OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006

Years / 2006

◦ THE YEAR IN MUSIC

2006

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83,866 plays logged across the four stations in 2006.

Radio 1 22,114 plays in 2006

TOP SONGS

1

Put Your Hands Up For Detroit Fedde le Grand

×143

2

Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis

×141

3

Monster The Automatic

×140

4

Ain't No Other Man Christina Aguilera

×136

5

Smiley Faces Gnarls Barkley

×135

6

Welcome To The Black Parade My Chemical Romance

×135

7

She Moves In Her Own Way The Kooks

×130

8

SexyBack Justin Timberlake

×127

9

America Razorlight

×127

10

Tell Me Why Supermode

×125

TOP ARTISTS

01

371

02

328

03

295

04

284

05

280

06

273

07

254

08

243

Radio 2 13,712 plays in 2006

TOP SONGS

1

America Razorlight

×72

2

I Don't Feel Like Dancin' Scissor Sisters

×62

3

She Moves In Her Own Way The Kooks

×53

4

Smile Lily Allen

×51

5

Rehab Amy Winehouse

×50

6

Wonderful World James Morrison

×49

7

The Otherside Breaks Co-op

×49

8

Sophia Nerina Pallot

×48

9

Everybody's Gone to War Nerina Pallot

×47

10

Fill My Little World The Feeling

×47

TOP ARTISTS

01

139

02

119

03

116

04

112

05

111

06

109

07

109

08

Scissor Sisters

108

1Xtra 14,841 plays in 2006

TOP SONGS

1

Promiscuous Nelly Furtado

×128

2

Dutty Wine Tony Matterhorn

×126

3

Cold As Ice Nathan

×115

4

Deja Vu Beyonce / Jay-Z

×106

5

My Love Justin Timberlake

×106

6

Why You Wanna T.I.

×105

7

×101

8

Come To Me Diddy / Nicole (PCD)

×91

9

I Just Wanna Know Taio Cruz

×89

10

SexyBack Justin Timberlake

×89

TOP ARTISTS

01

Justin Timberlake

228

02

Tony Matterhorn

214

03

209

04

179

05

179

06

171

07

161

08

154

6 Music 33,199 plays in 2006

TOP SONGS

1

Become The Enemy The Lemonheads

×88

2

Over And Over Hot Chip

×88

3

Supermassive Black Hole Muse

×87

4

You Only Live Once The Strokes

×86

5

When You Were Young Killers

×84

6

×84

7

Rehab Amy Winehouse

×83

8

Empire Kasabian

×82

9

Smiley Faces Gnarls Barkley

×82

10

She Moves In Her Own Way The Kooks

×81

TOP ARTISTS

01

260

02

254

03

237

04

230

05

206

06

205

07

Red Hot Chili Peppers

185

08

178