You either love them, or what you hate them, but these are some of the most memorable songs (or artists) for ’06. These are the songs that you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing. From artist comeback songs, to songs that just were bumped in cars and clubs alike all day, every day. There was a lot of music to come out in ’06, but this is just a look at some of the songs that we just couldn’t seem to stay away from, no matter how good or bad they were!
CASSIE – ME & U (DOWNLOAD)
She pretty much came out of nowhere, and blew up over night on MySpace. No matter how much we hate her, and how little talent she has, Cassie had the #1 song in the country and everyone was bobbing their head to the Ryan Leslie-produced single. Cassie’s album was released during the summer and debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, proving that it doesn’t take talent to have a #1 album. Let’s see if she can twerk it out the second time around.
GNARLS BARKLEY – CRAZY (DOWNLOAD)
Cee-Lo Green and DJ Danger Mouse became the crazy imaginaries behind the vivid images and oddball sounds of the enigma that is Gnarls Barkley. They crossed boundaries and reached a huge audience with the single “Crazy” and it spread like wildfire. Even if you don’t know the group, you know the song. With huge success in the United States, and overseas, Gnarls Barkley and their album “St. Elsewhere” were definitely big in ’06.
BEYONCE feat. JAY-Z – DEJA VU (DOWNLOAD)
The world was definitely talking when it was found out that Beyonce was to release a second solo album in the fall, and was in a frenzy over what the first single would sound like. Would it top the success of “Crazy In Love?” Would the actual album live up to the success of her previous multi-platinum debut, “Dangerously In Love?” Fans, stans and “haters” alike (especially on CL) had something to say when “Deja Vu” dropped, and you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing it.
T.I. – WHAT YOU KNOW (DOWNLOAD)
T.I. definitely proved himself to be King of the South this year with his fourth studio album, “King.” I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t escape the song or video for “What You Know” this year. T.I. had a successful album and single, as well as a movie this year, proving that he could crossover into the mainstream as one of this year’s premiere hip hop artists. He put the south on the map without all the snapping.
NELLY FURTADO & TIMBALAND – PROMISCUOUS (DOWNLOAD)
With the help of Timbaland, Nelly Furtado randomly had the #1 pop album in the United States, making her first album to debut at the #1 spot. This was due largely to the success of this summer’s hit, “Promiscuous” which was constantly bumped in cars and clubs. Surprisingly, even urban radio ate the song up and gave it spins. Nelly Furtado definitely gained herself a new audience with the album “Loose.”
YUNG JOC – IT’S GOING DOWN (DOWNLOAD)
No matter how much I hate to admit, this was one of those songs that just goes down in history as one of the most addictive songs in ’06. No matter how bad we wanted to fight it, when “It’s Going Down” came on, ALL of us were doing that motorcycle dance. At every party, in every club, in every car, this song was played at some point, and no matter how sick of it we are, we still continue to get our motorcycle on…
LETOYA – TORN (DOWNLOAD)
Miss LeToya Luckett gave Beyonce a run for her money this summer with her hit single, “Torn,” produced by Teddy Bishop with the classic sample of “You Are Everything.” Although this wasn’t the first single Toya’d hit with for radio, it caught on like wildfire, and people were pleasantly surprised when they found out that it was Miss Luckett. “Torn” was hot on the charts and allowed LeToya’s self-titled debut solo album to appear at #1 it’s first week on the charts.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – SEXYBACK (DOWNLOAD)
Not only was it the comeback year for Timbaland, with several hit singles on his hand, but Justin Timberlake definitely came back hard when the clubs and cars heard “SexyBack.” Regardless of the infamous Nipplegate scandal, Justin Timberlake got all the love with his second solo album, “FutureSex/LoveSounds.” But as we saw, Justin got a little big-headed after recieving his “ghetto pass” and “street cred” back, after trying to call Janet and Prince out on an unrelease track with Nelly Furtado.
