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This is a summary of [[2006 in music]] in the United Kingdom including the official single and album charts.

==Summary==
*At both ends of the year, the chart was dominated by acts from [[The X Factor (UK series 2)|series 2]] and [[The X Factor UK series 3|series 3]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'': former contestants [[Shayne Ward]], [[Chico Slimani]] and [[Leona Lewis]] had number one singles, with Ward and [[Journey South]] both enjoying number-one albums.
*A number of pop acts from the 1990s enjoyed comebacks, with [[Take That]] in particular having chart and touring success; [[Emma Bunton]] and [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] also returned to the charts.
*The [[internet]] had an increased impact on music. [[Sandi Thom]] and [[Lily Allen]] both had massive success off the back of initial exposure on the web,<ref name="BBC Summary">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6207438.stm The year in music: 2006] BBC News, 26 December 2006</ref> Many artists used [[MySpace]] to spread their music to the wider world<ref name="BBC Summary"/> Downloaded music also began to dominate the charts, with sales of legal downloads rising from less than six million in 2004 to over 50 million in 2006. When the rules changed, "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]" by [[Gnarls Barkley]] became the first song to top the singles chart on the basis of downloads alone. From the beginning of 2007, 'physical' copies of a song no longer need to be issued for a song to chart which raises the possibility of golden oldies entering the charts on the back of downloads alone.
*The rise of the internet's influence contrasted with the end of some other long running pop media. ''[[Smash Hits]]'' magazine, the traditional live Saturday morning kids' programmes on BBC & ITV and ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' television show all ended in 2006;<ref name="BBC Summary"/> Top of the Pops had been broadcasting on the [[BBC]] since 1964 whilst the Saturday morning kids shows had been broadcasting on the BBC & ITV since 1968 with Smash! Hits being published since 1978.

===Chronological Review===
In January, X Factor winner [[Shayne Ward]] held on to the top spot in the single chart with his debut "[[That's My Goal]]" for three weeks. Ward later went on to top the charts with his debut album in April, on the back of his reality TV show success.

Meanwhile, [[The Strokes]] and [[HARD-Fi]] both got their first number one albums in January, the Strokes previously having two number twos. [[Arctic Monkeys]] were the big story, with their second single "[[When the Sun Goes Down (Arctic Monkeys song)|When the Sun Goes Down]]" repeating the feat of their debut and reaching number one. A week later their debut album, "[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]", sold over 360,000 copies in its first week. It stayed at number one for four weeks. Arctic Monkeys were also big winners at the [[NME|NME Awards]], taking home three awards.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4745358.stm | work=BBC News | title=Arctic Monkeys hottest act at NME | date=24 February 2006 | accessdate=22 April 2010}}</ref> They picked up Best Single for "[[I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor]]", Best New Band and Best Group. Other winners included [[Kanye West]], singer [[Ricky Wilson (British musician)|Ricky Wilson]] and the [[Kaiser Chiefs]] who despite being nominated for six awards only came away with one for Best Album.

The [[2006 BRIT Awards]] were dominated by 'new' acts, with the Kaiser Chiefs winning 3 awards, including 'Best Group', and [[James Blunt]] coming away with two. Other big winners were [[Coldplay]], who had the best album and single, and [[Green Day]].

The pop band [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] announced that they would be reforming, five years after they had split in 2001.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/all-saints/22041 All Saints reunite | News | NME.COM<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Another return came from [[Leo Sayer]], who hit number one 29 years after his previous chart topper, with a remix of the single "[[Thunder in My Heart]]". [[Smash Hits]] magazine, however, left the music business after 28 years of covering [[pop music]]. Later in the year, [[Top of the Pops]] also ended, after 42 years on British television. It had been losing ratings for the past five years, having been usurped by [[music television]]. The traditional live Saturday morning children's programmes ended too, after 38 years on BBC & ITV. Again, they had been losing ratings for the past 4 years, for the same reason.

The other number ones in the start of the year went to [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], with her 12th chart-topper "[[Sorry (Madonna song)|Sorry]]", and to US rapper [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] in February, who climbed to number one. The song was a re-working of his debut single "[[Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Nasty Girl]]" (which features guest appearances from [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]], [[P. Diddy]], [[Nelly]], and Avery Storm). He died in 1997, but this is the first time he has scored a #1 and just under a year after "rival" rapper [[2Pac]] had also achieved his first #1 with "[[Ghetto Gospel]]".

[[Chico Slimani]], who had finished fifth in the X Factor, went straight to number one with "[[It's Chico Time]]", holding on to the top spot for two weeks in March. [[Orson (band)|Orson]] climbed to the top of the singles chart successfully knocked Chico off the top spot with their song "No Tomorrow".

With a new chart rule stating that singles on downloads alone may enter the chart a week before their full release, [[Ne-Yo]] was the first act who managed to climb from #18 to #1, one week after it was released on downloads alone, with his debut single [[So Sick]]. [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]] entered to #2 that week with their new single "[[Nature's Law]]", making it their biggest single to date. However, it only failed to reach #1 due to a large count of legal downloads which didn't register in the official charts. The following week, their fifth studio album ''[[This New Day]]'' became their third album to reach #1 in the [[UK Albums Chart]]. Other acts that benefited from the change in rules included [[The Black Eyed Peas]], [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], [[Liz McClarnon]], [[Girls Aloud]], [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]], [[James Blunt]], [[Joey Negro]], [[Sean Paul]] and [[Nelly]].  The following week, [[Gnarls Barkley]] became the first act to top the singles chart on downloads alone, with [[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]. This was the start of huge success for the duo, who went on to top the singles charts for 9 weeks, as well as the album chart for a week and also the [[UK Official Download Chart]] for an outstanding 11 weeks making it the longest stay on the [[UK Official Download Chart]] history. However, the single version of Crazy was deliberately deleted on 28 May in order to stop the single's welcome being overstayed. "Crazy" was the first single to top the UK singles chart for nine weeks consecutively since 1994 when [[Wet Wet Wet]]'s "[[Love Is All Around (The Troggs song)|Love Is All Around]]" was number one for fifteen weeks (the last song to spend exactly nine weeks on top was "[[Two Tribes]]" by [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] in 1984). But, Crazy's nine-week run at number one came to an end when singer/songwriter [[Sandi Thom]] finally knocked it off number one with her debut single [[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]. 2006 also saw Morrissey return to the top of the album chart for the first time in 12 years with "[[Ringleader of the Tormentors]]".

