Billboard 2006 Year In Music
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This special section will reveal where your favorite artists landed on Billboard's definitive year-end charts, some of which were revealed Dec. 4 during the 2006 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. We've also gathered up a month-by-month look at the biggest news stories of the year as well as the year's top tours and road acts.

Meanwhile, the Critics' & Artists' Choice area hosts the personal picks of year's best releases in the opinion of the Billboard staff, as well as those of a diverse group of recording artists, including Jay-Z, Beck, Carrie Underwood, Josh Groban and Def Leppard.

Some of the material in these pages is excerpted from Billboard magazine's annual Year In Music & Touring issue (dated Dec. 23, 2006; on newsstands Dec. 15). To order a copy, click here.