This is a summary of 2006 in music in the United Kingdom including the official single and album charts. [edit] Summary - At both ends of the year, the chart was dominated by acts from series 2 and series 3 of the television show The X Factor. Shayne Ward, Chico Slimani and Leona Lewis from the show had number one singles, with Ward and Journey South both enjoying number one albums.
- A number of pop acts from the 1990s enjoyed comebacks, with Take That in particular having chart and touring success; Emma Bunton and All Saints also returned to the charts.
- The internet had an increased impact on music. Sandi Thom and Lily Allen both had massive success off the back of initial exposure on the web,[1] Many artists used MySpace to spread their music to the wider world[1] Downloaded music also began to dominate the charts,with sales of legal downloads rising from less than six million in 2004 to over 50 million in 2006. When the rules changed, "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley became the first song to top the singles chart on the basis of downloads alone. From the beginning of 2007, 'physical' copies of a song no longer need to be issued for a song to chart which raises the possibility of golden oldies entering the charts on the back of downloads alone.
- The rise of the internet's influence contrasted with the end of some other long running pop media. Smash Hits magazine and Top of the Pops television show both ended in 2006;[1] Top of the Pops had been broadcasting on the BBC since 1964.
[edit] Chronological Review In January, X Factor winner Shayne Ward held on to the top spot in the single chart with his debut "That's My Goal" for three weeks. Ward later went on to top the charts with his debut album in April , on the back of his reality TV show success. Meanwhile, The Strokes and HARD-Fi both got their first number one albums in January, the Strokes previously having two number twos. Arctic Monkeys were the big story, with their second single "When the Sun Goes Down" repeating the feat of their debut and reaching number one. A week later their debut album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not", sold over 360,000 copies in its first week. It stayed at number one for four weeks. Arctic Monkeys were also big winners at the NME Awards, taking home three awards [2]. They picked up Best Single for "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", Best New Band and Best Group. Other winners included Kanye West, singer Ricky Wilson and the Kaiser Chiefs who despite being nominated for six awards only came away with one for Best Album. The 2006 BRIT Awards were dominated by 'new' acts, with the Kaiser Chiefs winning 3 awards, including 'Best Group', and James Blunt coming away with two. Other big winners were Coldplay, who had the best album and single, and Green Day. The pop band All Saints announced that they would be reforming, five years after they had split in 2001 [3]. Another return came from Leo Sayer, who hit number one 29 years after his previous chart topper, with a remix of the single "Thunder in My Heart". Smash Hits magazine, however, left the music business after 28 years of covering pop music. Later in the year, Top of the Pops also ended, after 42 years on British television. It had been losing ratings for the past five years, having been usurped by music television. The other number ones in the start of the year went to Madonna, with her 12th chart-topper "Sorry", and to US rapper The Notorious B.I.G. in February, who climbed to number one. The song was a re-working of his debut single "Nasty Girl" (which features guest appearances from Jagged Edge, P. Diddy, Nelly, and Avery Storm). He died in 1997, but this is the first time he has scored a #1 and just under a year after "rival" rapper 2Pac had