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These are the Australian number-one albums of 2006 , per the ARIA Charts. [1] [2]
The yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2006. |
Issue date | Album | Artist | Weeks at number one (total) |
2 January | Curtain Call: The Hits | Eminem | 2 weeks |
9 January | Back to Bedlam | James Blunt | 12 weeks |
16 January | |||
23 January | |||
30 January | |||
6 February | |||
13 February | State of Emergency | The Living End | 1 week |
20 February | Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George | Jack Johnson | 1 week |
27 February | Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not | Arctic Monkeys | 1 week |
6 March | Face to Face | Westlife | 3 weeks |
13 March | |||
20 March | |||
27 March | Both Sides of the Gun | Ben Harper | 2 weeks |
3 April | |||
10 April | The Hard Road | Hilltop Hoods | 1 week |
17 April | Back to Bedlam | James Blunt | 12 weeks |
24 April | |||
1 May | |||
8 May | 10,000 Days | Tool | 1 week |
15 May | Reach Out: The Motown Record | Human Nature | 3 weeks |
22 May | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 3 weeks |
29 May | |||
5 June | |||
12 June | Best of Chris Isaak | Chris Isaak | 1 week |
19 June | Black Fingernails, Red Wine | Eskimo Joe | 4 weeks |
26 June | |||
3 July | |||
10 July | Desert Lights | Something for Kate | 1 week |
17 July | Black Holes and Revelations | Muse | 1 week |
24 July | Black Fingernails, Red Wine | Eskimo Joe | 4 weeks |
31 July | High School Musical | Soundtrack | 3 weeks |
7 August | |||
14 August | |||
21 August | Back to Basics | Christina Aguilera | 1 week |
28 August | Carnival | Kasey Chambers | 1 week |
4 September | Modern Times | Bob Dylan | 1 week |
11 September | Revelations | Audioslave | 1 week |
18 September | FutureSex/LoveSounds | Justin Timberlake | 1 week |
25 September | Ta-Dah | Scissor Sisters | 1 week |
2 October | I'm Not Dead | Pink | 2 weeks |
9 October | The Open Door | Evanescence | 2 weeks |
16 October | |||
23 October | Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II | Human Nature | 4 weeks |
30 October | Rudebox | Robbie Williams | 1 week |
6 November | Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II | Human Nature | 4 weeks |
13 November | |||
20 November | |||
27 November | U218 Singles | U2 | 2 weeks |
4 December | |||
11 December | Boned! | The 12th Man | 1 week |
18 December | The Winner's Journey | Damien Leith | 5 weeks |
25 December | |||
Human Nature are an Australian vocal group, which formed in 1989, with Toby Allen, Phil Burton and brothers, Andrew and Mike Tierney. Originally they were a doo-wop group, the 4 Trax, while the members were schoolmates. After signing with Sony Music as Human Nature, they released their debut album, Telling Everybody, in 1996. Four of their albums have reached number one on the ARIA Albums Charts, Counting Down, Reach Out: The Motown Record, Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II and Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II. Three other albums reached number two, Get Ready, Jukebox, and Romance of the Jukebox. Their top 10 hits on the related ARIA Singles Chart are "Wishes", "Don't Say Goodbye", "Everytime You Cry", "Don't Cry", "Eternal Flame", "He Don't Love You" and "When You Say You Love Me". Three of their albums received multi-platinum certification from ARIA, while four others have received platinum, with a total shipment of over 1.6 million records in Australia, as of April 2011.
Get Born is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Jet. It was released on 14 September 2003 and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The album includes Jet's most popular song, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl".
Anthony Cosmo Callea is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of Australian Idol. Callea's debut single, a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli's song "The Prayer" is the fastest-selling single by an Australian artist, held the No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart for five weeks, a record for the debut single of an Australian Idol contestant, and was the second-highest selling Australian single of the last decade.
Curtain Call: The Hits is the first greatest hits album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on December 6, 2005, under Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. The album collects Eminem's most popular singles, as well as four new songs, including a live version of "Stan", featuring English singer and songwriter Elton John from the 43rd Grammy Awards, plus the songs "Fack", "When I'm Gone" and "Shake That" featuring Nate Dogg.
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by Australian rock band Jet from their 2003 debut album, Get Born. It was released as the first single from the album on 18 August 2003 in the United States and on 1 September 2003 in Australia.
American singer Beyoncé has released six studio albums, five live albums, three compilation albums, five EPs, one soundtrack album, two karaoke albums, and 83 singles. Throughout her career, Beyoncé has sold over 118 million records worldwide as a solo artist, and a further 60 million as part of Destiny's Child, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Billboard ranked her as the 37th Greatest artist of all time. According to RIAA, she has sold 15 million albums in the United States.
Reach Out: The Motown Record is Human Nature's fifth studio album released on 6 November 2005 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment. It won the 2006 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album. It debuted at number #6 on the Australian ARIA Album Chart but worked its way up to #1. On the album, the band perform their own renditions of eleven soul music classics. The tracks include renditions of The Four Tops' "Reach Out I'll Be There", The Temptations' "My Girl", The Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love", The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" and Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". Produced by Paul Wiltshire for PLW Productions. Following an appearance on the New Zealand edition of Dancing with the Stars, the album debuted at #4 on the New Zealand albums chart more than a year after its release, climbing to its peak of #2 the following week.
Manic Street Preachers are an alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Blackwood, Wales, UK. Their discography consists of 14 studio albums, three compilation albums, four video albums, 71 music videos, six extended plays, 57 singles, 208 B-sides, plus appearances on various artist compilations.
Sneaky Sound System is the self-titled debut album by Australian music collective, Sneaky Sound System, released on 12 August 2006. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 61 weeks. The album was certified 3× platinum in 2011 for shipment of 210,000 copies. Six singles were released from the album, with four of them reaching the ARIA Singles Chart top 50: "I Love It", "Pictures" (December), "UFO" and "Goodbye" (October). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 they won ARIA Award for Best Dance Release and ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Album for Sneaky Sound System.
"Cruisin'" is a 1979 single written, produced, and recorded by Smokey Robinson for Motown Records' Tamla label. One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with The Miracles, "Cruisin'" hit number one on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100 and was also a major Billboard Pop hit, peaking at number four the week of February 2, 1980. It was a Top Five hit on the Soul chart as well.