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2006 rock radio charts

Every number one and the biggest songs on our Alternative and Mainstream rock charts in 2006: 11 number ones on the Alternative chart and 10 number ones on the Mainstream chart.

Alternative rock, 2006

Number ones

SongArtistWeeks at #1First week at #1
DOAFoo Fighters3Jan 2, 2006
HypnotizeSystem Of A Down2Jan 23, 2006
Perfect SituationWeezer5Feb 6, 2006
Dance, DanceFall Out Boy2Mar 13, 2006
World Wide SuicidePearl Jam4Mar 27, 2006
Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers14Apr 24, 2006
Steady, As She GoesThe Raconteurs3Jul 31, 2006
Animal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace5Aug 21, 2006
When You Were YoungThe Killers5Sep 25, 2006
Tell Me BabyRed Hot Chili Peppers1Oct 2, 2006
Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical Romance8Nov 6, 2006

Biggest songs of 2006

Ranked by points across the year’s charts: 25 points for a week at #1, down to 1 point for #25.

#SongArtistPeakWeeks
1Animal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace#135
2Steady, As She GoesThe Raconteurs#128
3Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers#123
4The Kill (Bury Me)Thirty Seconds To Mars#438
5Miss MurderAFI#226
6When You Were YoungThe Killers#122
7Hate MeBlue October#425
8Dance, DanceFall Out Boy#119
9VicariousTool#220
10The Diary Of JaneBreaking Benjamin#525
11Tell Me BabyRed Hot Chili Peppers#122
12Perfect SituationWeezer#117
13World Wide SuicidePearl Jam#119
14HypnotizeSystem Of A Down#115
15Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical Romance#114
16Through GlassStone Sour#420
17No Way BackFoo Fighters#219
18Wasteland10 Years#424
19The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press CoveragePanic! At The Disco#419
20Face DownThe Red Jumpsuit Apparatus#220
21The PotTool#220
22Knights Of CydoniaMuse#619
23TalkColdplay#414
24SpeakGodsmack#619
25MakeDamnSureTaking Back Sunday#718

Mainstream rock, 2006

Number ones

SongArtistWeeks at #1First week at #1
Save MeShinedown8Jan 2, 2006
HypnotizeSystem Of A Down1Feb 27, 2006
AnimalsNickelback1Mar 6, 2006
SpeakGodsmack6Mar 13, 2006
Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers16Apr 24, 2006
Animal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace9Aug 14, 2006
Shine DownGodsmack3Oct 16, 2006
Land Of ConfusionDisturbed1Nov 6, 2006
The PotTool6Nov 13, 2006
PainThree Days Grace1Dec 25, 2006

Biggest songs of 2006

Ranked by points across the year’s charts: 25 points for a week at #1, down to 1 point for #25.

#SongArtistPeakWeeks
1Animal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace#136
2SpeakGodsmack#128
3Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers#125
4Through GlassStone Sour#426
5The Diary Of JaneBreaking Benjamin#227
6Shine DownGodsmack#122
7I Dare YouShinedown#326
8VicariousTool#221
9AnimalsNickelback#127
10HeroesShinedown#222
11Save MeShinedown#120
12Land Of ConfusionDisturbed#122
13Lips Of An AngelHinder#433
14Wasteland10 Years#425
15Crazy BitchBuckcherry#529
16The PotTool#120
17Coming UndoneKorn#732
18World Wide SuicidePearl Jam#219
19Just StopDisturbed#528
20Cold (But I'm Still Here)Evans Blue#625
21Original FireAudioslave#220
22Fall Into SleepMudvayne#426
23Bat CountryAvenged Sevenfold#218
24To Be LovedPapa Roach#419
25HypnotizeSystem Of A Down#113

Week by week

Each week’s #1 song. Click one to open that week’s full top 25.

WeekAlternative #1Mainstream #1
Jan 2, 2006DOAFoo FightersSave MeShinedown
Jan 9, 2006DOAFoo FightersSave MeShinedown
Jan 16, 2006DOAFoo FightersSave MeShinedown
Jan 23, 2006HypnotizeSystem Of A DownSave MeShinedown
Jan 30, 2006HypnotizeSystem Of A DownSave MeShinedown
Feb 6, 2006Perfect SituationWeezerSave MeShinedown
Feb 13, 2006Perfect SituationWeezerSave MeShinedown
Feb 20, 2006Perfect SituationWeezerSave MeShinedown
Feb 27, 2006Perfect SituationWeezerHypnotizeSystem Of A Down
Mar 6, 2006Perfect SituationWeezerAnimalsNickelback
Mar 13, 2006Dance, DanceFall Out BoySpeakGodsmack
Mar 20, 2006Dance, DanceFall Out BoySpeakGodsmack
Mar 27, 2006World Wide SuicidePearl JamSpeakGodsmack
Apr 3, 2006World Wide SuicidePearl JamSpeakGodsmack
Apr 10, 2006World Wide SuicidePearl JamSpeakGodsmack
Apr 17, 2006World Wide SuicidePearl JamSpeakGodsmack
Apr 24, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
May 1, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
May 8, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
May 15, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
May 22, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
May 29, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jun 5, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jun 12, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jun 19, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jun 26, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 3, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 10, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 17, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 24, 2006Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili PeppersDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 31, 2006Steady, As She GoesThe RaconteursDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 7, 2006Steady, As She GoesThe RaconteursDani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 14, 2006Steady, As She GoesThe RaconteursAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Aug 21, 2006Animal I Have BecomeThree Days GraceAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Aug 28, 2006Animal I Have BecomeThree Days GraceAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Sep 4, 2006Animal I Have BecomeThree Days GraceAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Sep 11, 2006Animal I Have BecomeThree Days GraceAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Sep 18, 2006Animal I Have BecomeThree Days GraceAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Sep 25, 2006When You Were YoungThe KillersAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Oct 2, 2006Tell Me BabyRed Hot Chili PeppersAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Oct 9, 2006When You Were YoungThe KillersAnimal I Have BecomeThree Days Grace
Oct 16, 2006When You Were YoungThe KillersShine DownGodsmack
Oct 23, 2006When You Were YoungThe KillersShine DownGodsmack
Oct 30, 2006When You Were YoungThe KillersShine DownGodsmack
Nov 6, 2006Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical RomanceLand Of ConfusionDisturbed
Nov 13, 2006Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical RomanceThe PotTool
Nov 20, 2006Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical RomanceThe PotTool
Nov 27, 2006Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical RomanceThe PotTool
Dec 4, 2006Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical RomanceThe PotTool
Dec 11, 2006Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical RomanceThe PotTool
Dec 18, 2006Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical RomanceThe PotTool
Dec 25, 2006Welcome To The Black ParadeMy Chemical RomancePainThree Days Grace