2006 Billboard Music Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 2006 Billboard Music Awards

| image =

| caption =

| date = {{Start date|2006|12|4}}

| location = MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

| host =

| network = FOX

| ratings = 6.1 million{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/prime-week-for-nbc-cbs-1117955603/|title = Prime week for NBC, CBS|last = Kissell|first = Rick|date = December 12, 2006|work = Variety|accessdate = November 24, 2024|quote = "The Billboard Music Awards" (2.7/7 in 18-49, 6.09m) was down year to year and ranked fourth in its Monday slot.}}

| most_awards = Mary J. Blige (9)

| most_nominations = Mary J. Blige (13)

| previous = 2005

| main = Billboard Music Awards

| next = 2011

}}

The 2006 Billboard Music Awards were held December 4, 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums from 2006.[http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/2006-billboard-music-awards/ 2006 Billboard Awards - The Show - 2006 Billboard Music Awards- Pictures - CBS News]

Performances

class="wikitable"
Artist(s) !Song(s)
Janet Jackson \|"Pleasure Principle" "So Excited"
Fergie will.i.am \|"Fergalicious"
Young Jeezy Ludacris Pharrell \|"I Luv It" "Grew Up a Screw Up" "Money Maker"
Gwen Stefani \|"Wind It Up"
The Fray \|"How to Save a Life"
Mary J. Blige \|"Enough Cryin" "Take Me as I Am"
Kid Rock Billy Gibbons Nickelback \|"Looking for Some Touch"

class="wikitable"

Artist(s)

!Song(s)

Janet Jackson

|"Pleasure Principle"
"So Excited"

Fergie
will.i.am

|"Fergalicious"

Young Jeezy
Ludacris
Pharrell

|"I Luv It"
"Grew Up a Screw Up"
"Money Maker"

Gwen Stefani

|"Wind It Up"

The Fray

|"How to Save a Life"

Mary J. Blige

|"Enough Cryin"
"Take Me as I Am"

Kid Rock
Billy Gibbons
Nickelback

|"Looking for Some Touch"

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed in bold.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56556/2006-billboard-music-awards-finalists|title=2006 Billboard Music Awards Finalists|magazine=Billboard }}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56513/the-2006-billboard-music-award-winners|title=The 2006 Billboard Music Award Winners|magazine=Billboard }}

