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.
College
Ranks
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2011#766 of 2725
2010 
2009 
2008 
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
College · "A Real Hero"2011#82801.000
Andy Greenwald · Chris Norris · David Greenwald · Jeff Klingman · Jennifer Vineyard · Renato Pagnani · Rob Harvilla · Tom Breihan
Similar Songs
.0703DJ Khaled (ft. Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross) · "I'm on One"  (2011)
.0673Bat for Lashes · "Daniel"  (2009)
.0652Autre Ne Veut · "Play by Play"  (2013)
.0532Blood Orange (ft. Empress Of) · "Best to You"  (2016)
.0502Katy Perry · "Hot 'N' Cold"  (2008)
.0452LCD Soundsystem · "Dance Yrself Clean"  (2010)
.0432Young Jeezy (ft. Kanye West) · "Put On"  (2008)
.0392Pink · "So What"  (2008)
.0382Katy Perry · "California Gurls"  (2010)
.0332Crystal Castles (ft. Robert Smith) · "Not in Love"  (2010)
.0302Rick Ross (ft. Styles P) · "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"  (2010)
.0293M83 · "Midnight City"  (2011)
.0283Kanye West (ft. Dwele) · "Power"  (2010)
.0222Chance the Rapper (ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne) · "No Problem"  (2016)
.0222Drake (ft. Majid Jordan) · "Hold On, We're Going Home"  (2013)
.0212Rihanna (ft. Drake) · "Work"  (2016)
.0203BeyoncĂ© · "Countdown"  (2011)
Similar Artists
.3533DJ Khaled
.1902Lloyd Banks
.1162Keri Hilson
.1032Young Money
.0904Gucci Mane
.0652Classixx
.0652Tokyo Police Club
.0493Chairlift
.0423Metric
.0383Pink
.0382Meek Mill
.0353Rick Ross
.0352Autre Ne Veut
.0312Young Jeezy
.0294Destroyer
.0285Sleigh Bells
.0273Tegan and Sara
.0272The Rapture
.0263The-Dream
.0262Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
.0262Kills
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com