List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2006

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Muse's 2006 fourth studio album Black Holes and Revelations was the longest-running number-one album of 2006, spending ten weeks atop the chart.

The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams.[1] In 2006, there were 21 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was In Your Honor, the fifth studio album by Foo Fighters, which was released the previous year and spent the first four weeks of 2006 at number one.[2] The first new number-one album of the year was Yellowcard's fifth studio album Lights and Sounds.[3] The final number-one album of the year was the Aerosmith compilation The Very Best of Aerosmith, which spent the last two weeks of the year at number one.[4]

The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2006 was Muse's 2006 fourth studio album Black Holes and Revelations, which spent a total of ten weeks at number one over four separate spells. Green Day's 2004 seventh studio album American Idiot was number one for eight weeks in 2006, while Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers spent seven weeks at number one and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking 15th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart.[5] In Your Honor by Foo Fighters and The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance were both number one on the chart for four consecutive weeks, while an additional three albums – Yellowcard's Lights and Sounds, Evanescence's The Open Door and The Very Best of Aerosmith – each spent two weeks at number one in 2006.

Chart history[edit]

Green Day's 2004 release American Idiot was number one for eight weeks across three spells in 2006.
Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers spent seven weeks at number one in 2006, and was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year.
Foo Fighters spent six weeks at number one in 2006, five of which were held by In Your Honor.
Two albums by My Chemical Romance reached number one in 2006: Life on the Murder Scene (one week) and The Black Parade (four weeks).
Yellowcard's Lights and Sounds spent two weeks at number one in 2006.
The Open Door by Evanescence was number one for two weeks in 2006.
Key
† Indicates best-selling rock album of 2006
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
7 January In Your Honor Foo Fighters RCA [6]
14 January [7]
21 January [8]
28 January [2]
4 February Lights and Sounds Yellowcard Capitol [3]
11 February [9]
18 February Curious George Original Soundtrack Jack Johnson Brushfire/Island [10]
25 February American Idiot Green Day Reprise [11]
4 March [12]
11 March Ascendancy Trivium Roadrunner [13]
18 March American Idiot Green Day Reprise [14]
25 March [15]
1 April Life on the Murder Scene My Chemical Romance [16]
8 April American Idiot Green Day [17]
15 April [18]
22 April [19]
29 April [20]
6 May Louder Now Taking Back Sunday Warner Bros. [21]
13 May 10,000 Days Tool Tool Dissectional [22]
20 May Stadium Arcadium † Red Hot Chili Peppers Warner Bros. [23]
27 May [24]
3 June [25]
10 June [26]
17 June [27]
24 June [28]
1 July [29]
8 July Liberation Transmission Lostprophets Visible Noise [30]
15 July Black Holes and Revelations Muse Helium 3/Warner Bros. [31]
22 July [32]
29 July [33]
5 August [34]
12 August Come What(ever) May Stone Sour Roadrunner [35]
19 August Black Holes and Revelations Muse Helium 3/Warner Bros. [36]
26 August [37]
2 September Christ Illusion Slayer Warner Bros. [38]
9 September A Matter of Life and Death Iron Maiden EMI [39]
16 September Revelations Audioslave Epic/Interscope [40]
23 September Black Holes and Revelations Muse Helium 3/Warner Bros. [41]
30 September [42]
7 October [43]
14 October The Open Door Evanescence Wind-up [44]
21 October The Crusade Trivium Roadrunner [45]
28 October The Open Door Evanescence Wind-up [46]
4 November The Black Parade My Chemical Romance Warner Bros. [47]
11 November [48]
18 November [49]
25 November [50]
2 December Skin and Bones Foo Fighters RCA [51]
9 December Light Grenades Incubus Epic/Immortal [52]
16 December Black Holes and Revelations Muse Helium 3/Warner Bros. [53]
23 December The Very Best of Aerosmith Aerosmith Columbia/Geffen [54]
30 December [4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Who We Are - Our Charts & Data: The Official Charts in Full". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 22 January 2006 – 28 January 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 29 January 2006 – 04 February 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 December 2006 – 30 December 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  5. ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 - 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 01 January 2006 – 07 January 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 08 January 2006 – 14 January 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 15 January 2006 – 21 January 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 05 February 2006 – 11 February 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 12 February 2006 – 18 February 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 19 February 2006 – 25 February 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 26 February 2006 – 04 March 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 05 March 2006 – 11 March 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 12 March 2006 – 18 March 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 19 March 2006 – 25 March 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 26 March 2006 – 01 April 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 02 April 2006 – 08 April 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 09 April 2006 – 15 April 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 16 April 2006 – 22 April 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 23 April 2006 – 29 April 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 30 April 2006 – 06 May 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 07 May 2006 – 13 May 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  23. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 14 May 2006 – 20 May 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 21 May 2006 – 27 May 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  25. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 28 May 2006 – 03 June 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  26. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 04 June 2006 – 10 June 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  27. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 11 June 2006 – 17 June 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  28. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 18 June 2006 – 24 June 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  29. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 25 June 2006 – 01 July 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  30. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 02 July 2006 – 08 July 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  31. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 09 July 2006 – 15 July 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  32. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 16 July 2006 – 22 July 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  33. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 23 July 2006 – 29 July 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  34. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 30 July 2006 – 05 August 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  35. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 06 August 2006 – 12 August 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  36. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 13 August 2006 – 19 August 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  37. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 20 August 2006 – 26 August 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  38. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 27 August 2006 – 02 September 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  39. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 03 September 2006 – 09 September 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  40. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 10 September 2006 – 16 September 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  41. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 September 2006 – 23 September 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  42. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 24 September 2006 – 30 September 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  43. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 01 October 2006 – 07 October 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  44. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 08 October 2006 – 14 October 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  45. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 15 October 2006 – 21 October 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  46. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 22 October 2006 – 28 October 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  47. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 29 October 2006 – 04 November 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  48. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 05 November 2006 – 11 November 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  49. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 12 November 2006 – 18 November 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  50. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 19 November 2006 – 25 November 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  51. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 26 November 2006 – 02 December 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  52. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 03 December 2006 – 09 December 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  53. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 10 December 2006 – 16 December 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  54. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: 17 December 2006 – 23 December 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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