⇦ 20052007 ⇨

The Best Music of 2006

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2006. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2006, check out this list.

Albums (?)Wikipedia
AFIDecemberunderground☆
AhabThe Call of the Wretched Sea☆
Amy WinehouseBack To Black☆
Arctic MonkeysWhatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not☆
AudioslaveRevelations☆
BeckThe Information☆
Belle & SebastianThe Life Pursuit☆
BeyoncéB'Day☆
Bob DylanModern Times☆
Christina AguileraBack to Basics☆
Dixie ChicksTaking the Long Way☆
DragonForceInhuman Rampage☆
Eric ChurchSinners Like Me ☆
EvanescenceThe Open Door☆
Ghostface KillahFishscale☆
Gnarls BarkleySt. Elsewhere☆
Gwen StefaniThe Sweet Escape☆
J DillaDonuts☆
Joanna NewsomYs☆
John MayerContinuum☆
Johnny CashAmerican V: A Hundred Highways☆
Justin TimberlakeFutureSex/LoveSounds☆
Lupe FiascoFood & Liquor☆
MastodonBlood Mountain☆
MuseBlack Holes And Revelations☆
My Chemical RomanceThe Black Parade☆
NasHip-Hop is Dead☆
Nelly FurtadoLoose☆
OutKastIdlewild☆
Pearl JamPearl Jam☆
Peter FramptonFingerprints☆
Red Hot Chili PeppersStadium Arcadium☆
Regina SpektorBegin to Hope☆
RihannaA Girl Like Me☆
Sonic YouthRather Ripped☆
The Black KeysMagic Potion☆
The DecemberistsThe Crane Wife☆
The Flaming LipsAt War with the Mystics☆
The KillersSam's Town☆
The RaconteursBroken Boy Soldiers☆
The RootsGame Theory☆
Tool10,000 Days☆
TV on the RadioReturn to Cookie Mountain☆
Vince GillThese Days☆
Weird Al YankovicStraight Outta Lynwood☆
Yeah Yeah YeahsShow Your Bones☆
Songs (?)Wikipedia
"Weird Al" YankovicWhite and Nerdy☆
AFIMiss Murder☆
Amy WinehouseRehab☆
Amy WinehouseYou Know I'm No Good☆
Amy WinehouseBack To Black☆
Amy WinehouseLove is a Losing Game☆
Amy WinehouseTears Dry On Their Own☆
Arcade FireIntervention☆
Arctic MonkeysWhen the Sun Goes Down☆
AudioslaveRevelations☆
Band Of HorsesThe Funeral☆
BeyoncéIrreplaceable☆
Breaking BenjaminThe Diary of Jane☆
Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie BoneRidin'☆
Christina AguileraAin't No Other Man☆
Corinne Bailey RaePut Your Records On☆
Daddy Yankee & Pharrell WilliamsMamacita☆
Dixie ChicksNot Ready to Make Nice☆
DragonForceThrough the Fire and Flames☆
DragonForceOperation Ground and Pound☆
EminemWhen I'm Gone☆
EvanescenceCall Me When You're Sober☆
Fall Out BoyThis Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race☆
Glen Hansard & Markéta IrglováFalling Slowly☆
Gnarls BarkleyCrazy☆
GossipStanding in the Way of Control☆
Gwen Stefani feat. AkonThe Sweet Escape☆
Hot ChipOver and Over☆
Hot ChipBoy from School☆
I'm from BarcelonaThe Painter☆
John MayerGravity☆
John MayerWaiting on the World to Change☆
Johnny CashGod's Gonna Cut You Down☆
Justin TimberlakeSexyBack☆
Justin TimberlakeWhat Goes Around?Comes Around☆
Lily AllenSmile☆
MastodonColony of Birchmen☆
Meat Loaf featuring Marion RavenIt's All Coming Back to Me Now☆
MuseKnights Of Cydonia☆
MuseSupermassive Black Hole☆
MuseStarlight☆
MuseMap of the Problematique☆
My Chemical RomanceWelcome to the Black Parade☆
My Chemical RomanceTeenagers☆
My Chemical RomanceCancer☆
Nelly FurtadoSay It Right☆
Nelly Furtado feat. TimbalandPromiscuous☆
OK GoHere It Goes Again☆
Peter Bjorn and JohnYoung Folks☆
Plain White T'sHey There Delilah☆
Rascal FlattsLife Is a Highway☆
Red Hot Chili PeppersDani California☆
Red Hot Chili PeppersSnow (Hey Oh)☆
Rise AgainstPrayer of the Refugee☆
Scissor SistersI Don't Feel Like Dancin'☆
Shakira ft. Wyclef JeanHips Don't Lie☆
Snow PatrolChasing Cars☆
Snow PatrolRun☆
Stone SourThrough Glass☆
T.I.What You Know☆
Take ThatPatience☆
Taking Back SundayMakeDamnSure☆
The DecemberistsThe Crane Wife 1 & 2☆
The FratellisChelsea Dagger☆
The FratellisFlathead☆
The KillersWhen You Were Young☆
The RaconteursSteady As She Goes☆
ToolVicarious☆
ToolRosetta Stoned☆
TV on the RadioWolf Like Me☆
TV on the RadioHours☆
WolfmotherJoker and the Thief☆
Yeah Yeah YeahsGold Lion☆

⇦ 20052007 ⇨