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.
K'Naan
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013#1225 of 2104
2012#1650 of 2213
2011 
2010#1947 of 2582
2009#40 of 2591
2008#208 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
K'Naan · Country, God or the Girl2013#116281      
Ryan Maffei
K'Naan · Troubadour2009#36276289.9.730.746.022.812 
Banning Eyre · Bear Frazer · Bill O'Neill · Chris Herrington · Chuck Eddy · Daniel Durchholz · David Cantwell · Frank Kogan · Gary Chun · Gary Graff · Geoffrey Himes · Jason Gross · Jeff Vrabel · Jim Fouratt · Joe Heim · Josh Langhoff · Lissa Townsend Rodgers · Max Berry · Mordechai Shinefield · Peter S Scholtes · Rachel Devitt · Robert Christgau · Roger Lotring · Sarah Zupko · Stephen Thompson · Steve Knopper · Tom Hull · Tom Lane
Similar Albums
.2288Brad Paisley · American Saturday Night  (2009)
.2176Angaleena Presley · American Middle Class  (2014)
.1905Todd Snider · Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables  (2012)
.1695James McMurtry · Complicated Game  (2015)
.1574Lori McKenna · The Bird & the Rifle  (2016)
.1434Orchestra Baobab · Made in Dakar  (2008)
.1426Miranda Lambert · Revolution  (2009)
.1403Khaled · Liberté  (2009)
.1403M.I.A. · Aim  (2016)
.1347Kacey Musgraves · Same Trailer Different Park  (2013)
.1324Elizabeth Cook · Welder  (2010)
.1303Dave Alvin · Eleven Eleven  (2011)
.1265(various artists) · Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  (2015)
.1264Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now  (2012)
.1224Hayes Carll · Trouble in Mind  (2008)
.1224Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta  (2012)
.1223Lee Ann Womack · The Way I'm Livin'  (2014)
.1223Lupe Fiasco · Lasers  (2011)
.1187The Roots · How I Got Over  (2010)
.1153Cody ChestnuTT · Landing on a Hundred  (2012)
.1153Mavericks · In Time  (2013)
K'Naan · The Dusty Foot Philosopher2008#206514      
Christian Hoard · Keith Harris · Max Berry · Tom Hull
Similar Albums
.2052Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman · Dual Identity  (2010)
.0952Dessa · A Badly Broken Code  (2010)
.0952Rachid Taha · Zoom  (2013)
.0733Das Racist · Relax  (2011)
.0672Allo Darlin' · Europe  (2012)
.0622Orchestra Baobab · Made in Dakar  (2008)
.0582Todd Snider · Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables  (2012)
.0512Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now  (2012)
.0482Hayes Carll · Trouble in Mind  (2008)
.0482Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta  (2012)
.0422Leonard Cohen · Live in London  (2009)
.0302K'Naan · Troubadour  (2009)
.0302TV on the Radio · Nine Types of Light  (2011)
.0292Wussy · Attica!  (2014)
.0282Parquet Courts · Light Up Gold  (2013)
.0272Hop Along · Painted Shut  (2015)
.0272Los Campesinos! · Hold on Now, Youngster...  (2008)
.0252M.I.A. · Matangi  (2013)
.0202Girl Talk · Feed the Animals  (2008)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
K'Naan · "Hurt Me Tomorrow"2012#44910 
Britt Robson
K'Naan · "Wavin' Flag"2010#33110 
 2009#58510 
Jer Fairall · Joseph McCombs
K'Naan · "T.I.A."2009#33120 
Daniel Durchholz · David Cotner
Similar Songs
.0612St. Vincent · "Actor Out of Work"  (2009)
K'Naan · "15 Minutes Away"2009#58510 
Peter S Scholtes
K'Naan · "ABCs"2009#58510 
Robert Christgau
K'Naan · "Dreamer"2009#58510 
K Leander Williams
K'Naan · "Take a Minute"2009#58510 
Stephen Thompson
K'Naan · "What's Hardcore?"2008#25420 
David Peisner · Ted Cox
K'Naan · "Soobax"2008#45010 
K Leander Williams
Similar Artists
.3255DJ Snake
.3035Mark Ronson
.26811Santigold
.2637Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz
.2637Orchestra Baobab
.23713Brad Paisley
.2217Lori McKenna
.2208Todd Snider
.2147Angaleena Presley
.20010Wussy
.1965Visqueen
.1936Lonely Island
.1885Dessa
.1867Estelle
.1814Keri Hilson
.1806Elizabeth Cook
.1706Patty Griffin
.15710Girl Talk
.15618Miranda Lambert
.1555Nas & Damian Marley
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com