Thom occupied the number one spot for a solitary week before being replaced by [[Nelly Furtado]], who climbed to number one with [[Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)|Maneater]] and maintained her position the following 3 weeks. On 18 June 2006 there were five England [[Football World Cup]] songs in the top 13 in the [[Official UK Singles Chart]]. This included the official single by [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]], a parody of the ''[[Dad's Army]]'' theme by the Tonedef Allstars and the former number 1 single [[Three Lions (song)|Three Lions]], which topped the chart in both 1996 and 1998.

The festival season was marked by the absence of [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]], which was taking a '[[fallow year]]'. Headliners at the major festivals included: [[The Who]] and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] at [[T in the Park]]; [[Coldplay]] and the [[Foo Fighters]] at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 2006|Isle of Wight Festival]]; [[Metallica]] and [[Guns N' Roses]] at [[Download Festival]]; [[Radiohead]] and [[Kasabian]] at [[V Festival]]; [[The Prodigy]] and [[Goldfrapp]] at [[Creamfields]]; [[Daft Punk]] and [[Groove Armada]] at [[Global Gathering 2006]]; The Who and [[The Strokes]] at the [[Wireless Festival]]; and [[Pearl Jam]] and [[Muse (band)|Muse]] at the [[Carling Weekend]]. This would turn out to be the penultimate year, that the much disputed sponsorship deal by the brewery would take place, and would go on to be the start of the brewery's decline in the UK live music scene, as it suddenly lost its sponsorship deals for gig venues to [[LiveNation]] and [[Telefónica Europe|O2]]

Following [[Nelly Furtado]]'s 3 weeks on top for the first time, both [[Shakira]] featuring [[Wyclef Jean]]'s [[Hips Don't Lie]] and [[Lily Allen]]'s [[Smile (Lily Allen song)|Smile]] enjoyed a first time at the top of the UK singles chart summit with Shakira's smash hit and Lily Allen's debut single. Another debut single to be released was German dance group [[Cascada]]'s [[Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch]] which went on to peak at #2, as [[Hips Don't Lie]] held them of the top spot. It ended 2006 as being the UK's fifteenth best selling single.

Pop band [[McFly (band)|McFly]] scored their fifth UK number one single [[Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please]] but the following week dropped to number 6 in the top 40. The week after Shakira climbed back on top with "Hips Don't Lie", the first time since 2004's single [[Call on Me (Eric Prydz song)|Call on Me]] by [[Eric Prydz]] to return to the top. July also saw first time number one albums for the [[Lostprophets]] and [[Razorlight]].

In August, it was an American female double on top of both charts, with [[Christina Aguilera]]'s [[Back To Basics (Christina Aguilera album)|Back To Basics]] topping the album chart, and the following week former [[Destiny's Child]] star [[Beyoncé Knowles]] scored her second (fourth, including her career with the group) number one single with [[Deja Vu (Beyoncé song)|Deja Vu]] along with her boyfriend [[Jay-Z]].

September kicked off with another American act at #1 in both charts, this time former [['N Sync]] star [[Justin Timberlake]] with his comeback single [[SexyBack]] and with his second album [[FutureSex/LoveSounds]]. He had previously has three number two records and this is his first #1 single as a solo artist and as part of 'N Sync.

The following week the [[Scissor Sisters]] managed to score their first UK #1 with [[I Don't Feel Like Dancin']] and is third highest seller (so far) of this year. They also scored their second #1 in the album chart with [[Ta-Dah]], therefore topping both the album and singles chart at the same time (the last act to manage that was [[Gnarls Barkley]] with [[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]] and [[St. Elsewhere (album)|St. Elsewhere]]).

In October, [[Girls Aloud]] became the first British act (sixth act overall) to enter the UK Top 10 on downloads alone when [[Something Kinda Ooooh]] charted at #5 on 22 October. The following week it climbed to #3, but they were beaten to number one by [[McFly (band)|McFly]] with their sixth number one [[Star Girl (song)|Star Girl]]. We also saw #1 albums from [[The Killers]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[Girls Aloud]] and [[Jamiroquai]].

November saw Dutch DJ and producer [[Fedde Le Grand]] manage to get his first UK #1 with [[Put Your Hands Up For Detroit]], while [[Westlife]] were still breaking records with their 14 number one [[The Rose (song)|The Rose]]. [[Westlife]] didn't last long at the top and later got replaced by rapstar [[Akon]] with [[Smack That]] which featured the [[rap music]] legend [[Eminem]]; this was Akon's second and Eminem's seventh number one single.

In November and early December, the charts were dominated by [[boy band]]s. Ten years since their last number one single, [[Take That]] managed to reclaim their position on top of the singles chart with [[Patience (Take That song)|Patience]]. Meanwhile, [[Westlife|Westlife's]] number one streak continued with their sixth #1 album [[The Love Album (Westlife album)|The Love Album]] beating compilation albums from [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[The Beatles]] and [[U2 (band)|U2]]. This was then knocked off the top by Take That's album [[Beautiful World (Take That album)|Beautiful World]]. These remained on top of the charts for two more weeks. During this time there were hit singles from [[Emma Bunton]]'s Official [[Children in Need]] song [[Downtown (Petula Clark song)|Downtown]], [[Chris Cornell]]'s [[You Know My Name]] which was used in ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'', [[Cliff Richard]]'s [[21st Century Christmas]] and [[Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani song)|Wind It Up]] from No Doubt front woman Gwen Stefani.

''[[The X Factor (UK series 3)|The X Factor]]'' was won by [[Leona Lewis]], beating former child actor [[Raymond Quinn]] in the final. She became the first female winner of the show. Her debut single "[[A Moment Like This#Leona Lewis version|A Moment Like This]]" was chosen for whoever won the competition and was released on download the day after the final, selling 50,000 copies in its first half-hour,<ref>[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=leona-s-the-diva-of-downloads&method=full&objectid=18279377&siteid=66633-name_page.html LEONA'S THE DIVA OF DOWNLOADS – The Daily Record<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> more than most songs this year achieved in a whole week.