also achieved his first #1 with "Ghetto Gospel". Chico Slimani, who had finished fifth in the X Factor, went straight to number one with "It's Chico Time", holding on to the top spot for two weeks in March. Orson climbed to the top of the singles chart successfully knocked Chico off the top spot with their song "No Tomorrow". With a new chart rule stating that singles on downloads alone may enter the chart a week before their full release, Ne*Yo was the first act who managed to climb from #18 to #1, one week after it was released on downloads alone, with his debut single So Sick. Embrace entered to #2 that week with their new single "Nature's Law", making it their biggest single to date. However, it only failed to reach #1 due to a large count of legal downloads which didn't register in the official charts. The following week, their fifth studio album This New Day became their third album to reach #1 in the UK Albums Chart. Other acts that benefited from the change in rules included Black Eyed Peas, Pink, Liz McClarnon, Girls Aloud, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Blunt, Joey Negro, Sean Paul and Nelly. The following week, Gnarls Barkley became the first act to top the singles chart on downloads alone, with Crazy. This was the start of huge success for the duo, who went on to top the singles charts for 9 weeks, as well as the album chart for a week and also the UK Official Download Chart for an outstanding 11 weeks making it the longest stay on the UK Official Download Chart history. However, the single version of Crazy was deliberately deleted on 28 May in order to stop the single's welcome being overstayed. "Crazy" was the first single to top the UK singles chart for nine weeks consecutively since 1994 when Wet Wet Wet's "Love Is All Around" was number one for fifteen weeks (the last song to spend exactly nine weeks on top was "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood in 1984). But, Crazy's nine week run at number one came to an end when singer/songwriter Sandi Thom finally knocked it off number one with her debut single I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair). 2006 also saw Morrissey return to the top of the album chart for the first time in 12 years with "Ringleader of the Tormentors". Thom occupied the number one spot for a solitary week before being replaced by Nelly Furtado, who climbed to number one with Maneater and maintained her position the following 3 weeks. On the 18 June 2006 there were four England Football World Cup songs in the top 11 in the Official UK Singles Chart. This included the official single by Embrace and the former number 1 single Three Lions, which topped the chart in both 1996 and 1998. The festival season was marked by the absence of Glastonbury, which was taking a 'fallow year'. Headliners at the major festivals included: The Who and Red Hot Chili Peppers at T in the Park; Coldplay and the Foo Fighters at the Isle of Wight Festival; Metallica and Guns N' Roses at Download Festival; Radiohead and Kasabian at V Festival; The Prodigy and Goldfrapp at Creamfields; Daft Punk and Groove Armada at Global Gathering 2006; The Who and The Strokes at the Wireless Festival; and Pearl Jam and Muse at the Carling Weekend. This would turn out to be the penultimate year, that the much disputed sponsorship deal by the brewery would take place, and would go on to be the start of the brewery's decline in the UK live music scene, as it suddenly lost its sponsorship deals for gig venues to LiveNation and O2 Following Nelly Furtado's 3 weeks on top for the first time, both Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean's Hips Don't Lie and Lily Allen's Smile enjoyed a first time at the top of the UK singles chart summit with Shakira's smash hit and Lily Allen's debut single. Another