This is a statistical index to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics poll, generated in the process of its tabulation for the last few years.
 
Click any linked column-heading to sort a table by that column. Click any album or song for an artist profile, or any voter for a voter profile.
 
Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
Similarity is calculated for albums, songs and artists based on voter overlap, and for ballots and voters based on album+song+artist overlap. The ballot and voter scores are weighted by album/song/artist popularity.
Étoile de Dakar
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2010#438 of 2582
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Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Étoile de Dakar · Once Upon a Time in Senegal: The Birth of Mbalax2010#379303      
K Leander Williams · Richard Gehr · Todd Kristel
Similar Albums
.2962Tim Maia · Nobody Can Live Forever  (2012)
.2222(various artists) · The Rough Guide to Congo Gold  (2009)
.2003Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz · Francophonic, Vol. 2  (2009)
.1782(various artists) · African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds  (2008)
.0992Elza Soares · The Woman at the End of the World (a Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo)  (2016)
.0992Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang · En Yay Sah  (2012)
.0742Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics · Inspiration Information, Vol. 3  (2009)
.0632Orchestra Baobab · Made in Dakar  (2008)
.0492Oumou Sangaré · Seya  (2009)
.0422Mbongwana Star · From Kinshasa  (2015)
.0392Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi  (2009)
.0332Das Racist · Relax  (2011)
Similar Artists
.2962Tim Maia
.1333Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz
.0992Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang
.0992Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
.0892Elza Soares
.0742Tom Zé
.0632Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics
.0592Orchestra Baobab
.0492Oumou Sangaré
.0422Mbongwana Star
.0312Allen Toussaint
.0262Amadou & Mariam
.0233Paul Simon
.0212Wussy
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com