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Billboard Top 100 of 2006. Nothing Surprising, or Is It?

posted December 27, 2006 - 1:28pm
Billboard Top 100 of 2006. Nothing Surprising, or Is It?

Every year Billboard releases the Top 100 of the year. This year is no different and as always I love some and I hate some. Of course the list is completely based on mass-appeal, marketing, radio play and maybe even purchasing :) Of course with the high rate of music piracy in the world I suppose they should probably do it based on downloads or torrents instead of actual purchases for it to be more realistic.

With the standards gracing the list, Shakira, Nelly Furtado, Beyonce it reads like a who's who of music I don't normally listen to. But every December I like to take a peek into the American Music scene and see what's what.

This year the list contained some bands who haven't spent a lot of time in the limelight of late but who generally make a good showing every year. This year those include Bon Jovi, Madonna , Evanescence and Busta Rhymes who I haven't heard anything about in some time.

On the list are also some of my favorites which will probably come as a surprise to some people that I know. These artists include Pussycat Dolls, Dem Franchise Boyz, Black Eyed Peas, The All American Rejects, and Eminem. Sure some of it is over-processed, computer mixed, shaken, balanced and colored...but in the long run it's entertaining to me and that is what it is about. Or at least it used to be. Now I think they are more interested in money and insulting each other than they are about entertaining. But really don't fool yourself, anyone who ever wanted to be a rock star wanted it for only three reasons, sex, money and fame.

This year the list contained a good number of artists that I haven't heard of before like Daniel Powter, Sean Paul, Yung Joc, and at least half a dozen others.

Then of course the list contains several bands that make me want to vomit and stab out my ears with dull pencils like Rascal Flatts, Hinder, Kelly Clarkson (who never should have won as far as I'm concerned), Nick Lachey and Lifehouse. Honestly I was never a fan of popular music anyway so the fact that the list of my dislikes is this long is no surprise. Actually the surprise to me is the fact that I like more on the list than I dislike.

Overall I think it's a fairly good list and it has more songs that I enjoy than last year when I was totally unimpressed with a total of maybe 25 songs on the list that I enjoyed. Of course, who am I? You might like more or less on the list but to each their own.

Here's the whole list:

01. Daniel Powter - Bad Day
02. Sean Paul - Temperature
03. Nelly Furtado Feat Timbaland - Promiscuous
04. James Blunt - You're Beautiful
05. Shakira Feat Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie
06. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
07. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
08. Chamillionaire Feat Krayzie Bone - Ridin'
09. Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
10. Beyonce Feat Slim Thug - Check On It
11. Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
12. Nelly Feat Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - Grillz
13. The Fray - Over My Head [Cable Car]
14. Cassie - Me & U
15. Pussycat Dolls Feat Snoop Dogg - Buttons
16. Chris Brown - Run It!
17. Ne Yo - So Sick
18. Yung Joc - It's Goin' Down
19. Rihanna - Sos [Rescue Me]
20. Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
21. The All American Rejects - Move Along
22. Fergie - London Bridge
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
24. Lil Jon Feat E40 & Sean Paul Of The Youngbloodz - Snap Yo Fingers
25. Dem Franchize Boyz Feat Lil Peanut & Charlay - Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It
26. Rascal Flatts - What Hurts The Most
27. The Fray - How To Save A Life
28. Rihanna - Unfaithful
29. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
30. Hinder - Lips Of An Angel
31. Cascada - Everytime We Touch
32. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
33. Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance
34. Kanye West Feat Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
35. Ludacris Feat Pharrell - Money Maker
36. Bubba Sparks Feat Ying Yang Twins - Ms. New Booty
37. Sean Paul Feat Keyshia Cole - [When You Gonna] Give It Up
38. Nickelback - Photograph
39. Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You
40. Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu
41. T Pain Feat Mike Jones - I'm N Luv [Wit A Stripper]
42. Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
43. Fort Minor Feat Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga - Where'd You Go
44. Chris Brown - Yo [Excuse Me Miss]
45. Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away
46. D4L - Laffy Taffy
47. T.I. - What You Know
48. The All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
49. Nickelback - Savin' Me
50. Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
51. Ne Yo - Sexy Love
52. E40 Feat T Pain & Kandi Girl - U And Dat
53. Nickelback - Far Away
54. Nick Lachey - What's Left Of Me
55. Field Mob Feat Ciara - So What
56. Cherish Feat Sean Paul Of The Youngbloodz - Do It To It
57. KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
58. Juelz Santana - There It Go [The Whistle Song]
59. Young Dro Feat T.I. - Shoulder Lean
60. Jamie Foxx Feat Ludacris - Unpredictable
61. Justin Timberlake Feat T.I. - My Love
62. Eminem Feat Nate Dogg - Shake That
63. Chingy Feat Tyrese - Pullin' Me Back
64. Kelis Feat Too $hort - Bossy
65. Jibbs - Chain Hang Low
66. Akon Feat Eminem - Smack That
67. Ray J - One Wish
68. Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Goin Down
69. Chris Brown Feat Lil' Wayne - Gimme That
70. Yung Joc Feat Brandy 'Ms. B.' Hambrick - I Know You See It
71. Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home
72. JoJo - Too Little Too Late
73. Busta Rhymes - Touch It
74. Daddy Yankee - Rompe
75. Beyonce Feat Jay Z - Deja Vu
76. Rascal Flatts - Life Is A Highway
77. Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober
78. Carrie Underwood - Jesus Takes The Wheel
79. Danity Kane - Show Stopper
80. Ciara Feat Chamillionaire - Get Up
81. Sean Paul - We Be Burning
82. Blue October - Hate Me
83. Lifehouse - You & Me
84. Pussycat Dolls Feat Will.I.Am - Beep
85. Dem Franchise Boyz Feat Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat & Bow Wow - I Think They Like Me
86. Chris Brown - Say Goodbye
87. John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change
88. Young Jeezy Feat Akon - Soul Survivor
89. Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
90. Eminem - When I'm Gone
91. Madonna - Hung Up
92. Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly
93. Keyshia Cole - Love
94. Ne Yo - When You're Mad
95. T.I. - Why You Wanna
96. P!Nk - Stupid Girls
97. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
98. T Pain - I'm Sprung
99. Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud
100. Teddy Geiger - For You I Will [Confidence]

