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.
Brad Nelson
Overall
Centricity.122#1076 of 1281
Breadth.509#372 of 1297
Metalism.067#139 of 1297
2014 original ballot
Centricity.214#379 of 601
Metalism.050#61 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Against Me! · Transgender Dysphoria Blues2056
Gerard Way · Hesitant Alien203
Charli XCX · Sucker1031
Lee Ann Womack · The Way I'm Livin'106
Mr Twin Sister · Mr Twin Sister106
K. Michelle · Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?104
Taylor Swift · 1989570
Neneh Cherry · Blank Project517
Morbus Chron · Sweven55
Taking Back Sunday · Happiness Is50
SongOther Votes
DJ Snake (ft. Lil Jon) · "Turn Down for What"35
Tinashe (ft. Schoolboy Q) · "2 On"22
Rich Gang (ft. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan) · "Lifestyle"20
Kira Isabella · "Quarterback"14
Jessie Ware · "Tough Love"11
Dierks Bentley · "Drunk on a Plane"8
Rita Ora · "I Will Never Let You Down"2
Guru · "Pooley"0
Pitbull · "Time of Our Lives"0
Sailor & I · "Turn Around (Ame Remix)"0

Similar Ballots
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.1649Alfred Soto · 2014
.1538Forrest Wickman · 2014
.1448J T Ramsay · 2014
.1438Chris Randle · 2014
.1388Michael Barthel · 2014
.1257Steve Kiviat · 2014
.1207Kelley Dunlap · 2014
.1197Joey Daniewicz · 2014
.1167Melissa Locker · 2014
.1157Keith Harris · 2014
.1116Ramon Ramirez · 2014
.0946Megan Harrington · 2014
.0936Lyndsey Parker · 2014
.0926Sean Maloney · 2014
.0916Alex Macpherson · 2014
.0906Ian Mathers · 2014
.0906Josh Winters · 2014
.0896Crystal Leww · 2014
.0896Keith Creighton · 2014
.0896Steve Knopper · 2014
2011 original ballot
Centricity.040#643 of 693
Metalism.100#49 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lou Reed & Metallica · Lulu308
Patrick Stump · Soul Punk207
Thursday · No Devolución101
Goreaphobia · Apocalyptic Necromancy100
Meshell Ndegeocello · Weather57
In Solitude · The World, the Flesh, the Devil53
Perfume · JPN52
Moritz Von Oswald Trio · Horizontal Structures51
Fireworks · Gospel50
Prommer & Barck · Alex and the Grizzly50
SongOther Votes
Florence & the Machine · "Shake It Out"15
Friends · "I'm His Girl"5
Nicola Roberts · "Beat of My Drum"5
Maceo Plex · "Can't Leave You"1
Perfume · "Spice"1
Storm Queen · "It Goes On"1
Wonder Girls · "Be My Baby"1
2NE1 · "Ugly"0
Miss A · "Good-Bye Baby"0
Swindle · "Spend Is Dough (Royal-T Remix)"0

Similar Ballots
.0845Phil Freeman · 2011
.0664Maura Johnston · 2011
.0634Al Shipley · 2011
.0403Amy Phillips · 2011
.0393Linda Leseman · 2011
.0393Marcello Carlin · 2011
.0353Barry Walters · 2011
.0272Albert Mudrian · 2011
.0272Jason Pettigrew · 2011
.0272Jeff Treppel · 2011
.0262John Mincemoyer · 2011
.0262Martin Johnson · 2011
.0262Tom Semioli · 2011
.0252Matthew Wilder · 2011
.0202Al Choman · 2011
.0192Frank Kogan · 2012
.0192James Greene, Jr. · 2011
.0192Marc Hogan · 2011
.0192Steve Baltin · 2011
.0192Tyler Lewis · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.111#538 of 699
Metalism.050#78 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Diddy - Dirty Money · Last Train to Paris207
Little Women · Throat205
Triptykon · Eparistera Daimones205
Flaming Tusk · Old, Blackened Century100
Joanna Newsom · Have One on Me564
Taylor Swift · Speak Now534
Actress · Splazsh513
Kelis · Flesh Tone57
The Knife (ft. Mt. Sims, Planningtorock) · Tomorrow, in a Year53
Dear Astronaut · Escape From Rainbow Mountain50
SongOther Votes
Yeasayer · "O.N.E."20
M.I.A. · "Born Free"19
Willow Smith · "Whip My Hair"12
Paramore · "The Only Exception"5
Drake (ft. T.I. and Swizz Beatz) · "Fancy"2
Kelis · "4th of July (Fireworks)"1
Ciara (ft. André 3000, Ludacris & Bei Maejor) · "Ride (Bei Maejor Remix)"0
N.E.R.D. · "Hypnotize U"0
Perfume · "ナチュラルに恋して (Natural Ni Koishite)"0
Sky Ferreira · "One"0

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Similar Voters
.08312Chris Randle
.0738J T Ramsay
.0629Forrest Wickman
.05617Alfred Soto
.05616Chris Molanphy
.0557Kelley Dunlap
.0528Jordan Sargent
.0527Melissa Locker
.0496Amy Phillips
.0486Ramon Ramirez
.0468Michael Barthel
.0457Andy Hutchins
.0438Rachel Devitt
.0436John Mincemoyer
.04210Daniel Dzodin
.0426Josh Winters
.0426Lyndsey Parker
.0417Tom Ewing
.0416Crystal Leww
.0416Sean Maloney
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com