List of number-one electronic albums of 2006 (U.S.)
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These are the U.S. number-one electronic albums of 2006, per the Billboard
Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.
| Issue date | Album | Artist | Reference |
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| January 7 | Confessions on a Dance Floor Confessions on a Dance Floor Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released on November 15, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a complete departure from her last studio album, American Life . It included influences of 70s and 80s disco as well as... |
Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983... |
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| January 21 | |||
| January 28 | |||
| February 4 | |||
| February 11 | |||
| February 18 | Demon Days Demon Days Demon Days is the second studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz, released in May 2005. The album features contributions from De La Soul, Neneh Cherry, Martina Topley-Bird, Roots Manuva, MF DOOM, Ike Turner, Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde, Shaun Ryder, Dennis Hopper, the London Community Gospel... |
Gorillaz Gorillaz Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters... |
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| March 4 | |||
| March 11 | |||
| March 18 | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Madonna | |
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| April 1 | Demon Days | Gorillaz | |
| April 8 | |||
| April 15 | |||
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| April 29 | |||
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| May 13 | The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living is the third album by The Streets, released April 10, 2006 in the United Kingdom and April 25, 2006 in North America. It is also the shortest The Streets album released so far, with a running time of just 37 minutes and 12 seconds... |
The Streets The Streets The Streets were a British rap/garage project from Birmingham, United Kingdom, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner and has included a myriad of other contributors most notably drummer Johnny Drum Machine, vocalist Kevin Mark Trail and the Italian-American beatmaker Leroy.The... |
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| May 20 | Demon Days | Gorillaz | |
| May 27 | St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere (album) St. Elsewhere is the debut album by United States hip hop soul duo Gnarls Barkley. It was released on April 24, 2006 in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and on May 9, 2006 in the United States, although it was available for purchase one week earlier as a... |
Gnarls Barkley Gnarls Barkley Gnarls Barkley is an American soul duo comprising Danger Mouse and Cee Lo Green. Their first studio album St. Elsewhere was released in 2006; along with its first single "Crazy". Both single and album were a major commercial success and have been noted for their large sales by download... |
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| June 10 | |||
| June 17 | |||
| June 24 | |||
| July 1 | |||
| July 8 | |||
| July 15 | |||
| July 22 | |||
| July 29 | |||
| August 5 | |||
| August 12 | |||
| August 19 | |||
| August 26 | |||
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| September 9 | |||
| September 16 | |||
| September 23 | |||
| September 30 | |||
| October 7 | |||
| October 14 | Ta-Dah Ta-Dah * *The UK Edition of the album has a pregap, consisting of two minutes of silence after "Everybody Wants the Same Thing". Subsequently, what seems to be the sound of an elevator reaching its destination floor is heard as an 8-second interlude at the end of the pregap... |
Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism... |
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| October 21 | St. Elsewhere | Gnarls Barkley | |
| October 28 | |||
| November 4 | |||
| November 11 | |||
| November 18 | |||
| November 25 | |||
| December 2 | |||
| December 9 | |||
| December 16 | |||
| December 23 | |||
| December 30 |