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.
Rob Sheffield
Overall
Centricity.496#260 of 1313
Breadth.750#75 of 1329
Metalism.011#377 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.604#86 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
David Bowie · Blackstar10208
A Tribe Called Quest · We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service10184
Beyoncé · Lemonade10179
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker1080
Car Seat Headrest · Teens of Denial1076
Vince Staples · Prima Donna107
Mannequin Pussy · Romantic104
Lisa Prank · Adult Teen103
LVL Up · Return to Love103
Free Cake for Every Creature · Talking Quietly of Anything With You100
SongOther Votes
Solange · "Cranes in the Sky"63
Rae Sremmurd (ft. Gucci Mane) · "Black Beatles"57
Young M.A. · "Ooouuu"17
David Bowie · "I Can't Give Everything Away"13
The Monkees · "Me & Magdalena"5
Anderson .Paak · "The Bird"4
Lvl Up · "Pain"1
Pwr Bttm · "Projection"1
Vince Staples (ft. Kilo Kish) · "Loco"1
T-Rexstasy · "Gap Yr Boiz"0

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.26013L. Kent Wolgamott · 2016
.25713Bree Davies · 2016
.25414Dan DeLuca · 2016
.2439Jason Gargano · 2016
.24213Chris Molanphy · 2016
.23512Edna Gundersen · 2016
.23412Seth Mnookin · 2016
.19211Aaron Hillis · 2016
.19210Steve Rosen · 2016
.18611A.D. Amorosi · 2016
.18410Joey Daniewicz · 2016
.18011Gary Chun · 2016
.1798Bob Grossweiner · 2016
.17811Spencer Kornhaber · 2016
.1757Steve Klinge · 2016
.17410Maureen Miller · 2016
.17310Ed Masley · 2016
.1738Scott Mervis · 2016
.17210Melissa Locker · 2016
.1718Preston Jones · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.499#133 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly10209
Grimes · Art Angels1092
Sleater-Kinney · No Cities to Love1091
Future · DS21032
Protomartyr · The Agent Intellect1016
Royal Headache · High1014
Selena Gomez · Revival107
Duran Duran · Paper Gods105
Ought · Sun Coming Down105
Pwr Bttm · Ugly Cherries103
SongOther Votes
Drake · "Hotline Bling"75
Missy Elliott (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "WTF (Where They From)"49
Fetty Wap · "Trap Queen"42
Alessia Cara · "Here"24
David Bowie · "Blackstar"20
Ought · "Beautiful Blue Sky"6
One Direction · "Perfect"3
Diet Cig · "Breathless"1
Wax Idols · "Lonely You"1
Lvl Up · "The Closing Door"0

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.2188Jason Gargano · 2015
.19910Ian Mathers · 2015
.18810Camille Dodero · 2015
.18710Joey Daniewicz · 2015
.18410Ilana Kaplan · 2015
.18310Althea Legaspi · 2015
.18210Michael Robbins · 2015
.17810Maureen Miller · 2015
.1636Cam Patterson · 2015
.1618Kyle Ryan · 2015
.1558Jill Menze · 2015
.1549Fred Pessaro · 2015
.1528Lindsey Rhoades · 2015
.1519Daniel Sargeant · 2015
.1479Jere Pilapil · 2015
.1469Scott Plagenhoef · 2015
.1418Peter Tabakis · 2015
.1398Caryn Rose · 2015
.1388Andrew Casillas · 2015
.1379Jim Macnie · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.430#172 of 601
Metalism.050#66 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Taylor Swift · 19891370
Parquet Courts · Sunbathing Animal1346
White Lung · Deep Fantasy1220
Perfect Pussy · Say Yes to Love1218
Young Thug & Bloody Jay · Black Portland1211
Sharon Van Etten · Are We There1052
Radiator Hospital · Torch Song103
D'Angelo · Black Messiah6162
Protomartyr · Under Color of Official Right623
Mannequin Pussy · Gypsy Pervert61
SongOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · "I"50
Cloud Nothings · "I'm Not Part of Me"14
Vic Mensa · "Down on My Luck"11
5 Seconds of Summer · "She Looks So Perfect"4
Iceage · "The Lord's Favorite"4
Merchandise · "Green Lady"3
Nicki Minaj (ft. Ariana Grande) · "Get on Your Knees"2
Taylor Swift · "New Romantics"1
Hold Steady · "Almost Everything"0
Rad Stewart · "Insane Parties"0

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.20010Maria Sherman · 2014
.18010James Barber · 2014
.1626Brett Koshkin · 2014
.1586Jack Buehrer · 2014
.1538John Tryneski · 2014
.1496Mark J. Lepage · 2014
.1398Jessica Goodman · 2014
.1267Sarah Grant · 2014
.1218Michael Robbins · 2014
.1207Caryn Ganz · 2014
.1176Paula Mejia · 2014
.1146Joshua Terry · 2014
.1106Adam Kivel · 2014
.1097Dan DeLuca · 2014
.1016Bree Davies · 2014
.0996Jon Caramanica · 2014
.0994Thorin Klosowski · 2014
.0975Michael Fournier · 2014
.0964Jason Gargano · 2014
.0957Jonathan Lundeen · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.532#103 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · Yeezus12159
Parquet Courts · Light Up Gold1228
My Bloody Valentine · m b v1060
Waxahatchee · Cerulean Salt1023
Speedy Ortiz · Major Arcana109
So So Glos · Blowout104
Perfect Pussy · I Have Lost All Desire for Feeling102
Destruction Unit · Deep Trip101
David Bowie · The Next Day845
Sky Ferreira · Night Time, My Time845
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Drake (ft. Majid Jordan) · "Hold On, We're Going Home"37
Miley Cyrus · "We Can't Stop"32
Kanye West · "Bound 2"29
Big Sean (ft. Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica) · "Control"13
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Higgs Boson Blues"5
Radiator Hospital · "Our Song"1
Speedy Ortiz · "Taylor Swift"1
Roomrunner · "Apse"0
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Despair"0

