2006 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November–December 1.12 Undated 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Bands reformed 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 6 Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of 2006 7 Top hits on record in the world 7.1 United States 7.2 United Kingdom 7.3 Australia 8 Classical music 9 Opera 10 Musical theater 11 Musical film 12 Births 13 Deaths 13.1 January–February 13.2 March–April 13.3 May–June 13.4 July–August 13.5 September–October 13.6 November–December 14 Awards and contests 15 See also 16 References 17 External charts

Events

January

• January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band.
• January 11-15 – MahlerFest XIX, honoring Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, is held in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
• January 13 – Mylène Farmer launches her Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy tour at Paris-Bercy, France.
• January 16 – Transplants frontman, Rob Aston, announces that the band has disbanded shortly after their fall tour was cancelled.
• January 24 – British girl band All Saints announce they will regroup for a tour and album later in the year.
• January 31 – American hardcore punk band Champion announced their impending breakup, with a final show scheduled for May.^[1]

February

• February 1 – Vienna State Opera announces that music director Seiji Ozawa will have to cancel all of his performance commitments for 2006 due to ill-health.
• February 8 – The 48th annual Grammy Awards are handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. Madonna opens the awards for a third time. U2 is the night's big winner, with five awards. Mariah Carey won three of her eight nominations, her first Grammys since 1991. Kelly Clarkson is the first American Idol contestant ever to win a Grammy.
• February 10 – White Lion/Black Label Society bassist James Lorenzo joins Megadeth as the replacement for James MacDonough (who was previously in Iced Earth).
• February 18 – The Rolling Stones give a free concert to two million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• February 22 – The one billionth song is downloaded on iTunes; the song is "Speed of Sound" by Coldplay.
• February 24 – Premiere of The Scarecrow by Joseph Turrin at University of Texas at Austin Performing Arts Center.
• February 25 – The fourth annual Total Request Live awards are held in New York City, USA. Madonna wins the Lifetime Achievement Award and Bono wins the Most Inspired Artist/Humanitarian Award. Other winners include Fall Out Boy, Chris Brown, Mariah Carey, Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Amanda Bynes, and My Chemical Romance. Performers included Ashlee Simpson and Chris Brown.

March

• Bon Jovi's second single, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", from the album Have A Nice Day goes to number one in the U.S. Hot Country Charts for two weeks. This is the first time a rock band has achieved a number one hit in the US country charts.
• March 5 – Three 6 Mafia became the first African American hip-hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Song and also became the first hip-hop artists to ever perform at the ceremony. The group was nominated for the song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from the Hustle & Flow film soundtrack.
• March 6 – Peccatum disbands.
• March 11 – James Blunt, with his single "You're Beautiful", becomes the first British artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart since Elton John with "Candle In The Wind 1997" almost nine years earlier.
• March 21 – My Chemical Romance release their first live album Life on the Murder Scene.
• March 22 – Aerosmith cancel their tour after lead singer Steven Tyler is taken ill, requiring throat surgery.

April

• April 1 – April 2 – The Festival Imperial is held in the Autódromo La Guácima, in Alajuela, Costa Rica.
• April 3 – Killing Joke released their thirteenth studio album, Hosannas from the Basements of Hell. This was Killing Joke's last album not to include the original four members of the band.
• April 4 – Hawk Nelson released their second album, Smile, It's the End of the World.
• April 11 – Rapper Proof is shot and killed by a nightclub bouncer at 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan, after allegedly shooting a third man, Keith Bender, Jr, who later dies of his injuries.
• April 15 – Mary J. Blige's single "Be Without You" ends its 15th week at number one on the US Billboard R&B chart, making it the most successful R&B song in history.
• April 20 – Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins confirms that the band are in the studio recording their first album since 2000's Machina/The Machines of God.
• April 21-23 – The Terrastock 6 festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
• April 25 – American rock band, the Goo Goo Dolls, celebrate twenty successful years in the music industry with the release of Let Love In.
• April 29 – April 30 – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in Indio, California, USA. Performers include Madonna, James Blunt, Kanye West, Depeche Mode, and Paul Oakenfold.

May

• May 1 – 1,951 guitarists simultaneously play Jimi Hendrix's song "Hey Joe" in the town square of Wrocław, Poland, breaking a Guinness world record.^[2]
• May 8 – Mor ve Otesi, a Turkish alternative rock band, release Büyük Düşler, their fifth studio album.
• May 10 – Roy Mayorga joins Stone Sour.
• May 11 – Dave Baksh announces that he left Sum 41 to pursue his career with his second band Brown Brigade.
• May 12 – Martin Lopez, Quits Opeth.
• May 12-17 – Guns N' Roses play four warm-up shows at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, USA, preceding a European tour and shows across the U.S.
• May 13
  • The Los Angeles, California, USA radio station KROQ-FM airs the fourteenth annual Weenie Roast.
  • Drummer Ryan Vandeberghe announces that The Suicide Machines have broken up after 15 years of activity.
• May 20 – Finnish monster rock band Lordi win the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah", the first hard rock and heavy metal song to win.
• May 23 – Madonna begins her Confessions Tour in Los Angeles, USA. Tickets were sold out within minutes in North America, Europe, and Asia, resulting in new dates to be announced in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London. The tour grossed more than US$260 million – the highest grossing tour in history by a female artist.
• May 24 – Taylor Hicks wins the US television talent contest, American Idol, season 5. Katharine McPhee is the runner-up.

June

• June 1 – YoungbloodZ and their entourage are arrested on drugs and weapons charges in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.^[3] (dead link)
• June 6 – Ice Cube's first album in six years, Laugh Now, Cry Later, is released on his independetly owned record label Lench Mob Records. The album debuted in the top five selling 144,000 copies in the first week.
• June 7 – World premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Freude, for two harps, in the Milan Cathedral by Esther Kooi and Marianne Smit.^[4]
• June 8 – Shakira's single "Hips Don't Lie" sells 266,500 downloads in its first week of availability, overtaking D4L's record of 175,000. "Hips Don't Lie" also breaks another record, gaining the greatest airplay in a single week with 9,657 plays, breaking Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" record of 9,582.
• June 9
  • Nelly Furtado's new album, Loose is released and debuts at #1 with 219,000 copies sold, making it her first #1 album.
  • Igor Cavalera leaves Sepultura because of artistic differences – the third official member and the second Cavalera to leave.

• June 14 – Shakira launches her Oral Fixation Tour in Zaragoza, Spain.
• June 16 – June 18 – Bonnaroo Music Festival takes place in Manchester, Tennessee, USA. Performers include Radiohead, Tom Petty, Phil Lesh and Friends, Beck, and Sasha.
• June 19 – The "Beautiful Goal" single by Paul Oakenfold was released.
• June 23 – Backstreet Boys band member Kevin Richardson leaves the group to pursue other interests.

July

• Luciano Pavarotti is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
• July 1 – Glue Gun performed their first reunion concert at Harpers in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA. It was the band's first performance since breaking up in 1996.
• July 4 – Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith perform with the Boston Pops Orchestra in an event televised nationally in the USA.
• July 5 – The US television talent show, American Idol, begins its tour.
• July 7 - Justin Timberlake released his single SexyBack. The song went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 for a total of 7 weeks.
• July 9 – Scooter released its live CD and DVD Excess All Areas, with recordings taken from the Who's Got The Last Laugh Now? tour.
• July 11 – Jean Dolabella replaces Igor Cavalera in Sepultura.
• July 12 – Rivers Cuomo confirms that Weezer is now on hiatus again. Commenting on the band's future he said, "I'm not certain we'll ever make a record again, unless it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one."
• July 17 – Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne marries Deryck Whibley in a private ceremony.
• July 29
  • Stephanie McIntosh, former star of the Australian television soap opera, Neighbours, releases her debut single Mistake in Australia, where it became a top three hit.
  • Family Values Tour 2006, featuring Korn, Deftones and Stone Sour, begins. This was the first Family Values Tour since 2001.
• July 30 – The last ever weekly edition of the British television chart show, Top of the Pops, is broadcast.
• July 31 – Chicago rock band OK Go release their video for their single "Here It Goes Again", and the video quickly becomes an internet phenomenon on YouTube.

