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.
Cool Kids
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012 
2011#2052 of 2725
2010 
2009#966 of 2591
2008#141 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Cool Kids · Gone Fishing2009#960101      
Clayton Purdom
Cool Kids · The Bake Sale2008#13780810.0.678.563.013  
Alex Rawls · Amber Schadewald · Cary Darling · Eddie Fleisher · Jon Caramanica · Luke Hackney · Robert Bishop · Ryan Smith
Similar Albums
.0482Cults · Cults  (2011)
.0392Jamey Johnson · That Lonesome Song  (2008)
.0322Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs  (2009)
.0312Taylor Swift · Fearless  (2008)
.0302Japandroids · Post-Nothing  (2009)
.0292Drive-By Truckers · Brighter Than Creation's Dark  (2008)
.0292She & Him · Volume One  (2008)
.0282Passion Pit · Manners  (2009)
.0263Bon Iver · For Emma, Forever Ago  (2008)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Cool Kids · "Penny Hardaway"2011#62710 
Chet Betz
Cool Kids · "Knocked Down"2009#58510 
J Pablo
Cool Kids · "A Little Bit Cooler"2008#25420 
Greg Beets · Zach Baron
Cool Kids · "What Up Man"2008#25420 
Christian Hoard · Dave Segal
Cool Kids · "Basement Party"2008#45010 
Amber Schadewald
Similar Artists
.1333Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire
.1113Clipse
.1113Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics
.1112Maino
.0892Big Sean
.0812T-Pain
.0682Fabolous
.0682Tobacco
.0653Jay Electronica
.0653Young Jeezy
.0632High Places
.0573Emeralds
.0492Cam'ron
.0433She & Him
.0423Jay-Z
.0402Black Kids
.0355Lil Wayne
.0354Raekwon
.0345Big Boi
.0333Pusha T
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com