debut single to be released was German dance group Cascada's Everytime We Touch which went on to peak at #2, as Hips Don't Lie held them of the top spot. It ended 2006 as being the UK's fifteenth best selling single. Pop band McFly scored their fifth UK number one single Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please but the following week dropped to number 6 in the top 40. The week after Shakira climbed back on top with "Hips Don't Lie", the first time since 2004's single Call on Me by Eric Prydz to return to the top. July also saw first time number one albums for the Lostprophets and Razorlight. In August, it was an American female double on top of both charts, with Christina Aguilera's Back To Basics topping the album chart, and the following week former Destiny's Child star Beyoncé Knowles scored her second (fourth, including her career with the group) number one single with Deja Vu along with her boyfriend Jay Z. September kicked off with another American act at #1 in both charts, this time former 'N Sync star Justin Timberlake with his comeback single Sexyback and with his second album FutureSex/LoveSounds. He had previously has three number two records and this is his first #1 single as a solo artist and as part of 'N Sync. The following week the Scissor Sisters managed to score their first UK #1 with I Don't Feel Like Dancin' and is third highest seller (so far) of this year. They also scored their second #1 in the album chart with Ta-Dah, therefore topping both the album and singles chart at the same time (the last act to manage that was Gnarls Barkley with Crazy and St. Elsewhere). In October, Girls Aloud became the first British act (sixth act overall) to enter the UK Top 10 on downloads alone when Something Kinda Ooooh charted at #5 on 22 October. The following week it climbed to #3, but they were beaten to number one by McFly with their sixth number one Star Girl. We also saw #1 albums from The Killers, Robbie Williams, Girls Aloud and Jamiroquai. November saw Dutch DJ and producer Fedde Le Grand manage to get his first UK #1 with Put Your Hands Up For Detroit, while Westlife were still breaking records with their 14 number one The Rose. Westlife didn't last long at the top and later got replaced by rapstar Akon with Smack That which featured the rap music legend Eminem; this was Akon's second and Eminem's seventh number one single. In November and early December, the charts were dominated by boy bands. Ten years since their last number one single, Take That managed to reclaim their position on top of the singles chart with Patience. Meanwhile, Westlife's number one streak continued with their sixth #1 album The Love Album beating compilation albums from Oasis, The Beatles and U2. This was then knocked off the top by Take That's album Beautiful World. These remained on top of the charts for two more weeks. The X Factor was won by Leona Lewis, beating former child actor Raymond Quinn in the final. She became the first female winner of the show. Her debut single "A Moment Like This" was chosen for whomever won the competition and was released on download the day after the final, selling 50,000 copies in its first half-hour [4], more than most songs this year achieved in a whole week. [edit] Record sales Single sales bounced back in 2006 as legal downloads added nearly thirty million sales to the total for the year. Despite this, the 17,694 copies sold during its week at number one gave Orson's "No Tomorrow" the distinction of being the lowest sales ever of a chart topper.