style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| New Artist of the Year
class=wikitable
valign="top" \| Chris Brown Nickelback Rascal Flatts Sean Paul \| valign="top" \| Chris Brown James Blunt The Fray Ne-Yo
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Male Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Female Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| Chris Brown Ne-Yo Sean Paul Justin Timberlake \| valign="top" \| Rihanna Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Kelly Clarkson
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Duo/Group of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Male Billboard 200 Album Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| Nickelback The Fray The Pussycat Dolls Rascal Flatts \| valign="top" \| Eminem James Blunt Johnny Cash Kenny Chesney
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Female Billboard 200 Album Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Billboard 200 Album Duo/Group of the Year
valign="top" \| Carrie Underwood Mary J. Blige Mariah Carey Kelly Clarkson \| valign="top" \| Rascal Flatts The Black Eyed Peas Nickelback The Pussycat Dolls
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Album of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Male Hot 100 Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood All the Right Reasons – Nickelback Me and My Gang – Rascal Flatts High School Musical soundtrack – Various Artists \| valign="top" \| Sean Paul Chris Brown Ne-Yo Justin Timberlake
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Female Hot 100 Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Hot 100 Duo/Group of the Year
valign="top" \| Rihanna Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Kelly Clarkson \| valign="top" \| Nickelback The All-American Rejects The Fray The Pussycat Dolls
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Hot 100 Single of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Hot 100 Airplay Song of the Year
valign="top" \| "Bad Day" – Daniel Powter "Promiscuous" – Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland "Temperature" – Sean Paul "Hips Don't Lie" – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean \| valign="top" \| "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige "Check on It" – Beyoncé featuring Bun B & Slim Thug "So Sick" – Ne-Yo "Temperature" – Sean Paul
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Digital Album Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Digital Album of the Year
valign="top" \| The Fray James Blunt Jack Johnson John Mayer \| valign="top" \| How to Save a Life – The Fray Back to Bedlam – James Blunt Continuum – John Mayer FutureSex/LoveSounds – Justin Timberlake
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Digital Songs Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Digital Song of the Year
valign="top" \| The Fray The All-American Rejects Nickelback Sean Paul \| valign="top" \| "Bad Day" – Daniel Powter "You're Beautiful" – James Blunt "Crazy" – Gnarls Barkley "Promiscuous" – Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Videoclips Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Videoclip of the Year
valign="top" \| T.I. Beyoncé Mary J. Blige Chris Brown \| valign="top" \| "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige "So Sick" – Ne-Yo "Touch It" – Busta Rhymes "Why You Wanna" – T.I.
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Pop 100 Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Pop 100 Single of the Year
valign="top" \| Rihanna Nickelback Sean Paul The Pussycat Dolls \| valign="top" \| "Promiscuous" – Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland "Temperature" – Sean Paul "Bad Day" – Daniel Powter "Hips Don't Lie" – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Pop 100 Airplay Song of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| "Hips Don't Lie" – Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean "Unwritten" – Natasha Bedingfield "Check on It" – Beyoncé featuring Bun B & Slim Thug "Promiscuous" – Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland \| valign="top" \| Mary J. Blige Jamie Foxx Ne-Yo T.I.
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Male R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| Ne-Yo Chris Brown LeToya Yung Joc \| valign="top" \| T.I. Chris Brown Jamie Foxx Ne-Yo
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Female R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|R&B/Hip-Hop Duo/Group of the Year
valign="top" \| Mary J. Blige Beyoncé Mariah Carey Keyshia Cole \| valign="top" \| Dem Franchize Boyz The Black Eyed Peas The Isley Brothers Three 6 Mafia
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|R&B/Hip-Hop Album Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the Year
valign="top" \| Mary J. Blige Jamie Foxx Lil Wayne T.I. \| valign="top" \| The Breakthrough – Mary J. Blige Unpredictable – Jamie Foxx In My Own Words – Ne-Yo King – T.I.
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year
valign="top" \| Mary J. Blige Chris Brown Ne-Yo T.I. \| valign="top" \| "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige "Unpredictable" – Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris "So Sick" – Ne-Yo "It's Goin' Down" – Yung Joc
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Song of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Rap Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige "Unpredictable" – Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris "Looking for You" – Kirk Franklin "So Sick" – Ne-Yo \| valign="top" \| T.I. Dem Franchize Boyz Sean Paul Yung Joc
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Rap Album Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Rap Album of the Year
valign="top" \| T.I. Eminem Lil Wayne Ludacris \| valign="top" \| King – T.I. Curtain Call: The Hits – Eminem Tha Carter II – Lil Wayne Duets: The Final Chapter – The Notorious B.I.G.
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Rap Single of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Country Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| "It's Goin' Down" – Yung Joc "Snap Yo Fingers" – Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul of the YoungBloodZ "Lean wit It, Rock wit It" – Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Lil Peanut & Charlay "Grillz" – Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp \| valign="top" \| Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Rascal Flatts Carrie Underwood
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|New Country Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Male Country Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| Carrie Underwood Eric Church Heartland The Wreckers \| valign="top" \| Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Tim McGraw Keith Urban
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Female Country Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Country Duo/Group of the Year
valign="top" \| Carrie Underwood Sara Evans Faith Hill Gretchen Wilson \| valign="top" \| Rascal Flatts Brooks & Dunn Little Big Town Sugarland
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Country Album Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Country Album of the Year
valign="top" \| Rascal Flatts Johnny Cash Kenny Chesney Carrie Underwood \| valign="top" \| Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood The Legend of Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash The Road and the Radio – Kenny Chesney Me and My Gang – Rascal Flatts
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Country Songs Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Country Song of the Year
valign="top" \| Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Rascal Flatts Carrie Underwood \| valign="top" \| "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" – Rodney Atkins "The Word" – Brad Paisley "Summertime" – Kenny Chesney "What Hurts the Most" – Rascal Flatts
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Rock Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Rock Album of the Year
valign="top" \| Nickelback Disturbed Red Hot Chili Peppers Shinedown \| valign="top" \| All the Right Reasons – Nickelback Back to Bedlam – James Blunt A Fever You Can't Sweat Out – Panic! at the Disco Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Rock Single of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Modern Rock Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| "Animal I Have Become" – Three Days Grace "Speak" – Godsmack "Animals" – Nickelback "Dani California" – Red Hot Chili Peppers \| valign="top" \| Red Hot Chili Peppers AFI Blue October Shinedown
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Modern Rock Single of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" \|Soundtrack Album of the Year
valign="top" \| "Dani California" – Red Hot Chili Peppers "Miss Murder" – AFI "The Kill (Bury Me)" – 30 Seconds to Mars "Animal I Have Become" – Three Days Grace \| valign="top" \| High School Musical – Various Artists Walk the Line – Various Artists Get Rich or Die Tryin' OST – Various Artists Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George – Jack Johnson
style="background:#EEDD82; width=100%" colspan="2"\|Billboard Century Award
colspan = "2" style="text-align: center;"\|Tony Bennett

=Artists with multiple wins and nominations=

scope="col" style="width:55px;" \|Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" \|Artist
class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Artists that received multiple nominations
style="text-align:center" \|13 \| Mary J. Blige
style="text-align:center" \|12 \| Ne-Yo
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" \|10 \| Nickelback
Rascal Flatts
T.I.
style="text-align:center" \|9 \| Sean Paul
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" \|8 \| Chris Brown
Carrie Underwood
style="text-align:center" \|7 \| Kenny Chesney
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" \|6 \| Beyoncé
Jamie Foxx
The Fray
Red Hot Chili Peppers
style="text-align:center" \|5 \| James Blunt
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \|4 \| Kelly Clarkson
Nelly Furtado
The Pussycat Dolls
Timbaland
Yung Joc
rowspan="11" style="text-align:center" \|3 \| Johnny Cash
Dem Franchize Boyz
Eminem
Wyclef Jean
Toby Keith
Lil Wayne
Ludacris
Daniel Powter
Rihanna
Shakira
Justin Timberlake
rowspan="11" style="text-align:center" \|2 \| AFI
The All-American Rejects
The Black Eyed Peas
Bun B
Mariah Carey
High School Musical Cast
Jack Johnson
John Mayer
Shinedown
Slim Thug
Three Days Grace

class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Artists that received multiple awards
scope="col" style="width:55px;" \|Wins ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" \|Artist
style="text-align:center" \|8 \| Mary J. Blige
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" \|5 \| T.I.
Carrie Underwood
style="text-align:center" \|4 \| Nickelback
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" \|3 \| Chris Brown
Kenny Chesney
The Fray
Rascal Flatts
Rihanna
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" \|2 \| Daniel Powter
Red Hot Chili Peppers

class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Artists that received multiple awards

scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Wins

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Artist

style="text-align:center" |8

| Mary J. Blige

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |5

| T.I.

Carrie Underwood

style="text-align:center" |4

| Nickelback

rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" |3