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.
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj
Ranks
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2014#488 of 2567
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Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj · "Bang Bang"2014#581201.000
Andrew Miller · Arsenio Orteza · Dan Kois · Dave Lindquist · Devon Maloney · Gary Chun · Jim Farber · J T Ramsay · Marc Hirsh · Preston Jones · Tom Lane · Zena Tsarfin
Similar Songs
.1144Meghan Trainor · "All About That Bass"  (2014)
.1112Jake Bugg · "Lightning Bolt"  (2013)
.1053Cults · "Go Outside"  (2011)
.0992Sam Smith · "I'm Not the Only One"  (2014)
.0992Train · "Hey Soul Sister"  (2010)
.0992Waxahatchee · "Swan Dive"  (2013)
.0935Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) · "Uptown Funk"  (2015)
.0913Hozier · "Take Me to Church"  (2014)
.0892Bruno Mars · "Grenade"  (2011)
.0844Pharrell Williams · "Happy"  (2014)
.0803Iggy Azalea (ft. Charli XCX) · "Fancy"  (2014)
.0682Avicii · "Wake Me Up"  (2013)
.0653Kings of Leon · "Use Somebody"  (2009)
.0632Chris Stapleton · "Tennessee Whiskey"  (2015)
.0632Walk the Moon · "Shut Up and Dance"  (2015)
.0592Kacey Musgraves · "Biscuits"  (2015)
.0592Lady Gaga · "Applause"  (2013)
.0562First Aid Kit · "Emmylou"  (2012)
.0514Haim · "The Wire"  (2013)
.0472Broken Bells · "The High Road"  (2010)
.0472Carly Rae Jepsen · "I Really Like You"  (2015)
.0472Maren Morris · "My Church"  (2016)
Similar Artists
.7415Mark Ronson
.2223Iggy Azalea
.1782DJ Snake
.1782Missy Elliott
.1482Gotye
.1004Meghan Trainor
.1004One Direction
.0992Jessie J
.0992Lissie
.0992Nicole Atkins
.0953Kate Nash
.0953Robin Thicke
.0892Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra
.0892Elvis Presley
.0892Eyehategod
.0892Son Lux
.0892Train
.0803Hozier
.0734Sam Smith
.0725Ashley Monroe
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com