[5].However 2006 also saw one song achieve sales of over half a million in its first week, Leona Lewis's song "A Moment Like This" sold 571,992 copies. Although not the biggest first week sales of any of the UK television talent show winners it was still a remarkable figure when total sales of individual records were generally in decline. As of year end, Gnarls Barkley's single "Crazy", had sold over 800,000 (plus an additional 40,000+ before it became chart eligible) to become the best selling single of 2006, while Leona Lewis had the second biggest seller of the year and enjoyed a second week at number one as 2006 became 2007.The rest of the top five best sellers saw Shakira at three with over 500,000 copies sold in what was a very long chart run,Scissor Sisters were fourth and Sandi Thom was fifth in the overall sales list. [edit] Charts [edit] Number-one singles | Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Sales | | 1 January | "That's My Goal" | Shayne Ward | 132,284 | | 8 January | 54,152 | | 15 January | 31,724 | | 22 January | "When the Sun Goes Down" | Arctic Monkeys | 34,992 | | 29 January | "Nasty Girl" | The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy,
Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm | 27,482 | | 5 February | 24,854 | | 12 February | "Thunder In My Heart Again" | Meck featuring Leo Sayer | 36,185 | | 19 February | 33,635 | | 26 February | "Sorry" | Madonna | 36,928 | | 5 March | "It's Chico Time" | Chico | 51,000 | | 12 March | 29,000 | | 19 March | "No Tomorrow" | Orson | 17,694 | | 26 March | "So Sick" | Ne-Yo | 28.287 | | 2 April | "Crazy" | Gnarls Barkley | 31,709 | | 9 April | 194,179 | | 16 April | 118,714 | | 23 April | 76,114 | | 30 April | 69,202 | | 7 May | 50,163 | | 14 May | 42,968 | | 21 May | 40,000 | | 28 May | 37,682 | | 4 June | "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker
(With Flowers In My Hair)" | Sandi Thom | 39,797 | | 11 June | "Maneater" | Nelly Furtado | 48,724 | | 18 June | 42,859 | | 25 June | 34,537 | | 2 July | "Hips Don't Lie" | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | 32,584 | | 9 July | "Smile" | Lily Allen | 39,501 | | 16 July | 35,228 | | 23 July | "Don't Stop Me Now" / "Please, Please" | McFly | 36,469 | | 30 July | "Hips Don't Lie" | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | 29,109 | | 6 August | 33,400 | | 13 August | 28,638 | | 20 August | 29,955 | | 27 August | "Deja Vu" | Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z | 29,365 | | 3 September | "SexyBack" | Justin Timberlake | 49,556 | | 10 September | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Scissor Sisters | 66,757 | | 17 September | 56,044 | | 24 September | 42,310 | | 1 October | 32,338 | | 8 October | "America" | Razorlight | 32,753 | | 15 October | "Welcome to the Black Parade" | My Chemical Romance | 33,883 | | 22 October | 29,201 | | 29 October | "Star Girl" | McFly | 54,802 | | 5 November | "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" | Fedde Le Grand | 34,391 | | 12 November | "The Rose" | Westlife | 44,305 | | 19 November | "Smack That" | Akon featuring Eminem | 35,119 | | 26 November | "Patience" | Take That | 61,978 | | 3 December | 38,337 | | 10 December | 37,894 | | 17 December | 30,833 | | 24 December | "A Moment Like This" | Leona Lewis | 571,253 | | 31 December | 109,027 | [edit] Number-one albums [edit] Number-one downloads [edit] Year-End Charts [edit] Top 200 singles of 2006 | Position | Song title | Artist | Sales | Highest position | | 1 | "Crazy" | Gnarls Barkley | 820,053 | 1 | | 2 | "A Moment Like This" | Leona Lewis | 700,069 | 1 | | 3 | "Hips Don't Lie" | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | 495,000 | 1 | | 4 | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Scissor Sisters | 353,733 | 1 | | 5 | "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" | Sandi Thom | 325,600 | 1 | | 6 | "From Paris to Berlin" | Infernal | 308,000 | 2 | | 7 | "Maneater" | Nelly Furtado | 296,000 | 1 | | 8 | "Patience" | Take That | 282,423 | 1 | | 9 | "SOS" | Rihanna | 243,000 | 2 | | 10 | "SexyBack" | Justin Timberlake | 241,250 | 1 | | 11 | "Smile" | Lily Allen | 228,500 | 1 | | 12 | "No Tomorrow" | Orson | 227,000 | 1 | | 13 | "Nasty Girl" | The Notorious B.I.G. | 222,000 | 1 | | 14 | "Chasing Cars" | Snow Patrol | 210,606 | 6 | | 15 | "Everytime We Touch" | Cascada | 201,000 | 2 | | 16 | "No Promises" | Shayne Ward | 197,500 | 2 | | 17 | "America" | Razorlight | 197,000 | 1 | | 18 | "That's My Goal" | Shayne Ward | 196,000 | 1 | | 19 | "Naïve" | The Kooks | 186,000 | 5 | | 20 | "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit" | Fedde le Grand | 184,000 | 1 | | 21 | "Monster" | The Automatic | 182,500 | 4 | | 22 | "Thunder in My Heart Again" | Meck featuring Leo Sayer | 181,500 | 1 | | 23 | "Unfaithful" | Rihanna | 177,250 | 2 | | 24 | "Put Your Records On" | Corinne Bailey Rae | 174,000 | 2 | | 25 | "You Give Me Something" | James Morrison | 171,000 | 5 | | 26 | "Welcome to the Black Parade" | My Chemical Romance | 169,000 | 1 | | 27 | "Smack That" | Akon featuring Eminem | 166,250 | 1 | | 28 | "Voodoo Child" | Rogue Traders | 163,500 | 3 | | 29 | "Irreplaceable" | Beyoncé | 158,000 | 4 | | 30 | "Who Knew" | Pink | 157,500 | 5 | | 31 | "Beep" | Pussycat Dolls | 157,000 | 2 | | 32 | "So Sick" | Ne-Yo | 152,250 | 1 | | 33 | "Ain't No Other Man" | Christina Aguilera | 152,000 | 2 | | 34 | "Pump It" | The Black Eyed Peas | 148,500 | 3 | | 35 | "One" | Mary J. Blige and U2 | 148,000 | 2 | | 36 | "Something Kinda Ooooh" | Girls Aloud | 147,000 | 3 | | 37 | "JCB" | Nizlopi | 146,500 | 1 | | 38 | "Promiscuous" | Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland | 141,500 | 3 | | 39 | "She Moves in Her Own Way" | The Kooks | 141,000 | 7 | | 40 | "It's Chico Time" | Chico | 140,500 | 1 | | 41 | "Ridin'" | Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone | 140,000 | 2 | | 42 | "Somebody's Watching Me" | Beatfreakz | 137,000 | 3 | | 43 | "Dani California" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 136,500 | 3 | | 44 | "Sorry" | Madonna | 136,000 | 1 | | 45 | "Last Request" | Paolo Nutini | 134,500 | 5 | | 46 | "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" | David Guetta vs. The Egg | 132,000 | 3 | | 47 | "When You Were Young" | The Killers | 130,000 | 2 | | 48 | "Control Myself" | LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez | 129,000 | 2 | | 49 | "Boys Will Be Boys | Ordinary Boys | 127,000 | 3 | | 50 | "Me & U" | Cassie | 124,000 | 6 | | 51 | "When The Sun Goes Down" | Arctic Monkeys | 123,500 | 1 | | 52 | "In The Morning" | Razorlight | 123,000 | 3 | | 53 | "Check On It" | Beyonce Knowles featuring Bun B & Slim Thug | 122,500 | 3 | | 54 | "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" | Bob Sinclar & Cutee B featuring Dollarman, Big Ali & Makedah | 120,500 | 3 | | 55 | "My Love" | Justin Timberlake | 118,000 | 2 | | 56 | "Déjà Vu" | Beyonce Knowles featuring Jay-Z | 117,500 | 1 | | 57 | "Buttons" | Pussycat Dolls | 117,250 | 3 | | 58 | "All Time Love | Will Young | 117,000 | 3 | | 59 | "Run It" | Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana | 115,500 | 2 | | 60 | "You're All I Have" | Snow Patrol | 113,000 | 7 | | 61 | "Say, Say, Say" | Hi-Tack | 112,500 | 4 | | 62 | "The Rose" | Westlife | 111,250 | 1 | | 63 | "Hung Up" | Madonna | 109,000 | 3 (1 in 2005) | | 64 | "Fill My Little World" | The Feeling | 106,000 | 10 | | 65 | "Sexy Love" | Ne-Yo | 105,000 | 5 | | 66 | "Yeah Yeah" | Bodyrox featuring Luciana | 104,000 | 2 | | 67 | "I'll Be Ready" | Sunblock | 102,000 | 4 | | 68 | "Valerie" | The Zutons | 100,250 | 9 | | 69 | "Never Be Lonely" | The Feeling | 100,000 | 9 | | 70 | "U + Ur Hand" | Pink | 99,500 | 10 | | 71 | "You Got The Love" | The Source featuring Candi Station | 97,000 | 7 | | 72 | "Heartbeats" | Jose Gonzalez | 96,500 | 9 | | 73 | "Boogie 