List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2006

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.

Justin Timberlake scored his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single with "SexyBack", which stayed at the top spot for seven straight weeks.

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

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference(s)
918	January 7	"Don't Forget About Us"	Mariah Carey	[10][11]
919	January 14	"Laffy Taffy"	D4L	[12][13]
920	January 21	"Grillz"	Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp	[14][15]
	January 28			[16][17]
921	February 4	"Check on It"	Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug	[18][19]
	February 11			[20][21]
	February 18			[22][23]
	February 25			[24][25]
	March 4			[26][27]
922	March 11	"You're Beautiful"	James Blunt	[28][29][30]
923	March 18	"So Sick"	Ne-Yo	[31][32]
	March 25			[33][34]
924	April 1	"Temperature"	Sean Paul	[35][36]
925	April 8	"Bad Day"†	Daniel Powter	[37][38]
	April 15			[39][40]
	April 22			[41][42]
	April 29			[43][44]
	May 6			[45][46]
926	May 13	"SOS"	Rihanna	[47][48]
	May 20			[49][50]
	May 27			[51][52]
927	June 3	"Ridin'"	Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone	[53][54]
	June 10			[55][56]
928	June 17	"Hips Don't Lie"	Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean	[57][58]
	June 24			[59][60]
929	July 1	"Do I Make You Proud"	Taylor Hicks	[61][62][63]
930	July 8	"Promiscuous"	Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland	[64][65]
	July 15			[66][67]
	July 22			[68][69]
	July 29			[70][71]
	August 5			[72][73]
	August 12			[74][75]
931	August 19	"London Bridge"	Fergie	[76][77]
	August 26			[78][79]
	September 2			[80][81]
932	September 9	"SexyBack"	Justin Timberlake	[82][83]
	September 16			[84][85]
	September 23			[86][87]
	September 30			[88][89]
	October 7			[90][91]
	October 14			[92][93]
	October 21			[94][95]
933	October 28	"Money Maker"	Ludacris featuring Pharrell	[96][97]
	November 4			[98][99]
934	November 11	"My Love"	Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.	[100][101]
	November 18			[102][103]
	November 25			[104][105]
935	December 2	"I Wanna Love You"	Akon featuring Snoop Dogg	[106][107]
	December 9			[108][109]
936	December 16	"Irreplaceable"	Beyoncé	[110][111]
	December 23			[112][113]
	December 30			[114][115]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Justin Timberlake	10
2	Beyoncé	8
3	Nelly Furtado	6
	Timbaland
5	Slim Thug	5
	Daniel Powter
7	Rihanna	3
	Fergie
	T.I.
10	Nelly	2
	Paul Wall
	Ali & Gipp
	Ne-Yo
	Chamillionaire
	Krayzie Bone
	Shakira
	Wyclef Jean
	Ludacris
	Pharrell
	Akon
	Snoop Dogg
22	Mariah Carey	1
	D4L
	James Blunt
	Sean Paul
	Taylor Hicks

See also

• 2006 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2006
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2000s

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.