since this board can't get enough of "best ever" lists:
http://acclaimedmusic.net/ is a meta-list of other people's best
albums and best
songs lists. "indie" bands did rather well in
2006:
2006 Rank/All Time Rank/Artist/Single
1 36 Gnarls Barkley Crazy
2 241 Justin Timberlake My Love
3 315 T.I. What You Know
4 427 The Raconteurs Steady As She Goes
5 431 Peter Bjorn and John Young Folks
6 496 TV on the Radio Wolf Like Me
7 604 Hot Chip Over and Over
8 614 Nelly Furtado Promiscuous
9 731 Christina Aguilera Ain't No Other Man
10 740 The Killers When You Were Young
11 782 Justin Timberlake Sexy Back
12 831 CSS Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above
13 969 Hot Chip And I Was a Boy from School
14 1006 Lily Allen Smile
15 1033 Nelly Furtado Maneater
16 1088 Lupe Fiasco Kick Push
17 1278 My Chemical Romance Welcome to the Black Parade
18 1323 Camera Obscura Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
19 1473 The Pipettes Pull Shapes
20 1501 Chamillionaire Ridin' (Dirty)