2Nite" | Booty Luv | 95,500 | 2 | | 74 | "Is It Any Wonder" | Keane | 94,500 | 3 | | 75 | "My Humps" | Black Eyed Peas | 94,250 | 6 (3 in 2005) | | 76 | "Come To Me" | Diddy featuring Nicole Scherzinger | 92,000 | 4 | | 77 | "Stoned In Love" | Chicane featuring Tom Jones | 91,500 | 7 | | 78 | "Empire" | Kasabian | 90,500 | 9 | | 79 | "Chelsea Dagger" | The Fratellis | 90,000 | 5 | | 80 | "Sewn" | The Feeling | 89,500 | 7 | | 81 | "Nature's Law" | Embrace | 89,250 | 2 | | 82 | "Steady, As She Goes" | The Raconteurs | 89,000 | 4 | | 83 | "Because of You" | Kelly Clarkson | 88,000 | 7 | | 84 | "Supermassive Black Hole | Muse | 87,500 | 4 | | 85 | "Rehab | Amy Winehouse | 87,000 | 7 | | 86 | "Checkin' It Out" | Lil' Chris | 86,750 | 3 | | 87 | "Stupid Girls" | Pink | 86,500 | 4 | | 88 | "Star Girl" | McFly | 86,000 | 1 | | 89 | "Please, Please" | McFly | 85,000 | 1 | | 90 | "Touch It" | Busta Rhymes | 84,000 | 6 | | 91 | "Rock Steady" | All Saints | 83,750 | 3 | | 92 | "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" | Fall Out Boy | 83,000 | 8 | | 93 | "Touch The Sky" | Kanye West featuring Lupe Fiasco | 80,250 | 6 | | 94 | "Goodbye My Lover" | James Blunt | 80,000 | 9 | | 95 | "Faster Kill Pussycat" | Oakenfold featuring Brittany Murphy | 79,500 | 7 | | 96 | "Numb/Encore" | Jay-Z & Linkin Park | 78,000 | 14 (in 2004) | | 97 | "Bang Bang You're Dead" | Dirty Pretty Things | 76,250 | 5 | | 98 | "Smiley Faces" | Gnarls Barkley | 75,520 | 10 | | 99 | "You Spin Me Round 06" | Dead or Alive | 75,000 | 5 | | 100 | "My My My" | Armand van Helden featuring Tara McDonald | 74,500 | 12 | | 101 | "It's Not That Easy" | Lemar | 74,250 | 7 | | 102 | "Red Dress" | Sugababes | 74,100 | 4 | | 103 | "Rudebox" | Robbie Williams | 74,000 | 4 | | 104 | "Country Girl" | Primal Scream | 74,000 | 5 | | 105 | "Say I" | Christina Milian featuring Young Jeezy | 72,000 | 4 | | 106 | "Break The Night With Colour" | Richard Ashcroft | 72,000 | 3 | | 107 | "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" | Bob Sinclar featuring Steve Edwards | 72,000 | 9 | | 108 | "London Bridge" | Fergie | 72,000 | 3 | | 109 | "The Saints Are Coming" | U2 & Green Day | 72,000 | 2 | | 110 | "Gold Digger" | Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx | 72,000 | 2 (in 2005) | | 111 | "Temperature" | Sean Paul | 72,000 | 11 | | 112 | "Mas Que Nada" | Sergio Mendes featuring Black Eyed Peas | 71,750 | 6 | | 113 | "Who Am I" | Will Young | 71,500 | 11 | | 114 | "Leave Before The Lights Come On" | Arctic Monkeys | 70,500 | 4 | | 115 | "LDN" | Lily Allen | 70,000 | 6 | | 116 | "Dance, Dance" | Fall Out Boy | 70,000 | 8 | | 117 | "Breaking Free" | Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens & Drew Seeley | 69,750 | 9 | | 118 | "Downtown" | Emma Bunton | 69,500 | 3 | | 119 | "Something About You" | Jamelia | 69,000 | 9 | | 120 | "All Good Things (Come To An End)" | Nelly Furtado | 69,000 | 4 | | 121 | "I Predict A Riot" | Kaiser Chiefs | 69,000 | 9 | | 122 | "Stars Are Blind" | Paris Hilton | 69,000 | 5 | | 123 | "You're Beautiful" | James Blunt | 69,000 | 1 (in 2005) | | 124 | "I Love My Chick" | Busta Rhymes featuring will.i.am & Kelis | 68,750 | 8 | | 125 | "Don't Cha" | Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes | 68,500 | 1 (in 2005) | | 126 | "Fairytale Of New York" | The Pogues And Kirsty MacColl | 68,500 | 6 (2 in 1988) | | 127 | "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" | Arctic Monkeys | 67,000 | 16 (1 in 2005) | | 128 | "Bright Idea" | Orson | 66,000 | 11 | | 129 | "George Best - A Tribute" | Brian Kennedy & Peter Corry | 61,250 | 4 | | 130 | "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" | Lostprophets | 61,000 | 8 | | 131 | "World at Your Feet" | Embrace | 60,500 | 2 | | 132 | "Stickwitu" | Pussycat Dolls | 60,500 | 6 (1 in 2005) | | 