== Record sales ==
Single sales bounced back in 2006 as legal downloads added nearly thirty million sales to the total for the year. Despite this, the 17,694 copies sold during its week at number one gave [[Orson (band)|Orson]]'s "[[No Tomorrow (Orson song)|No Tomorrow]]" the distinction of being the lowest sales ever of a chart topper.<ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/record4.html Record-Breakers and Trivia – everyHit.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830151858/http://www.everyhit.com/record4.html |date=30 August 2011 }}</ref> However 2006 also saw one song achieve sales of over half a million in its first week, [[Leona Lewis]]'s song "[[A Moment Like This]]" sold 571,992 copies. Although not the biggest first week sales of any of the UK television talent show winners it was still a remarkable figure when total sales of individual records were generally in decline.

As of year end, [[Gnarls Barkley]]'s single "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]", had sold over 800,000 (plus an additional 40,000+ before it became chart eligible) to become the best selling single of 2006, while Leona Lewis had the second biggest seller of the year and enjoyed a second week at number one as 2006 became 2007. The rest of the top five best sellers saw [[Shakira]] at three with over 500,000 copies sold in what was a very long chart run, [[Scissor Sisters]] were fourth and [[Sandi Thom]] was fifth in the [[#Top 40 singles of 2006|overall sales list]].

== Charts==

=== Number-one singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%; text-align:center;"
! Chart date<br>(week ending)
! Song
! Artist(s)
! Sales
|-
| 7 January || rowspan="3"|"[[That's My Goal]]" || rowspan="3"|[[Shayne Ward]] || 132,284
|-
| 14 January || 54,152
|-
| 21 January || 31,724
|-
| 28 January || "[[When the Sun Goes Down (Arctic Monkeys song)|When the Sun Goes Down]]" || [[Arctic Monkeys]] || 34,992
|-
| 4 February || rowspan="2"|"[[Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Nasty Girl]]"|| rowspan="2"|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]] featuring [[Sean Combs|Diddy]], [[Nelly]], [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]] & [[Avery Storm]]|| 27,482
|-
| 11 February || 24,854
|-
| 18 February || rowspan="2"|"[[Thunder in My Heart (song)#"Thunder in My Heart Again"|Thunder in My Heart Again]]" || rowspan="2"|[[Meck (musician)|Meck]] featuring [[Leo Sayer]] || 36,185
|-
| 25 February || 33,635
|-
| 4 March || "[[Sorry (Madonna song)|Sorry]]" || [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] || 36,928
|-
| 11 March || rowspan="2"|"[[It's Chico Time]]" || rowspan="2"|[[Chico Slimani|Chico]] || 51,000
|-
| 18 March || 29,000
|-
| 25 March || "[[No Tomorrow (Orson song)|No Tomorrow]]" || [[Orson (band)|Orson]] || 17,694
|-
| 1 April || "[[So Sick]]" || [[Ne-Yo]] || 28,287
|-
| 8 April || rowspan="9"|"[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]"|| rowspan="9"|[[Gnarls Barkley]] || 31,709
|-
| 15 April || 194,179
|-
| 22 April || 118,714
|-
| 29 April || 76,114
|-
| 6 May || 69,202
|-
| 13 May || 50,163
|-
| 20 May || 42,968
|-
| 27 May || 40,000
|-
| 3 June || 37,682
|-
| 10 June || "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" || [[Sandi Thom]] || 39,797
|-
| 17 June || rowspan="3"|"[[Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)|Maneater]]" || rowspan="3"|[[Nelly Furtado]] || 48,724
|-
| 24 June || 42,859
|-
| 1 July || 34,537
|-
| 8 July || "[[Hips Don't Lie]]" || [[Shakira]] featuring [[Wyclef Jean]]|| 32,584
|-
| 15 July || rowspan="2"|"[[Smile (Lily Allen song)|Smile]]" || rowspan="2"|[[Lily Allen]] || 39,501
|-
| 22 July || 35,228
|-
| 29 July || "[[Please, Please|Don't Stop Me Now" / "Please, Please]]" || [[McFly (band)|McFly]]|| 36,469
|-
| 5 August || rowspan="4"|"Hips Don't Lie" || rowspan="4"|Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean || 29,109
|-
| 12 August || 33,400
|-
| 19 August || 28,638
|-
| 26 August || 29,955
|-
| 2 September || "[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé song)|Déjà Vu]]" || [[Beyoncé]] featuring [[Jay Z]] || 29,365
|-
| 9 September || "[[SexyBack]]" || [[Justin Timberlake]] featuring [[Timbaland]] || 49,556
|-
| 16 September || rowspan="4"|"[[I Don't Feel Like Dancin']]" || rowspan="4"|[[Scissor Sisters]] || 66,757
|-
| 23 September || 56,044
|-
| 30 September || 42,310
|-
| 7 October || 32,338
|-
| 14 October || "[[America (Razorlight song)|America]]" || [[Razorlight]] || 32,753
|-
| 21 October || rowspan="2"|"[[Welcome to the Black Parade]]" || rowspan="2"|[[My Chemical Romance]]|| 33,883
|-
| 28 October || 29,201
|-
| 4 November || "[[Star Girl (song)|Star Girl]]" || McFly || 54,802
|-
| 11 November || "[[Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit|Put Your Hands Up for Detroit]]" || |[[Fedde Le Grand]] || 34,391
|-
| 18 November || "[[The Rose (song)#Westlife version|The Rose]]" || [[Westlife]] || 44,305
|-
| 25 November || "[[Smack That]]" || [[Akon]] featuring [[Eminem]] || 35,119
|-
| 2 December || rowspan="4"|"[[Patience (Take That song)|Patience]]" || rowspan="4"|[[Take That]] || 61,978
|-
| 9 December || 38,337
|-
| 16 December || 37,894
|-
| 23 December || 30,833
|-
| 30 December || "[[A Moment Like This#Leona Lewis version|A Moment Like This]]" || |[[Leona Lewis]] || 571,253
|}

