vanessa Anne Hudgens (#4)
* "Buttons" â€" Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg (#4)
* "Control Myself" â€" LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez (#4)
* "Crazy" â€" Gnarls Barkley (#2)
* "Dani California" â€" Red Hot Chili Peppers (#6)
* "Déjà Vu" â€" Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z (#4)
* "Do It To It" â€" Cherish (#13)
* "Everytime We Touch" â€" Cascada (#10)
* "Gimme That" â€" Chris Brown featuring Lil' Wayne (#15)
* "Give It Up To Me" â€" Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole (#7)
* "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" â€" Panic! At The Disco (#10)
* "It's Goin' Down" â€" Yung Joc (#3)
* "Jesus, Take The Wheel" â€" Carrie Underwood (#20)
* "Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It" â€" Dem Franchize Boyz (#7)
* "Let U Go" â€" Ashley Parker Angel (#12)
* "Life Is A Highway" â€" Rascal Flatts (#7)
* "Me & U" â€" Cassie (#3)
* "Miss Murder" - AFI (#24)
* "Move Along" â€" The All-American Rejects (#15)
* "Ms. New Booty" â€" Bubba Sparxxx featuring Ying Yang Twins & Mr. ColliPark (#7)
* "Over My Head (Cable Car)" â€" The Fray (#8)
* "Pump It" â€" Black Eyed Peas (#18)
* "Savin' Me" â€" Nickelback (#19)
* "Sexy Love" â€" Ne-Yo (#14)
* "Shake That" â€" Eminem (#6)
* "Shoulder Lean" â€" Young Dro featuring T.I. (#12)
* "Snap Yo Fingers" â€" Lil Jon featuring E-40 and Sean Paul of The YoungBloodZ (#7)
* "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" â€" Katharine McPhee (#12)
* "So What" â€" Field Mob featuring Ciara (#10)
* "Stars Are Blind" â€" Paris Hilton (#18)
* "Stupid Girls" â€" P!nk (#13)
* "Tell Me When to Go" - E-40 (#35)
* "Touch It" â€" Busta Rhymes (#16)
* "U And Dat" â€" E-40 featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl (#18)
* "Unfaithful" â€" Rihanna (#6)
* "Unpredictable" â€" Jamie Foxx (#8)
* "Unwritten" â€" Natasha Bedingfield (#5)
* "Walk Away" â€" Kelly Clarkson (#12)
* "What Hurts The Most" â€" Rascal Flatts (#6)
* "What You Know" â€" T.I. (#3)
* "What's Left of Me" â€" Nick Lachey (#6)
* "Where'd You Go" â€" Fort Minor featuring Holly Brook (#4)
* "When You're Mad" â€" Ne-Yo (#15)
* "When I'm Gone" â€" Eminem (#8)
* "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" â€" Chris Brown (#7)United KingdomThe Official UK #1 Singles
* "That's My Goal" â€" Shayne Ward (4 weeks)
* "When the Sun Goes Down" â€" Arctic Monkeys (1 week)
* "Nasty Girl" â€" The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm (2 weeks)
* "Thunder In My Heart Again" â€" Meck and Leo Sayer (2 weeks)
* "Sorry" â€" Madonna (1 week)
* "It's Chico Time" â€" Chico Slimani (2 weeks)
* "No Tomorrow" â€" Orson (1 week)
* "So Sick" â€" Ne-Yo (1 week)
* "Crazy" â€" Gnarls Barkley (9 weeks)
* "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker" â€" Sandi Thom (1 week)
* "Maneater" â€" Nelly Furtado (3 weeks)
* "Hips Don't Lie" â€" Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (3 weeks)
* "Smile" â€" Lily Allen (2 weeks)
* "Please, Please" â€" McFly (1 week)
See also: ''List of number-one hits of 2006 (UK)
The Official UK Hit Singles - Singles which have ranked within Top 20
* "All Time Love" â€" Will Young (#3)
* "Beep" â€" Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am (#2)
* "Better Do Better" â€" Hard-Fi (#14)