LUPE FIASCO – KICK, PUSH (DOWNLOAD)
Lupe Fiasco garnered himself much success on his critically acclaimed debut album “Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor.” Skateboarders, back-packers and oddballs alike were highly impressed by Lupe’s ode to skateboarding and the struggles of being an outsider. Although “Food & Liquor” wasn’t as successful as people thought it would be on the charts, Lupe’s song was definitely one that people will remember in ’06.
CHAMILLIONAIRE – RIDIN’ DIRTY (DOWNLOAD)
Texas has been on the map for a couple of years, with representers Mike Jones, Slim Thug, and Paul Wall, just to name a few, but Chamillionaire blew up this year with “Ridin’ Dirty.” So much so that Weird Al did his own spoof (c’mon, I know ya’ll have hard “White & Nerdy”). I’ve learned on thing about Chamillionaire since the success of this single: you either love him or hate him. I’ve never heard anything in between with him. But he definitely got those radio spins this year, and I guess that’s all it’s about!
HONORABLE MENTIONS…
These songs also garnered a lot of attention in ’06. Some are fairly new and will probably carry on into early ’07, but some were just the jam during ’06 that we couldn’t get enough of. Make sure you check these out too!
Ciara – Promise (download)
Jay-Z – Show Me What You Got (download)
E-40 – Tell Me When to Go (download)
Janet Jackson & Nelly – Call On Me (download)
Kelis feat. Too $hort – Bossy (download)
Of course there were more memorable music moments of the ’06, but I decided to highlight these for whatever reasons. I guess when I thought about ’06, these were the songs that came to mind. Let me know what was on your lists!
Im feelin it!
LUPE
FNF UP BABY!!!
I agree wit the list completely!!!
Some good tracks there.
Sounds about right!
I AGREE! DAT T I WHAT U KNOW, GOES HARD IN DA CLUB TILL THIS DAY! AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON ITS GOIN DOWN, WHERE IN DA CLUB I ALWAYS DID THE DANCE AND DAT CASSIE, I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT SONG IN DA SCRIP CLUB AND I LOVE U BEE!
You got it spot on Brian!
Young Joc’s..It’s going down…is still fucking with me..stuck in my head all the damn time! LOL
AND I’M BOSSY! WAS MY ANTHEM!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting list. I think Torn is a little off but the rest is cool.
Well Beyonce made the list, but its not like she wouldnt. Um.. The list is a little off. But hey lists are lists.
I agree with the list except for Lupe and Beyonce…….”Deja Vu” and “Kick push” were not really big songs in 06. if anything “Irreplacable should have been on this list, not “deja vu doo doo”. Just my opinion.
Deja Vu doesn’t really need to be on the list, but it’s Beyonce so i guess. Torn was definitly a major anthem this year as well as Crazy, Kick Push, and me&u
….You forgot Neyo
So sick !!!!
Great list, but one major nitpick. “King” was T.I.’s THIRD album, so what’s with the “debut” talk?
LOL I sure did put that was T.I.’s debut album, that’s definitely a typo!
Yep, the list is pretty much on point!!
“king” is actually t.i.’s fourth album. 1) I’m serious, 2) TrapMuzik 3) Urban Legend 4) King.
I only got w/ 50% of these songs but hey, its what the charts say that matters
Great Job Brian. Some of my favorite songs this year were Kick Push, Promiscous, Crazy, SexyBack, Promise. The only ones I didn’t like were Ridin Dirty and It’s Goin Down. Cassie just got on my nerves.
Deja Vu shouldn’t have been on the list because it wasn’t really anything new from Beyonce…it reminded me a lot of Crazy In Love, especially with Jay Z. I think Irreplaceable should have been added at the bottom.
I would’ve put Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” on the list
this list is lame show me what you got dejavu and torn should not be on here.
22 where have you been these were the biggest albums of the years regardless of your personal preference
2007 REAL ARTIST PREDICTIONS!!!!!
FANTASIA
NAS
JENNIFER HUDSON
USHER
MUSIQ SOULCHILD
LAURYN HILL
COMMON
KANYE WEST
TALIB KWELI
MOS DEF
JOHN LEGEND
MARY J. BLIGE
I blame white people for nelly fortado blowing up like she did with those non signing songs by her fergie and gwen. Im starting to think timberland is the devil.
