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.
Nine Inch Nails
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013#70 of 2104
2012 
2011#2052 of 2725
2010 
2009 
2008#162 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Nine Inch Nails · Hesitation Marks2013#66117148.4.638.684.027.649 
Alan Light · Annie Zaleski · Christopher R. Weingarten · Chuck Campbell · Emily Kimball · Evie Nagy · Jason Pettigrew · J.D. Considine · Jill Ettinger · Kevin O'Donnell · Mark J. Lepage · Sal Cinquemani · Steve Reynolds · Tony Fletcher
Similar Albums
.2313Madonna · Mdna  (2012)
.1714Pet Shop Boys · Electric  (2013)
.1363FFS · FFS  (2015)
.1332Get Up Kids · There Are Rules  (2011)
.1332Kleerup · Kleerup  (2009)
.1332Minor Alps · Get There  (2013)
.1332Ms Mr · Secondhand Rapture  (2013)
.1304Wilco · Star Wars  (2015)
.1162Cut Copy · Free Your Mind  (2013)
.1162Metz · II  (2015)
.1162Split Single · Fragmented World  (2014)
.1136David Bowie · The Next Day  (2013)
.1073Nada Surf · The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy  (2012)
.1032Niki and the Dove · Instinct  (2012)
.0954Dead Weather · Horehound  (2009)
.0923Raconteurs · Consolers of the Lonely  (2008)
.0922The Arcs · Yours, Dreamily  (2015)
.0922Betty Who · Take Me When You Go  (2014)
.0922Goldfrapp · Head First  (2010)
.0922R. Kelly · Write Me Back  (2012)
Nine Inch Nails · The Slip2008#2174767.8.647.617.032  
Britt Robson · Chris Riemenschneider · David Raposa · Thomas Golianopoulos · Thomas Inskeep · Vijith Assar
Similar Albums
.0562Nas · Untitled  (2008)
.0472Sade · Soldier of Love  (2010)
.0394Erykah Badu · New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War  (2008)
.0332The Roots · Rising Down  (2008)
.0262Q-Tip · The Renaissance  (2008)
.0202Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest  (2011)
Nine Inch Nails · Ghosts I-IV2008#354273      
DX Ferris · P Gregory Springer · Ron Hart
Similar Albums
.0392Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Real Emotional Trash  (2008)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Nine Inch Nails · "Came Back Haunted"2013#17130 
Christopher R. Weingarten · Gary Graff · Travis Hay
Similar Songs
.0632Beck · "Dreams"  (2015)
.0402Fun. · "Some Nights"  (2012)
.0272Tame Impala · "Let It Happen"  (2015)
.0232Kanye West (ft. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz) · "Mercy"  (2012)
.0222Gotye (ft. Kimbra) · "Somebody That I Used to Know"  (2012)
.0222Robin Thicke (ft. T.I. and Pharrell) · "Blurred Lines"  (2013)
.0212Foster the People · "Pumped Up Kicks"  (2011)
Nine Inch Nails · "Copy of A"2013#44010 
Sal Cinquemani
Nine Inch Nails · "Everything"2013#44010 
Annie Zaleski
Nine Inch Nails · "Find My Way (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)"2013#44010 
Michael Pollock
Nine Inch Nails · "Zoo Station (U2 Cover)"2011#62710 
Michael Pollock
Nine Inch Nails · "The Four of Us Are Dying"2008#45010 
Miles Marshall Lewis
Nine Inch Nails · "Ghosts I"2008#45010 
Marc Weidenbaum
Similar Artists
.5046Mark Ronson
.2824Gotye
.2824Icona Pop
.2404Mariah Carey
.2176Robin Thicke
.1943Missy Elliott
.1657Santigold
.1598Jay-Z
.1574B.o.B
.1525Kylie Minogue
.1425Madonna
.1375Deftones
.1324Calvin Harris
.1303Cyndi Lauper
.1303Maroon 5
.1295Raconteurs
.1278Eminem
.11810Daft Punk
.1135Battles
.1093The Arcs
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com