Posted December 21, 200618 yr Billboard Top 100 Singles weekending 30th December 2006 1 (1) Irreplaceable - Beyonce 2 (2) I Wanna Love You – Akon ft Snoop Dogg 3 (4) Smack That – Akon ft Eminem 4 (3) Fergalicious - Fergie 5 (5) My Love – Justin Timberlake 6 (6) Say It Right – Nelly Furtado 7 (8) We Fly High – Jim Jones 8 (9) How To Save A Life – The Fray 9 (10) Shortie Like Mine – Bow Wow 10 (11) Lips Of An Angel - Hinder 11 (14) Promise - Ciara 12 (7) Wind It Up – Gwen Stefani 13 (15) Walk It Out - Unk 14 (22) I Luv It – Young Jeezy 15 (13) Money Maker – Pharrell ft Ludacris 16 (18) SexyBack – Justin Timberlake 17 (19) Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol 18 (16) It Ends Tonight – All-American Rejects 19 (17) Keep Holding On – Avril Lavigne 20 (20) Far Away - Nickelback 21 (21) Hurt – Christina Aguilera 22 (26) Walk Away (Remember Me) – Paula DeAnda 23 (24) Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood 24 (25) That’s That – Snoop Dogg ft R. Kelly 25 (12) You Don’t Know – Eminem & Friends 26 (32) You – Lloyd ft Lil’ Wayne 27 (27) Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance 28 (23) Say Goodbye – Chris Brown 29 (29) Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer 30 (30) Make It Rain – Fat Joe ft Lil’ Wayne 31 (41) Runaway Love – Ludacris ft Mary J. Blige 32 (28) Money In The Bank – Lil’ Scrappy 33 (33) My Wish – Rascal Flatts 34 (31) Call Me When You’re Sober - Evanescence 35 (34) Too Little Too Late - JoJo 36 (35) She’s Everything – Brad Paisley 37 (39) Wait A Minute – Pussycat Dolls 38 (64) What Goes Around – Justin Timberlake 39 (38) Want To - Sugarland 40 (45) Watching You – Rodney Atkins 41 (44) Through Glass – Stone Sour 42 (36) Stuntin’ Like My Daddy – Birdman & Lil’ Wayne 43 (40) My Little Girl – Tim McGraw 44 (51) It’s Not Over – Daughtry 45 (46) Tim McGraw – Taylor Swift 46 (50) What Hurts The Most – Rascal Flatts 47 (49) Tell Me – P. Diddy ft Christina Aguilera 48 (43) Come To Me – P. Diddy ft Nicole 49 (56) Snow (Hey Oh) – Red Hot Chili Peppers 50 (New) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – The Fray 51 (48) Unappreciated – Cherish 52 (37) Show Me What You Got – Jay-Z 53 (53) Show Stopper – Danity Kane 54 (63) Break It Off – Rihanna & Sean Paul 55 (57) White ‘n’ Nerdy – Weird Al Yankovic 56 (76) Hip Hop Is Dead - Nas 57 (69) Ice Box - Omarion 58 (58) It Just Comes Natural – George Strait 59 (52) When You Were Young – The Killers 60 (66) Lost One – Jay-Z 61 (61) Maneater – Nelly Furtado 62 (87) Here It Goes Again – Ok Go 63 (75) Here (In Your Arms) - Hellogoodbye 64 (73) Poppin’ – Chris Brown 65 (68) Amarillo Sky – Jason Aldean 66 (85) Into The Ocean – Blue October 67 (60) Some People Change – Montgomery Gentry 68 (55) You Save Me – Kenny Chesney 69 (74) Boston - Augustana 70 (81) Zoom – Lil’ Boosie 71 (78) River – Sarah McLachlan 72 (77) Rockstar - Nickelback 73 (72) Streetcorner Symphony – Rob Thomas 74 (59) Upgrade U - Beyonce 75 (71) The Saints Are Coming – U2 & Green Day 76 (82) Take Me As I Am – Mary J. Blige 77 (70) Anna-Molly - Incubus 78 (83) Face Down – Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 79 (62) Come Back To Me – Vanessa Hudgens 80 (86) Pain – Three Days Grace 81 (New) The Carpal Tunnel Of Love – Fallout Boy 82 (95) Stupid Boy – Keith Urban 83 (88) Top Back – T.I. 84 (79) Chain Hang Low - Jibbs 85 (67) Dem Jeans - Chingy 86 (100) Throw Some D’s – Rich Boy 87 (80) I Loved Her First - Heartland 88 (New) Love Like Winter - AFI 89 (65) Let’s Ride – The Game 90 (90) Ladies Love Country Boys – Trace Adkins 91 (92) Lost Without U – Robin Thicke 92 (91) Nothing Left To Lose – Mat Kearney 93 (New) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani 94 (98) Red High Heels – Kellie Pickler 95 (New) I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Josh Groban 96 (93) Ay Chico (Lengua Afuera) – Pitbull 97 (94) Little Bit Of Life – Craig Morgan 98 (New) Fidelity – Regina Spektor 99 (96) One Wing In The Fire – Trent Tomlinson 100 (New) The Way I Live – Baby Boy Da Prince
