2006 in Review: Music
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
As New Year's quickly approaches, The Daily Edition takes a look back at the year that was. 2006 was a big year for music. Groups like Nickelback, The Pussycat Dolls, Rascal Flatts owned the year and made tons of money as their singles were played over and over again.
2006 was also a year for comebacks. Some worked out, while others didn't. Nelly Furtado's last CD flopped, but thanks to a little help from Timbaland, her 2006 release "Loose" went to the top of the charts and spawned several hit singles, including "Promiscuous." Barry Manilow's been around forever, but was everywhere in 2006 thanks to his "Greatest Songs of the Fifties" and "Greatest Songs of the Sixties" albums. The Dixie Chicks also made a good comeback in 2006. Several of their concerts were cancelled in red states after the fallout from Natalie Maines comments on President Bush, but the Chicks still managed to score successful sales. Jay-Z, Shakira, Lionel Richie and Diddy also made successful returns to the music scene this year. Things did not go so well for Janet Jackson. Despite dropping a ton of weight and doing a healthy press tour, Jackson's album bombed in 2006. Fortunately, Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline's debut albums also had poor sales.
Music Highlights
- Taylor Hicks won American Idol, but his album debuted at number two on Billboard. Many felt rocker Chris Daughtry was voted off from the show too soon. His album also debuted at number two, but sold twice as many copies in its first week as Hicks.
- Country singer Kenny Rogers got a facelift.
- Eminem married his first wife, Kim, and then quickly divorced her again.
- The Rolling Stones Keith Richards was seriously hurt after he fell from a tree.
- Sales of Sirius Satellite Radio greatly increase thanks to Howard Stern switching over.
- Nick Lachey enjoyed solo album success with a cd that included plenty of songs about his ex, Jessica Simpson.
- Britney Spears did not release one song, but made plenty of news for her baby blunders and divorce from Kevin Federline.
- Lance Bass announces he's gay.
- Kanye West stormed the stage of the MTV Europe music awards in protest after he didn't win.
- Dolly Parton was among many honored at the kennedy Center Honors.
- The Godfather of soul James Brown died of congestive heart failure on Christmas morning.
Best-selling artists: Red Hot Chili Peppers, High School the Musical, Justin Timberlake, Rascal Flatts, Beyonce, Nelly Furtado, Andrea Bocelli, Pussycat Dolls, Nickelback, James Blunt, Black Eyed Peas
Breakthroughs: K.T. Tunstall, Pussycat Dolls, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, The FrayBest Singles...
AFI - "Miss Murder"
Augustana - "Boston"
Beyonce - "Irreplaceable"
Cartel - "Honestly"
Jojo - "Too Little Too Late"
Keane - "Is It Any Wonder"
Matt Kearney - "Nothing Else To Lose"
Nelly Furtado - "Say It Right"
Pussycat Dolls - "Buttons"
Taking Back Sunday - "MakeDamnSure"
The Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
The Killers - "When You Were Young"
T.I. - "What You Know"
Worst Singles...
Blue October - "Hate Me"
Bo Bice - "The Real Thing"
Chistina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man"
Fergie - "Fergalicious"
Fergie - "London Bridge"
Gwen Stefani - "Wind It Up"
Hinder - "Lips of an Angel"
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"
Jessica Simpson - "A Public Affair"
Ludacris ft. Pharell - "Money Maker"
Panic! At the Disco - "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
Paris Hilton - "Stars Are Blind"
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