The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2006, there were 24 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "One Way Ticket", the lead single from One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back, the second album by The Darkness, which spent the first four weeks of the year at number one as part of a ten-week run which began in November 2005. The final number-one single of the year was "Welcome to the Black Parade", the lead single from My Chemical Romance's third album The Black Parade, which spent the last two weeks of the year atop the chart.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2006 was "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance, which spent nine weeks at number one including a run of seven consecutive weeks. "Tell Me Baby" by Red Hot Chili Peppers spent five weeks at number one, while singles by The Darkness ("One Way Ticket"), Lacuna Coil ("Our Truth") and Muse ("Supermassive Black Hole" and "Starlight") all spent four weeks at number one. Four singles – "Is It Just Me?" by The Darkness, "But It's Better If You Do" by Panic! at the Disco, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi and "Knights of Cydonia" by Muse – each spent two weeks at number one on the chart. Muse were the most successful artist on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2006, spending a total of ten weeks at number one across three different singles.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.7 January"One Way Ticket"The DarknessAtlantic14 January21 January28 January4 February"In Your Face"Children of BodomUniversal11 February"A Day in the Life of a Poolshark"Idiot PilotReprise18 February"Superchannel"The AlarmLiberty25 February"Far Away"NickelbackRoadrunner4 March"Is It Just Me?"The DarknessAtlantic11 March18 March"Beast and the Harlot"Avenged SevenfoldWarner Bros.25 March"No Way Back/Cold Day in the Sun"Foo FightersRCA1 April"Our Truth"Lacuna CoilCentury Media8 April15 April22 April29 April"Dimension"WolfmotherModular6 May"Killing Loneliness"HIMSire13 May"But It's Better If You Do"Panic! at the DiscoAtlantic20 May27 May"Overrated (Everything Is)"Less Than JakeSire3 June"Girlfriend"The DarknessAtlantic10 June"MakeDamnSure"Taking Back SundayWarner Bros.17 June"Hard Rock Hallelujah"LordiRCA24 June1 July"Supermassive Black Hole"MuseA&E8 July15 July22 July29 July"Tell Me Baby"Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.5 August12 August19 August26 August2 September"Twenty-Twenty Surgery"Taking Back Sunday9 September"The Rest of My Life"Less Than JakeSire16 September"Starlight"MuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.23 September30 September7 October14 October"Anthem (We Are the Fire)"TriviumRoadrunner21 October"Welcome to the Black Parade"My Chemical RomanceReprise28 October4 November11 November18 November25 November2 December9 December"Knights of Cydonia"MuseHelium 3/Warner Bros.16 December23 December"Welcome to the Black Parade"My Chemical RomanceReprise30 December
See also 2006 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2006
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Singles at BBC Radio 1