* "Boys Will Be Boys" â€" The Ordinary Boys (#3)
* "Buttons" â€" Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg (#3)
* "Check on It" â€" Beyoncé Knowles featuring Slim Thug (#3)
* "Control Myself" â€" LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez (#2)
* "Country Girl" â€" Primal Scream (#5)
* "Dani California" â€" Red Hot Chili Peppers (#2)
* "Don't Bother" â€" Shakira (#9)
* "Faster Kill Pussycat" â€" Brittany Murphy featuring Paul Oakenfold (#7)
* "Fill My Little World" â€" The Feeling (#10)
* "From Paris to Berlin" â€" Infernal (#2)
* "Is It Any Wonder?" â€" Keane (#3)
* "Moodswings" â€" Charlotte Church (#14)
* "Nature's Law" â€" Embrace (#2)
* "Nine2Five" â€" The Ordinary Boys vs. Lady Sovereign (#6)
* "No Promises" â€" Shayne Ward (#2)
* "One" â€" Mary J. Blige featuring U2 (#2)
* "Pump It" â€" The Black Eyed Peas (#3)
* "Put Your Records On" â€" Corinne Bailey Rae (#2)
* "Run It!" â€" Chris Brown (#2)
* "Red Dress" â€" Sugababes (#4)
* "Rooftops" â€" LostProphets (#8)
* "Somebody's Watching Me" â€" Beatfreakz (#3)
* "SOS (Rescue Me)" - Rihanna (#2)
* "Stupid Girls" â€" P!nk (#4)
* "Talk" â€" Coldplay (#10)
* "Teenage Life" â€" Daz Sampson (#8)
* "Temperature" â€" Sean Paul (#11)
* "The Fallen / L. Wells" â€" Franz Ferdinand (#14)
* "Touch the Sky" â€" Kanye West (#6)
* "When You Wasn't Famous" â€" The Streets (#8)
* "When I'm Gone" â€" Eminem (#4)
* "Who Knew" â€" P!nk (#5)
* "Who Says You Can't Go Home" â€" Bon Jovi (#5)
* "Whole Lotta History" â€" Girls Aloud (#6)
* "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" â€" Chris Brown (#13)
* "You Have Killed Me" â€" Morrissey (#3)
* "You Only Live Once" â€" The Strokes (#14)
* "You're All I Have" â€" Snow Patrol (#7)AustraliaAustralian ARIA #1 Singles
* "Wasabi/Eye of the Tiger" â€" Lee Harding (3 weeks)
* "Run It!" â€" Chris Brown (3 weeks)
* "When I'm Gone" â€" Eminem (1 week)
* "Love Generation" â€" Bob Sinclair (2 weeks)
* "Flaunt It" â€" TV Rock (5 weeks)
* "Forever Young" â€" Youth Group (2 weeks)
* "SOS (Rescue Me)" â€" Rihanna (8 weeks)
* "Hips Don't Lie" â€" Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (8 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 â€" Christina Aguilera (#6)
* "Beep" â€" The Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am (#3)
* "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" â€" Eskimo Joe (#9)
* "Buttons" - The Pussycat Dolls (#2)
* "Dani California" â€" Red Hot Chili Peppers (#8)
* "Faded" â€" Kate DeAraugo (#8)
* "Goodbye My Lover" â€" James Blunt (#3)
* "Grillz" â€" Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp (#11)
* "L.O.V.E." â€" Ashlee Simpson (#5)
* "Miss Murder" â€" AFI (#20)
* "Mistake" â€" Stephanie McIntosh (#3)
* "Nasty Girl" â€" The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm (#15)
* "Nothing at All â€" Kasey Chambers (#9)
* "Now I Run" â€" Shannon Noll (#6)
* "Pump It" â€" Black Eyed Peas (#6)
* "Savin' Me" â€" Nickelback (#18)
* "Sexy Love" â€" Ne-Yo (#14)
* "So Sick" â€" Ne-Yo (#4)
* "So Under Pressure" â€" Dannii Minogue (#16)
* "Sorry" â€" Madonna (#4)
* "Stupid Girls" â€" P!nk (#4)
* "Temperature" â€" Sean Paul (#5)
* "This Time I Know It's for Real" â€" Young Divas (#2)
* "Touch The Sky" â€" Kanye West (#10)
* "Together We Are One â€" Delta Goodrem (#2)
