Radio's biggest songs of 2006
The stats are in from Nielsen BDS and Arbitron, and we have radio's top song of 2006 (based on airplay during the calendar year, all formats). Mary J. Blige's Be Without You cruised easily to the top spot.
Check out further statistical breakdowns and analysis. And, as a bonus, following is a longer list of the nation's most-heard songs: the top 50. Feel free to rail about radio's collective taste, or ask me where anything else peaked this year ...
Radio's top 50:
1. Mary J. Blige/Be Without You
2. Sean Paul/Temperature
3. Cassie/Me & U
4. Shakira/Hips Don't Lie
5. Natasha Bedingfield/Unwritten
6. Nelly Furtado/Promiscuous
7. Ne-Yo/So Sick
8. Beyonce/Check on It
9. Chamillionaire/Ridin'
10. Yung Joc/It's Goin' Down
11. Justin Timberlake/SexyBack
12. Justin Timberlake/My Love
13. Daniel Powter/Bad Day
14. Lil Jon/Snap Yo Fingers
15. James Blunt/You're Beautiful
16. Sean Paul/Give It Up to Me
17. Ludacris/Money Maker
18. Kelly Clarkson/Because of You
19. Rascal Flatts/What Hurts the Most
20. Dem Franchize Boyz/Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It
21. Field Mob/So What
22. Ne-Yo/Sexy Love
23. Chris Brown/Yo
24. Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles/Who Says You Can't Go Home
25. Chingy/Pullin' Me Back
26. Nelly/Grillz
27. Pussycat Dolls/Buttons
28. Rihanna/SOS
29. Gnarls Barkley/Crazy
30. Fray/Over My Head
31. E-40/U and Dat
32. T.I./What You Know
33. Jamie Foxx/Unpredictable
34. Akon/I Wanna Love You
35. Chris Brown/Say Goodbye
36. Lifehouse/You and Me
37. Chris Brown/Run It
38. Cherish/Do It to It
39. Nickelback/Far Away
40. Beyonce/Irreplaceable
41. Kelly Clarkson/Walk Away
42. Bubba Sparxxx/Ms. New Booty
43. Young Dro/Shoulder Lean
44. Panic! At the Disco/I Write Sins Not Tragedies
45. Akon/Smack That
46. Rihanna/Unfaithful
47. Hinder/Lips of an Angel
48. Ciara/Get Up
49. Nickelback/Savin' Me
50. T-Pain/I'm 'n' Luv
51. Yung Joc/I Know You See It
52. Chris Brown/Gimmie That
53. Rodney Atkins/If You're Going Through Hell
54. Bow Wow/Shortie Like Mine
55. Keyshia Cole/Love
56. JoJo/Too Little Too Late
57. Fray/How to Save a Life
58. Ne-Yo/When You're Mad
59. LeToya/Torn
60. Brad Paisley/The World
61. Rob Thomas/Ever the Same
62. Nick Lachey/What's Left of Me
63. Mary J. Blige/Enough Cryin'
64. Mariah Carey/Don't Forget About Us
65. Pussycat Dolls/Stickwitu
66. All-American Rejects/Move Along
67. Fort Minor/Where'd You Go
68. T.I./Why You Wanna
69. Snow Patrol/Chasing Cars
70. Kirk Franklin/Looking for You
71. Staind/Right Here
72. KT Tunstall/Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
73. Christina Aguilera/Ain't No Other Man
74. Beyonce/Deja Vu
75. Red Hot Chili Peppers/Dani California
76. Evanescence/Call Me When You're Sober
77. Busta Rhymes/Touch It
78. Nickelback/Photograph
79. Kelis/Bossy
80. Unk/Walk It Out
81. Ray J/One Wish
82. Fall Out Boy/Dance, Dance
83. Carrie Underwood/Jesus, Take the Wheel
84. Josh Turner/Your Man
85. Cascada/Everytime We Touch
86. Lyfe Jennings/S.E.X.
87. Daddy Yankee/Rompe
88. Kenny Chesney/Summertime
89. Fergie/London Bridge
90. Diddy/Come to Me
91. Josh Turner/Would You Go With Me
92. Wreckers/Leave the Pieces
93. Danity Kane/Show Stopper
94. Janet Jackson/Call on Me
95. Fergie/Fergalicious
96. Carrie Underwood/Before He Cheats
97. Brad Paisley/When I Get Where I'm Going
98. Mariah Carey/We Belong Together
99. Sugarland/Want To
100. George Strait/Give It Away
; "HDL" is Shakira's biggest U.S. commercial success since 2002's "Whenever Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes". It's not like she's been popping into the public eye nonstop for the past 5 years and been completely unavoidable. 
