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.
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Overall
Centricity.362#535 of 1313
Breadth.554#291 of 1329
Metalism.013#357 of 1329
2014 original ballot
Centricity.401#203 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Beyoncé · Beyoncé1515
David Virelles · Mbókò140
Dan Weiss · Fourteen130
Mark Turner · Lathe of Heaven129
Fred Hersch Trio · Floating110
Miranda Lambert · Platinum953
Flying Lotus · You're Dead!859
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music777
Ambrose Akinmusire · The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint63
Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels 25162
SongOther Votes
FKA Twigs · "Two Weeks"59
Taylor Swift · "Blank Space"58
St. Vincent · "Digital Witness"30
Usher · "Good Kisser"17
Beyoncé (ft. Nicki Minaj) · "***Flawless (Remix)"16
Sylvan Esso · "Coffee"12
Beck · "Say Goodbye"2
Miranda Lambert · "Bathroom Sink"2
Bet · "Tinashe Featuring Devonté Hynes"0
Neneh Cherry · "Blank Project"0

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.24312Matt Miller · 2014
.23912Jim Macnie · 2014
.23712Joey Hood · 2014
.20311Erik Kenward · 2014
.1757Jeremiah McNeil · 2014
.1739Will Hermes · 2014
.1689Jeff Gage · 2014
.16710Jim Fouratt · 2014
.1659Kyle Petersen · 2014
.1619Paul Robicheau · 2014
.1598Amy McCarthy · 2014
.1589Marty Brown · 2014
.1579Forrest Wickman · 2014
.1559Jason Gubbels · 2014
.1458Christopher Barton · 2014
.1449Maureen Miller · 2014
.1438Althea Legaspi · 2014
.1388Craig D. Lindsey · 2014
.1368Alan Light · 2014
.1368Andrew Dansby · 2014
2011 original ballot
Centricity.378#232 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ambrose Akinmusire · When the Heart Emerges Glistening204
Tyshawn Sorey · Oblique - 1202
tUnE-yArDs · w h o k i l l15134
Craig Taborn · Avenging Angel156
Drake · Take Care580
St. Vincent · Strange Mercy564
The Roots · Undun559
Miguel Zenón · Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook52
Gilad Hekselman · Hearts Wide Open50
Starlicker · Double Demon50
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
Beyoncé · "Countdown"96
Tyler, the Creator · "Yonkers"38
Drake · "Marvin's Room"34
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Otis"33
Frank Ocean · "Novacane"31
DJ Khaled (ft. Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross) · "I'm on One"25
Gillian Welch · "The Way It Will Be"2
T-Pain · "5 O'Clock"2
Paul Simon · "Questions for the Angels"0

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.28714Jim Macnie · 2011
.26814Maureen Miller · 2011
.23213Joey Daniewicz · 2011
.21012Mehan Jayasuriya · 2011
.2038Allen St John · 2011
.19811Clover Hope · 2011
.19610Abe Beame · 2011
.19411Ryan Dombal · 2011
.18210Carl Chery · 2011
.18210Chris DeVille · 2011
.18110Monica Herrera · 2011
.18011Kyle Kramer · 2011
.1789Steve "Flash" Juon · 2011
.17310Rob Harvilla · 2011
.17110Larry Fitzmaurice · 2011
.17110Mosi Reeves · 2011
.16910Greg Kot · 2011
.16810Erik Kenward · 2011
.16710Chandler Levack · 2011
.1639Ru Johnson · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.373#279 of 699
Metalism.050#78 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy10265
Big Boi · Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty10119
Joanna Newsom · Have One on Me1064
Marnie Stern · Marnie Stern1013
Jason Moran & Bandwagon · Ten1010
Mary Halvorson Quintet · Saturn Sings107
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden · Jasmine104
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth · Deluxe101
Benoit Delbecq Trio · The Sixth Jump100
Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, Tyshawn Sorey · Paradoxical Frog100
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Robyn · "Dancing on My Own"79
Arcade Fire · "Modern Man"4
School of Seven Bells · "I L U"2
Drake (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Fireworks"1
Rick Ross (ft. Cee Lo Green) · "Tears of Joy"1
Best Coast · "When the Sun Don't Shine"0
Brad Mehldau (ft. Joshua Redman) · "Don't Be Sad"0
Jamey Johnson · "Even the Skies Are Blue"0
Villagers · "Becoming a Jackal"0

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.18410Seth Colter Walls · 2010
.18211Rob Brunner · 2010
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.1639J.D. Considine · 2010
.1599Jayson Greene · 2010
.14810Gary Graff · 2010
.1449Kiernan Maletsky · 2010
.1418Randall Roberts · 2010
.1399Andy Dubbin · 2010
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.1329Eric Danton · 2010
.1319Rob Harvilla · 2010
.1267John Hood · 2010
.1217Milo Miles · 2010
.1207Amy Granzin · 2010
.1158Julia Simon · 2010
.1148Amy Linden · 2010
.1138Jim Macnie · 2010
.1128Joey Daniewicz · 2010
.1128Kenny Herzog · 2010
.1128Puja Patel · 2010
.1128Quentin Huff · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.296#273 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dirty Projectors · Bitte Orca10107
Grizzly Bear · Veckatimest10105
Brad Paisley · American Saturday Night1026
Oumou Sangaré · Seya1016
Vijay Iyer Trio · Historicity1015
Rihanna · Rated R1010
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society · Infernal Machines108
Henry Threadgill Zooid · This Brings Us To, Volume 1104
Steve Lehman Octet · Travail, Transformation, and Flow104
Fly · Sky & Country101
SongOther Votes
Animal Collective · "My Girls"75
Maxwell · "Pretty Wings"26
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Heads Will Roll"26
Grizzly Bear (ft. Michael McDonald) · "While You Wait for the Others"18
Brad Paisley · "Then"6
Rick Ross (ft. John Legend) · "Magnificent"2
The-Dream (ft. Kanye West) · "Walkin' On the Moon"2
Miranda Lambert · "Makin' Plans"0
Sonic Youth · "Antenna"0
St. Vincent · "Save Me From What I Want"0

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.1659Mikael Wood · 2009
.1626Anastasia Tsioulcas · 2009
.1528Steve Smith · 2009
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.1438Chris Richards · 2009
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.14945Jim Macnie
.14126Seth Colter Walls
.13936Erik Kenward
.13117George Varga
.12712Matt Miller
.11725David Adler
.11516Will Layman
.11137Will Hermes
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.10810Jed Lipinski
.10431Maureen Miller
.10322Stacey Anderson
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.09910Peter Margasak
.09826Mikael Wood
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.09230Joey Daniewicz
.09221Clover Hope
.09212Derek Barber
.09118Carlos Reyes
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