RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - PEPPERS, AGUILERA + DYLAN TOP ROLLING STONE READERS POLL

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA and BOB DYLAN scored the lion's share of the votes in the newly-announced Rolling Stone magazine 2006 Reader's Poll. The DANI CALIFORNIA hitmakers claimed the Best Album (STADIUM ARCADIUM) and Best Band honours, while Aguilera claimed the Best R+B Artist and Best Female Performer gongs. Dylan claimed the Artist of The Year title and finished a runner-up in Best Male Performer, Best Single (SOMEDAY BABY) and Best Album (MODERN TIMES). The Rolling Stone dishonours went to SEAN COMBS (Most Unwelcome Comeback), BLACK EYED PEAS (Worst Song for MY HUMPS) and KEVIN FEDERLINE, who beat PARIS HILTON and ASHLEE SIMPSON to the Worst Act prize. The full list of Reader's Poll winners is: Best Album - STADIUM ARCADIUM by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Best Single - CRAZY by GNARLS BARKLEY Artist of The Year - BOB DYLAN Best Male Performer - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Best Female Performer - CHRISTINA AGUILERA Best New Artist - THE RACONTEURS Best Band - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Best Tour - A BIGGER BANG by THE ROLLING STONES Best Comeback - THE WHO Best Dressed - GWEN STEFANI Best Hip-Hop Artist - OUTKAST Best R+B Artist - CHRISTINA AGUILERA Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Band - EVANESCENCE Best Indie Act - YEAH YEAH YEAHS Best MySpace Artist - LILY ALLEN Most Unwelcome Comeback - SEAN COMBS Worst Song - MY HUMPS by BLACK EYED PEAS Worst Act - KEVIN FEDERLINE.