=== Number-one single downloads ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%; text-align:center;"
! Chart date<br>(week ending) !! Song !! Artist(s)
|-
| 7 January || "[[That's My Goal]]" || [[Shayne Ward]]
|-
| 14 January || rowspan="2"|"[[JCB Song]]" || rowspan="2"|[[Nizlopi]]
|-
| 21 January
|-
| 28 January || rowspan="2"|"[[Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Nasty Girl]]" || rowspan="2"|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]] featuring [[Sean Combs|Diddy]], [[Nelly]], [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]] & [[Avery Storm]]
|-
| 4 February
|-
| 11 February || "[[Boys Will Be Boys (The Ordinary Boys song)|Boys Will Be Boys]]" || [[The Ordinary Boys]]
|-
| 18 February || rowspan="2"|"[[Thunder in My Heart (song)#"Thunder in My Heart Again"|Thunder in My Heart Again]]" || rowspan="2"|[[Meck (musician)|Meck]] featuring [[Leo Sayer]]
|-
| 25 February
|-
| 4 March || rowspan="2"|"[[Put Your Records On]]" || rowspan="2"|[[Corinne Bailey Rae]]
|-
| 11 March
|-
| 18 March || "[[No Tomorrow (Orson song)|No Tomorrow]]" || [[Orson (band)|Orson]]
|-
| 25 March || rowspan="11"|"[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]" || rowspan="11"|[[Gnarls Barkley]]
|-
| 1 April
|-
| 8 April
|-
| 15 April
|-
| 22 April
|-
| 29 April
|-
| 6 May
|-
| 13 May
|-
| 20 May
|-
| 27 May
|-
| 3 June
|-
| 10 June || "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]" || [[Sandi Thom]]
|-
| 17 June || rowspan="4"|"[[Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)|Maneater]]" || rowspan="4"|[[Nelly Furtado]]
|-
| 24 June
|-
| 1 July
|-
| 8 July
|-
| 15 July || rowspan="4"|"[[Hips Don't Lie]]" || rowspan="4"|[[Shakira]] featuring [[Wyclef Jean]]
|-
| 22 July
|-
| 29 July
|-
| 5 August
|-
| 12 August || "[[SexyBack]]" ||[[Justin Timberlake]] featuring [[Timbaland]]
|-
| 19 August || "Hips Don't Lie" || Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
|-
| 26 August || rowspan="7"|"[[I Don't Feel Like Dancin']]" || rowspan="7"|[[Scissor Sisters]]
|-
| 2 September
|-
| 9 September
|-
| 16 September
|-
| 23 September
|-
| 30 September
|-
| 7 October
|-
| 14 October || rowspan="3"|"[[America (Razorlight song)|America]]" || rowspan="3"|[[Razorlight]]
|-
| 21 October
|-
| 28 October
|-
| 4 November || "[[Star Girl (song)|Star Girl]]" || [[McFly (band)|McFly]]
|-
| 11 November || "[[Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit|Put Your Hands Up for Detroit]]" || [[Fedde Le Grand]]
|-
| 18 November || "[[Rock Steady (All Saints song)|Rock Steady]]" || [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]]
|-
| 25 November || rowspan="4"|"[[Patience (Take That song)|Patience]]" || rowspan="4"|[[Take That]]
|-
| 2 December
|-
| 9 December
|-
| 16 December
|-
| 23 December || rowspan="2"|"[[A Moment Like This#Leona Lewis version|A Moment Like This]]" || rowspan="2"|[[Leona Lewis]]
|-
| 30 December
|}

=== Number-one albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%; text-align:center;"
! Chart date<br>(week ending) !! Album !! Artist
|-
| 7 January || ''[[Curtain Call: The Hits]]'' || [[Eminem]]
|-
| 14 January || ''[[First Impressions of Earth]]'' || [[The Strokes]]
|-
| 21 January || ''[[Back to Bedlam]]''|| style="text-align:center;" |[[James Blunt]]
|-
| 28 January|| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Stars of CCTV]]''|| style="text-align:center;" |[[Hard-Fi]]
|-
| 4 February || style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" |''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''|| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" |[[Arctic Monkeys]]
|-
| 11 February
|-
| 18 February
|-
| 25 February
|-
| 4 March || ''[[In Between Dreams]]'' || [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
|-
| 11 March || ''[[Corinne Bailey Rae (album)|Corinne Bailey Rae]]'' || [[Corinne Bailey Rae]]
|-
| 18 March || ''[[On an Island]]'' || [[David Gilmour]]
|-
| 25 March || ''Corinne Bailey Rae'' || Corinne Bailey Rae
|-
| 1 April || ''[[Journey South (album)|Journey South]]'' || [[Journey South]]
|-
| 8 April || ''[[This New Day]]'' || [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]]
|-
| 15 April || ''[[Ringleader of the Tormentors]]'' || [[Morrissey]]
|-
| 22 April || ''[[The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living]]'' || [[The Streets]]
|-
| 29 April || ''[[Shayne Ward (album)|Shayne Ward]]'' || [[Shayne Ward]]
|-
| 6 May || ''[[St. Elsewhere (album)|St. Elsewhere]]'' || [[Gnarls Barkley]]
|-
| 13 May || ''[[Eyes Open (Snow Patrol album)|Eyes Open]]'' || [[Snow Patrol]]
|-
| 20 May || rowspan="3"|''[[Stadium Arcadium]]'' || rowspan="3"|[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
|-
| 27 May
|-
| 3 June
|-
| 10 June || ''[[Bright Idea]]'' || [[Orson (band)|Orson]]
|-
| 17 June || ''[[Smile... It Confuses People]]'' || [[Sandi Thom]]
|-
| 24 June || rowspan="2"|''[[Under the Iron Sea]]'' || rowspan="2"|[[Keane (band)|Keane]]
|-
| 1 July
|-
| 8 July || ''[[Liberation Transmission]]'' || [[Lostprophets]]
|-
| 15 July || rowspan="2"|''[[Black Holes and Revelations]]'' || rowspan="2"|[[Muse (band)|Muse]]
|-
| 22 July
|-
| 29 July || rowspan="2"|''[[Razorlight (album)|Razorlight]]''|| rowspan="2"|[[Razorlight]]
|-
| 5 August
|-
| 12 August || rowspan="2"|''[[Undiscovered (James Morrison album)|Undiscovered]]''|| rowspan="2"|[[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]]
|-
| 19 August
|-
| 26 August || ''[[Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera album)|Back to Basics]]''|| [[Christina Aguilera]]
|-
| 2 September || ''Eyes Open'' || Snow Patrol
|-
| 9 September || ''[[Empire (Kasabian album)|Empire]]''|| [[Kasabian]]
|-
| 16 September || ''Eyes Open'' || Snow Patrol
|-
| 23 September || ''[[FutureSex/LoveSounds]]'' || [[Justin Timberlake]]
|-
| 30 September || rowspan="2"|''[[Ta-Dah]]''|| rowspan="2"|[[Scissor Sisters]]
|-
| 7 October
|-
| 14 October || rowspan="3"|''[[Sam's Town]]''|| rowspan="3"|[[The Killers]]
|-
| 21 October
|-
| 28 October
|-
| 4 November || ''[[Rudebox (album)|Rudebox]]'' || [[Robbie Williams]]
|-
| 11 November || ''[[The Sound of Girls Aloud]]'' || [[Girls Aloud]]
|-
| 18 November || ''[[High Times: Singles 1992–2006]]'' || [[Jamiroquai]]
|-
| 25 November || ''[[Twenty Five (album)|Twenty Five]]'' || [[George Michael]]
|-
| 2 December || ''[[The Love Album (Westlife album)|The Love Album]]'' || [[Westlife]]
|-
| 9 December || rowspan="4"|''[[Beautiful World (Take That album)|Beautiful World]]'' || rowspan="4"|[[Take That]]
|-
| 16 December
|-
| 23 December
|-
| 30 December
|}

