In the best 2006 songs poll, vote for your favorite track from Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and more.
Rihanna performs on stage during a party to celebrate the release of her new album 'A Girl Like Me' in her hometown on April 22, 2006, in St. Michael, Barbados.It’s been two decades since the year sexy came back, hips didn’t lie and ridin’ was done dirty, with 2006 — and, naturally, all of the songs that it produced — turning 20 years old in 2026.
What Does Our Staff’s 2006 Best Songs List Say About the State of Pop Stardom 20 Years Ago?has selected 100 of the most iconic tracks released as the world shifted into the second half of the aughts, ranking them from great to greater and greatest. Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Shakira and Carrie Underwood all released smashes that would live on to be regarded as some of the key songs in their catalogs, as did Fergie, Gnarls Barkley, My Chemical Romance, The Killers, T.I., Nelly Furtato, Timbaland and so many more. The year was also when we saw many of this generation’s biggest superstars make their debuts — such as one little-known singer-songwriter by the name of Taylor Swift. The future 14-time Grammy winner released her first-ever single in 2006, as did acts such as Aly and AJ, Danity Kane and Paris Hilton.has shared staff picks for the best songs that year had to offer, it’s time for you to choose yours. From mid-2000s dance pop to quintessential hip-hop, punk rock and anthemic country, tell us which nostalgic banger lives on in your heart asfrom 20 years ago, which solidified Ri’s “SOS,” Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day,” Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone’s “Ridin,'” Sean Paul’s Temperature and Fort Minor and Holly Brook’s “Where’d You Go” as the top five biggest commercial hits of ’06.)RM Expresses ‘Luv and Gratitude’ as BTS Tops the Billboard 200 & Hot 100 ChartsMadonna, Gracie Abrams, John Legend & More Stars Call for ‘Immediate Closure’ of ICE Detention Center. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. // This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google
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