2006 in music
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Events
January- James Nicholl, drummer of Pay*Ola (Band) became ill and was admitted to hospital. He has since been released and made a full recovery. January 11 to January 15 —MahlerFest XIX held in Boulder , Colorado , honoring Austria n composer Gustav Mahler .January 16 —Frontman Rob Aston announces that the Transplants have disbanded shortly after their fall tour cancelled.January 24 -It was surprisingly announced popular British girl-band All Saints are to regroup for a tour and album later in the year.January 31 —American hardcore punk band Champion announces their impending breakup, with a final show scheduled for May.[link ]February—Alice in Chains reform with new singer William DuVall as the replacement of Layne Staley , who died of a drug overdose in April 2002. Their planned tour will embark their performance since 1996 . February 1 —Vienna State Opera announced Seiji Ozawa , a Conductor concurrently works as a Music Director of the Opera, has had to cancel all his performance commitments for 2006 due to health reasons.February 8 —The 48th annual Grammy Awards are handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California . Madonna opens the awards for a third time. U2 is the night's big winner, with 5 awards. Mariah Carey receives her first award in more than ten years.February 10 —White Lion /Black Label Society bassist James Lomenzo joins Megadeth as the replacement for James MacDonough (who was previously in Iced Earth ).February 18 - The Rolling Stones give a free concert to 3 million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , possibly one of the largest ever given.February 25 —The 4th Annual TRL Awards are held in New York City . 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 22 - News reports are released that Aerosmith 's lead singer Steven Tyler is ill and will require throat surgery. The band cancels the rest of their tour (which was Top 3 at the time) with Cheap Trick and the band is on hiatus indefinitely until Tyler recovers.April 21 to April 23 —Terrastock 6, Providence, Rhode Island .April 25 - Rihanna's sophomore album featuring SOS (Rescue Me) and Unfaithful is realeased.April 29 to April 30 - The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in Indio, California . Performers include: Madonna , James Blunt , Kanye West , Depeche Mode , Paul Oakenfold among others.May 2 —Tool releases 10,000 Days 2001 's Lateralus May 2 -Pearl Jam releases Pearl Jam May 9 —Red Hot Chili Peppers release Stadium Arcadium May 11 —Dave Baksh announces that he left Sum 41 to pursue his career with his second band Brown Brigade .May 13 —The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the fourteenth annual Weenie Roast .May 13 —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 /heavy metal song to win.May 23 -The Wreckers release their debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty .May 24 —Taylor Hicks wins American Idol season 5 . Katharine McPhee is the runner-up.May 26 —Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have their first baby boy, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale.June 1 Youngbloodz and entourage arrested on drugs and weapons charges in Atlanta, Georgia . [link ]June 6 Metallica play their new song (Yet to be titled) for the first time in Berlin.June 8 Shakira ´s single Hips Don´t Lie sells 266,500 downloads in its first week of availability, smashing D4L ´s record of only 175,000. Hips Don´t Lie also breaks another record: it becomes the most played song in Pop History with 9,657 spins, breaking Gwen Stefani ´s Hollaback Girl record of 9,582.June 12 - Keane release their second studio album Under the Iron Sea UK Albums Chart despite new albums from Fatboy Slim and The Automatic June 23 - Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson leaves the group to pursue other interests.July 1 —Glue Gun performed the first reunion concert at Harpers in Northridge, Los Angeles, California . This concert embarked 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 a nationally televised event.July 5 - American Idol tour begins.July 12 —Rivers Cuomo confirms that Weezer is now on hiatus again. As for the future of the band, 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."August 1 —10th anniversary of MTV2 's original launch and 25th anniversary of MTV 's original launch.August 4 to August 6 —Lollapalooza , Chicago, Illinois .August 15 -Third studio album by grammy-winning pop diva Christina Aguilera to be released as a double-album.September 5 —Second solo album by nine time Grammy winner Beyoncé to be released.Bands disbanded
Albums released
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All releases are an LP unless otherwise stated.
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Titled Albums
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Top 20 Best-Selling Albums of the Year Worldwide
(from January to July 15, 2006 Mediatraffic data [link ])
''James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 5.251.000 ''Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium 3.550.000 ''Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor 3.303.000 ''Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway 2.939.000 ''Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business 2.762.000 ''Soundtrack - High School Musical 2.723.000 ''Mary J.Blige - The Breakthrough 2.494.000 ''Andrea Bocelli - Amore 2.481.000 ''Eminem - Curtain Call (The Hits) 2.420.000 ''Shakira - Oral Fixation Volume 2 2.147.000 ''Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang 2.138.000 ''Jack Johnson - Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies For 'Curious George'2.092.000 ''Pussycat Dolls - PCD 2.082.000 ''Il Divo - Ancora 2.023.000 ''Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 1.962.000 ''Tool - 10,000 Days 1.852.000 ''Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way 1.775.000 ''Johnny Cash - The Legend Of Johnny Cash 1.703.000 ''Kumi Koda - Best (Second Session) 1.536.000 ''Arctic Monkeys - Whatever The People Say I Am... 1.531.000 Top 5 Best-Selling Albums released in 2006 (Worldwide)
(from January to July 15, 2006 Mediatraffic data [link ])
''Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium 3.550.000 ''Soundtrack - High School Musical 2.723.000 ''Andrea Bocelli - Amore 2.481.000 ''Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang 2.138.000 ''Jack Johnson - Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies For 'Curious George' 2.092.000 Top 10 first week selling Worldwide
''Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium 1.108.000 ''Kumi Koda - Best (Second Session) 983.000 ''Tool - 10,000 Days 756.000 ''Rascal Flatts - Me And My Gang 733.000 ''Ayumi Hamasaki - (Miss)understood 654.000 ''Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way 583.000 ''Kat-Tun - Best Of Kat-Tun 557.000 ''T.I. - King Rap/R&B 526.000 ''Hikaru Utada - Ultra Blue 500.000 ''Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam 439.000 Top hits on record in the world
United States
Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits
See also: Hot 100 number-one hits of 2006
Billboard Hot 100 Hits - Singles which have ranked within Top 20
United Kingdom
The Official UK #1 Singles
See also: ''List of number-one hits of 2006 (UK)
The Official UK Hit Singles - Singles which have ranked within Top 20
Canada
Canadian BDS #1 Singles (Sales)
Canadian BDS #1 Singles (Airplay)
"Dani California" — The Red Hot Chili Peppers (3 weeks) Canadian BDS Hit Singles - Singles which have ranked within Top 20 on Single Sales and Airplay charts
"Crazy" — Gnarls Barkley (#2) "Flawed Design" — Stabilo (#5) "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean (#2) "Out Of My Head" — Mobile (#4) "SOS (Rescue Me)" — Rihanna (#2) "Savin' Me" — Nickelback (#6) "Something's Gotta Give" — LeAnn Rimes (#20) "Temperature" — Sean Paul (#2) "Unfaithful" — Rihanna (#7) "When The Stars Go Blue " — Tim McGraw (#19) Australia
Australian ARIA #1 Singles
See also: List of number-one singles in Australia of 2006
Australian ARIA Hit Singles - Singles which have ranked within Top 20
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