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

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.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best-charting digital song of 2006[1]

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Weekly sales	Ref(s)
January 7	"Laffy Taffy"	D4L	54,000	[2][3]
January 14			175,000	[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 Timbaland	140,000	[39][40]
July 15				[41]
July 22			99,000	[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 23			159,000	[55][56]
September 30			172,000	[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 28			75,000	[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"	Beyoncé	96,000	[72][73]
December 23	"Fergalicious"	Fergie featuring will.i.am		[74]
December 30	"Irreplaceable"	Beyoncé	88,000	[75][76]

See also

• 2006 in music
• Hot Digital Songs

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