August

• August 1 – The 10th anniversary of television channel MTV2's launch and the 25th anniversary of MTV's launch.
• August 2 - Dan Swanö quits Bloodbath.
• August 4 - August 6 – The Lollapalooza festival is held in Chicago, USA.
• August 13 – Jon Nödtveidt commits suicide.
• August 15 - Christina Aguilera releases her third studio album Back to Basics, and debuts #1 on the Billboard 200, becoming her second number one album since her debut, selling 346,000 copies in its first week. Back to Basics is the first studio album in four years since Stripped (2002).
• August 16 - Ablaze My Sorrow disbands.
• August 22 - The Devil Wears Prada release their successful debut album while all the members are still in high school.
• August 22 – All female group Danity Kane release their debut album which debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. Their first single Showstopper reaches #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• August 25
  • It is reported that Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is undergoing treatment for throat cancer and will sit out the first half of the band's Route of All Evil Tour, the first time he would miss any shows in the band's history. Long time band friend David Hull filled in for Hamilton until his return.
  • The Assassin Tree (score: Stuart MacRae, libretto: Simon Armitage) is premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival.
• August 29
  • Jessi Malay releases her debut single "Gimme", featuring Lil Scrappy.
  • Method Man released their album 4:21...The day after.
  • Jessica Simpson released her first album in 3 years, A Public Affair, after her "public" divorce.
• August 31
  • Rock group Panic! at the Disco win the Video of the Year award for their hit single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.

September

• September 2 – Christina Aguilera scores her second US number one album and first UK number one album with Back to Basics, selling 346,000 copies in its first week in the US becoming the best first week sales for a female artist in 2006. The album sold 84,279 in the UK and became the best selling double album by a female artist.
• September 3 – Beyoncé Knowles releases her second consecutive No.1 solo album B'Day, selling 541,000 copies in its first week. And spawning two UK No.1 singles.
• September 5 – The Mercury Music Prize is held in the UK, with Arctic Monkeys' debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not winning ahead of entries from acts such as Muse and Thom Yorke. Audioslave's third and final album, Revelations, is released.
• September 12 - Justin Timberlake releases his sophomore album FutureSex/LoveSounds after 4 years. The album debuted #1 on the Billboard 200, giving Justin his first number one album as a solo artist, selling 648,000 copies in its first week. Its first three singles were consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, making Timberlake the first male artist to have three or more consecutive number-one hits from one album since Usher achieved it in 2004

• September 18 – Elton John released his twenty-ninth studio album The Captain & the Kid.
• September 19 – Ben Kweller releases his third solo album Ben Kweller on the label ATO Records.
• September 22 – A Tempestade, (score and libretto: Ronaldo Miranda), based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest, is premiered at Theatro São Pedro in São Paulo, Brazil.
• September 27 – Boy band, Five, announce they are to reunite, minus original bandmate Sean Conlon.

October

• October 2
  • The Strokes' guitarist, Albert Hammond, Jr., released his solo album Yours to Keep on Rough Trade Records.
  • Violinist and opera singer Logan Simpson is arrested for refusing to stop his car when a traffic light turns red.
• October 10 – Justin Hawkins, lead singer of the band The Darkness announces he is leaving the band.
• October 11 – After 25 years as an artist, "Weird Al" Yankovic finally gets his first top 10 hit, with "White & Nerdy".
• October 15 – New York City music club CBGB closes after a lengthy rent dispute. Patti Smith performs the final show at the club that night.
• October 17 – French singer Manu Chao performs in Colombia to an audience of 80,000 people.
• October 23
  • Launch of MTV Pakistan.
  • My Chemical Romance release their third studio album The Black Parade, the first on which Bob Bryar plays drums.
• October 24 – The Corrs release their greatest hits collection Dreams – The Ultimate Collection.
• October 25 – Guitarist Brian May announces on his website that Queen is returning to the studio for recording sessions. The new lineup, Queen + Paul Rodgers, features May, Paul Rodgers (the former lead vocalist of Free) and former Queen drummer Roger Taylor.
• October 26 – Duran Duran lead guitarist Andy Taylor once again leaves the band after a series of disagreements surrounding their latest album, which was still incomplete by the year's end. Reasons given are his disapproval of the usage of both Timbaland and Justin Timberlake in the creation of the band's album. The band hires an interim guitarist to supplant Taylor, with no real replacement being announced.
• October 30 – Keane release "Nothing In My Way", the first single to be released on a USB memory stick.
• October 31 – The Who release Endless Wire, their first studio album for 24 years.
• October 31 - Green Day and U2 released a cover of "The Saints are Coming".

November–December

• November – Nelly Furtado records a cameo appearance in the Portuguese soap opera Floribella.^[5]
• November 11
  • Justin Timberlake's single "My Love" reaches number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[6]
  • Kylie Minogue resumes Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour in Sydney, Australia after a break of a year and a half resulting from undergoing treatment for breast cancer.^[7]
• November 16
  • The MTV Movie Awards Latin America 2006 are held. Performers at the event included Evanescence, Robbie Williams, Panda, Nelly Furtado, and Shakira.
  • Snow Patrol become the first British band in 13 years to reach the top five of the US Billboard Hot 100.^[8]
• November 24 – The American Music Awards are broadcast. Winners include Kelly Clarkson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shakira, Jamie Foxx, Nickelback, Sean Paul, The Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Faith Hill, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw and Mary J. Blige, Nelly Furtado, John Mayer, Fall Out Boy and Beyoncé performed at the event.
• November 26 – Damien Leith wins the Australian television talent show, Australian Idol 2006, becoming the oldest winner of any Idol show in the world. and defeating 16-year-old Jessica Mauboy.
• November 27 – The Offspring announced that they were back in the studio recording their first album since 2003's Splinter.^[9]
• December 6
  • Beyoncé achieves her fourth number one single in the U.S. with "Irreplaceable", which went on to become the best selling single of 2007.
  • December 6 is declared Dia de Shakira (Day of Shakira) by the mayor of Miami, USA.
• December 13 – David Silveria leaves Korn to manage his restaurant.

Undated

• Soilwork, Hires, Daniel Antonsson.

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

Albums released

Contents:	Top January February March April May June July August September October November December

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	(Miss)understood	Ayumi Hamasaki	RIAJ-certified Million
3	First Impressions of Earth	The Strokes	ARIA-certified Gold
9	Inhuman Rampage	DragonForce	BPI-certified Silver
10	Soul of a Man	Eric Burdon
	Live: Wherever You Are	Jack Ingram
13	Aerial View	blackmail
15	Changes	Taylor Horn
19	Mutemath	Mutemath	Debut album/Remastered version released September 26, 2006
20	Rocket Ride	Edguy
23	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	Arctic Monkeys	BPI-Certified 3x Platinum, ARIA-certified Gold
	Keys to the World	Richard Ashcroft
	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
	Amber	Clearlake
	Inside In/Inside Out	The Kooks
24	The Greatest	Cat Power
	Greatest Hits Live	Ace Frehley	Live
	The Essential Kenny G	Kenny G	Compilation
	Rabbit Fur Coat	Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
	Testify	P.O.D.
	From a Compound Eye	Robert Pollard
	Your Man	Josh Turner	RIAA-certified 2x Platinum
	Lights and Sounds	Yellowcard	RIAA-certified Gold
	Now That's What I Call Music! Number 1's	Various Artists
26	Vuelvo A Ti	Ericson Alexander Molano
31	The Greatest Songs of the Fifties	Barry Manilow	Covers album
	She Wants Revenge	She Wants Revenge
	Synchestra	The Devin Townsend Band
	For Me, It's You	Train

