Sirius has announced their "top 10" music event for 2006.

I'm not necessarily sure what the criteria was for selecting the list, but some of the events were definitely pretty cool. Anyway, here's Sirius' top 10 music events list for 2006:

1. Exclusive live broadcast of the last performance at legendary NYC nightclub CBGB, featuring Patti Smith, on SIRIUS Disorder. (Orbitcast verdict: Extremely cool)
   
   
2. Launch of Metropolitan Opera Radio: The Met's famed live and archived operas are now heard around the clock, commercial free. (Orbitcast verdict: Great partnership)
   
   
3. Launch of The Who Channel, the world's first station dedicated to the music of The Who, including exclusive backstage reports and concert broadcasts. (Orbitcast verdict: Enough already)
   
   
4. Every concert performance from Jimmy Buffett's 2006 Party at The End of the World tour was broadcast live exclusively on Buffett's Radio Margaritaville channel. (Orbitcast verdict: Big thumbs up)
   
   
5. Two new shows featuring user-generated content were launched: Blog Radio, a new daily show hosted by some of the most influential music bloggers in the U.S. (including Brooklyn Vegan, Gorilla vs. Bear and Product Shop NYC), launched on May 29 on Left of Center, and D.I.Y. Radio, a new weekly show that allows listeners to become DJs, debuted on Sept. 25 on Faction. (Orbitcast verdict: Interactive = Good)
   
   
6. "Elvis Radio Day" was declared in Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn. July 2, in celebration of the 2nd anniversary of Elvis Radio on SIRIUS (channel broadcasts live from Graceland). (Orbitcast verdict: Ehhh)
   
   
7. Rolling Stones Radio, the world's first radio station dedicated to the music of The Rolling Stones, featured exclusive interviews with all band members. (Orbitcast verdict: Please, make it stop)
   
   
8. The music of country legend George Strait took over the entire Prime Country channel for five straight days. (Orbitcast verdict: OK)
   
   
9. Nordic Rox, the first radio program devoted to music from Scandinavia, launched on The Spectrum. A special Nordic Rox worldwide program, heard October 25th, was also SIRIUS' first live international broadcast. (Orbitcast verdict: Nice)
   
   
10. Big '80s Celebrates MTV at 25 on Aug. 1 featured four original VJs -- Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood and Alan Hunter, who are now all daily hosts on Big '80s (channel 8) -- recounting their experiences being part of the pop culture phenomenon and playing the songs from the first videos that ever aired on MTV, on its 25th anniversary. (Orbitcast verdict: Great tie-in, great idea)