List of UK top-ten singles in 2006

2000s in music in the UK
Events
Charts
Gnarls Barkley (lead singer CeeLo Green pictured) had the best-selling single of 2006 with "Crazy", their debut single which reigned at number-one for nine weeks. Their other hit single this year was "Smiley Faces", which peaked at number 10.
Leona Lewis, the winner of the third series of The X Factor, had the second best-selling song of the year with her winner's single and Christmas number one "A Moment Like This".
Lily Allen made the UK charts for the first time in 2006 with two singles making the countdown, including her number-one debut hit "Smile"
Scottish singer-songwriter Sandi Thom achieved her first and only top 10 single this year with "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)", which spent a week at number-one in June and became the year's fifth best-selling single.
Justin Timberlake achieved two top 10 entries this year, including "SexyBack", which became his first UK number-one single.

The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2006, as well as singles which peaked in 2005 but were in the top 10 in 2006. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

One-hundred and sixty-nine singles were in the top ten in 2006. Nine singles from 2005 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "When I'm Gone" by Eminem was the only song from 2005 to reach its peak in 2006.[4] Forty-two artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2006. Amy Winehouse, Fall Out Boy, Lily Allen, Ne-Yo and Timbaland were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2006.

The 2005 Christmas number-one, "That's My Goal" by 2005 X Factor winner Shayne Ward, remained at number-one for the first three weeks of 2006.[5] The first new number-one single of the year was "When the Sun Goes Down" by Arctic Monkeys.[6] Overall, twenty-five different singles peaked at number-one in 2006, with McFly (2) having the most singles hit that position.[7][8]

  1. ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ^ "X Factor's Shayne holds No 1 spot". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. ^ "X Factor star stays top of charts". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 January 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Arctic Monkeys top charts again". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 January 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Unstoppable McFly top music chart". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 July 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Robbie Williams tops album chart". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2017.