Best US Number 1 Single of... 2006

america >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> britain so so fucking much! i am ashamed of my country's taste sometimes. every single one of these is GREAT apart from d powter and j cunt (nb do not know what taylor hicks is).

...'irreplaceable', anyway

haha i even like the d powter song a bit (i heard TWO muzak versions of it)

voted laffy taffy

"My Love."

i am ashamed of my country's taste sometimes.

The UK didn't let James Blunt or Daniel Powter get to number 1.

i wish! (try 2005)

My Girl - Justin Timberlake feat. T.I.

ha ha...

"Bad Day" didn't get to #1 in the UK.
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hips don't liw would be my foavorite but i find wycleff to be pretty annoying.

I thought this was a music board.

Uh?

I voted for "Promiscuous."

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According to the singles list I made in December, my opinion is "My Love" > "Irreplaceable" > "Ridin'" > "London Bridge" > "So Sick" > "Check On It" > "S.O.S." and disliked almsot everything else. At this point I'm sick of most of them, though, so I could really go either way. I think I'll vote for Fergie, which seems like the only option more heretical than "Laffy Taffy."

Just look at this list. Come on. Is this actually the worst year for top 40 music, ever?

Try looking at any other list of #1s from the past decade, most of which feature barely half as many songs. That alone I think makes 2006 seem more interesting and varied, at least. But then, judging any year by its chart-toppers alone is a fool's game.

Actually judging every year by it's totality is the way to spin down into oblivion. I don't want to write a dissertation, I just want to point out that these songs suck.

what songs do you like?

I'm not suggesting that you listen to every song ever before having an opinion, but you made a statement about "top 40 music" as a whole and #1s are a pretty small piece of that pie.

"What You Know" wasn't a #1??

Chamillionaire it is.

I like that song "I'm stuck in a semantic maze with a guy from Baltimore." I think it was 85 cent.

"What You Know" peaked at #3, I believe.

let's see...

don't remember - Don't Forget About Us - Mariah Carey
alright - Laffy Taffy - D4L
don't remember - Grillz - Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
mediocre - Check On It - Beyonce feat. Slim Thug
sucks - You're Beautiful - James Blunt
mediocre - So Sick - Ne-Yo
great - Temperature - Sean Paul
sucks - Bad Day - Daniel Powter
mediocre - SOS - Rihanna
alright - Ridin' - Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
great - Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
don't remember - Do I Make You Proud - Taylor Hicks
alright - Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland
great - London Bridge - Fergie
great - Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
don't remember - Money Maker - Ludacris feat. Pharrell
great - My Girl - Justin Timberlake feat. T.I.
mediocre - I Wanna Love You - Akon feat. Snoop Dogg
mediocre - Irreplaceable - Beyonce Knowles

"my love" it is. pretty decent run of #1s actually although its hardly a golden age we're witnessing or something.

Don't Forget About Us - Mariah Carey - good
Laffy Taffy - D4L - great
Grillz - Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - awful
Check On It - Beyonce feat. Slim Thug - awful
You're Beautiful - James Blunt - awful
So Sick - Ne-Yo - ok at first, awful on repeat
Bad Day - Daniel Powter - wtf is this
SOS - Rihanna - decent enough
Ridin' - Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone - great
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - awful
Do I Make You Proud - Taylor Hicks - wtf is this
Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - eh
London Bridge - Fergie - wack
Sexyback - Justin Timberlake - good enough
Money Maker - Ludacris feat. Pharrell - trash
My Love - Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - good
I Wanna Love You - Akon feat. Snoop Dogg - wack
Irreplaceable - Beyonce Knowles - eh

i voted for Cham

If I had to give a top 5, it'd be Nelly Furtado, the two J. Timberlake songs, Rihanna, and Chamillionaire.

Ne-Yo, obviously, followed by "My Love."

(though "Sexy Love" is superior)

Voted for the last option, as I refuse to vote for James Blunt.

(Even a UK #1s poll would be difficult, but at least there's Orson)

There is a UK poll

Best UK Number 1 Single of... 2006

Don't Forget About Us - Mariah Carey (good)
Laffy Taffy - D4L (good)
Grillz - Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp (good)
Check On It - Beyonce feat. Slim Thug (good)
You're Beautiful - James Blunt (bane of humanity)
So Sick - Ne-Yo (great)
Temperature - Sean Paul (good)
Bad Day - Daniel Powter (good)
SOS - Rihanna (good)
Ridin' - Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone (good)
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean (good)
Do I Make You Proud - Taylor Hicks (haven't heard, probably bad)
Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland (best)
London Bridge - Fergie (good)
Sexyback - Justin Timberlake (great)
Money Maker - Ludacris feat. Pharrell (bad)
My Girl - Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. (great)
I Wanna Love You - Akon feat. Snoop Dogg (good)
Irreplaceable - Beyonce Knowles (great)

So, yeah, with a couple exception, I'm cool with all of these.

Or maybe just easy to please.

I picked Promiscuous, but I got confused and thought "My Girl" was a song I didn't know - otherwise it would have been a tough call between those two.

Whoa, the Britain one - several artists I've never even heard of, plus LEO SAYER IS BACK?

The same way Steve Winwood came back after "Call On Me," so, no.

The Sun had a leo sayer campaign a few years ago.

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The last decent song to top the US singles chart was "All For You" by Janet Jackson back in 2001. To find a really great US chart topper one has got to go back to "Kiss From a Rose" in 1995.

(Most UK chart toppers are rubbish too, but Oasis alone have had 8 chart toppers that have been way better than anything that has topped the US chart since then)

The best (early) Oasis singles didn't top the UK charts though!

WHO VOTED FOR TAYLOR HICKS?!?!?!?!

Who is Taylor Hicks?

taylor hicks is ghost rider, duh

Taylor Hicks ghost rides the whip.

The real question is WHO THE FUCK VOTED FOR JAMES FUCKING BL- Oh, that's right.

I didn't. Even though it may be the least shitty US #1 of 2006, it was still too shitty to vote for.

Okay, back to are regularly scheduled program:

-UNT!!??!

"are" "our", etc.

wow @ "So Sick" getting the same number of votes as "You're Beautiful" and "Do I Make You Proud."

"So Sick" would be my second choice. I can't believe I didn't nom it for the '06 poll.

Wow, 2 people actually voted for Fergie.

Haha yeah, I wanna know who the other person was! Like I said, it's probably more like my 4th favorite option overall, but I'm less sick of it than the others.