2006 in Hot 100

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[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec. Note
January 14 "Laffy Taffy" D4L 1 C
January 21 "Grillz" Nelly featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp 2 B - Nelly
C - Paul Wall
C - Ali & Gipp
February 4 "Check on It" Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug 5 C - Slim Thug
March 11 "You're Beautiful" James Blunt 1 C
  • When this song reached #1 on this chart and the Canadian Hot 100, it received widespread airplay.
  • This song also won the Ivor Novello Award for its airplay, and it holds the honor of being the only song by a British artist to top the Latin America Top 40.
March 18 "So Sick" Ne-Yo 2 C
April 1 "Temperature" Sean Paul 1 B
April 8 "Bad Day" Daniel Powter 5 1, C
May 13 "SOS" Rihanna 3 A
June 3 "Ridin'" Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone 2 C - Chamillionaire
C - Krayzie Bone
June 17 "Hips Don't Lie" Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean 2 C - Shakira
C - Wyclef Jean
  • This song became one of the world's best-selling singles of all time and one of the hottest songs of summer 2006.
  • According to Media Traffic, this song is also the most successful song since 1998, only behind Cher's 1999 hit "Believe", so far, the most successful song in the twenty-first century, the forty-sixth most successful song in music history and also Shakira's and Wyclef's most successful song ever, amassing nearly 10 million points.
  • The song made Shakira, the only Colombian and South American artist in history to top the U.S. Hot 100 and was named as "Biggest Pop Song in History".
July 1 "Do I Make You Proud" Taylor Hicks 1 C
July 8 "Promiscuous" Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) 6 A - Nelly Furtado
A - Timbaland
August 19 "London Bridge" Fergie 3 A
September 9 "SexyBack" Justin Timberlake 7 A
October 28 "Money Maker" Ludacris featuring Pharrell 2 B - Ludacris
B - Pharrell
November 11 "My Love" Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. 3 C - T.I.
December 2 "I Wanna Love You" Akon featuring Snoop Dogg 2 A - Akon
B - Snoop Dogg
  • In the censored version of this song, they substitute the word "fuck" with "love".
December 23 "Irreplaceable" Beyoncé 10
  • A - First No. 1 for that artist.
  • B - Last No. 1 for that artist up to date.
  • C - Only No. 1 for that artist up to date.
  • 1 - No. 1 Billboard song of the year.

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] See also