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Come Clarity	In Flames
6	State of Emergency	The Living End	ARIA-certified Gold
	Hello Young Lovers	Sparks
7	Magnificent City	Aceyalone
	The Life Pursuit	Belle and Sebastian	BPI-certified Silver
	Other People's Lives	Ray Davies
	On Top of Our Game	Dem Franchize Boyz	RIAA-certified Gold
	Comfort of Strangers	Beth Orton
	Eye to the Telescope	KT Tunstall	BPI-certified 5x Platinum, RIAA-certified Platinum
	Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 8	Various Artists
13	Cheap Pop for the Elite	Kore. Ydro.
	The Best of the Specials & Fun Boy Three	The Specials & Fun Boy Three	Compilation
14	Voices	Matchbook Romance
	Timeless	Sérgio Mendes	BPI-certified Gold
	The Secret Life of...	The Veronicas	ARIA-certified 4x Platinum
16	Best	Kenny G	Live
17	Everytime We Touch	Cascada	BPI-certified Platinum
21	The Destruction of Everything is the Beginning of Something New	Adair
	Everytime We Touch	Cascada
	Songlines	The Derek Trucks Band
	20/20	Dilated Peoples
	Six Demon Bag	Man Man
	Geekin' Out Across the Galaxy	Jason Mraz	EP
	Streets of New York	Willie Nile
	Every Woman Dreams	Shanice
22	Imaginations	Fantastic Plastic Machine
27	Directo A La Luz	WarCry	Live, Spain-certified Gold
	Taller in More Ways	Sugababes	Re-issue
28	Thugs Revenge	Bizzy Bone
	Corn Fed	Shannon Brown
	If Only You Were Lonely	Hawthorne Heights
	Live Trucker	Kid Rock And The Twisted Brown Trucker Band
	In My Own Words	Ne-Yo	RIAA-certified Platinum, BPI-certified Gold
	Chaotic Resolve	Plumb
	Hammersmith Odeon London '75	Bruce Springsteen

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	On an Island	David Gilmour	BPI-certified Platinum
	Corinne Bailey Rae	Corinne Bailey Rae	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Addicted	Sweetbox	RIAJ-certified Gold
	Kick	White Rose Movement
7	Fox Confessor Brings the Flood	Neko Case
	Morph the Cat	Donald Fagen
	Reality Check	Juvenile	RIAA-certified Gold
	This Old Road	Kris Kristofferson
	Youth	Matisyahu	RIAA-certified Gold
	Youth Dub	Matisyahu
	Mr. Beast	Mogwai
	Keasbey Nights	Streetlight Manifesto
	Country Is My Rock	Trent Tomlinson
	Rizz-Wa-Faire	Ralph Tresvant
	That's So Raven Too!	Various Artists
10	The Chthonic Chronicles	Bal-Sagoth
11	Moo, You Bloody Choir	Augie March	ARIA-certified Gold
13	Love Travels at Illegal Speeds	Graham Coxon
	Grand Unification	Fightstar
	The Great Cold Distance	Katatonia
	Jagged	Gary Numan
14	Menace 2 Society	Capone
	My Ghetto Report Card	E-40	RIAA-certified Gold
	Stars of CCTV	Hard-Fi	BPI-certified 2x Platinum
	Meds	Placebo	BPI-certified Gold
	Lottery	Romeo
	Super Colossal	Joe Satriani
	Dante XXI	Sepultura
	Fortuneteller's Melody	SHeDAISY
	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Various Artists
	Blinders On	Sean Watkins
19	Little Cloud	The Whitlams	ARIA-certified Gold
20	4	Gerling
	Part Two	Throbbing Gristle
21	America's Most Luved Bad Guy	Master P
	For Blood and Empire	Anti-Flag
	Peregrine	The Appleseed Cast
	The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years	boysetsfire
	Kill	Cannibal Corpse
	Chicago XXX	Chicago
	Heroine	From First to Last
	Underage Thinking	Teddy Geiger
	Both Sides of the Gun	Ben Harper
	Vol. 1	Hurt
	Hearts of the Innocent	Kutless
	Born Again in the USA	Loose Fur
	The Graduate	MC Lars
	Life On The Murder Scene	My Chemical Romance
	3121	Prince	RIAA-certified Gold
	Now Esto Es Musica! Latino	Various Artists	Compilation
22	Diego	Diego González
24	GlaubeLiebeTod	Oomph!
27	This New Day	Embrace	BPI-certified Gold
	Ringleader of the Tormentors	Morrissey	BPI-certified Gold
	Let It Roll	Willard Grant Conspiracy
	Show Your Bones	Yeah Yeah Yeahs
	Educated Horses	Rob Zombie
28	A Death Grip On Yesterday	Atreyu
	Get That Paper	Do or Die
	Fishscale	Ghostface Killah
	Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	Tim McGraw	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Motel	Motel
	Oral Fixation Vol. 2	Shakira	Re-release, RIAA- and BPI-certified Platinum, ARIA-certified Gold
29	Human After All: Remixes	Daft Punk	Remix album of "Human After All"
	News and Tributes	The Futureheads
	Enjoy the Ride	Marie Serneholt	Solo debut

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Musique Vol. 1 1993-2005	Daft Punk	Compilation
4	The Village Lanterne	Blackmore's Night
	Foiled	Blue October	RIAA-certified Platinum
	The Charm	Bubba Sparxxx
	Ahí Vamos	Gustavo Cerati
	The Phoenix Throne	Dead to Fall
	At War with the Mystics	The Flaming Lips
	Demon Days Live	Gorillaz	Includes DVD, BPI-certified Gold
	Return to the Sea	Islands
	Karmacode	Lacuna Coil
	New American Gospel	Lamb of God	Reissue, LP
	Daylight	Needtobreathe
	I'm Not Dead	Pink	BPI-certified 3x Platinum, RIAA-certified Platinum
	Operation: Mindcrime II	Queensrÿche
	Me And My Gang	Rascal Flatts	RIAA-certified 4x Platinum
	DisneyMania 4	Various Artists	RIAA-certified Gold
	Now That's What I Call Music! 21	Various Artists	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Vision Valley	The Vines
10	Chosen Lords	AFX
	The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living	The Streets
	Now That's What I Call Music! 63	Various Artists	BPI-certified 2x Platinum
11	You in Reverse	Built to Spill
	Toppa di Top and Dirty Rhythms	Buju Banton & Various Artists	Compilation
	Tuesdays, Thursdays and if it Rains	Brian Byrne	Solo Debut.
	Exile and the Kingdom	Jeff Martin	Solo Debut.
	Death By Sexy	Eagles of Death Metal
	A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	Josephine Foster
	White Trash with Money	Toby Keith	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Todd Smith	LL Cool J	RIAA-certified Gold
	Lost in America	Edwin McCain
	Daniel Powter	Daniel Powter	RIAA-certified Gold
	Élan Vital	Pretty Girls Make Graves
	37 Everywhere	Punchline
	Stone Cold Classics	Queen	Compilation
	Chemical City	Sam Roberts
	Sound the Alarm	Saves the Day
12	Carnival of Rust	Poets of the Fall	IFPI-certified Platinum
	Bitter Tea	The Fiery Furnaces
17	A Bugged Out Mix	Miss Kittin	Compilation
	Simpatico	The Charlatans
	Tired of Hangin' Around	The Zutons
18	Abracadabra	Florent Pagny
	Side Three	Adrian Belew
	Cantos	A. J. Croce
	Wood Work	Da Backwudz
	A Blessing and a Curse	Drive-By Truckers
	Union Street	Erasure
	Works in Progress	Kansas	CD/DVD; live
	Hosannas from the Basements of Hell	Killing Joke
	Hind Hind Legs	The Lovely Feathers
	We, the Vehicles	Maritime
	Wolves in Wolves' Clothing	NOFX
	Ten Silver Drops	Secret Machines
	Under the Covers, Vol. 1	Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs	Cover album
21	Free	OSI
	Pitch Black Progress	Scar Symmetry
23	Transkripsi	Siti Nurhaliza
24	Let Love In	Goo Goo Dolls
	Fires	Nerina Pallot	BPI-certified Gold
	One Cure Fits All	Therapy?
	Clan Destiny	Wishbone Ash
	All the Roadrunning	Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
	St. Elsewhere	Gnarls Barkley	RIAA-, BPI-, ARIA-certified Platinum
25	Whips and Roses	Tommy Bolin
	Yes, Virginia	The Dresden Dolls
	IV	Godsmack	RIAA-certified Gold
	Sell Control for Life's Speed	Pilate
	A Girl Like Me	Rihanna	RIAA-, BPI-certified Platinum
	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions	Bruce Springsteen	RIAA-certified Gold
	Louder Now	Taking Back Sunday	RIAA-certified Gold
	In Search of Sunrise 5: Los Angeles	Tiësto

