Justin Timberlake scored his first
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single with "
SexyBack ", which stayed at the top spot for seven straight weeks.
The
Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing
singles of the United States. Published by
Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by
Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly
physical and
digital sales, and
airplay . In
2006 , 18 singles reached the top of the chart, the most number-ones in a chart year since 1991.
[1]
[2] A 19th single,
Mariah Carey 's "
Don't Forget About Us ", started its run at number one in 2005.
In 2006, 20 acts achieved their first U.S. number-one single, either as a lead artist or featured guest, including
D4L ,
Paul Wall ,
Ali & Gipp ,
Slim Thug ,
James Blunt ,
Ne-Yo ,
Daniel Powter ,
Rihanna ,
Chamillionaire ,
Shakira ,
Wyclef Jean ,
Taylor Hicks ,
Nelly Furtado ,
Timbaland ,
Fergie ,
T.I. , and
Akon .
Krayzie Bone and
Justin Timberlake , despite having hit number one with
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and
NSYNC respectively, earns their first number one songs as solo acts. Justin Timberlake and
Beyoncé each had two number-one singles in this year.
[1] During the year, eight collaboration singles topped the chart, breaking the record set in 2003 and 2004, both of which had seven.
[3]
Beyoncé's "
Irreplaceable " is the longest-running single of 2006, beginning its run atop the chart for 10 consecutive weeks in late December to late February 2007.
[4]
[5] "Irreplaceable" became the 20th single to score at least 10 weeks at number one since the era of longer-running singles began in 1992.
[a]
[6] Other singles with extended chart runs include Timberlake's "
SexyBack ",
[7] which stayed at number one for seven straight weeks, and
Nelly Furtado 's "
Promiscuous " for six weeks. Knowles' "
Check on It " and pop singer
Daniel Powter 's "
Bad Day " both topped the chart for five weeks.
Powter's "Bad Day" is the best-performing single this year, topping the Billboard
Top Hot 100 Hits of 2006 .
[8] "
Hips Don't Lie " gave Shakira a number-one single credit, her first since she began her recording career in 1996. The feat made her the first
Colombian recording artist to have topped the Billboard Hot 100.
[9] In 2006, Powter and Furtado were the only Canadian recording acts to have reached the summit of the chart.
[9]
Chart history
Colombian singer
Shakira earned her first number one single in the United States with "
Hips Don't Lie ".
Nelly Furtado gained her first
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single with "
Promiscuous ", which stayed at the top spot for six consecutive weeks.
Singer
Fergie earned her first number one single "
London Bridge " in U.S.
Canadian singer
Daniel Powter earned his first number one single
Bad Day in U.S., which stayed at the top for five consecutive weeks.
Key
†
Indicates best-performing single of 2006
Number-one artists
See also
Notes
[a]
^ Longer-running singles refer to number-one singles that spent at least 10, either consecutive or non-consecutive, weeks atop the
Billboard Hot 100 .
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