List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2006

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High School Musical was the best-selling album of 2006. HSM2.JPG
High School Musical was the best-selling album of 2006.

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales. [1] In 2006, 40 albums topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine.

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High School Musical , the soundtrack to the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name, is the best-selling album of 2006, accumulating 3.7 million unit sales by the end of the year. The album spent two non-consecutive weeks at the top of Billboard 200, the first TV soundtrack to achieve since the Miami Vice soundtrack in the 1980s. [2] Me and My Gang by Rascal Flatts is ranked second, accumulating 3.5 million total sales by the end of the year. [2] The album sold 722,000 copies in the United States during its debut week, becoming the band's highest first week sales. [3] Me and My Gang is also one of the longest-running of the albums, topping the chart for three consecutive weeks. Other albums with extended chart runs include Unpredictable by Jamie Foxx and the compilation album Now 22 , each spent at number one for three weeks.

Barry Manilow scored his first number-one album in nearly 29 years with The Greatest Songs of the Fifties. BarryManilow.jpg
Barry Manilow scored his first number-one album in nearly 29 years with The Greatest Songs of the Fifties .

Barry Manilow's The Greatest Songs of the Fifties topped the chart on the strength of 156,000 unit sales, giving him the first chart-topper album in nearly 29 years of his career, and his best first-week sales since Billboard 200 incorporated data tracked by Nielsen SoundScan in 1991. [4] The band Red Hot Chili Peppers earned their first number-one album, Stadium Arcadium , for the first time in its 22-year career. Stadium Arcadium, which debuted with sales of 442,000 copies, gave the band its career best sales in a week. [5] Prince scored his first number-one album, 3121 since 1989's Batman , in a debut week. [6] Johnny Cash's topped the chart with his posthumous record American V: A Hundred Highways , his first number one since 1969's At San Quentin . [7] Evanescence's The Open Door gave the band its first number-one album, which became the 700th number one in the history of Billboard 200. [8] Diddy's Press Play reached number one in November 2008, giving him his second chart topper in nine years. The album, however, sold 170,000 copies in its debut week, the lowest first-week sales figure for Diddy. [9]

Rapper Jay-Z earned his ninth number-one album, Kingdom Come , tying the Rolling Stones for the third act with the most number-one albums in the United States. The album sold 680,000 copies domestically, giving Jay-Z his best sales in a week. [10] Kingdom Come had the second highest debut sales, behind Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds , which opened at 684,000 units. [11] The compilation series Now That's What I Call Music! produced two number ones this year: series 22 and 23. The 23rd installment gave the series its 10th number one. [12]

Unusually, the best performing album of 2006 ( Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood) did not get to number one.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)SalesRef.
January 7 The Breakthrough Mary J. Blige 727,000 [13] [14]
January 14 Unpredictable Jamie Foxx 200,000 [15] [16]
January 21131,000 [17] [18]
January 28The BreakthroughMary J. Blige118,000 [19] [20]
February 4UnpredictableJamie Foxx97,200 [21] [22]
February 11 Ancora Il Divo 156,000 [23] [24]
February 18 The Greatest Songs of the Fifties Barry Manilow 156,000 [25] [4]
February 25 Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George Jack Johnson & Friends 163,000 [26] [27]
March 4 Ghetto Classics Jaheim 152,000 [28] [29]
March 11 High School Musical High School Musical cast / Soundtrack101,000 [30] [31]
March 18 In My Own Words Ne-Yo 301,000 [32] [33]
March 25 Reality Check Juvenile 174,000 [34] [35]
April 1High School MusicalHigh School Musical cast / Soundtrack142,000 [36] [37]
April 8 3121 Prince 183,000 [38] [6]
April 15 King T.I. 522,000 [39] [40]
April 22 Me and My Gang Rascal Flatts 722,000 [41] [3]
April 29345,000 [42] [43]
May 6143,000 [44] [45]
May 13 IV Godsmack 211,000 [46] [47]
May 20 10,000 Days Tool 564,000 [48] [49]
May 27 Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers 442,000 [50] [5]
June 3157,000 [51] [52]
June 10 Taking the Long Way Dixie Chicks 526,000 [53] [54]
June 17271,000 [55] [56]
June 24 Decemberunderground AFI 182,000 [57] [58]
July 1 The Big Bang Busta Rhymes 209,000 [59] [60]
July 8 Loose Nelly Furtado 219,000 [61] [62]
July 15 Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship India.Arie 161,000 [63] [64]
July 22 American V: A Hundred Highways Johnny Cash 88,000 [65] [7]
July 29 Now 22 Various Artists398,000 [66] [67]
August 5207,000 [68] [69]
August 12 LeToya LeToya 165,000 [70] [71]
August 19Now 22Various Artists127,000 [72] [73]
August 26 Port of Miami Rick Ross 187,000 [74] [75]
September 2 Back to Basics Christina Aguilera 346,000 [76] [77]
September 9 Danity Kane Danity Kane 234,000 [78] [79]
September 16 Modern Times Bob Dylan 192,000 [80] [81]
September 23 B'Day Beyoncé 541,000 [82] [83]
September 30 FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake 684,000 [84] [11]
October 7217,000 [85] [86]
October 14 Release Therapy Ludacris 309,000 [87] [88]
October 21 The Open Door Evanescence 447,000 [89] [8]
October 28 Still the Same… Great Rock Classics of Our Time Rod Stewart 184,000 [90] [91]
November 4 Press Play P. Diddy 170,000 [92] [9]
November 11 Hannah Montana Soundtrack281,000 [93] [94]
November 18203,000 [95] [96]
November 25 Now 23 Various Artists337,000 [97] [12]
December 2 Doctor's Advocate The Game 358,000 [98] [99]
December 9 Kingdom Come Jay-Z 680,000 [100] [10]
December 16 Light Grenades Incubus 165,000 [101] [102]
December 23 Ciara: The Evolution Ciara 338,000 [103] [104]
December 30 The Inspiration Young Jeezy 352,000 [105] [106]

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