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Flight of the Conchords	Flight of the Conchords
	Eyes Open	Snow Patrol	BPI-certified 6x Platinum
2	Barriers and Passages	Dysrhythmia
	How We Operate	Gomez
	Goodbye Alice In Wonderland	Jewel
	Pearl Jam	Pearl Jam	RIAA-certified Gold
	Rio Grande Blood	Ministry
	Blood Money	Mobb Deep
	Old New Ballads Blues	Gary Moore
	A City by the Light Divided	Thursday
	10,000 Days	Tool	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Greatest Hits	Phil Vassar
	Wolfmother	Wolfmother	RIAA-, BPI-certified Gold
8	Ruun	Enslaved
9	The Spell	The Black Heart Procession
	Baby Makin' Music	The Isley Brothers
	What's Left of Me	Nick Lachey	RIAA-certified Gold
	It's Alive: The New Cars	The New Cars	Live
	Stadium Arcadium	Red Hot Chili Peppers	RIAA-, BPI-certified 2x Platinum
	Surprise	Paul Simon
	Without Feathers	The Stills
	Punk Goes '90s	Various Artists	Compilation
	Best of Chris Isaak	Chris Isaak	Compilation
12	Dancing Diva	Jolin Tsai
15	Burial	Burial
	Feeder – The Singles	Feeder	BPI-certified Platinum
	Bright Idea	Orson
	Broken Boy Soldiers	The Raconteurs
	Convicts	You Am I
	Living with War	Neil Young
16	Killa Season	Cam'ron
	Screwed Up Movement	E.S.G.
	Every Man for Himself	Hoobastank	RIAA-certified Gold
	So Amazin'	Christina Milian
19	To Find Me Gone	Vetiver
22	The Warning	Hot Chip	BPI-certified Gold
	Fundamental	Pet Shop Boys	BPI-certified Silver
23	We Don't Need to Whisper	Angels & Airwaves
	Bolton Swings Sinatra	Michael Bolton	Tribute to Frank Sinatra
	The Best of Candlebox	Candlebox
	Yeah!	Def Leppard
	Taking the Long Way	Dixie Chicks	RIAA-certified 2x Platinum
	In With the Out Crowd	Less Than Jake
	American Idol Season 5: Encores	Various Artists
	Stand Still, Look Pretty	The Wreckers	RIAA-certified Gold
	Back 2 Da Basics	Yo Gotti
26	The Infinite Wonders of Creation	Luca Turilli
30	Trans Canada Highway	Boards of Canada	EP
	In The Shadow of Two Gunmen	The Forecast

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Nâdiya	Nâdiya
6	End of Silence	RED
	Decemberunderground	AFI	RIAA-certified Gold
	The Gold Record	The Bouncing Souls
	The Bronx	The Bronx
	It's Alive	The New Cars
	Rockford	Cheap Trick
	End of Grey	Decyfer Down
	The River in Reverse	Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
	Twelve Stops and Home	The Feeling
	Blue	Flashlight Brown
	Move by Yourself	Donavon Frankenreiter
	Popaganda	Head Automatica
	Like Vines	The Hush Sound
	Laugh Now, Cry Later	Ice Cube	RIAA-certified Gold
	Danielle Peck	Danielle Peck
	The Only Thing I Ever Wanted	Psapp
	Free to Stay	Smoosh
	El Sexto Sentido Re+Loaded	Thalía
	Firecracker	The Wailin' Jennys
	New Joc City	Yung Joc	RIAA-certified Gold
	Voices from the FIFA World Cup	Various Artists	Compilation
9	Loose	Nelly Furtado	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Lost Horizons	Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
12	Mind Tricks	Disarmonia Mundi
	Under the Iron Sea	Keane	BPI-certified 2x Platinum
13	Rest Inside The Flames	36 Crazyfists
	Fewer Moving Parts	David Bazan	EP
	The Anatomy Of	Between the Buried and Me
	Consequences	Dave Burrell / Billy Martin
	The Big Bang	Busta Rhymes	RIAA-certified Gold
	The Long Road Home - In Concert	John Fogerty	Live DVD
	Chasing the Sun	Indigenous
	Sinner	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
	The Holiday Collection	Kenny G	Compilation
	Songs from Black Mountain	Live
	Don't You Know Who I Think I Was	The Replacements	Compilation
	Fallout From The War	Shadows Fall
	Rather Ripped	Sonic Youth
	Begin to Hope	Regina Spektor
	One X	Three Days Grace
14	Ultra Blue	Hikaru Utada	RIAJ-certified Platinum
17	Imago	The Butterfly Effect
19	Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam	Gorgoroth
	Not Accepted Anywhere	The Automatic	BPI-certified Platinum
20	The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch	Cute Is What We Aim For
	Ganging Up on the Sun	Guster
	Journey Of A Gemini	Donell Jones
	Define the Great Line	Underoath	RIAA-certified Gold
26	Crazy Frog Presents More Crazy Hits	Crazy Frog
	The Platinum Collection	Chaka Khan	Compilation
27	Billy Talent II	Billy Talent	CRIA: 2x Platinum, IFPI: Platinum
	Permanent Revolution	Catch 22
	Dusk & Summer	Dashboard Confessional
	Liberation Transmission	Lostprophets
	Bande à Part	Nouvelle Vague
	Men & Mascara	Julie Roberts
	Greatest Hits	The Specials	Compilation
28	Splurge	Puffy AmiYumi

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Garou	Garou
	Black Holes and Revelations	Muse	BPI-certified 2x Platinum
4	American V: A Hundred Highways	Johnny Cash	RIAA-certified Gold
	The Sufferer & the Witness	Rise Against
10	The Eraser	Thom Yorke
11	The Fall of Ideals	All That Remains
	Play Pause Stop	Benevento-Russo Duo
	The Harvest	Boondox	LP
	The Day Has Come	Cheyenne Kimball
	Impeach My Bush	Peaches
	Live in Brooklyn	Phish
	One Cold Night	Seether	Acoustic/Live w/bonus DVD
	The Silver Lining	Soul Asylum
	The New Black	Strapping Young Lad
	The Avalanche	Sufjan Stevens
	A Collection	Third Eye Blind
	Legend of the World	Valient Thorr
	Now That's What I Call Music! 22	Various Artists	RIAA-certified Platinum
13	The Last Stand	Boot Camp Clik
17	Alright, Still	Lily Allen
	Catalogue	Moloko
	Razorlight	Razorlight	BPI-certified 4x Platinum
18	Up In The Attic	Alien Ant Farm
	Cristo Satánico	Asesino
	If You're Going Through Hell	Rodney Atkins	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Can Can	Bad Manners	Live
	Black Stone Cherry	Black Stone Cherry
	Sinners Like Me	Eric Church
	Eighteen Visions	Eighteen Visions
	Monochrome	Helmet
	Don't You Fake It	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
20	Dinosaurchestra	Lemon Demon
21	Doomsday Rock 'N Roll	Chrome Division
24	The Great Western	James Dean Bradfield
	Now That's What I Call Music! 64	Various Artists	BPI-certified 2x Platinum
25	LeToya	LeToya	RIAA-certified Platinum
	The Trials of Van Occupanther	Midlake
	One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This	New York Dolls
	Startin' with Me	Jake Owen
	Highway Companion	Tom Petty
	LP	Landon Pigg
	In My Mind	Pharrell
	The Colors In The Wheel	Venus Hum
	Katorz	Voivod
28	A.T.O.M	Carbon/Silicon
31	D. Boon and Friends	D. Boon	Compilation
	The Bright Lights And What I Should Have Learned	Duels