=== Number-one compilation albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%; text-align:center;"
! Chart date<br>(week ending) !! Album
|-
| 7 January || ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 62 (UK series)|Now 62]]''
|-
| 14 January || rowspan="4"|''Clubbers Guide 2006''
|-
| 21 January
|-
| 28 January
|-
| 4 February
|-
| 11 February || rowspan="3"|''R&B Love Songs''
|-
| 18 February
|-
| 25 February
|-
| 4 March || ''BRIT Awards 2006''
|-
| 11 March || ''The Mash Up Mix 2006''
|-
| 18 March || rowspan="2"|''Clubland X-Treme Hardcore 2''
|-
| 25 March
|-
| 1 April || ''World's Best Mum''
|-
| 8 April || rowspan="2"|''Floorfillers – Club Classics''
|-
| 15 April
|-
| 22 April || rowspan="5"|''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 63 (UK series)|Now 63]]''
|-
| 29 April
|-
| 6 May
|-
| 13 May
|-
| 20 May
|-
| 27 May || rowspan="3"|''Big Club Hits''
|-
| 3 June
|-
| 10 June
|-
| 17 June || ''England – The Album''
|-
| 24 June || ''Dad Rocks''
|-
| 1 July || ''Clubbers Guide Summer 2006''
|-
| 8 July || rowspan="4"|''[[Clubland (compilation series)#Clubland 9|Clubland 9]]''
|-
| 15 July
|-
| 22 July
|-
| 29 July
|-
| 5 August || rowspan="6"|''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 64 (UK series)|Now 64]]''
|-
| 12 August
|-
| 19 August
|-
| 26 August
|-
| 2 September
|-
| 9 September
|-
| 16 September || rowspan="3"|''Dance Mania''
|-
| 23 September
|-
| 30 September
|-
| 7 October || rowspan="3"|''[[High School Musical (soundtrack)|High School Musical]]''
|-
| 14 October
|-
| 21 October
|-
| 28 October || ''[[Radio 1's Live Lounge]]''
|-
| 4 November || ''High School Musical''
|-
| 11 November || ''Radio 1's Live Lounge''
|-
| 18 November || ''[[Clubland (compilation series)#Clubland 10|Clubland 10]]''
|-
| 25 November || ''Pop Party 4''
|-
| 2 December || rowspan="5"|''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 65 (UK series)|Now 65]]''
|-
| 9 December
|-
| 16 December
|-
| 23 December
|-
| 30 December
|}

=== Number-one album downloads ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%; text-align:center;"
! Chart date<br>(week ending) !! Album !! Artist
|-
| 15 April || ''[[This New Day]]'' || [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]]
|-
| 22 April || ''[[The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living]]'' || [[The Streets]]
|-
| 29 April || ''[[Shayne Ward (album)|Shayne Ward]]'' || [[Shayne Ward]]
|-
| 6 May || ''[[St. Elsewhere (album)|St. Elsewhere]]'' || [[Gnarls Barkley]]
|-
| 13 May || ''[[Eyes Open (Snow Patrol album)|Eyes Open]]'' || [[Snow Patrol]]
|-
| 20 May || ''[[Stadium Arcadium]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
|-
| 27 May || rowspan="2"|''Eyes Open'' || rowspan="2"|Snow Patrol
|-
| 3 June
|-
| 10 June || ''[[The Garden (Zero 7 album)|The Garden]]'' || [[Zero 7]]
|-
| 17 June || ''[[Twelve Stops and Home]]'' || [[The Feeling (band)|The Feeling]]
|-
| 24 June || rowspan="3"|''[[Under the Iron Sea]]'' || rowspan="3"|[[Keane (band)|Keane]]
|-
| 1 July
|-
| 8 July
|-
| 15 July || rowspan="2"|''[[Black Holes and Revelations]]'' || rowspan="2"|[[Muse (band)|Muse]]
|-
| 22 July
|-
| 29 July || rowspan="2"|''[[Razorlight (album)|Razorlight]]''|| rowspan="2"|[[Razorlight]]
|-
| 5 August
|-
| 12 August || rowspan="2"|''[[Undiscovered (James Morrison album)|Undiscovered]]''|| rowspan="2"|[[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]]
|-
| 19 August
|-
| 26 August || ''[[Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera album)|Back to Basics]]''|| [[Christina Aguilera]]
|-
| 2 September || rowspan="3"|''Eyes Open'' || rowspan="3"|Snow Patrol
|-
| 9 September
|-
| 16 September
|-
| 23 September || ''[[FutureSex/LoveSounds]]'' || [[Justin Timberlake]]
|-
| 30 September || rowspan="2"|''[[Ta-Dah]]''|| rowspan="2"|[[Scissor Sisters]]
|-
| 7 October
|-
| 14 October || rowspan="2"|''[[Sam's Town]]''|| rowspan="2"|[[The Killers]]
|-
| 21 October
|-
| 28 October || ''Razorlight'' || Razorlight
|-
| 4 November || ''[[Rudebox (album)|Rudebox]]'' || [[Robbie Williams]]
|-
| 11 November || ''[[Back to Black]]'' || [[Amy Winehouse]]
|-
| 18 November || ''[[9 (Damien Rice album)|9]]'' || [[Damien Rice]]
|-
| 25 November || ''[[Twenty Five (album)|Twenty Five]]'' || [[George Michael]]
|-
| 2 December || ''[[Stop the Clocks]]'' || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
|-
| 9 December || rowspan="4"|''[[Beautiful World (Take That album)|Beautiful World]]'' || rowspan="4"|[[Take That]]
|-
| 16 December
|-
| 23 December
|-
| 30 December
|}

