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.
Michael Jackson
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014#650 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009#245 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Michael Jackson · Thriller2009#246552      
Drew Hinshaw · Miles Marshall Lewis
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Michael Jackson · "Love Never Felt So Good"2014#77901.000
Al Choman · Charlie Braxton · E.J. Friedman · Eric Sundermann · Jill Menze · Kyle McGovern · Mark Richardson · Reggie Ugwu · Robert Ker
Similar Songs
.1272Tobias Jesso Jr · "True Love"  (2014)
.0472ILoveMakonnen · "Club Goin' Up on a Tuesday"  (2014)
.0403Fetty Wap · "Trap Queen"  (2015)
.0394Drake · "Hotline Bling"  (2015)
.0322Caribou · "Can't Do Without You"  (2014)
.0302Justin Timberlake · "Mirrors"  (2013)
.0232Perfume Genius · "Queen"  (2014)
.0222Chance the Rapper (ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne) · "No Problem"  (2016)
.0222Grimes · "Flesh Without Blood"  (2015)
.0222Kanye West (ft. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz) · "Mercy"  (2012)
.0212Rihanna (ft. Drake) · "Work"  (2016)
.0202Carly Rae Jepsen · "Run Away With Me"  (2015)
Michael Jackson · "Billie Jean"2009#33120 
Drew Hinshaw · Eric Arnold
Michael Jackson · "This Is It"2009#33120 
Clover Hope · Phil Dellio
Similar Songs
.0502Drake (ft. Rihanna) · "Take Care"  (2012)
.0392Black Eyed Peas · "I Gotta Feeling"  (2009)
Similar Artists
.0922Travi$ Scott
.0735Rae Sremmurd
.0703ILoveMakonnen
.0613Alicia Keys
.0502French Montana
.0493Kevin Gates
.0474Justin Timberlake
.0473How to Dress Well
.0464Jamie xx
.0433Black Eyed Peas
.0395Future
.0392Common
.0392DJ Koze
.0392Tobias Jesso Jr
.0377Chance the Rapper
.0374Daft Punk
.0353Schoolboy Q
.0343Fetty Wap
.0332Madonna
.0332Rich Homie Quan
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com