December 21, 200618 yr Billboard Top 100 Albums weekending 30th December 2006 1 (New) The Inspiration – Young Jeezy 2 (New) Taylor Hicks – Taylor Hicks 3 (4) Hannah Montana – Original Soundtrack 4 (5) Now 23 – Various Artists 5 (11) Awake – Josh Groban 6 (10) Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood 7 (7) Daughtry - Daughtry 8 (8) Love – The Beatles 9 (New) Reflections (A Retrospective) – Mary J. Blige 10 (6) Siempre – Il Divo 11 (1) Ciara: The Evolution - Ciara 12 (18) Duets: An American Classic – Tony Bennett 13 (2) Eminem Presents: The Re-Up – Various Artists 14 (3) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani 15 (17) Me & My Gang – Rascal Flatts 16 (12) Konvicted - Akon 17 (19) The Dutchess - Fergie 18 (9) Wintersong – Sarah McLachlan 19 (New) Fantasia - Fantasia 20 (13) B’Day - Beyonce 21 (21) All The Right Reasons - Nickelback 22 (23) Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake 23 (New) Alter Ego - Tyrese 24 (22) The Cheetah Girls 2 – Original Soundtrack 25 (14) Now That’s What I Call Christmas 3 – Various Artists 26 (16) James Taylor At Christmas – James Taylor 27 (25) Extreme Behaviour - Hinder 28 (26) Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing – Keith Urban 29 (30) Enjoy The Ride - Sugarland 30 (33) How To Save A Life – The Fray 31 (27) High School Musical – Original Soundtrack 32 (15) Kingdom Come – Jay-Z 33 (35) The Open Door - Evanescence 34 (29) U218 Singles – U2 35 (31) Under The Desert Sky – Andrea Bocelli 36 (40) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera 37 (41) It Just Comes Natural – George Strait 38 (28) Tha Blue Carpet Treatment – Snoop Dogg 39 (38) Continuum – John Mayer 40 (36) A Christmas Celebration – Celtic Woman 41 (20) Dreamgirls – Original Soundtrack 42 (44) The Road To Escondido – JJ Cale & Eric Clapton 43 (49) Loose – Nelly Furtado 44 (39) The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance 45 (45) Your Man – Josh Turner 46 (48) If You’re Going Through Hell – Rodney Atkins 47 (37) Light Grenades - Incubus 48 (46) Time Well Wasted – Brad Paisley 49 (34) Cool Yule – Bette Midler 50 (50) Sam’s Town – The Killers 51 (43) Once Again – John Legend 52 (59) Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae 53 (42) Doctor’s Advocate – The Game 54 (58) Wow Hits 2007 – Various Artists 55 (62) Move Along – All-American Rejects 56 (52) Small Town Girl – Kellie Pickler 57 (61) Greatest Hits Vol.2: Reflected – Tim McGraw 58 (56) The High Road - JoJo 59 (55) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol 60 (47) Celestial - RBD 61 (54) Release Therapy - Ludacris 62 (60) Precious Memories – Alan Jackson 63 (67) Still The Same: Great Rock Classics – Rod Stewart 64 (65) Face The Promise – Bob Seger 65 (74) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers 66 (71) PCD – Pussycat Dolls 67 (70) Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift 68 (57) Greatest Songs Of The Sixties – Barry Manilow 69 (86) Modern Times – Bob Dylan 70 (51) Happy Feet – Original Soundtrack 71 (New) More Fish – Ghostface Killah 72 (66) Il Divo – Il Divo 73 (72) Like Red On A Rose – Alan Jackson 74 (63) V – Vanessa Hudgens 75 (24) Bred 2 Die – Born 2 Live – Lil’ Scrappy 76 (53) Pac’s Life – 2Pac 77 (85) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks 78 (69) Cars – Original Soundtrack 79 (75) Like Father, Like Son – Birdman & Lil’ Wayne 80 (79) Celtic Woman – Celtic Woman 81 (82) Straight Outta Lynwood – Weird Al Yankovic 82 (91) The Legend Of – Johnny Cash 83 (88) A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out – Panic! At The Disco 84 (92) These Days – Vince Gill 85 (121) LIVE: Live Those Songs Again – Kenny Chesney 86 (80) Kidz Bop 10 – Kidz Bop Kids 87 (90) A Beautiful Lie – 30 Seconds To Mars 88 (32) Ten – Brian McKnight 89 (136) It’s Time – Michael Buble 90 (73) Brad Paisley Christmas – Brad Paisley 91 (98) Chris Brown – Chris Brown 92 (76) Back To Bedlam – James Blunt 93 (68) An Other Cup – Yusuf 94 (105) Stand Still, Look Pretty – The Wreckers 95 (95) Take The Weather With You – Jimmy Buffett 96 (97) Don’t You Fake It – Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 97 (102) Eye To The Telescope – KT Tunstall 98 (Re) 12 Songs – Neil Diamond 99 (84) The Evolution Of – Robin Thicke 100 (106) One-X – Three Days Grace
