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The year was also when we saw many of this generation\u2019s biggest superstars make their debuts \u2014 such as one little-known (at the time) singer-songwriter by the name of Taylor Swift. The future 14-time Grammy winner released her first-ever single in 2006, as did acts such as Aly and AJ, Danity Kane and Paris Hilton.<\/p>\n
But now that Billboard has shared staff picks for the best songs that year had to offer, it\u2019s time for you to choose yours. From mid-2000s dance pop to quintessential hip-hop, punk rock and anthemic country, tell us which nostalgic banger lives on in your heart as the defining song of 2006. (And if you need help deciding, consider consulting the year-end Billboard Hot 100<\/a> from 20 years ago, which solidified Ri\u2019s \u201cSOS,\u201d Daniel Powter\u2019s \u201cBad Day,\u201d Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone\u2019s \u201cRidin,’\u201d Sean Paul\u2019s Temperature and Fort Minor and Holly Brook\u2019s \u201cWhere\u2019d You Go\u201d as the top five biggest commercial hits of \u201906.)<\/p>\n Vote for which 2006 song you think is best in the poll below.<\/p>\n Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been two decades since the year sexy came back, hips didn\u2019t lie and ridin\u2019 was done dirty,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[31435,31964,136480,146,177290,85,46,9654,409,177291,2070],"class_list":["post-368040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-billboard","tag-billboard-hot-100","tag-carrie-underwood","tag-entertainment","tag-gnarls-barkley","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-justin-timberlake","tag-music","tag-nelly-furtato","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Billboard](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6c5fdd1e585fffc1a8661cfd14eda443.jpeg\"\/)
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