2006 in music

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

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  • Take That (4 out of 5 original members reunited after the group disbanded in 1996)

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Top 10 best-selling albums of 2006

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Songs released in 2006

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January 12 "Ridin'" Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone
January 16 "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Panic! at the Disco
January 17 "Pump It" The Black Eyed Peas
February 13 "Far Away" Nickelback
February 14 "S.O.S." Rihanna
February 27 "Move Along" The All-American Rejects
February 28 "Hips Don't Lie" Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
March 13 "Crazy" Gnarls Barkley
March 14 "World Wide Suicide" Pearl Jam
March 18 "The Best of Both Worlds" Hannah Montana
"If We Were a Movie"
March 21 "Do It to It" Cherish featuring Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ
April 11 "No Hay Igual" Nelly Furtado
April 25 "Promiscuous" Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
May 2 "Unfaithful" Rihanna
May 12 "Maneater" Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
May 29 "Mas que Nada" Sérgio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas
June 6 "Ain't No Other Man" Christina Aguilera
"Chasing Cars" Snow Patrol
June 20 "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"" Fall Out Boy
July 18 "SexyBack" Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland
July 19 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" Scissor Sisters
July 24 "Lips of an Angel" Hinder
"Too Little Too Late" JoJo
August 7 "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" Panic! at the Disco
August 11 "Hurt" Christina Aguilera
August 21 "We Ride" Rihanna
September 6 "Starlight" Muse
September 12 "Welcome to the Black Parade" My Chemical Romance
October 3 "Unappreciated" Cherish
October 23 "Fergalicious" Fergie featuring will.i.am
October 24 "My Love" Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
October 30 "Pick of Destiny" Tenacious D
October 31 "Say It Right" Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado
November 13 "Break it Off" Rihanna featuring Sean Paul
November 17 "All Good Things (Come to an End)" Nelly Furtado
November 22 "The Metal" Tenacious D
November 27 "Knights of Cydonia" Muse
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Top hits on record in the world

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Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Hits
Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2006

United Kingdom

The Official UK No. 1 Singles
The Official UK Hit Singles – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

Australia

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

Classical music

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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

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  • 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

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  • Philip GlassThe Passion of Ramakrishna, for chorus and orchestra

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  • Wojciech Kilar
    • Magnificat for 3 solo voices, choir and orchestra
    • Three Mazurkas

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  • Krzysztof Meyer
    • Double Concerto for violin, violoncello and orchestra
    • Sonata No. 6 for Piano

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  • Marijn Simons – Symphony No. 2, Op. 33

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