Author: ChrisRick
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Comments

Again, I Accidentally Slipped into the "Big Socialist"-Mind

MythMan - Thu, 2006-28-12 1:41 am
I didn't mean to say that ƒℜ∑∃ downloads are things you absolutely cannot do and remain respectable. Just that the money makes what they do respectable enough for the Billboards. Example: I am frequently an actor (I haven't made a 'career' of it yet, but I might). Right now, I do the acting because its fun. But for my recent show at Oklahoma City's Jewel Box Theatre, I was given a $50 stipend ... I know it's not much, but it shows that my time is respectable. If the show had been more-popular, my stipend might've been higher---I doubt it, but this young man's gotta dream! And if the show had been less-popular, my stipend definitely would've been lower---maybe not, but this young man's gotta stop fooling himself into believing that this is Utopia! The show's popularity was not measured by 'how many seats were filled,' but by 'how much money we made;' just like Billboard measured the musicians' success. - Call me J, MythMan J

all things change

ChrisRick - Wed, 2006-27-12 4:55 pm
Respect, money and a good product are all opposing factors in the class struggle ;) I wasn't condoning piracy I was merely stating that it would probably be a more accurate way to judge the popularity. Of course with the advent of affordable legal download sites like iTunes (which I still refuse to use), eMusic, Napster (new and improved for your safety), etc... they could actually get a better idea of exactly what is popular and what is being purchased. You said: "Sure, some music may have been more-popular among cheapo, evil, unrespectable losers; but people with the proper amount of mone-- respect prefered the artists listed." Let he without sin cast the first stone. You have never ever done anything illegal I take it? I don't think the issue is always the money but the lack of quality for said money. I always hated buying a full CD and then only having 4 or 5 good songs on it. It really burned me and I always said I would download music when it was less than the CD. Well now it is and I do. eMusic was great for several months. $10 a month for 40 songs. Of course not all the most popular artists but I managed to find 4 or 5 months of good stuff and I could have continued to do so if I had not moved to Europe. As for disrespectful. Sure, I'm disrespectful because I downloaded Metallica songs illegally AFTER Lars Ulrich nearly cried in public about how poor he was, with his $3M home and the $1M recording studio in it. Yep, he sure is poor, a poor winner. No 'thanks for all those years of buying our stuff and supporting us and making us rich bastards,' just 'here's a subpeona, see you in court suckah!' I have no respect for him and I will never pay for anything that sends money to him. As a matter of fact I download their stuff, listen once and delete it...just on principal. Because I'm a cheapo disrespectful loser as you said. Oh wait, I forgot the evil ;)


I Think They Want the 'Legal' Popularity

MythMan - Wed, 2006-27-12 4:14 pm
You said: "Of course with the high rate of music piracy in the world I suppose they should probably do it based on downloads or torrents instead of actual purchases for it to be more realistic." But really, we want to fool everyone into thinking that the musicians play the music for the same reason we listen to it: for fun. If I were 'trespassing' on you while you were having fun, you'd expect me to pay you (preferably by the order of a public official) out of respect. That would mean your 'fun' was as respectable as the worth that I (and any other decent trespassers) paid to see it. The Billboard 100--you could say--is a list of exactly which 'fun' was 'most-respectable.' Sure, some music may have been more-popular among cheapo, evil, unrespectable losers; but people with the proper amount of mone-- respect prefered the artists listed. - Call me J, MythMan J

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