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• The one billionth song is downloaded on iTunes.

• Daft Punk's premiere their Pyramid stage and kick off their "Alive" Tour at Coachella Valley Music Festival.

• Calvin Harris is discovered on Myspace.

• Mark Spoon - German producer and one half of the legendary Jam & Spoon dies from a heart attack in Berlin.

• Hed Kandi is bought by Ministry of Sound, who celebrate their 15th birthday in 2006.

• Godskitchen launch a new 2 part festival with Hi:Fi North in Newcastle and Hi:Fi South in Winchester. Ian Brown, Paul Oakenfold, The Editors, Sasha and Audio Bullys headline.

• UK Albums Chart start counting online downloads along with real time purchases of albums.

• The last ever weekly edition of Top of the Pops is broadcast in the UK.

• Scottish producer and DJ Mylo cancels gigs after a virus leaves him with severe hearing loss.

• Spotify is founded in Stockholm by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.

• Playstation 3 is launched.

• Kiss 100 was fined a record-breaking fee for a UK commercial radio station of £175,000 by media regulator Ofcom for a prank call by breakfast DJ Bam Bam.

Notable Albums
 

• Skream - Skream [Tempa]

• Transitions (Mixed by John Digweed) [Thrive Records]

• Collected - The Best of Massive Attack [Virgin]

• Basement Jaxx - Crazy Itch Radio [XL]

• Faithless - To All New Arrivals [Columbia]

• Claude von Stroke - Beware of the Bird [Dirtybird]

• 2020 Soundsystem - No Order [2020]

• Hot Chip - The Warning [EMI]

• Hed Kandi - Twisted Disco [HedKandi]