List of number-one digital songs of 2006 (U.S.)

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The highest-selling digital singles in the United States are ranked in the Hot Digital Songs chart, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each single's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a single for a summarized figure.

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Chart history

Key
†Indicates best-charting digital song of 2006 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weekly salesRef(s)
January 7"Laffy Taffy" D4L 54,000 [2] [3]
January 14175,000 [4] [5]
January 21"Dirty Little Secret" The All-American Rejects [6]
January 28"Check on It" Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug 61,000 [7] [8]
February 4 [9]
February 11"Breaking Free" Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens 82,000 [10] [11]
February 18"You're Beautiful" James Blunt 104,500 [12] [13]
February 25 [14]
March 4 [15]
March 11 [16]
March 18"So Sick" Ne-Yo 120,000 [17] [18]
March 25 [19]
April 1"Bad Day" † Daniel Powter 106,500 [20] [21]
April 8 [22]
April 15 [23]
April 22 [24]
April 29 [25]
May 6 [26]
May 13"SOS" Rihanna 169,500 [27] [28]
May 20 [29]
May 27 [30]
June 3"Bad Day"Daniel Powter [31]
June 10"Promiscuous" Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland 96,500 [32] [33] [34]
June 17"Hips Don't Lie" Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean 266,500 [35] [36]
June 24 [37]
July 1 [38]
July 8"Promiscuous"Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland140,000 [39] [40]
July 15 [41]
July 2299,000 [42] [43]
July 29"Crazy" Gnarls Barkley 90,000 [44] [45]
August 5 [46]
August 12 [47]
August 19"London Bridge" Fergie 114,000 [48] [49]
August 26 [50]
September 2 [51]
September 9"SexyBack" Justin Timberlake 250,000 [52] [53]
September 16 [54]
September 23159,000 [55] [56]
September 30172,000 [57] [58]
October 7 [59]
October 14"How to Save a Life" The Fray 89,000 [60] [61]
October 21"Lips of an Angel" Hinder [62]
October 2875,000 [63] [8]
November 4"Smack That" Akon featuring Eminem 91,500 [64] [65]
November 11"My Love"Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. [66]
November 18 [67]
November 25"Fergalicious"Fergie featuring will.i.am [68]
December 2"I Wanna Love You"Akon featuring Snoop Dogg 146,000 [69] [70]
December 9 [71]
December 16"Irreplaceable"Beyoncé96,000 [72] [73]
December 23"Fergalicious"Fergie featuring will.i.am [74]
December 30"Irreplaceable"Beyoncé88,000 [75] [76]

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