December 21, 200618 yr Billboard Adult Top 20 weekending 30th December 2006 1 (1) How To Save A Life – The Fray 2 (2) Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol 3 (3) Lips Of An Angel - Hinder 4 (5) Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer 5 (4) Far Away - Nickelback 6 (6) Streetcorner Symphony – Rob Thomas 7 (8) Nothing Left To Lose – Mat Kearney 8 (9) Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall 9 (7) Call Me When You’re Sober - Evanescence 10 (10) Let Love In – Goo Goo Dolls 11 (11) Augustana - Boston 12 (12) Too Little Too Late - JoJo 13 (13) Move Along – All-American Rejects 14 (14) Through Glass – Stone Sour 15 (17) Hurt – Christina Aguilera 16 (18) World – Five For Fighting 17 (22) Keep Holding On – Avril Lavigne 18 (19) Here It Goes Again – Ok Go 19 (16) When You Were Young – The Killers 20 (20) It Ends Tonight – All-American Rejects Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 20 weekending 30th December 2006 1 (3) It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Hall & Oates 2 (1) Jingle Bells – Kimberly Locke 3 (16) Highway (When It Snows) – Jim Brickman ft Jeff Byrd 4 (7) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Wynonna 5 (2) What Hurts The Most – Rascal Flatts 6 (5) Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield 7 (11) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Sarah McLachlan 8 (4) The Riddle – Five For Fighting 9 (6) Bad Day – Daniel Powter 10 (18) I’ll Be Home This Christmas – Josh Groban 11 (9) Black Horse & The Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall 12 (8) Crazy – Gnarls Barkley 13 (20) Baby It’s Cold Outside – Dean Martin & Martina McBride 14 (12) Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Rod Stewart 15 (17) Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol 16 (21) From A Distance (Christmas Version) – Bette Midler 17 (14) River – Sarah McLachlan 18 (13) Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer 19 (19) Far Away - Nickelback 20 (23) I Call It Love – Lionel Richie
December 21, 200618 yr Chartbeat from Billboard.com December 21, 2006, 12:00 PM EST Fred Bronson IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE: There's an artist who is No. 1 on a Billboard chart this week who first went to No. 1 on a Billboard chart 61 years, three months and two weeks ago. Sound impossible? It's not. This famous Pennsylvanian made his singles chart debut the week of Oct. 16, 1943, with "Goodbye, Sue," a song that peaked at No. 20. That gives this former barber a total career chart span of 63 years, two months and two weeks. Have enough clues now? The artist is Perry Como, who is No. 1 on this week's Ringtones chart with "Jingle Bells." He's also No. 2 with "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Como's "Jingle Bells" first appeared on his 1946 album, "Merry Christmas Music," which was his first No. 1 LP. Como collected his first No. 1 single on a Billboard chart when "Till the End of Time" moved into pole position the week of Sept. 15, 1945. The song ruled the chart for 10 weeks. Before the rock era started, Como had seven more No. 1 singles (and even more if you count other Billboard singles charts). Como's final No. 1 pop single was "Round and Round" in 1957. His last top 10 hit was "It's Impossible," No. 10 in 1971. On the Adult Contemporary survey, "It's Impossible" had a four-week reign and Como went to No. 1 again in 1973 with a cover of Don McLean's "And I Love You So." Como, who spent his entire career on RCA, died on May 12, 2001 -- long before there was a Ringtones chart. 