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Top 100 Songs of 2006: What Do They Say About Pop Stardom 20 Years Ago?

Top 100 Songs of 2006: What Do They Say About Pop Stardom 20 Years Ago?

Greatest Pop Stars

March 31, 20261h 8m

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Show Notes

It's 2006 Week on Billboard.com, which means it's time to flash back to all the biggest artists, songs, albums and stories of 20 weeks ago. We start off with a look at our editorial staff's list of the year's 100 best songs, including classics from Beyoncé, My Chemical Romance, Justin Timberlake and many more. Host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Eric Frankenberg to discuss our 2006 memories, as well as some of our favorite (and least-favorite) songs on the list, and what kind of place we feel pop stardom in general was in two decades ago.


See our staff's Top 100 Songs of 2026 list here:

https://www.billboard.com/lists/2006-songs-best/


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