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Amazon.com's Top 18 Best Selling Products of 2006

Maybe it wasn't cool in the South to go to the record store to get the new Dixie Chicks cd, but on the internet nobody can judge you. The Chicks were boycotted by Country radio and their fans said that they shouldn't have said what they said about President Bush, but when it came down to picking up their new cd, the people let their fingers do the buying. And if you ask us, they bought a wonderful cd. (It was also the website's Most Wished-For CD)
Here are the rest of the big sellers on Amazon this year via CrunchGear
- Music: Taking The Long Way by Dixie Chicks
- DVD: Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
- Software: World of Warcraft
- Electronics: Apple iPods (various)
- Home & Garden: Calphalon Commercial Hard-Anodized 12-Inch Everyday Pan with Lid
- Health & Personal Care: Pampers Cruisers (various sizes)
- Grocery: Senseo Douwe Egberts Dark Roast Coffee Pods
- Computer & Video Games: Nintendo DS Lite - Polar White
- Automotive: Sylvania DOT-it Self-Adhesive Bright White LED Light
- Apparel & Accessories: Levi's(R) 501(R) Button Fly Jeans
- Shoes: Rockport Men's Clarksdale Oxford
- Sports & Outdoors: Razor A Kick Scooter
- Jewelry: 14k White Gold, Round, Diamond Stud Earrings
- Watches: Bulova Women's Diamond Bezel Chronograph Watch
- Beauty: Bare Escentuals Get Started Kit
- Baby: Contoured Changing Pad
- Toys: Radica 20 Questions
- Books: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
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