TIMBERLAND SELLIN OUT…. !!!! ALL U SEE NOW IS TIMBALAND IN CORNY ASS VIDEOS WITH PCD, NELLY, AND JUSTIN!
REAL ARTIST WITH PRESENCE, SOUL AND MEANING!!!!
NINA SIMONE
BILLIE HOLIDAY
JOHN COLTRANE
THELONIOUS MONK
MILES DAVIS
ROY AYERS
SARAH VAUGH
CURTIS MAYFIELD
WELDON IRVINE JR.
ROBERTA FLACK
DONNY HATHAWAY
MARVIN GAYE
MINNIE RIPERTON
ARETHA FRANKLIN
ELLA FITZGERALD
BILLY PAUL
AL GREEN
NORMAN CONNERS
PHYLLIS HYMAN
ANITA BAKER (DEEP VELVET VOICE)
MUCH MORE!!!
@#14, it is actually T.I’s 4th STUDIO album and tha word ‘DEBUT’ is NOWHERE to be found on tha post about T.I, T.I’s (STUDIO) discography, 2001: I’M SERIOUS, 2003: TRAP MUZIK, 2004: URBAN LEGEND. 2006: KING…THANK YOU, CASE CLOSED! *B
WHAT ABOUT MARY J. BLIGE “BE WITHOUT YOU”, BEYONCE “IRREPLACEABLE”, NE-YO “SO SICK”, SHAWNNA “GETTIN SOME”, KEYSHIA COLE “LOVE”, NELLY “GRILLZ”??????
So sick by Neyo
One Wish by Ray J were also popular songs this year…
yeah…Love was played the hell out too! It was the valentines day anthem…damn this year FLEW by!
“promise” IS that joint, but “me &U” and “Deja vu”……..those are a definate no-nos, I disagree w/ the list but who cares.
This is ME fav. list:
Promise
sexy-back
promiscuous gurl
ridin’ dirty
kick push
Crazy
Torn
come to me……. by diddy
ice box
You…..by lloyd
london bridge
Bossy
and that Paula Deanda gurl, I was feeling some her her teeny-bopper tracks, it was cute.
“Come enjoy the life, baby take ride, I just wanna vibe of you, you.” ahhhhh thats my “pomise” right there! ciara is the “ISH baby” for that song! everybody w/ music ears knows it and luvs it.
Im hella glad LUPE made the list. this year would not have been the same without it!
the list is direct and on point. i love lupe, i wish him so much success and i truly hopes he get it, because i’m pretty sure he deserves it and i’m also contet with myself because i went out and brought the album, which was truly worth it. happy for toya, and i love nelly furtado’s new song:it’s straight ill.gnarls barkley is that group and cassie has absoulutely no talent, that’s why i signed the petition for no more cassie, so far it looks like its working, at least i haven’t heard from her in a minute.
It’s a good list for the most part. And I also hate to nitpick, but Cassie didn’t debut at #1, she debuted at #4. I would remember if America let a talentless hack like her have a #1 album.
*random* i love pretty ricky: Hotline. damn i missed them in concert, kicks dirt.
Go head Beyonce, LeToya and Chamillionaire. Htown Stand up! I agree with one of the other posters, Neyo and Keyshia Cole should have been on the list too.
You forgot RIHANNA man! Unfaithful & SOS were MASSIVE!
Deja Vu is not a good song at all… If Bey had to be on the list, irreplaceable would have been a better choice.
Cassie is just like Aargh. shes like such a slut she reminds me of all the girls i went to high skool with. LUPE ROCKS!!!!! i listen to lupes cd al least once a day its great. OK so all u ppl who dnt have it go out and get it yay lupe. i also love beyonce’s de ja vu. evey other song on the the list i could care less about
FNF ROCKS!!!!!!!!
I like them all, except SexyBack.
Love the list. “Kick, Push”, “Torn”, and “DejaVu” were the songs that I couldn’t resist singing along to.
Bossy needs to take Kick, Push’ place
lol at the yung joc paragraph i was getting sick and tired of that song but i couldnt help but motorcycle all ova tha place lol i love the list but one song that i would add would be Jim Jones BALLIN!!!! EVERYBODY luhvs that song lol.
