page_title: List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2006
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2006 / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: English: George Strait performing live at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, March 1, 2014
context_page_description: Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2006, 23 different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
  The number one song at the start of the year was "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" by Billy Currington, which had reached number one in the issue of Billboard dated December 31, 2005, and remained at the top until the issue dated January 14 when it was replaced by "She Let Herself Go" by George Strait. This gave Strait his 40th number one, tying the record held by Conway Twitty for the highest number of Hot Country Songs number ones. Strait returned to the top spot in September with "Give It Away" to take the record outright.
  Nine acts achieved their first number one in 2006.
caption: George Strait broke the record for the most Hot Country Songs number ones.
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