133 | "Better Together" | Jack Johnson | 60,000 | 24 | | 134 | "Ugly" | Sugababes | 59,500 | 7 (3 in 2005) | | 135 | "Wonderful World" | James Morrison | 59,250 | 8 | | 136 | "Starlight" | Muse | 57,500 | 13 | | 137 | "Truly Madly Deeply" | Cascada | 57,250 | 4 | | 138 | "I Don't Need A Man" | Pussycat Dolls | 56,250 | 7 | | 139 | "Call Me When You're Sober" | Evanescence | 56,000 | 4 | | 140 | "Make A Move On Me" | Joey Negro | 55,000 | 11 | | 141 | "Nine2Five" | Lady Sovereign vs Ordinary Boys | 54,000 | 6 | | 142 | "All I Want For Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | 54,000 | 4 (2 in 1994) | | 143 | "Push The Button" | Sugababes | 53,500 | 19 (1 in 2005) | | 144 | "Tell Me Why" | Supermode | 53,000 | 13 | | 145 | "Wind It Up" | Gwen Stefani | 52,000 | 3 | | 146 | "Dancing In The Dark" | Jessy vs Mickey Modelle | 51,000 | 10 | | 147 | "Teenage Life" | Daz Sampson | 50,750 | 8 | | 148 | "Long Way 2 Go" | Cassie 50,500 | 12 | | 149 | "First Time" | Sunblock featuring Robin Beck | 50,250 | 9 | | 150 | "Hurt | Christina Aguilera | 50,000 | 11 | | 151 | "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" | Meat Loaf & Marion Raven | 49,000 | 6 | | 152 | "Everybody's Gone To War" | Nerina Pallot | 48,500 | 14 | | 153 | "You Know My Name" | Chris Cornell | 48,250 | 7 | | 154 | "When I'm Gone" | Eminem | 47,500 | 4 | | 155 | "Jump In My Car" | David Hasselhoff | 47,000 | 3 | | 156 | "Be Without You" | Mary J Blige | 47,000 | 32 | | 157 | "Bad Day" | Daniel Powter | 47,000 | 21 (2 in 2005) | | 158 | "Get Together" | Madonna | 47,000 | 7 | | 159 | "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" | Paolo Nutini | 44,000 | 20 | | 160 | "Listen To Your Heart" | D.H.T. featuring Edmee | 43,500 | 7 | | 161 | "Piece of My Heart" | Beverly Knight | 43,500 | 16 | | 162 | "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" | Chris Brown featuring Dre | 43,250 | 13 | | 163 | "(Is This The Way To) The World Cup" | Tony Christie | 43,250 | 8 | | 164 | "21st Century Christmas/Move It" | Cliff Richard | 43,000 | 2 | | 165 | "Cash Machine | Hard-Fi | 43,000 | 14 | | 166 | "3 Lions" | Baddiel & Skinner & The Lightning Seeds | 42,400 | 9 | | 167 | "I Like The Way (You Move)" | Bodyrockers | 42,250 | 3 (in 2005) | | 168 | "No Worries" | Simon Webbe | 42,000 | 4 | | 169 | "Tell Me" | Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera | 42,000 | 8 | | 170 | "When You Wasn't Famous" | The Streets | 41,000 | 8 | | 171 | "Sleep" | Texas" | 40,500 | 6 | | 172 | "Fix You" | Coldplay | 40,000 | 4 (in 2005) | | 173 | "Bing Bang (Time To Dance)" | LazyTown | 40,000 | 4 | | 174 | "When The Night Feels My Song" | Bedouin Soundclash | 40,000 | 24 | | 175 | "Lovelight" | Robbie Williams | 40,000 | 8 | | 176 | "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" | Nina Simone vs Groovefinder | 40,000 | 30 | | 177 | "Tell Me Baby" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 40,000 | 16 | | 178 | "Candy Shop" | 50 Cent featuring Olivia | 38,500 | 4 (in 2005) | | 179 | "All Over Again" | Ronan Keating & Kate Rusby | 38,250 | 6 | | 180 | "Your Body" | Pretty Ricky | 38,250 | 37 | | 181 | "Upside Down" | Jack Johnson | 38,000 | 30 | | 182 | "Amazing" | Westlife | 38,000 | 4 | | 183 | "Hoppípolla (Jumping Into Puddles)" | Sigur Rós | 38,000 | 24 | | 184 | "Wisemen" | James Blunt | 38,000 | 23 | | 185 | "Munich" | Editors | 37,500 | 10 | | 186 | "I'm Gonna Be" | The Proclaimers | 37,500 | 11 (in 1988) | | 187 | "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" | The Zutons | 37,250 | 9 | | 188 | "Whole Lotta History" | Girls Aloud | 37,000 | 6 | | 189 | "Super Freak" | Beatfreakz | 37,000 | 7 | | 190 | "Up All Night" | Matt Willis | 36,750 | 7 | | 191 | "Dirty Harry" | Gorillaz | 36,500 | 20 (6 in 2005) | | 192 | "Easy" | Sugababes | 36,250 | 8 | | 193 | "Henrietta" | The Fratellis | 36,000 | 19 | | 194 | "Trouble" | Ray LaMontagne | 36,000 | 25 | | 195 | "Coming Around Again" | Simon Webbe | 35,500 | 12 | | 196 | "I Think We're Alone Now" | Girls Aloud | 35,250 | 4 | | 197 | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls | 35,000 | 39 | | 198 | "Angels" | Robbie Williams | 35,000 | 4 (in 1997) | | 199 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | 35,000 | 1 (in 1979) | | 200 | "One Wish" | Ray J | 34,250 | 13 | [edit] Top 50 Albums of 2006 | Position | Album Title | Artist | Sales | Highest Position | | 1 | Eyes Open | Snow Patrol | 1,504,000 | 1 | | 2 | Beautiful World | Take That | 1,122,000 | 1 | | 3 | Ta-Dah | Scissor Sisters | 1,120,000 | 1 | | 4 | Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | Arctic Monkeys | 1,111,000 | 1 | | 5 | Inside In/Inside Out | The Kooks | 1,099,000 | 1 | | 6 | Razorlight | Razorlight | 1,067,000 | 1 | | 7 | Stop The Clocks | Oasis | 898,000 | 2 | | 8 | The Love Album | Westlife | 891,000 | 1 | | 9 | I'm Not Dead | Pink | 844,000 | 3 | | 10 | Undiscovered | James Morrison | 839,000 | 1 | | 11 | In Between Dreams | Jack Johnson | 788,000 | 1 | | 12 | Sam's Town | The Killers | 770,000 | 1 | | 13 | Corinne Bailey Rae | Corinne Bailey Rae | 763,000 | 1 | | 14 | Under The Iron Sea | Keane | 699,000 | 1 | | 15 | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 682,000 | 1 | | 16 | The Sound Of | Girls Aloud | 664,000 | 1 | | 17 | Love | The Beatles | 663,000 | 3 | | 18 | Twenty Five | George Michael | 617,000 | 1 | | 19 | 18 Singles | U2 | 609,000 | 4 | | 20 | Siempre | Il Divo | 609,000 | 2 | | 21 | Twelve Stops And Home | The Feeling | 592,000 | 2 | | 22 | Back To Bedlam | James Blunt | 585,000 | 1 | | 23 | Costello Music | Fratellis | 552,000 | 2 | | 24 | These Streets | Paolo Nutini | 552,000 | 3 | | 25 | Futuresex/Lovesounds | Justin Timberlake | 546,000 | 1 | | 26 | Black Holes And Revelations | Muse | 541,000 | 1 | | 27 | High Times - The Singles | Jamiroquai | 539,000 | 1 | | 28 | PCD | Pussycat Dolls | 533,000 | 7 | | 29 | Alright Still | Lily Allen | 519,000 | 2 | | 30 | Breakaway | Kelly Clarkson | 506,000 | 3 | | 31 | St Elsewhere | Gnarls Barkley | 489,300 | 1 | | 32 | Employment | Kaiser Chiefs | 489,232 | 2 | | 33 | Collected - The Best Of | Massive Attack | 461,000 | 2 | | 34 | Eye To The Telescope | KT Tunstall | 459,300 | 3 | | 35 | Shayne Ward | Shayne Ward | 459,200 | 1 | | 36 | Rudebox | Robbie Williams | 451,000 | 1 | | 37 | Tired Of Hanging Around | The Zutons | 445,000 | 2 | | 38 | Keep On | Will Young | 444,500 | 2 | | 39 | Loose | Nelly Furtado | 440,000 | 5 | | 40 | The Best Of | Nina Simone | 440,000 | 6 | | 41 | Overloaded | Sugababes | 441,000 | 3 | | 42 | Demon Days | Gorillaz | 411,000 | 1 | | 43 | Empire | Kasabian | 406,000 | 1 | | 44 | Journey South | Journey South | 404,500 | 1 | | 45 | A Girl Like Me | Rihanna | 390,000 | 5 | | 46 | Confessions on a Dancefloor | Madonna | 384,900 | 1 | | 47 | Voices of the Valley | Fron Male Voice Choir | 384,600 | 9 | | 48 | The Singles | Feeder | 384,300 | 2 | | 49 | X&Y | Coldplay | 374,000 | 1 | | 50 | The Truth About Love | Lemar | 369,000 | 3 | - All highest chart placings shown is that reached by the album overall and not necesaraily it's 2006 peak.
[edit] Music awards [edit] BRIT Awards The 2006 BRIT Awards took place on 15 February 2006, at Earl's Court in London [edit] Mercury Music Prize The 2006 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not [edit] Popjustice £20 Music Prize The 2006 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded to Girls Aloud for their song Biology from the album Chemistry. [edit] Record of the Year The Record of the Year was awarded to "Patience" by Take That. [edit] See also [edit] References [edit] External links |