* "We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)" â€" Crazy Frog (#13)
* "What's Left of Me â€" Nick Lachey (#8)
* "When It All Falls Apart" â€" The Veronicas (#7)
* "Who Knew" - P!nk (#15)
* "Wisemen" â€" James Blunt (#11)
* "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" â€" Chris Brown (#10)
* "You Raise Me Up" â€" Westlife (#3)*Steve Reich â€" Daniel Variations*Robert Xavier Rodriguez â€" La Curandera; libretto by Mary Medrick (première by Opera Colorado on May)* The Phantom of the Opera officially became the longest Broadway running musical ever on January 9, 2006, at 7486 performances surpassing the previous record holder, Cats, also written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
* 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.* 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.
* Bolletjes Blues, a Dutch film starring Negativ, released on March 23.
* Hannah Montana, a Disney Channel original series about a rock star, premiered on March 23.
* Take the Lead, a film starring Antonio Banderas and Alfre Woodard, released on April 7.
* Happy Feet, a film with the voices of Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Hugh Jackman, Brittany Murphy, Robin Williams and Anthony LaPaglia, it will be released in November 17.*May 26â€"Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, son of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale.*January 1â€"Bryan Harvey, American singer-guitarist of House of Freaks, 46
*January 6
**Lou Rawls, American singer, 72
**Alex St. Claire, American drummer of Captain Beefheart, 64
*January 11â€"Markus Löffel, German disc jockey, 39
*January 19â€"Wilson Pickett, American singer, 64
*January 27â€"Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer, 56
*January 30â€"Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts, guitarist of Poison Idea, 47
*February 2â€"Bill Cowsill, singer-gutarist of The Cowsills, 52
*February 3â€"Romano Mussolini, Italian jazz pianist, 78
*February 10â€"Jay Dee, hip hop producer, 32
*February 15-Anna Marly, French singer-songwriter, 88
*February 22â€"Anthony Burger, American gospel music pianist, 44 (collapsed during performance)
*March 7â€"Ali Farka Touré, Malian guitarist, 66
*March 10â€"Anna Moffo, operatic soprano, about 75
*March 13-Geoffrey Wilkes, bassist of The Orange Jam Conspiracy, 18
*March 23â€"PÃo Leyva, Cuban musician, 88
*March 23â€"Cindy Walker, American country songwriter, 87
*March 25â€"Buck Owens, American country music star, 76
*March 27 - Pete Wells, 48, slide guitarist for Buffalo & Rose Tattoo
*April 5â€"Gene Pitney, American singer, 65
*April 11
**June Pointer, American singer of Pointer Sisters, 52
**Proof (DeShaun Holton), American rapper of D12, 32
*April 24
**Erik Bergman, Finnish composer, 94
**Bonnie Owens, country singer, 76
*April 28 - Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer, 80
*May 1 - Big Hawk, American rapper, 36
*May 5 - Naushad, Bollywood composer, 86
*May 6 - Grant McLennan, co-frontman/guitarist/songwriter of Australian band The Go Betweens, 48
*May 10 - Soraya Colombian Latin Signer, 37
*May 10 - John Hicks, jazz pianist
*May 13 - Johnnie Wilder, lead singer of Heatwave, 56
*May 15 - Cheikha Rimitti, singer, 83
*May 19 - Freddie Garrity, lead singer of | 
