Billboard Top 100 of 2006. Nothing Surprising, or Is It?
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
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
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
This year the list contained a good number of artists that I haven't heard of before like Daniel Powter
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
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
02. Sean Paul
03. Nelly Furtado
04. James Blunt
05. Shakira
06. Natasha Bedingfield
07. Gnarls Barkley
08. Chamillionaire
09. Justin Timberlake
10. Beyonce
11. Mary J. Blige
12. Nelly
13. The Fray
14. Cassie
15. Pussycat Dolls
16. Chris Brown
17. Ne Yo
18. Yung Joc
19. Rihanna
20. Panic! At The Disco
21. The All American Rejects
22. Fergie
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers
24. Lil Jon
25. Dem Franchize Boyz
26. Rascal Flatts
27. The Fray
28. Rihanna
29. Snow Patrol
30. Hinder
31. Cascada
32. Christina Aguilera
33. Fall Out Boy
34. Kanye West
35. Ludacris
36. Bubba Sparks
37. Sean Paul
38. Nickelback
39. Kelly Clarkson
40. Pussycat Dolls
41. T Pain
42. Black Eyed Peas
43. Fort Minor
44. Chris Brown
45. Kelly Clarkson
46. D4L
47. T.I.
48. The All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
49. Nickelback - Savin' Me
50. Mariah Carey
51. Ne Yo
52. E40
53. Nickelback - Far Away
54. Nick Lachey
55. Field Mob
56. Cherish
57. KT Tunstall
58. Juelz Santana
59. Young Dro
60. Jamie Foxx
61. Justin Timberlake Feat T.I. - My Love
62. Eminem
63. Chingy
64. Kelis
65. Jibbs
66. Akon
67. Ray J
68. Fall Out Boy
69. Chris Brown Feat Lil' Wayne - Gimme That
70. Yung Joc Feat Brandy 'Ms. B.' Hambrick - I Know You See It
71. Bon Jovi
72. JoJo
73. Busta Rhymes
74. Daddy Yankee
75. Beyonce Feat Jay Z - Deja Vu
76. Rascal Flatts - Life Is A Highway
77. Evanescence
78. Carrie Underwood
79. Danity Kane
80. Ciara
81. Sean Paul - We Be Burning
82. Blue October
83. Lifehouse
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
88. Young Jeezy
89. Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
90. Eminem - When I'm Gone
91. Madonna
92. Three 6 Mafia
93. Keyshia Cole
94. Ne Yo - When You're Mad
95. T.I. - Why You Wanna
96. P!Nk
97. Gorillaz
98. T Pain - I'm Sprung
99. Taylor Hicks
100. Teddy Geiger
Submitted by aguilera | fergie | James Blunt | Music | natasha | Nelly Furtado | sean paul | Shakira
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 ;)
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