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Year of the Dog...Again	DMX
	Two Lights	Five for Fighting
	Lemonade	G. Love
	No Place Like Brooklyn	Jeannie Ortega
	Teenage Graffiti	The Pink Spiders
	Destroy What You Enjoy	Powerman 5000
	Age of Reptiles	Showbread
	Come What(ever) May	Stone Sour	RIAA-certified Gold
8	Ashes Against The Grain	Agalloch
	Into the Rush	Aly & AJ	Re-release deluxe edition
	Phobia	Breaking Benjamin	RIAA-certified Gold
	Cassie	Cassie
	Secondathallam	Andre Ethier
	Brand New Girlfriend	Steve Holy
	Reprieve	Ani DiFranco
	Winter Women and Holy Ghost Language School	Matthew Friedberger
	Gatsbys American Dream	Gatsbys American Dream
	Major Lodge Victory	Gin Blossoms
	Bleeding Heart Graffiti	Nina Gordon
	Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!	hellogoodbye
	It's About Time	Jonas Brothers
	Port of Miami	Rick Ross	RIAA-certified Gold
	Christ Illusion	Slayer
	III: In the Eyes of Fire	Unearth
14	Flat Chat	Midnight Oil	Compilation
	Beautiful Awakening	Stacie Orrico
15	Dangerous Man	Trace Adkins	RIAA-certified Gold
	Back to Basics	Christina Aguilera	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Unappreciated	Cherish	RIAA-certified Gold
	The Phoenix	Lyfe Jennings	RIAA-certified Gold
	Second Round's On Me	Obie Trice
	(ONe)	The Panic Channel
	The Early Years	Rebecca St. James
	Yanni Live! The Concert Event	Yanni
22	Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord	The Devil Wears Prada
	Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!	Against Me!
	Crisis	Alexisonfire
	Boys Like Girls (album)	Boys Like Girls	RIAA-certified Gold
	Happy Hollow	Cursive (band)
	Wanna Be Your Joe	Billy Ray Cyrus
	Danity Kane	Danity Kane	RIAA-certified Platinum
	The Stench of Redemption	Deicide
	High & Mighty	Gov't Mule
	Amar es Combatir	Maná
	Cannonball	Pat Green
	Paris	Paris Hilton
	Kelis Was Here	Kelis
	Sacrament	Lamb of God
	Idlewild	OutKast	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Rose Hill Drive	Rose Hill Drive
23	Temperature Rising	Tata Young
28	Beyond Hell	GWAR
	A Matter of Life and Death	Iron Maiden	BPI-certified Gold
	Empire	Kasabian	BPI-certified 2x Platinum
29	CiRCADiAN	5th PROJEKT
	100 Grand Jin	Jin
	This Binary Universe	BT
	The Underdog/El Subestimado	Tego Calderón
	Falling Away	Crossfade
	Score – 20th Anniversary World Tour	Dream Theater
	Modern Times	Bob Dylan	RIAA-certified Platinum
	Supremacy	Hatebreed
	Ghost Stories	Chantal Kreviazuk
	Kiss of Death	Motörhead
	'Till The Sun Turns Black	Ray LaMontagne
	All Roads Lead To Ausfahrt	NoMeansNo
	A Public Affair	Jessica Simpson	RIAA-certified Gold
	Game Theory	The Roots
	Nightcrawler	Pete Yorn

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	5:55	Charlotte Gainsbourg	UK
	Yellow House	Grizzly Bear
	The Platinum Collection	Gary Moore	Compilation
5	Revelations	Audioslave	Gold
	B'Day	Beyoncé Knowles	3x Platinum
	A Shared History Of Tragedy	The Black Maria
	A Twist in the Myth	Blind Guardian
	Sophia (EP)	The Crüxshadows	EP
8	Live from the UK Sept./2006 (CD 1)	Billy Talent	Live
9	Tightrope	Stephanie McIntosh	Gold
11	Costello Music	The Fratellis
	The Best	t.A.T.u.	Compilation
	Subliminal Genocide	Xasthur
12	Too Bad	Buju Banton
	Barenaked Ladies Are Me	The Barenaked Ladies
	Magic Potion	The Black Keys
	Shot to Hell	Black Label Society
	Sound Grammar	Ornette Coleman
	Live From Across the Pond	Robert Cray	Live
	So So Gangsta	Daz Dillinger
	Saints	Destroy the Runner
	Switzerland	Electric Six
	Welcome to the Drama Club	Everclear
	Knives Don't Have Your Back	Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
	So This Is Goodbye	Junior Boys
	Amputechture	The Mars Volta
	Blood Mountain	Mastodon
	Continuum	John Mayer	X2 Platinum
	Redeemer	Norma Jean
	The Paramour Sessions	Papa Roach
	Pieces of the People We Love	The Rapture
	And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987	R.E.M.
	Coming Home	Lionel Richie
	Face the Promise	Bob Seger	Platinum
	Black Magic	Swollen Members
	How to Grow a Woman from the Ground	Chris Thile
	FutureSex/LoveSounds	Justin Timberlake	4x Platinum
	IV	Veruca Salt
13	Regressive by Default	DeadXheaD
16	Live from the UK Sept./2006	Billy Talent	2x CD
18	Retroglide	Level 42
	Ta-Dah	Scissor Sisters
19	Suffocation	Suffocation
	A Thousand Different Ways	Clay Aiken	Gold
	Thug Stories	Bone Thugs N Harmony
	The Letting Go	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
	Live: Live Those Songs Again	Kenny Chesney
	Hoodstar	Chingy	Gold
	The Always Open Mouth	Fear Before the March of Flames
	The Dutchess	Fergie	3x Platinum
	Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager	Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
	Up From the Catacombs – The Best of Jane's Addiction	Jane's Addiction
	Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell	Jedi Mind Tricks
	The Captain & the Kid	Elton John
	Food & Liquor	Lupe Fiasco
	Right Where You Want Me	Jesse McCartney
	Savior Sorrow	Mushroomhead
	Coming Home	New Found Glory
	Summer Girl	Smash Mouth
	This Could Be A Possibility	Valencia	Reissue, LP
25	A New Shape of Desperation	By Night
	The Freedom Spark	Larrikin Love
	The U.S. vs. John Lennon	John Lennon	Soundtrack
	Ecce Cor Meum	Paul McCartney
	Triumph or Agony	Rhapsody of Fire
	Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain	Sparklehorse
26	Acoustic Hearts of Winter	Aly & AJ
	Time Again...Amy Grant Live	Amy Grant
	V	Vanessa Hudgens
	Like Red On A Rose	Alan Jackson
	20 Y.O.	Janet Jackson	Platinum
	Friendly Fire	Sean Lennon
	Last Man Standing	Jerry Lee Lewis
	Release Therapy	Ludacris	Platinum
	Saosin	Saosin
	See The Morning	Chris Tomlin
	Silent Nightclub	Richard Cheese
	Mario Vazquez	Mario Vazquez
	Straight Outta Lynwood	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Gold

