List of number-one albums of 2006 (Australia)

These are the Australian number-one albums of 2006, per the ARIA Charts. ^{[1] [2]}

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2006.

Issue date	Album	Artist	Weeks at number one (total)
2 January	Curtain Call: The Hits	Eminem	2 weeks
9 January	Back to Bedlam	James Blunt	12 weeks
16 January
23 January
30 January
6 February
13 February	State of Emergency	The Living End	1 week
20 February	Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George	Jack Johnson	1 week
27 February	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	Arctic Monkeys	1 week
6 March	Face to Face	Westlife	3 weeks
13 March
20 March
27 March	Both Sides of the Gun	Ben Harper	2 weeks
3 April
10 April	The Hard Road	Hilltop Hoods	1 week
17 April	Back to Bedlam	James Blunt	12 weeks
24 April
1 May
8 May	10,000 Days	Tool	1 week
15 May	Reach Out: The Motown Record	Human Nature	3 weeks
22 May	Stadium Arcadium	Red Hot Chili Peppers	3 weeks
29 May
5 June
12 June	Best of Chris Isaak	Chris Isaak	1 week
19 June	Black Fingernails, Red Wine	Eskimo Joe	4 weeks
26 June
3 July
10 July	Desert Lights	Something for Kate	1 week
17 July	Black Holes and Revelations	Muse	1 week
24 July	Black Fingernails, Red Wine	Eskimo Joe	4 weeks
31 July	High School Musical	Soundtrack	3 weeks
7 August
14 August
21 August	Back to Basics	Christina Aguilera	1 week
28 August	Carnival	Kasey Chambers	1 week
4 September	Modern Times	Bob Dylan	1 week
11 September	Revelations	Audioslave	1 week
18 September	FutureSex/LoveSounds	Justin Timberlake	1 week
25 September	Ta-Dah	Scissor Sisters	1 week
2 October	I'm Not Dead	Pink	2 weeks
9 October	The Open Door	Evanescence	2 weeks
16 October
23 October	Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II	Human Nature	4 weeks
30 October	Rudebox	Robbie Williams	1 week
6 November	Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II	Human Nature	4 weeks
13 November
20 November
27 November	U218 Singles	U2	2 weeks
4 December
11 December	Boned!	The 12th Man	1 week
18 December	The Winner's Journey	Damien Leith	5 weeks
25 December

ARIA Charts number-one albums of 2006 < 2005 2007 >
Other Australian number-one charts of 2006
singles
dance singles
Top Australian singles and albums of 2006
Triple J Hottest 100
top 25 singles
top 25 albums

Notes

• Number of number one albums: 28
• Longest run at number one (during 2006): Back to Bedlam by James Blunt (8 weeks, 4 weeks previously in 2005; 3rd-longest run at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart in the 2000s)
• Human Nature held the #1 position for two albums in the same year, with Reach Out: The Motown Record and Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II.

See also

• 2006 in music
• List of number-one singles in Australia of 2006