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JAY-Z
Latest release: "Kingdom Come" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
In no particular order:
T.I, "King" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic).
Beyonce, "B-Day" (Columbia/Sony Urban).
Lupe Fiasco, "Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor" (Atlantic).
Gnarls Barkley, "St. Elsewhere" (Downtown/Atlantic).
Rick Ross, "Port of Miami" (Def Jam).
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BECK
Latest release: "The Information" (Interscope)
1. TV On The Radio, "Return to Cookie Mountain" (Interscope).
2. Miss Violetta Beauregarde, "Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo" (Temporary Residence).
3. Spank Rock, "Yoyoyoyoyoyo" (Big Dada).
4. Liars, "Drum's Not Dead" (Mute).
5. Madlib, "Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2" (Stones Throw).
6. Crystal Skulls, "Outgoing Behavior" (Suicide Squeeze) 7. Dr. Dog, "Easy Beat" (Future Farmer).
8. Girl Talk, "Night Ripper" (Illegal Art).
9. Cornelius, "Sensuous" (WEA).
10. The Raconteurs, "Broken Boy Soldiers" (Third Man/V2).
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Latest release: "Some Hearts" (Arista)
1. Brad Paisley, "Time Well Wasted" (Arista Nashville).
2. Alan Jackson, "Like Red on a Rose" (Arista Nashville).
3. Panic! At The Disco, "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" (Decaydence/Atlantic).
4. 30 Seconds To Mars, "A Beautiful Lie" (Virgin).
5. Jason Aldean, "Jason Aldean" (Broken Bow).
JOSH GROBAN
Latest release: "Awake" (143 Recordings/Reprise).
In no particular order:
My Chemical Romance, "The Black Parade" (Reprise).
Muse, "Black Holes and Revelations" (Warner Bros.) Thom Yorke, "The Eraser" (XL).
John Mayer, "Continuum" (Columbia).
Imogen Heap, "Speak For Yourself" (Megaphonic/RCA).
COLIN MELOY
Decemberists lead singer/guitarist
Latest release: "The Crane Wife" (Capitol).
1. Neko Case, "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" (Anti-).
2. My Brightest Diamond, "Bring Me the Workhorse" (Asthmatic Kitty).
3. Camera Obscura, "Let's Get Out of This Country" (Merge).
4. Joanna Newsom, "Ys" (Drag City).
5. Lily Allen, "Alright Still" (Capitol).
6. Robyn Hitchcock, "Ole Tarantula" (Yep Roc).
7. The Waterboys, "Fisherman's Blues" reissue (Capitol).
8. Destroyer, "Destroyer's Rubies" (Merge).
9. Depeche Mode, "Some Great Reward" and "A Broken Frame" reissues (Sire).
10. The Long Winters, "Putting the Days To Bed" (Barsuk).
WARREN HAYNES
Gov't Mule/Allman Brothers Band guitarist Latest release: Gov't Mule, "High & Mighty" (ATO)
In no particular order:
Ray LaMontagne, "Till the Sun Turns Black" (RCA) James Hunter, "People Gonna Talk" (Go/Rounder) Solomon Burke, "Nashville" (Shout! Factory) Medeski/Scofield/Martin/Wood, "Out Louder" (Indirecto) Tom Petty, "Highway Companion" (American Recordings/Warner Bros.).
MIKE WATT
Upcoming release: The Stooges, "The Weirdness" (Virgin, March 20, 2007).
1. John Coltrane, "One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note" (Impulse) 2. Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane, "At Carnegie Hall" (Blue Note/Thelonious Records).
3. Nels Cline, "New Monastery" (Cryptogramophone).
4. Sistas In The Pit, "The Missing Piece" (self-released).
5. Richard Hell, "Spurts: The Richard Hell Story" (Rhino).
6. Getting the new 24-bit remastered CDs of the first six Creedence Clearwater Revival albums!
EDDIE MONTGOMERY
Montgomery Gentry member
Latest release: "Some People Change" (Columbia)
1. Mary J. Blige, "The Breakthrough" (Geffen). Sings with soul and she has lived what she sings. She is the best female artist out there.
2. Kenny Chesney, "The Road and the Radio" (BNA). Kenny's albums are a lot of fun; they can take you somewhere. Kenny is also a good friend.
3. Keith Urban, "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing" (Capitol Nashville).
True musician. Writes a lot of his own stuff and is a real true person.
4. Trace Adkins, "Dangerous Man" (XX). There is not another voice like him in country music. He sings honky-tonk junk box songs like I grew up listening to.
5. Tim McGraw, "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2." (Curb). Tim is a hands-on person; he puts a lot of time and thought in to his albums. Tim can go against the grain and believes in his band enough to bring them into the studio with him and they can back it up.
RBD
Latest releases: "Rebels" / "Celestial" (Virgin)
1. Evanescence, "The Open Door" (Wind-Up).
2. Christina Aguilera, "Back to Basics" (RCA).
3. Alicia Keys, "Unplugged" (J).
4. James Blunt, "Back to Bedlam" (Custard/Atlantic).
5. Robbie Williams, "Rudebox" (EMI).
6. RBD, "Celestial" (Virgin).
7. Shakira, "Oral Fixation" (Epic).
8. Calle 13, "Calle 13" (White Lion/Sony BMG).
9. a-ha, "The Definitive Singles Collection: 1984-2004" (WEA) 10. Il Divo, "Siempre" (Columbia).
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Jay-Z, Beck, Carrie Underwood, Josh Groban, members of Def Leppard and more share their faves of 2006.
The personal picks of the year's best from the Billboard staff and our worldwide freelance contributors.
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