# List of European number-one hits of 2006

This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 2006, as published by Billboard magazine.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing single and album of 2006 |
| Issue date | Song | Artist | Album | Artist |
| 4 January | "Hung Up" | Madonna | Intensive Care | Robbie Williams |
| 11 January | "Hung Up" | Madonna | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Madonna |
| 18 January | "Hung Up" | Madonna | Back to Bedlam † | James Blunt |
| 25 January | "Hung Up" | Madonna | Back to Bedlam † | James Blunt |
| 1 February | "Hung Up" | Madonna | Back to Bedlam † | James Blunt |
| 8 February | "Run It!" | Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana | Back to Bedlam † | James Blunt |
| 15 February | "Run It!" | Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana | Back to Bedlam † | James Blunt |
| 22 February | "Nasty Girl" | The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm | Back to Bedlam † | James Blunt |
| 1 March | "Sorry" | Madonna | Back to Bedlam † | James Blunt |
| 8 March | "Sorry" | Madonna | Back to Bedlam † | James Blunt |
| 15 March | "Sorry" | Madonna | On an Island | David Gilmour |
| 22 March | "Sorry" | Madonna | Meds | Placebo |
| 29 March | "So Sick" | Ne-Yo | Meds | Placebo |
| 5 April | "So Sick" | Ne-Yo | 3121 | Prince |
| 12 April | "Temperature" | Sean Paul | I'm Not Dead | Pink |
| 19 April | "Because of You" | Kelly Clarkson | I'm Not Dead | Pink |
| 26 April | "SOS" | Rihanna | I'm Not Dead | Pink |
| 3 May | "SOS" | Rihanna | We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions | Bruce Springsteen |
| 10 May | "SOS" | Rihanna | 10,000 Days | Tool |
| 17 May | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 24 May | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 31 May | "Crazy" | Gnarls Barkley | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 7 June | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 14 June | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 21 June | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Under the Iron Sea | Keane |
| 28 June | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Under the Iron Sea | Keane |
| 5 July | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Under the Iron Sea | Keane |
| 12 July | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Black Holes and Revelations | Muse |
| 19 July | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Black Holes and Revelations | Muse |
| 26 July | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Black Holes and Revelations | Muse |
| 2 August | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Black Holes and Revelations | Muse |
| 9 August | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 16 August | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 23 August | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Back to Basics | Christina Aguilera |
| 30 August | "Hips Don't Lie" † | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Back to Basics | Christina Aguilera |
| 6 September | "SexyBack" | Justin Timberlake | A Matter of Life and Death | Iron Maiden |
| 13 September | "SexyBack" | Justin Timberlake | Modern Times | Bob Dylan |
| 20 September | "SexyBack" | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveSounds | Justin Timberlake |
| 27 September | "SexyBack" | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveSounds | Justin Timberlake |
| 4 October | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Scissor Sisters | Ta-Dah | Scissor Sisters |
| 11 October | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Scissor Sisters | The Open Door | Evanescence |
| 18 October | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Scissor Sisters | The Open Door | Evanescence |
| 25 October | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Scissor Sisters | The Open Door | Evanescence |
| 1 November | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Scissor Sisters | Rudebox | Robbie Williams |
| 8 November | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | Scissor Sisters | Rudebox | Robbie Williams |
| 15 November | "The Saints Are Coming" | U2 and Green Day | Rudebox | Robbie Williams |
| 22 November | "Smack That" | Akon featuring Eminem | Twenty Five | George Michael |
| 29 November | "Patience" | Take That | Love | The Beatles |
| 6 December | "Patience" | Take That | Love | The Beatles |
| 13 December | "Patience" | Take That | Love | The Beatles |
| 20 December | "Patience" | Take That | Love | The Beatles |
| 27 December | "Patience" | Take That | Love | The Beatles |