==Year-end charts==
Between 31 December 2005 and 31 December 2006.

===Best-selling singles===
<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2006 Singles Top 100 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |publisher=[[UBM plc|UBM]] |location=London, England |page=17 |date=13 January 2007}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope=col| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope=col| Title
!scope=col| Artist
!scope=col| Peak<br />position
!scope=col| Sales
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 1
| "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]"
| [[Gnarls Barkley]]
| align="center" | 1
| 820,000<ref name="chart day">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/chart-day-every-end-of-year-chart-from-2005-2014__9958/|title=Chart Day: Every end of year chart from 2005–2014|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=5 July 2015|first=Justin|last=Myers}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 2
| "[[A Moment Like This#Leona Lewis version|A Moment Like This]]"
| {{Sortname|Leona|Lewis}}
| align="center" | 1
| 700,069
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 3
| "[[Hips Don't Lie]]"
| [[Shakira]] featuring [[Wyclef Jean]]
| align="center" | 1
| 495,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 4
| "[[I Don't Feel Like Dancin']]"
| [[Scissor Sisters]]
| align="center" | 1
| 353,733
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 5
| "[[I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)]]"
| {{Sortname|Sandi|Thom}}
| align="center" | 1
| 325,600
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 6
| "[[From Paris to Berlin]]"
| [[Infernal (Danish band)|Infernal]]
| align="center" | 2
| 308,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 7
| "[[Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)|Maneater]]"
| {{Sortname|Nelly|Furtado}}
| align="center" | 1
| 296,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 8
| "[[Patience (Take That song)|Patience]]"
| [[Take That]]
| align="center" | 1
| 282,423
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 9
| "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]"
| [[Rihanna]]
| align="center" | 2
| 243,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 10
| "[[SexyBack]]"
| {{Sortname|Justin|Timberlake}}
| align="center" | 1
| 241,250
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 11
| "[[Smile (Lily Allen song)|Smile]]"
| {{Sortname|Lily|Allen}}
| align="center" | 1
| 228,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 12
| "[[No Tomorrow (Orson song)|No Tomorrow]]"
| [[Orson (band)|Orson]]
| align="center" | 1
| 227,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 13
| "[[Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Nasty Girl]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Notorious B.I.G.}} featuring [[P. Diddy|Diddy]], [[Nelly]], [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]] & [[Avery Storm]]
| align="center" | 1
| 222,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 14
| "[[Chasing Cars]]"
| [[Snow Patrol]]
| align="center" | 6
| 210,606
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 15
| "[[Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch]]"
| [[Cascada]]
| align="center" | 2
| 201,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 16
| "[[No Promises (Bryan Rice song)#Shayne Ward version|No Promises]]"
| {{Sortname|Shayne|Ward}}
| align="center" | 2
| 197,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 17
| "[[America (Razorlight song)|America]]"
| [[Razorlight]]
| align="center" | 1
| 197,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 18
| "[[That's My Goal]]"
| {{Sortname|Shayne|Ward}}
| align="center" | 1
| 196,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 19
| "[[Naïve (song)|Naïve]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Kooks}}
| align="center" | 5
| 186,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 20
| "[[Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit|Put Your Hands Up for Detroit]]"
| {{Sortname|Fedde|le Grand}}
| align="center" | 1
| 184,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 21
| "[[Monster (The Automatic song)|Monster]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Automatic}}
| align="center" | 4
| 182,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 22
| "[[Thunder in My Heart (song)#"Thunder in My Heart Again"|Thunder in My Heart Again]]"
| [[Meck (musician)|Meck]] featuring [[Leo Sayer]]
| align="center" | 1
| 181,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 23
| "[[Unfaithful (song)|Unfaithful]]"
| Rihanna
| align="center" | 2
| 177,250
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 24
| "[[Put Your Records On]]"
| {{Sortname|Corinne|Bailey Rae}}
| align="center" | 2
| 174,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 25
| "[[You Give Me Something (James Morrison song)|You Give Me Something]]"
| {{Sortname|James|Morrison|James Morrison (singer)}}
| align="center" | 5
| 171,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 26
| "[[Welcome to the Black Parade]]"
| [[My Chemical Romance]]
| align="center" | 1
| 169,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 27
| "[[Smack That]]"
| [[Akon]] featuring [[Eminem]]
| align="center" | 1
| 166,250
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 28
| "[[Voodoo Child (Rogue Traders song)|Voodoo Child]]"
| [[Rogue Traders]]
| align="center" | 3
| 163,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 29
| "[[Irreplaceable]]"
| [[Beyoncé]]
| align="center" | 4
| 158,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 30
| "[[Who Knew]]"
| [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
| align="center" | 5
| 157,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 31
| "[[Beep (The Pussycat Dolls song)|Beep]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Pussycat Dolls}} featuring [[will.i.am]]
| align="center" | 2
| 157,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 32
| "[[So Sick]]"
| [[Ne-Yo]]
| align="center" | 1
| 152,250
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 33
| "[[Ain't No Other Man]]"
| {{Sortname|Christina|Aguilera}}
| align="center" | 2
| 152,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 34
| "[[Pump It]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Black Eyed Peas}}
| align="center" | 3
| 148,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 35
| "[[One (U2 song)#Mary J. Blige and U2 version|One]]"
| {{Sortname|Mary J.|Blige}} and [[U2]]
| align="center" | 2
| 148,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 36
| "[[Something Kinda Ooooh]]"
| [[Girls Aloud]]
| align="center" | 3
| 147,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 37
| "[[JCB (song)|JCB]]"
| [[Nizlopi]]
| align="center" | 2{{efn|Reached number 1 in 2005}}
| 146,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 38
| "[[Promiscuous (song)|Promiscuous]]"
| {{Sortname|Nelly|Furtado}} featuring [[Timbaland]]
| align="center" | 3
| 141,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 39
| "[[She Moves in Her Own Way]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Kooks}}
| align="center" | 7
| 141,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 40
| "[[It's Chico Time]]"
| [[Chico Slimani|Chico]]
| align="center" | 1
| 140,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 41
| "[[Ridin']]"
| [[Chamillionaire]] featuring [[Krayzie Bone]]
| align="center" | 2
| 140,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 42
| "[[Somebody's Watching Me#Beatfreakz version|Somebody's Watching Me]]"
| [[Beatfreakz]]
| align="center" | 3
| 137,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 43
| "[[Dani California]]"
| [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| align="center" | 2
| 136,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 44
| "[[Sorry (Madonna song)|Sorry]]"
| [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
| align="center" | 1
| 136,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 45
| "[[Last Request]]"
| {{Sortname|Paolo|Nutini}}
| align="center" | 5
| 134,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 46
| "[[Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)]]"
| {{Sortname|David|Guetta}} vs. [[The Egg (band)|The Egg]]
| align="center" | 3
| 132,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 47
| "[[When You Were Young]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Killers}}
| align="center" | 2
| 130,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 48
| "[[Control Myself]]"
| [[LL Cool J]] featuring [[Jennifer Lopez]]
| align="center" | 2
| 129,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 49
| "[[Boys Will Be Boys (The Ordinary Boys song)|Boys Will Be Boys]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Ordinary Boys}}
| align="center" | 3
| 127,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 50
| "[[Me & U (Cassie song)|Me & U]]"
| [[Cassie (singer)|Cassie]]
| align="center" | 6
| 124,000
|}

