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.
B.B. King
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2008#154 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
B.B. King · One Kind Favor2008#14477711.0.753.571.000  
Alan Light · Bill Milkowski · John Milward · Philip Martin · Rick Mitchell · Ron Wynn · Steve Pick
Similar Albums
.1402Cassandra Wilson · Loverly  (2008)
.1324Al Green · Lay It Down  (2008)
.1212Gregg Allman · Low Country Blues  (2011)
.1212(various artists) · Miles From India  (2008)
.1153Sonny Rollins · Road Shows Vol. 2  (2011)
.0952Paul McCartney · New  (2013)
.0793Alejandro Escovedo · Real Animal  (2008)
.0722Charlie Haden Family & Friends · Rambling Boy  (2008)
.0722Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · Mojo  (2010)
.0663Robert Plant · Band of Joy  (2010)
.0644Jamey Johnson · The Guitar Song  (2010)
.0622Elvis Costello & the Roots · Wise Up Ghost  (2013)
.0622Patty Griffin · Downtown Church  (2010)
.0462Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone  (2014)
.0462Sade · Soldier of Love  (2010)
.0442Paul Simon · Stranger to Stranger  (2016)
.0423Raphael Saadiq · The Way I See It  (2008)
.0402Jamey Johnson · That Lonesome Song  (2008)
.0372Lucinda Williams · Little Honey  (2008)
.0352Levon Helm · Electric Dirt  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
B.B. King · "One Shoe Blues"2008#45010 
James Rodgers
B.B. King · "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"2008#45010 
Phillip Overeem
Similar Artists
.1782Mark Ronson
.1194Al Green
.1003Sonny Rollins
.0992Cassandra Wilson
.0992Gregg Allman
.0992Michael Franti and Spearhead
.0824Alejandro Escovedo
.0682Elton John & Leon Russell
.0653Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
.0632Nirvana
.0632Paul McCartney
.0592Charlie Haden Family & Friends
.0562Elvis Costello & the Roots
.0524Lucinda Williams
.0492Ry Cooder
.0492Steve Earle
.0443Robert Plant
.0442Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
.0434Jamey Johnson
.0422AC/DC
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com