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.
Ed Sheeran
Ranks
2016 
2015#1412 of 2068
2014#807 of 2567
2013 
2012#1377 of 2213
2011 
2010 
2009 
2008 
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Ed Sheeran · "Thinking Out Loud"2015#23320 
Bob Grossweiner · Makkada B. Selah
Similar Songs
.0252Sade · "Soldier of Love"  (2010)
.0222Gotye (ft. Kimbra) · "Somebody That I Used to Know"  (2012)
.0222Robin Thicke (ft. T.I. and Pharrell) · "Blurred Lines"  (2013)
Ed Sheeran · "Don't"2014#21330 
Bree Davies · Dave Lindquist · Isa Jones
Similar Songs
.0202Adele · "Hello"  (2015)
Ed Sheeran · "Sing"2014#21321 
Gary Graff · Lola Emanuelli
Similar Songs
.0502Duffy · "Mercy"  (2008)
Ed Sheeran · "Sing (Trippy Turtle Remix)"2014#55810 
Drew Millard
Ed Sheeran · "The A-Team"2012#17930 
Chris M. Junior · Derek Paiva · Leslie Berman
Similar Songs
.0892Avicii · "Wake Me Up"  (2013)
.0232Katy Perry · "Teenage Dream"  (2010)
.0222Coldplay · "Viva la Vida"  (2008)
.0222Gotye (ft. Kimbra) · "Somebody That I Used to Know"  (2012)
Similar Artists
.7845Gotye
.5654Mark Ronson
.1902Jennifer Lopez
.1902Jidenna
.1885The Lumineers
.1572Mandy Moore
.1572Sam Roberts Band
.1554Robin Thicke
.1363B.o.B
.1332Wild Feathers
.1162Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas
.1073Jake Bugg
.1032The Wanted
.0854Fun.
.0845Mumford & Sons
.0817Daft Punk
.0762Amy Winehouse
.0762Nick Jonas
.0694Duffy
.0694Green Day
.0694Jay-Z
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com