Canada Country is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine.[1] The chart was published from July 22, 2006, onwards. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by airplay on 31 country music stations across the country as monitored by Nielsen BDS.[2] Songs are ranked by total plays. As with most other Billboard charts, the Canada Country chart features a rule for when a song enters recurrent rotation. A song is declared recurrent if it has been on the chart longer than 30 weeks and is lower than number 20 in rank.[3]
Prior to the current chart published by Billboard, an airplay chart following a similar methodology was published by Radio & Records. The R&R Canada Country Top 30 chart listed the most popular songs on country radio based on airplay from 21 Mediabase stations.[4] The list was expanded to 40 positions effective as of the May 19, 2006 issue.[5] The Radio & Records chart featured a rule whereby any song below rank 15 that has been on the chart 20 or more weeks will be moved to recurrent rotation.[5]
These are the Canadian number-one country singles of 2006, per the BDS Canada Country Airplay chart and R&R Canada Country Top 30 chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.
Issue date | Country Song | Artist | Ref. |
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January 13 | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | Carrie Underwood | [6] |
January 20 | [7] | ||
January 27 | [8] | ||
February 3 | [9] | ||
February 10 | [10] | ||
February 17 | [11] | ||
February 24 | [12] | ||
March 3 | "Living in Fast Forward" | Kenny Chesney | [13] |
March 10 | [14] | ||
March 17 | [15] | ||
March 24 | [16] | ||
March 31 | [A] | ||
April 7 | [17] | ||
April 14 | "What Hurts the Most" | Rascal Flatts | [18] |
April 21 | [19] | ||
April 28 | "The Lucky One" | Faith Hill | [20] |
May 5 | [21] | ||
May 12 | [22] | ||
May 19 | "When the Stars Go Blue" | Tim McGraw | [5] |
May 26 | [23] | ||
June 2 | [24] | ||
June 9 | [25] | ||
June 16 | "The World" | Brad Paisley | [26] |
June 23 | "Summertime" | Kenny Chesney | [27] |
June 30 | [B] | ||
July 7 | [28] | ||
July 14 | [29] | ||
July 21 | [30] | ||
July 28 | "A Little Too Late" | Toby Keith | [31] |
August 4 | [32] |
Issue date | Country Song | Artist | Ref. |
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July 22 | "Summertime" | Kenny Chesney | [33] |
July 29 | [34] | ||
August 5 | "A Little Too Late" | Toby Keith | [35] |
August 12 | [36] | ||
August 19 | [37] | ||
August 26 | [38] | ||
September 2 | "If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows)" | Rodney Atkins | [39] |
September 9 | [40] | ||
September 16 | "Sunshine and Summertime" | Faith Hill | [41] |
September 23 | "Leave the Pieces" | The Wreckers | [42] |
September 30 | "Give It Away" | George Strait | [43] |
October 7 | [44] | ||
October 14 | [45] | ||
October 21 | "Once in a Lifetime" | Keith Urban | [46] |
October 28 | "Before He Cheats" | Carrie Underwood | [47] |
November 4 | [48] | ||
November 11 | [49] | ||
November 18 | [50] | ||
November 25 | [51] | ||
December 2 | [52] | ||
December 9 | "Want To" | Sugarland | [53] |
December 16 | "My Wish" | Rascal Flatts | [54] |
December 23 | [55] | ||
December 30 | [56] |