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Follow the City Lights	Dover
2	Insider	Amplifier
	Public Warning	Lady Sovereign
	Amantes Sunt Amentes	Panda	Gold (Mex)
	How to Destroy a Relationship	The Servant
3	The Information	Beck
	The Philosophy of Velocity	Brazil
	Under the Skin	Lindsey Buckingham
	Body Riddle	Clark
	The Crane Wife	The Decemberists
	Oye Mi Canto!: Los Grandes Exitos	Gloria Estefan
	The Essential Gloria Estefan	Gloria Estefan
	The Very Best of Gloria Estefan	Gloria Estefan
	The Open Door	Evanescence	2x Platinum
	Chris Young	Chris Young
	Suck Out the Poison	He Is Legend
	Boys and Girls in America	The Hold Steady
	Shine On	Jet
	Sam's Town	The Killers	Platinum
	Supply and Demand	Amos Lee
	Ghetto Therapy	Mellow Man Ace & Sen Dog	As Reyes Bros
	The Makings of Me	Monica
	The Reckoning	Pillar
	Comatose	Skillet
	Better Than Knowing Where You Are	Spitalfield
	We Are The Ones (We've Been Waiting For)	The Visionaries
	It Just Comes Natural	George Strait
	When Devils Strike	South Park Mexican
	The Evolution of Robin Thicke	Robin Thicke	Platinum
	Beat'n Down Yo Block	Unk
4	Piano Love Songs	Bradley Joseph
10	Rotten Apple	Lloyd Banks
	Young Machetes	The Blood Brothers
	Take the Weather with You	Jimmy Buffett
	While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets	Cobra Starship
	I Loved Her First	Heartland
	Atlantis	k-os
	(A) Senile Animal	The Melvins
	Cool Yule	Bette Midler	Christmas album
	...And the Battle Begun	Rx Bandits
	Sammie	Sammie
	Still Searching	Senses Fail
	Absolutely	Sister Hazel
	Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time	Rod Stewart	Gold
	Trailer Park Boys: The Movie	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	The Crusade	Trivium
	Who Brings a Cat to the Disco?	Mary Pascoe
	Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3	Various Artists
14	Western Front	Carbon/Silicon
16	Born in the U.K.	Badly Drawn Boy
	Thornography	Cradle of Filth
	Still Stuck In Your Throat	Fishbone
17	Devil's Got a New Disguise	Aerosmith	Compilation +2 new songs
	Long Trip Alone	Dierks Bentley
	Forward	Ayla Brown
	Black Aria II	Glenn Danzig
	The Best of What's Around Vol. 1	Dave Matthews Band
	Press Play	Diddy	Gold
	Mountains	Lonestar
	Priceless	Frankie J
	These Days	Vince Gill
	Little Angel	Ana Johnsson
	The High Road	JoJo	Gold
	Wintersong	Sarah McLachlan
	Love Their Country	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
	They Can't All Be Zingers	Primus
	Greatest Hits	Lil' Romeo	Compilation
	The Return	Ruben Studdard
	Full Circle	Xzibit
18	The Rox Box / Roxette 86-06	Roxette	Compilation
	Roxette Hits	Roxette	Compilation
20	Antikörper	Eisbrecher
	IV	Winger
21	What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have	Sarah Blasko
23	The Collection	Samantha Mumba
	The Black Parade	My Chemical Romance	Platinum
	How to Get Everything You Ever Wanted in Ten Easy Steps	Ordinary Boys
	Concrete	Pet Shop Boys
	Rudebox	Robbie Williams
24	Paper Television	The Blow
	Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998-2005)	Bright Eyes	Compilation
	No Heroes	Converge
	Undiscovered	Brooke Hogan
	Jibbs Featuring Jibbs	Jibbs
	Once Again	John Legend	Platinum
	Point of No Return	Shareefa
	Vultures	Smile Empty Soul
	Threes	Sparta
	Live To Win	Paul Stanley	Gold
	Some People Change	Montgomery Gentry
	Songs from the Labyrinth	Sting
	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift
	Heart to Yours/Do You Know	Michelle Williams	Compilation of first two albums
	Hannah Montana Soundtrack	Various Artists
25	Sensuous	Cornelius
	Secret Society	Europe
	Golden Best: 15th Anniversary	Zard
30	The Sound of Girls Aloud	Girls Aloud
	The Dead Eye	The Haunted
	Half the Perfect World	Madeleine Peyroux
	Now That's What I Call No. 1's	Various Artists
	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse
31	Hollinndagain	Animal Collective	CD reissue of 2002 LP
	Live at CBGB's 1982	Bad Brains	Live
	Like Father, Like Son	Birdman & Lil Wayne	Gold
	Eat, Sleep, Repeat	Copeland
	Back to Tulsa - Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom	Cross Canadian Ragweed
	Vices	Dead Poetic
	Saturday Night Wrist	Deftones
	Playing with Fire	Kevin Federline
	Flavor Flav	Flavor Flav
	The Long Road Home - In Concert	John Fogerty	Live
	In the Absence of Truth	Isis
	The Greatest Songs of the Sixties	Barry Manilow	Covers album
	One More Drifter in the Snow	Aimee Mann	Christmas
	Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose	Meat Loaf
	Little Bit of Life	Craig Morgan
	Go	Newsboys
	Small Town Girl	Kellie Pickler	Gold
	El Mariel	Pitbull
	My Brother's Blood Machine	The Prize Fighter Inferno
	Tweedles	The Residents
	Revolutions Per Minute	Skid Row
	Altar	Sunn O))) & Boris
	Endless Wire	The Who

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	I Promise	Jin	Released to buy on Myspace
3	Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues	Whitesnake
6	Motion in the Ocean	McFly
	Go – The Very Best of Moby	Moby
	9	Damien Rice
	Greatest Hits ... And More	10cc	Compilation
	Print Is Dead Vol 1	yourcodenameis:milo
7	The Great Burrito Extortion Case	Bowling for Soup
	Skin and Bones	Foo Fighters	Live album
	Awake	Josh Groban
	Maniacal Renderings	Jon Oliva's Pain
	Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment)	Jim Jones
	MTV Unplugged	Ricky Martin	Unplugged
	Sinatra: Vegas	Frank Sinatra	Live album
	Enjoy the Ride	Sugarland	EP
	One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra	Styx	Live
	Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing	Keith Urban
	Now That's What I Call Music! 23	Various Artists	Compilation, 2x Platinum
9	Ena	Peggy Zina	Platinum
13	The Best Of, Volume 1	Depeche Mode	Compilation
	Singles, Rarities & Remixes	Spandau Ballet	Compilation
	The Same Side	Lucie Silvas
	Overloaded: The Singles Collection	Sugababes	Compilation
	(Là) où je pars	Emmanuel Moire
14	Navidades	Luis Miguel	Christmas
	When Your Heart Stops Beating	+44
	Konvicted	Akon	2x Platinum
	Army of Anyone	Army of Anyone
	Momentum	Dave Burrell
	The Wraith: Remix Albums	Insane Clown Posse	Remix album
	Veteran	Marques Houston
	From Then Until	Raven Symone
	Me, Myself & I	Fat Joe
	Doctor's Advocate	The Game	Platinum
	An Other Cup	Yusuf Islam
	I'm in the Mood for Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time	Kenny G	Covers album
	Ys	Joanna Newsom
	Reasons Why: The Very Best	Nickel Creek	Compilation
	The Early Years EP	The Rocket Summer
	The Singles: 1996-2006	Staind	Compilation
	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	Tenacious D
	So Divided	...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
15	The Hummer	Devin Townsend	Website release
20	Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection	The Corrs	Compilation
	Stop the Clocks	Oasis	Compilation
	U218 Singles	U2	Compilation
	Now That's What I Call Music! 65	Various Artists	Compilation
	Don't Let It Go to Waste	Matt Willis
	The Love Album	Westlife
21	Love	The Beatles and George Martin	Platinum
	Now Esto Es Musica! Latino 2	Various Artists	Compilation
	The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me	Brand New
	Daughtry	Daughtry	4x Platinum
	The Lost. The Sick. The Sacred.	Inhale Exhale
	Capricornio	María Isabel
	Kingdom Come	Jay-Z	2x Platinum
	Entomology	Josef K	Compilation
	As Daylight Dies	Killswitch Engage	Gold
	A Decade	Our Lady Peace	CD/DVD
	Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years	P.O.D.	Compilation
	Rock Star Supernova	Rock Star Supernova
	Pac's Life	Tupac Shakur	Gold
	The Blue Carpet Treatment	Snoop Dogg	Gold
	Songs for Christmas	Sufjan Stevens
	Beast Moans	Swan Lake
	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards	Tom Waits
22	Best Of	Christina Milian	Compilation
24	Celestial	RBD
27	Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation	Ornette Coleman	CD re-issue of 1960 LP with bonus tracks
	Beautiful World	Take That	Gold
28	Roughly Speaking	April Wine
	Hell Hath No Fury	Clipse
	Light Grenades	Incubus
	Chemically Imbalanced	Ying Yang Twins
29	Secret	Ayumi Hamasaki

