Arctic Monkeys not included

Because of course they're going to be among 2006's biggest acts. Who else, though? We've taken the opportunity to collate a list of what the publications with musical specialism have predicted big things for so we can have a look back and laugh if appropriate at the end of the year. This will be updated over the coming weeks - let us know if we missed out someone:

BBC: The Automatic, Chris Brown, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Feeling, Guillemots, Kubb, Marcos Hernandez, Plan B, Sway

Eastern Daily Press: The Automatic, Be Your Own Pet, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dirty Pretty Things, Field Music, Guillemots, Long Blondes, Mystery Jets, The Pipettes, Protocol, Spinto Band

Guardian Film & Music (as chosen by 2005's buzz bands): Absentee, Architecture In Helsinki, The Automatic, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dangermouse (London rapper, not the Gorillaz one), Field Music, ¡Forward Russia!, Jamie T, Komakino, Matisyahu, Milburn, Milk Teeth, The Organ, Nerina Pallot, Pyrelli, Reverend, Vittorio Grigolo, We Start Fires, Who Made Who

Guardian Guide: Blackbud, Child Ballads, Harrisons, Maccabees, Morning Runner, Mystery Jets, The Boy Least Likely To, Young Knives

Guardian Online: Beautiful New Born Children, Captain, Declan O'Rourke, Jamie T, Lord God, The National Trust, Plan B, Supastition, Wetdog

Manchester Online: Betty Curse, Boy Kill Boy, Chris Brown, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dirty Pretty Things, Eighteenth Day Of May, The Feeling, The Like, Lorraine, Nightmare Of You, Plan B, Vittorio Grigolo

MTV UK: The Automatic, Be Your Own Pet, Boy Kill Boy, Chris Brown, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Corinne Bailey Rae, Guillemots, Hot Chip, Justice, Mike Jones, Ne-Yo, Plan B, Shy Child, Spinto Band, Sway, Test Icicles, Young Jeezy, Young Knives

NME: The Automatic, Be Your Own Pet, Boy Kill Boy, Captain, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Dirty Pretty Things, Goodbooks, Long Blondes, Mystery Jets, Plan B

Q: Boy Kill Boy, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Feeling, Guillemots, Plan B

Radio 1 (Lamacq Live): Alloy Mental, The Feeling, Jamie T, Mystery Jets, Plan B, Pipettes, Sway

Radio 1 (OneMusic): Andrew Hockey, Evils, Hush The Many, Metronomy, Pipettes, Tor

Socialist Worker (!): Long Blondes, Luxembourg, The Pipettes

Sunday Times: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Feeling, Sol Seppy, Sway

Telegraph: Boy Kill Boy, The Boy Least Likely To, Corinne Bailey Rae, Dear Eskimo, Dirty Pretty Things, Duke Special, Guillemots, Humanzi, The Kooks, Mohair, Morning Runner, The Raconteurs, Young Knives

Teletext Planet Sound: Betty Curse, Former Bullies, Juanes, Liam Frost, The Like, Linus Loves, Motorettes, Mute Parade, Orson, The Raconteurs, Shady Bard, Switchers, Tired Irie, Wigwam

This Is London: Boy Kill Boy, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

The Ticket: Broken Social Scene, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Corinne Bailey Rae, Fear Of Music, The Feeling, Humanzi, Jenny Lewis, Kalev, Lisa Hannigan, Long Blondes, Regina Spektor, Rumble Strips, Schroedersound, Wolf Parade

Times: Belarus, Blackbud, Jamie T, Plan B, Young Knives