Looking to shine light on the role of subscription services in determining the year's most popular music, Napster handed out its first-ever awards today, honoring the most played songs and artists on its service.

Fall Out Boy

The subscription service said that Jack Johnson was Napster's most played artist in 2006, while Fall Out Boy's "Dance, Dance" was the most played song of the year.

Napster subscribers pay a monthly fee for unlimited playback access to the service's catalog of more than 3 million songs, with restrictions attached to what the user can do with the music. Access to all of Napster's music expires if the subscription lapses.

The service also said that Carrie Underwood was the most played new artist, while the Cowboy Junkies' cover of U2's "One" was the most played cover song of the year.

Napster is also honoring the artist that had the most substantial increase in plays year over year with its "Breakout Artist" award, earned this year by digital phenoms Arctic Monkeys.

"The Napster Awards provide insight into how music fans behave when they can listen to an enormous variety of music away from restrictive radio playlists, limited retail shelf space, 30-second clips, and buck-a-track digital stores," Napster CEO Chris Gorog said in a statement. "When consumers are given unlimited access to music and are freed from having to pay for each individual song in order to hear it, it's interesting to see how this freedom changes what they want to actually listen to."

Here are more Napster Award winners:

Most Played Artist--Jack Johnson

Most Played Song--"Dance, Dance" by Fall Out Boy

Most Played New Artist--Carrie Underwood

Most Played NapsterLive Session--Natasha Bedingfield

Rising Star--Arctic Monkeys

Most Played Self-Published Artist--Jadox

Most Played Cover Song--"One" by Cowboy Junkies (U2)

Most Played Alternative Artist--Coldplay

Most Played Alternative Song--"Dance, Dance" by Fall Out Boy

Most Played Country Artist--Rascal Flatts

Most Played Country Song--"What Hurts the Most" by Rascal Flatts

Most Played Dance/Electronic Artist--Madonna

Most Played Dance/Electronic Recording--"Everytime We Touch" by Cascada

Most Played Hip-Hop Artist--Eminem

Most Played Hip-Hop Song--"Ridin'" by Chamillionaire

Most Played Jazz Artist--Norah Jones

Most Played Jazz Recording--"Come Away with Me" by Norah Jones

Most Played Latin Artist--Shakira

Most Played Latin Song--"Whenever, Wherever" by Shakira

Most Played Pop Artist--Jack Johnson

Most Played Pop Song--"Move Along" by All American Rejects

Most Played R&B Artist--Mary J. Blige

Most Played R&B Song--"Unfaithful" by Rihanna

Most Played Reggae Artist--Sean Paul

Most Played Reggae Song--"Temperature" by Sean Paul

Most Played Rock Artist--Nickelback

Most Played Rock Song--"Dance, Dance" by Fall Out Boy

Most Played World Artist--Enya

Most Played World Song--"Only Time" by Enya