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Life in Mono	Emma Bunton
	Albertine	Brooke Fraser	3x Platinum
	Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy	Mylène Farmer	Gold (CD), Diamond (DVD)
5	It's Only Time	Drake Bell
	Ciara: The Evolution	Ciara	-
	A Dipset X-Mas	Jim Jones
	Live From Portland	Kutless
	Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live	Lil Scrappy
	Ten	Brian McKnight
	Fijación Oral Vol. 1/Oral Fixation Vol. 2	Shakira	Platinum
	The Sweet Escape	Gwen Stefani	Platinum
	Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	Eminem Presents: The Re-Up	Various Artists
	Music from the OC: Mix 6	Various Artists
6	Endless Summer	Fennesz	Remastered re-issue of 2001 album with bonus tracks
11	East 17: The Platinum Collection	East 17	Compilation
12	Reflections - A Retrospective	Mary J. Blige
	Fantasia	Fantasia Barrino	Gold
	Snow Blankets the Night	Teddy Geiger	EP
	Taylor Hicks	Taylor Hicks	Gold
	Alter Ego	Tyrese
	The Inspiration	Young Jeezy	Platinum
13	Come Clarity	In Flames	EP
18	La Quinta Esencia	WarCry	Studio
19	The Price of Fame	Bow Wow
	Hip Hop Is Dead	Nas	Gold
	Fly Like a Raven	Raven-Symoné
	Time Is Money	Styles P
	Back by Thug Demand	Trick Daddy
	Grand Hustle Presents: In Da Streetz Volume 4	Grand Hustle Records
20	Talk to Me	Joey McIntyre
26	21	Omarion
	Rebels	RBD
	Oh! Gravity.	Switchfoot
29	True Magic	Mos Def

Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of 2006

No.	Artist	Album	Copies Sold
1.	High School Musical	Soundtrack	8,500,000
2.	Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveSounds	8,350,000
3.	Nelly Furtado	Loose	8,200,000
4.	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Stadium Arcadium	7,900,000
5.	Carrie Underwood	Some Hearts	6,900,000
6.	P!nk	I'm Not Dead	6,500,000
7.	Beyoncé	B'Day	5,700,000
8.	The Beatles	Love	5,650,000
9.	Daughtry	Daughtry	4,900,000
10.	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	4,500,000

Top hits on record in the world

United States

Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits

• "Don't Forget About Us" — Mariah Carey (1 week in 2005/1 week in 2006)
• "Laffy Taffy" — D4L (1 week)
• "Grillz" — Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Big Gipp (2 weeks)
• "Check on It" — Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug (5 weeks)
• "You're Beautiful" — James Blunt (1 week)
• "So Sick" — Ne-Yo (2 weeks)
• "Temperature" — Sean Paul (1 week)
• "Bad Day" — Daniel Powter (5 weeks)
• "SOS (Rescue Me)" — Rihanna (3 weeks)
• "Ridin'" — Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone (2 weeks)
• "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (2 weeks)
• "Do I Make You Proud" — Taylor Hicks (1 week)
• "Promiscuous" — Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland (6 weeks)
• "London Bridge" — Fergie (3 weeks)
• "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland (7 weeks)
• "Money Maker — Ludacris featuring Pharrell (2 weeks)
• "My Love" — Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. (3 weeks)
• "I Wanna Love You" — Akon featuring Snoop Dogg (2 weeks)
• "Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé (3 week in 2006/7 weeks in 2007)

Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

United Kingdom

The Official UK #1 Singles

• "When the Sun Goes Down" — Arctic Monkeys (1 week)
• "Nasty Girl" — The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, and Avery Storm (2 weeks)
• "Thunder In My Heart Again" — Meck and Leo Sayer (2 weeks)
• "Sorry" — Madonna (1 week)
• "It's Chico Time" — Chico (2 weeks)
• "No Tomorrow" — Orson (1 week)
• "So Sick" — Ne-Yo (1 week)
• "Crazy" — Gnarls Barkley (9 weeks)
• "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker" — Sandi Thom (1 week)
• "Maneater" — Nelly Furtado (3 weeks)
• "Smile" — Lily Allen (2 weeks)
• "Please, Please / Don't Stop Me Now" — McFly (1 week)
• "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (4 weeks, 5 weeks in total)
• "Déjà Vu" — Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z (1 week)
• "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake (1 week)
• "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" — Scissor Sisters (4 weeks)
• "America" — Razorlight (1 week)
• "Welcome to the Black Parade" – My Chemical Romance (2 weeks)
• "Star Girl" – McFly (1 week)
• "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" – Fedde Le Grand (1 week)
• "The Rose" – Westlife (1 week)
• "Smack That" – Akon (Featuring Eminem) (1 week)
• "Patience" – Take That (3 weeks)
• "A Moment Like This" – Leona Lewis (2 weeks)

The Official UK Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

Australia

• "Wasabi/Eye of the Tiger" – Lee Harding (3 weeks)
• "Run It!" – Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana (1 week)
• "When I'm Gone" – Eminem (1 week)
• "Run It!" – Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana (2 weeks)
• "Love Generation" – Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine (2 weeks)
• "Flaunt It" – TV Rock featuring Seany B (4 weeks)
• "Forever Young" – Youth Group (1 week)
• "Flaunt It" – TV Rock featuring Seany B (1 week)
• "Forever Young" – Youth Group (1 week)
• "SOS" – Rihanna (8 weeks)
• "Hips Don't Lie" – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (9 weeks)
• "SexyBack" – Justin Timberlake (2 weeks)
• "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" – Sandi Thom (10 weeks)
• "The Saints Are Coming" – U2 and Green Day (1 week)
• "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" – Scissor Sisters (2 weeks)
• "Night of My Life" – Damien Leith (3 weeks)

Australian ARIA Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

Classical music

• Alla Pavlova – Symphony No. 5
• Steve Reich – Daniel Variations
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • DEsCH, for oboe, bassoon, piano and orchestra
  • Mozart a Recanati, for one actress, one voice, string trio, clarinet and piano
  • La conquista, suite for choir and orchestra
  • Haring at the Exhibition, ambient piece
• Behzad Ranjbaran – Persian Trilogy
• Karlheinz Stockhausen –
  • Natürliche Dauern (Natural Durations), for piano
  • Harmonien (Harmonies), three versions: for solo bass clarinet, for solo flute, for solo trumpet
  • Schönheit (Beauty), for flute, trumpet, and bass clarinet
  • Türin, for Tür (door), rin, and speaker (versions in German and English), with electronics,

Opera

• Jorge Antunes – Olga
• Tan Dun – The First Emperor
• Stephen Hartke – The Greater Good, or the Passion of Boule de Suif
• Stuart MacRae – The Assassin Tree (with libretto by Simon Armitage)
• Ernst Mahle – O Garatuja
• Ronaldo Miranda – A Tempestade
• Robert Xavier Rodriguez — La Curandera
• Ned Rorem – Our Town
• Kaija Saariaho – Adriana Mater
• Somtow Sucharitkul – Ayodhya

Musical theater

• Edit:Undo premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on August 7 as the first full length by-students for-students musical about high school.
• Grey Gardens Broadway production opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on November 2 and ran for 308 performances
• Mary Poppins Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 16
• The Phantom of the Opera officially became the longest Broadway running musical ever on January 9, at 7486 performances surpassing the previous record holder, Cats, also written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
• Spring Awakening Broadway production opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on December 10
• Tarzan Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on May 10
• The Wedding Singer Broadway production opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 27 and ran for 284 performances.

Musical film

• Bolletjes Blues, a Dutch film starring Negativ, released on March 23.
• The Cheetah Girls 2, a Disney Channel Original Movie watched by 8.1 million viewers in its premiere broadcast on August 25.
• Dreamgirls starring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover and Jennifer Hudson, released on December 15
• Hannah Montana, a Disney Channel original series about a pop star, premiered on March 23.
• Happy Feet, a film with the voices of Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Hugh Jackman, Brittany Murphy, Robin Williams and Anthony LaPaglia, released on November 17.
• High School Musical, a Disney Channel Original Movie watched by 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast on January 20.
• Neil Young: Heart of Gold, a film directed by Jonathan Demme, released on February 10.
• Take the Lead, a film starring Antonio Banderas and Alfre Woodard, released on April 7.

Births

• May 14 — Bluebell Madonna Halliwell, daughter of Geri Halliwell and Sacha Gervasi.
• May 26 — Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, son of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale.
• September 12 — Jayden James Federline, son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline.

