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.
Sean Maloney
Overall
Centricity.358#481 of 1228
Breadth.238#879 of 1244
Metalism.050#151 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.358#236 of 601
Metalism.050#61 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ex Hex · Rips3057
D'Angelo · Black Messiah20162
Hiss Golden Messenger · Lateness of Dancers1015
Steelism · 615 to Fame101
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music577
Steve Gunn · Way Out Weather513
Nothing · Guilty of Everything55
Syd Arthur · Sound Mirror53
Leyla McCalla · Vari-Colored Songs: a Tribute to Langston Hughes52
Natural Child · Dancin' With Wolves52
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "Shake It Off"52
Kendrick Lamar · "I"50
Charli XCX · "Boom Clap"37
DJ Snake (ft. Lil Jon) · "Turn Down for What"35
Dierks Bentley · "Drunk on a Plane"8
BeyoncĂ© · "7/11"5
Ex Hex · "Hot and Cold"3
Faith No More · "Motherfucker"2
One Direction · "Night Changes"1
Inter Arma · "The Cavern"0

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Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com