===Best-selling albums===
<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2006 Albums Top 100 |magazine=Music Week |publisher=UBM |location=London, England |page=19 |date=13 January 2007}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope=col| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope=col| Title
!scope=col| Artist
!scope=col| Peak<br />position
!scope=col| Sales
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Eyes Open (Snow Patrol album)|Eyes Open]]''
| [[Snow Patrol]]
| align="center" | 1
| 1,504,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[Beautiful World (Take That album)|Beautiful World]]''
| [[Take That]]
| align="center" | 1
| 1,122,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Ta-Dah]]''
| [[Scissor Sisters]]
| align="center" | 1
| 1,120,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 4
|''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''
| [[Arctic Monkeys]]
| align="center" | 1
| 1,111,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Inside In/Inside Out]]''
| {{Sortname|The|Kooks}}
| align="center" | 2
| 1,099,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Razorlight (album)|Razorlight]]''
| [[Razorlight]]
| align="center" | 1
| 1,067,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Stop the Clocks]]''
| [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
| align="center" | 2
| 898,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[The Love Album (Westlife album)|The Love Album]]''
| [[Westlife]]
| align="center" | 1
| 891,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[I'm Not Dead]]''
| [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
| align="center" | 3
| 844,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Undiscovered (James Morrison album)|Undiscovered]]''
| {{Sortname|James|Morrison|James Morrison (singer)}}
| align="center" | 1
| 839,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 11
| ''[[In Between Dreams]]''
| {{Sortname|Jack|Johnson|Jack Johnson (musician)}}
| align="center" | 1
| 788,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 12
| ''[[Sam's Town]]''
| {{Sortname|The|Killers}}
| align="center" | 1
| 770,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 13
| ''[[Corinne Bailey Rae (album)|Corinne Bailey Rae]]''
| {{Sortname|Corinne|Bailey Rae}}
| align="center" | 1
| 763,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 14
| ''[[Under the Iron Sea]]''
| [[Keane (band)|Keane]]
| align="center" | 1
| 699,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 15
| ''[[Stadium Arcadium]]''
| [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| align="center" | 1
| 682,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 16
| ''[[The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits]]''
| [[Girls Aloud]]
| align="center" | 1
| 664,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 17
| ''[[Love (Beatles album)|Love]]''
| {{Sortname|The|Beatles}}
| align="center" | 3
| 663,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 18
| ''[[Twenty Five (album)|Twenty Five]]''
| {{Sortname|George|Michael}}
| align="center" | 1
| 617,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 19
| ''[[U218 Singles]]''
| [[U2]]
| align="center" | 4
| 609,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 20
| ''[[Siempre (Il Divo album)|Siempre]]''
| [[Il Divo]]
| align="center" | 2
| 609,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 21
| ''[[Twelve Stops and Home]]''
| {{Sortname|The|Feeling}}
| align="center" | 2
| 592,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 22
| ''[[Back to Bedlam]]''
| {{Sortname|James|Blunt}}
| align="center" | 1
| 585,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 23
| ''[[Costello Music]]''
| {{Sortname|The|Fratellis}}
| align="center" | 2
| 552,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 24
| ''[[These Streets]]''
| {{Sortname|Paolo|Nutini}}
| align="center" | 3
| 552,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 25
| ''[[FutureSex/LoveSounds]]''
| {{Sortname|Justin|Timberlake}}
| align="center" | 1
| 546,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 26
| ''[[Black Holes and Revelations]]''
| [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
| align="center" | 1
| 541,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 27
| ''[[High Times: Singles 1992–2006]]''
| [[Jamiroquai]]
| align="center" | 1
| 539,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 28
| ''[[PCD (album)|PCD]]''
| [[Pussycat Dolls]]
| align="center" | 10{{efn|Reached number 7 in 2005}}
| 533,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 29
| ''[[Alright, Still]]''
| {{Sortname|Lily|Allen}}
| align="center" | 2
| 519,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 30
| ''[[Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album)|Breakaway]]''
| {{Sortname|Kelly|Clarkson}}
| align="center" | 3
| 506,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 31
| ''[[St. Elsewhere (album)|St. Elsewhere]]''
| [[Gnarls Barkley]]
| align="center" | 1
| 489,300
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 32
| ''[[Employment (album)|Employment]]''
| [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
| align="center" | 2
| 489,232
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 33
| ''[[Collected (Massive Attack album)|Collected]]''
| [[Massive Attack]]
| align="center" | 2
| 461,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 34
| ''[[Eye to the Telescope]]''
| {{Sortname|KT|Tunstall}}
| align="center" | 3
| 459,300
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 35
| ''[[Shayne Ward (album)|Shayne Ward]]''
| {{Sortname|Shayne|Ward}}
| align="center" | 1
| 459,200
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 36
| ''[[Rudebox]]''
| {{Sortname|Robbie|Williams}}
| align="center" | 1
| 451,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 37
| ''[[Tired of Hanging Around]]''
| {{Sortname|The|Zutons}}
| align="center" | 2
| 445,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 38
| ''[[Keep On]]''
| {{Sortname|Will|Young}}
| align="center" | 4{{efn|Reached number 2 in 2005}}
| 444,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 39
| ''[[Loose (Nelly Furtado album)|Loose]]''
| {{Sortname|Nelly|Furtado}}
| align="center" | 5
| 440,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 40
| ''[[The Very Best of Nina Simone]]''
| {{Sortname|Nina|Simone}}
| align="center" | 6
| 440,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 41
| ''[[Overloaded: The Singles Collection]]''
| [[Sugababes]]
| align="center" | 3
| 441,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 42
| ''[[Demon Days]]''
| [[Gorillaz]]
| align="center" | 6{{efn|Reached number 1 in 2005}}
| 411,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 43
| ''[[Empire (Kasabian album)|Empire]]''
| [[Kasabian]]
| align="center" | 1
| 406,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 44
| ''[[Journey South (album)|Journey South]]''
| [[Journey South]]
| align="center" | 1
| 404,500
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 45
| ''[[A Girl like Me (Rihanna album)|A Girl like Me]]''
| [[Rihanna]]
| align="center" | 5
| 390,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 46
| ''[[Confessions on a Dancefloor]]''
| [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
| align="center" | 9{{efn|Reached number 1 in 2005}}
| 384,900
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 47
| ''Voices of the Valley''
| [[Fron Male Voice Choir]]
| align="center" | 9
| 384,600
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 48
| ''[[The Singles (Feeder album)|The Singles]]''
| [[Feeder (band)|Feeder]]
| align="center" | 2
| 384,300
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 49
| ''[[X&Y]]''
| [[Coldplay]]
| align="center" | 8{{efn|Reached number 1 in 2005}}
| 374,000
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 50
| ''[[The Truth About Love (Lemar album)|The Truth About Love]]''
| [[Lemar]]
| align="center" | 3
| 369,000
|}