Deaths

January–February

• January 1 — Bryan Harvey, American singer-guitarist of House of Freaks, 46 (murdered)
• January 6
  • Lou Rawls, American soul singer, 72
  • Alex St. Clair, American drummer of Captain Beefheart, 64
• January 11 — Markus Löffel, German disc jockey, 39 (heart attack)
• January 19 — Wilson Pickett, American singer, 64
• January 27 — Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer, 56 (liver and lung cancer)
• January 30 — Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts, American guitarist of Poison Idea, 47
• February 2 — Bill Cowsill, American singer-gutarist of The Cowsills, 52
• February 3 — Romano Mussolini, Italian jazz pianist, 78
• February 10 — J Dilla, American hip hop producer, 32 (Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura)
• February 15 — Anna Marly, French singer-songwriter, 88
• February 22 — Anthony Burger, American gospel music pianist, 44 (heart attack)

March–April

• March 7 — Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer and guitarist, 66
• March 10 — Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano, 75
• March 23
  • Pío Leyva, Cuban singer of the Buena Vista Social Club, 88
  • Cindy Walker, American country singer-songwriter, 87
• March 25
  • Buck Owens, American country singer and guitarist, 76
  • Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress, 62
• March 26 — Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter, 49 (heart attack)
• March 30 – Jackie McLean, American jazz alto saxophonist, 74
• April 5 — Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter, 65
• April 11
  • June Pointer, American singer of Pointer Sisters, 52 (cancer)
  • Proof (DeShaun Holton), American rapper of D12, 32 (shot)
• April 24
  • Erik Bergman, Finnish composer of classical music, 94
  • Bonnie Owens, American country singer, 76
• April 28 — Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer, 80

May–June

• May 1 — Big Hawk, American rapper, 36 (shot)
• May 5 — Naushad, Indian composer, 86
• May 6 — Grant McLennan, Australian guitarist and songwriter of The Go Betweens, 48
• May 7 — Steve Bender, Dschinghis Khan, The Poor Things, 60
• May 10
  • Soraya, Colombian-American singer, 37 (cancer)
  • John Hicks, American jazz pianist, 65
• May 13 — Johnnie Wilder, American singer of Heatwave, 56
• May 15 — Cheikha Rimitti, Algerian singer, 83
• May 18 — Andy Capps, American drummer of Built to Spill, 37
• May 19 — Freddie Garrity, English singer of Freddie and the Dreamers, 69
• May 23 — Ian Copeland, American music promoter, 57 (melanoma)
• May 25 — Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska and reggae performer, 64
• June 1 — Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, 62
• June 2
  • Johnny Grande, American keyboardist of Bill Haley & His Comets, 76
  • Vince Welnick, American keyboardist of Grateful Dead, 55
• June 6
  • Billy Preston, American soul keyboardist, 59
  • Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist, 54 (injuries from fall in street)
• June 12 — György Ligeti, Hungarian composer, 83
• June 20 — Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist of Kool and the Gang, 57.
• June 27 — Eileen Barton, American singer, 76

July–August

• July 3
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American mezzo-soprano, 52 (breast cancer)
  • Jack Smith, American singer, 92
• July 7
  • Syd Barrett, English singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding-member of Pink Floyd, 60 (pancreatic cancer)
  • Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Irish singer and guitarist of The Bothy Band, 54
• July 8 — June Allyson, American actress, singer and dancer, 88
• July 9 — Milan Williams, American keyboardist of The Commodores, 58
• July 16 — Malachi Thompson, American jazz trumpeter, 56
• July 17 – John G. Blowers, Jr., swing era drummer, 95
• July 22 — Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter, 82
• July 23 – Bobby Paterson, Love & Money
• July 31 — Rufus Harley, American jazz bagpiper, 70
• August 2 — Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German operatic soprano, 90
• August 3 — Arthur Lee, American guitarist and vocalist of Love, 61
• August 16 — Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer of Dissection, 31 (suicide)
• August 17 – Walter Jagiello, polka musician, 76
• August 19 — Joseph Hill, Jamaican lead singer of roots reggae group Culture, 57
• August 22 — Bruce Gary, American drummer of The Knack, 55 (non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
• August 23 — Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpet player, 78
• August 24 — John Weinzweig, Canadian composer of classical music, 93
• August 27 — Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist with Napalm Death, 37 (liver failure)
• August 28 – Pip Pyle, English drummer for Hatfield and the North, National Health, and Gong, 56

September–October

• September 3 — Eva Knardahl, Norwegian classical pianist, 79
• September 4 — Astrid Varnay, Swedish operatic soprano, 88
• September 10 — Bennie Smith, American blues musician, 72
• September 13 — Lou Richards, American guitarist of Hatebreed, 35
• September 14 — Norman Brooks, Canadian singer, 78
• September 19 — Danny Flores, Mexican-American saxophonist of The Champs, 77
• September 20 — Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor, 74
• September 21 — Boz Burrell, English bass guitarist of Bad Company and King Crimson, 60
• September 23 — Malcolm Arnold, English composer, 84
• September 30 — Isabel Bigley, American singer and actress, 78
• October 14 — Freddy Fender, American singer, 69
• October 18 — Anna Russell, UK singer and comedienne, 94
• October 21 — Sandy West, American drummer of The Runaways, 47 (brain tumour)
• October 23
  • Lebo Mathosa, singer, 29 (car accident)
  • Leonid Hambro, pianist, 86
• October 26 — Rogério Duprat, composer, 74

November–December

• November 1
  • Jason DiEmilio, guitarist (The Azusa Plane), 36
  • Buddy Killen, record producer and founder of Dial Records, 73
  • Silvio Varviso, conductor, 82
• November 3 – Paul Mauriat, orchestra leader, 81
• November 6 – Robert Jance Garfet, Dr Hook
• November 8 – Basil Poledouris, film composer, 61
• November 10 – Gerald Levert, singer, 40
• November 17 – Ruth Brown, US singer, 78
• November 21 – Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist, 91
• November 22 – John Allan Cameron, folk musician, 67
• November 23
  • Betty Comden, lyricist partner of Adolph Green, 89
  • Anita O'Day, jazz singer, 87
• November 24 – Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter, 56
• November 25 – Valentín Elizalde, Mexican banda singer, 27 (automobile accident)
• November 30 – Shirley Walker, film composer, 61
• December 2 – Mariska Veres, singer with Shocking Blue, 59
• December 6 – Darren Brown, AKA Wiz, former frontman of Mega City Four, 44 (stroke)
• December 8 – Martha Tilton, US big band singer, 91
• December 9
  • Georgia Gibbs, US singer, 87
  • Freddie Marsden, drummer of Gerry & The Pacemakers
• December 11 – Homer Ledford, bluegrass musician, 79
• December 13 – Robert Long, singer and TV presenter, 63
• December 14 – Ahmet Ertegün, co-founder of Atlantic Records, 83
• December 16 – Pnina Salzman, pianist, 84
• December 17 – Denis Payton, The Dave Clark Five, 63
• December 18
  • Scott Mateer, US songwriter and disk jockey, 46
  • Daniel Pinkham, American composer, 83
• December 22 – Dennis Linde, Songwriter "Burnin' Love", "John Deere Green" and others, 63
• December 25 – James Brown, American singer, 73
• December 27 – Pierre Delanoë, French lyricist, 88

Awards and contests

• ARIA Music Awards of 2006
• Grammy Awards of 2006
• Country Music Association Awards
• Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• 2006 BRIT Awards
• 2006 NME Awards
• 2006 World Music Awards
• 2006 MTV Video Music Awards
• Nationwide Mercury Prize 2006
• MTV Australia Video Music Awards
• MTV Europe Music Awards 2006

See also

• 2006 in music (UK)
• Billboard's Top Hot 100 Hits of 2006
• 2006 in music (Switzerland)
• Record labels established in 2006
• Other events of 2006
• List of 'years in music'

References

External charts

• Top 50 Albums For 2006 – Subculture Magazine UK
• Revolution 91.7's Top 30 Songs of 2006
• mxdwn.com's User-Submitted AOTY/SOTY 2006
• Open's Top 10 albums of 2006