'HAPPY' AT LAST: John Lennon and Yoko Ono released the Christmas single "Happy X-mas (War Is Over)" in 1971, but the song has never appeared on the Hot 100 until this week. A recording of the contemporary classic by the Fray on the Epic label is the week's highest new entry at No. 50. In 1995, the Lennon/Yoko recording of "Happy X-mas" spent one week on the Adult Contemporary chart, debuting and peaking at No. 32. That chart was dated Dec. 30, so it was exactly 11 years ago. The same song enters the top 10 of the Adult Contemporary tally this week at No. 7, in a version recorded by Sarah McLachlan. CHANELLING 'CLEAR': For the first time in the seven years that holiday songs have been rising to the top of the Adult Contemporary chart, two Christmas tunes have advanced to No. 1 in the same holiday season. Last week, Kimberley Locke's version of the 1850 song "Jingle Bells" planted a flag at the summit. This week, a song that is even older moves to the top of the AC tree. Daryl Hall and John Oates' version of "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (U-Watch/Icon) is the new champ. The carol was written by Edmund Hamilton Sears in 1849. "Midnight Clear" is the 32nd chart entry for Hall & Oates on the AC tally. It is the duo's second No. 1, following "Do It for Love" in 2002. The 33rd entry for Hall and Oates is also on the chart: "Home for Christmas" rises to No. 29 this week. HEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY: Johnny Mathis made his Billboard album chart debut the week of Sept. 9, 1957, with "Wonderful Wonderful." But in 49 years of charting, he's never had two albums debut during the same week, until now. On the current edition of The Billboard 200, "Johnny Mathis Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration" (Legacy/Columbia) opens at No. 171 and "Johnny Mathis: 50th Anniversary Christmas" bows at No. 191. They are Mathis' 71st and 72nd chart entries, respectively. They are the second and third Mathis albums to appear on the survey this millennium, following "The Christmas Album" in December 2002. This is the first time since 1980 that two Mathis albums have debuted in the same calendar year. "Different Kinda Different" debuted in August 1980 and "The Best of Johnny Mathis 1975-1980" entered in December 1980. On Top Rhythm & Blues/Hip-Hop Albums, the 50th anniversary Christmas CD is a new entry at No. 98. That makes it the first Mathis album to chart R&B in 22 years; "A Special Part of Me" peaked at No. 60 in 1984. CLIFF-HANGER: The suspense is almost over: we'll know who has the Christmas No. 1 in the United Kingdom on Sunday (Dec. 24). Most likely it will be the winner of Simon Cowells's "The X-Factor" TV series, Leona, and her cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This." The odds are it won't be the song that debuts at No. 2 this week, "21st Century Christmas" / "Move It" (EMI) by Cliff Richard. Ironically, the single is Cliff's most successful of the 21st century, and his biggest hit since "The Millennium Prayer" went to No. 1 in 1999. The B-side is a remake of Richard's very first chart entry in September 1958, giving him a singles chart span of 48 years, three months and three weeks. "Move It" was a No. 2 hit in 1958; was the flip side of "The Best of Me," a No. 2 hit in 1989 and now is No. 2 for the third time in history. "21st Century Christmas" could have been Richard's 15th No. 1, had it arrived in the penthouse. Instead, it is his 10th No. 2 hit, giving him a total of 24 songs that have peaked in the top two. Counting all of his 131 chart singles, this week is his 1167th on the U.K. singles chart. COMING ATTRACTIONS: There is still one more Chart Beat column to come in 2006, so I'll save my list of my top 10 favorite singles of the year until next week. My top 10 albums of the year appear in a special section on 2006 Year in Music here at Billboard.com.
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