DEJA POO? IF YOU SAY SO….THAT SONG HARDLY GOT LOVE IN THE DC AREA. IT STARTED WITH A STRONG FIRST WEEK ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS BEYONCE’S “COME BACK” SONG BUT WENT NOWHERE FAST. WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE SONGS OF 2006, ONLY BEY STANS WILL THINK DEJA POO WAS A STAND OUT. IRREPLACEABLE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ON THE LIST INSTEAD.
I AGREE NE-YO SHOULD BE ON THE LIST OR AN HONORABLE MENTION. SO SICK WAS EVERYWHERE. EVEN SEXY LOVE WAS BIG. SEAN PAUL IS ANOTHER GUY YOU COULDN’T TURN THE RADIO ON WITHOUT HEARING.
I love Toya, Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado!!!!
Luv the list. Lupe got to the realest and the finest.
Okay I’m sorry but will someone please tell me what Young Joc’s It’s Going Down is I haven’t the slightest clue.
Damn Bree, Brian corrected himself already. You jumped on him all late. You okay? The man works hard and he gets the job done…He was probably thinking that King is TI’s most successful album to date. I got All his albums too but it ain’t that serious.
u forgot sean paul! how could wit songs like temperature and give it up to me! wat bout chris brown and rihanna, instead u put cassie fuck-ass on tha list?
people are misunderstanding this list. it’s not what YOU like or what CL likes, it’s what was #1 on the charts this year. damn.
And if it wasn’t for Justin gettin all big headed you’ll would have had nothing but love for him…I still think that shit was taken outta context. Go ahead and throw the first swing cuz I know it’s coming..LOL.
Good list! I am surprised though that you didn’t list any of the Pussycat dolls’ songs. They had lot of singles this year that whether u liked them or not u heard them non-stop: Beep, Buttons, etc.
I also think Bossy should’ve gotten more than an honorable mention and here is HIPS DON’T LIE? I couldn’t escape that song even if i wanted to, lol. Kick Push was a nice departure from the rest, but didn’t have nearly as much play, neither did Deja Vu, so maybe they could be replaced. overall I’m liking the lists for 2006 though:)
Yea, I forgot, Neyo, Sean Paul, PCD, Rihanna, Shakira, Keyshia Cole & Mary should have been on there too, but good list overall… =) @ #54 If i had gotten $100 for every time i heard ”Hips dnt lie” I would be one rich mofo!!
If yall are talkin about the Billboard charts, some of your info is wrong. Cassie’s album was never number one on any chart, and her single peaked at #3.
Although I personally liked Deja Vu, I think if any of the Beyonce singles was a huge hit, it was “Irreplacable” she came back hard with that one.
I also think this was the year when songs ruled for a week or two and then died. It was like you had the hottest record for two week and then it was a wrap.
I didn’t really get a real summer song…but then I wasn’t out in the clubs or listening to the radio much.
However some songs did penetrate
It’s Going Down
What You Know
Promiscuous (I dug it I can’t lie, even though I think Nelly changed her whole game up to sell records, well, it worked.)
Definitely think “Be Without You” was a huge hit that y’all missed. That ruled the airwaves this year.
That’s my .02 for what it’s worth.
Ok, who ever put fantasia on there personal list (forgot who) . .has no valued opinion on this site . . .she suckz . . .
¡ gotta admit, those songs that was listed, I’ve listened to, and liked, now @ this point they are still gettin play and rather annoying but ayeeee whatever
No Mary j. Blige huh? . .¡ wouldn’t of thought or coulda swore she blew up the chartz . .(or is this list compiled by commentz on CL =/ ) . . .ICE BOX by omarion was good or we stay fly by JIM Jones?!?! . ., needed to get a honorable mention . .lol, . . .but like jayz said
*women lie, men lie, stats don’t” . . .ROTFL it fitz perfectly!
to #14. King is TI’s fourth album….
I’m Serious
Trap Muzik
Urban Legend
King
58 jim jones omarion …….you sit down till you learn the purpous of this thread