===Best-selling compilations===
<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Compilations |magazine=Music Week |publisher=UBM |location=London, England |page=20 |date=13 January 2007}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope=col| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope=col| Title
!scope=col| Peak<br />position
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 65 (UK series)|Now 65]]''
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 64 (UK series)|Now 64]]''
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Radio 1's Live Lounge]]''
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 4
|''[[High School Musical (soundtrack)|High School Musical]]'' (Original Soundtrack)
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 63 (UK series)|Now 63]]''
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''Pop Party 4''
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''Floorfillers: Club Classics''
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[NME Presents the Essential Bands 2006]]''
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''The Anthems''
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Clubland (compilation series)#Clubland 9|Clubland 9]]''
| align="center" | 1
|}

'''Notes:'''
{{Notelist|30em}}

==Music awards==

===BRIT Awards===
The [[2006 BRIT Awards]] took place on 15 February 2006, at [[Earl's Court]] in London

*Best British Male Solo Artist: [[James Blunt]]
*Best British Female Solo Artist: [[KT Tunstall]]
*Best British Group: [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
*Best British Album: [[Coldplay]] - ''[[X&Y]]''
*Best British Single: [[Coldplay]] - "[[Speed of Sound (single)|Speed of Sound]]"
*Best British Rock Act: [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
*Best British Urban Act: [[Lemar]]
*Best British Live Act: [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
*British Breakthrough Artist: [[Arctic Monkeys]]
*Best Pop Act: [[James Blunt]]
*Best International Male Solo Artist: [[Kanye West]]
*Best International Female Solo Artist: [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
*Best International Group: [[Green Day]]
*Best International Album: [[Green Day]] - ''[[American Idiot]]''
*International Breakthrough Artist: [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
*Outstanding Contribution to Music: [[Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller]]

===Mercury Music Prize===
The 2006 [[Mercury Music Prize]] was awarded to [[Arctic Monkeys]] - ''[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]''

===Popjustice £20 Music Prize===
The 2006 [[Popjustice £20 Music Prize]] was awarded to [[Girls Aloud]] for their song ''[[Biology (song)|Biology]]''  from the album ''[[Chemistry (Girls Aloud album)|Chemistry]]''.

===Record of the Year===
[[The Record of the Year]] was awarded to "[[Patience (Take That song)|Patience]]" by [[Take That]].

==See also==
* [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s]]
* [[List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2006]]
* [[List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2006]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/ BBC Radio 1's Chart Show]
*{{cite web |url=http://www.subculturemagazine.com/specialsdetails.php?id=12 |title=Top 50 Albums For 2006 - Subculture Magazine |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910065527/http://www.subculturemagazine.com/specialsdetails.php?id=12 |archivedate=10 September 2007}}
*[http://www.officialcharts.com/ The Official Charts Company]
*{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40_2006.shtml |title=Top 40 singles of 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329010801/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40_2006.shtml |archivedate=29 March 2007}}
* [http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2006.pdf Top 200 singles of 2006]

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