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.21611Adam Graham · 2013
.21111Brian M. Raftery · 2013
.19011Dan DeLuca · 2013
.18410James Barber · 2013
.18310Andrew Hall · 2013
.18310Brittany Spanos · 2013
.18310Christian Hoard · 2013
.18310Ross Raihala · 2013
.18210Chris Molanphy · 2013
.18210Luke Winkie · 2013
.18210Michael Gallucci · 2013
.1829Maureen Miller · 2013
.1819Lindsey Thomas · 2013
.1749Jose Duran · 2013
.16710Douglas Wolk · 2013
.16410Mark Zepezauer · 2013
.1649Matthew Perpetua · 2013
.1629Sean Fennessey · 2013
.1599Jeff Gage · 2013
.1589Aaron Mendelson · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.481#115 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Japandroids · Celebration Rock1672
Taylor Swift · Red1633
Kendrick Lamar · Good Kid, m.A.A.d City14125
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · Psychedelic Pill1421
The Young · Dub Egg140
Killer Mike · R.A.P. Music651
Cloud Nothings · Attack on Memory537
Future · Pluto527
Ceremony · Zoo52
White Lung · Sorry52
SongOther Votes
Carly Rae Jepsen · "Call Me Maybe"93
Miguel · "Adorn"55
Taylor Swift · "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"42
Kanye West (ft. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz) · "Mercy"37
Icona Pop (ft. Charli XCX) · "I Love It"21
Van Halen · "Stay Frosty"2
Craig Finn · "Meserole"0
Future · "Astronaut Chick"0
Japandroids · "Continuous Thunder"0
So So Glos · "Son of an American"0

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.29814Chris DeVille · 2012
.24012Christopher Alexander · 2012
.23012Jonathan Bradley · 2012
.22111Eric Sundermann · 2012
.22011Josh Bis · 2012
.21511Michael Gallucci · 2012
.21312Michelle Myers · 2012
.21211Jessica Suarez · 2012
.20611Althea Legaspi · 2012
.20411Joey Daniewicz · 2012
.20310Andy Hutchins · 2012
.18810Kevin O'Donnell · 2012
.18310Rob Tannenbaum · 2012
.17910Scott Plagenhoef · 2012
.17510Chris Herrington · 2012
.1726Jason Gargano · 2012
.17110Jonathan Lundeen · 2012
.16610Mikael Wood · 2012
.1669Mike Madden · 2012
.1649Glenn Gamboa · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.517#86 of 693
Metalism.050#88 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Wild Flag · Wild Flag3090
EMA · Past Life Martyred Saints3058
Jay-Z and Kanye West · Watch the Throne5104
The Roots · Undun559
Yuck · Yuck553
Lady Gaga · Born This Way539
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Mirror Traffic528
Britney Spears · Femme Fatale523
Iceage · New Brigade523
Total Control · Henge Beat57
SongOther Votes
Beyoncé · "Countdown"96
Nicki Minaj · "Super Bass"94
EMA · "California"32
Pistol Annies · "Hell on Heels"17
Rebecca Black · "Friday"10
Britney Spears · "How I Roll"7
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "No Church in the Wild"7
Bon Iver · "Beth/Rest"4
Big Sean (ft. Nicki Minaj) · "Dance (A$$) (Remix)"1
Stevie Nicks · "Annabel Lee"0

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.26113Althea Legaspi · 2011
.2528Jason Gargano · 2011
.2398Gavin Edwards · 2011
.2298Brian Bowe · 2011
.22011Adam Graham · 2011
.21611Christian Hoard · 2011
.21610Kelly Dearmore · 2011
.21111Michael Robbins · 2011
.19811Caryn Ganz · 2011
.19510Dan DeLuca · 2011
.1949Brent Baldwin · 2011
.1889Jonathan Bradley · 2011
.1869Monica Herrera · 2011
.1839Michael Barthel · 2011
.18210Chris Herrington · 2011
.17910Zach Baron · 2011
.1779Joe Gross · 2011
.17010Tom Breihan · 2011
.1696Eric T Miller · 2011
.1639Amy Phillips · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.648#45 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy13265
LCD Soundsystem · This Is Happening13151
Sleigh Bells · Treats1085
Robyn · Body Talk1073
Taylor Swift · Speak Now1034
Rick Ross · Teflon Don1031
Ke$ha · Animal + Cannibal1016
Big Boi · Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty8119
Grinderman · Grinderman 2861
Liars · Sisterworld811
SongOther Votes
Kanye West (ft. Pusha T) · "Runaway"76
Lady Gaga (ft. Beyoncé) · "Telephone"26
Rick Ross (ft. Styles P) · "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"26
Far East Movement · "Like a G6"14
Ke$ha · "TiK ToK"9
Gil Scott-Heron · "I'm New Here"2
Hold Steady · "The Sweet Part of the City"2
Usher (ft. Pitbull) · "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"1
Spoon · "No Time"0
Weekend · "End Times"0

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.29215Christian Hoard · 2010
.27414Sean Fennessey · 2010
.24512Clover Hope · 2010
.24512James Montgomery · 2010
.23712Althea Legaspi · 2010
.22712Abe Beame · 2010
.22612Tom Breihan · 2010
.22211Theon Weber · 2010
.21011Alfred Soto · 2010
.21011Julia Simon · 2010
.1998Jason Gargano · 2010
.19410Heather Phares · 2010
.19311Michael Gallucci · 2010
.19211Dan Weiss · 2010
.1918Ben Schumer · 2010
.18411Harry Burson · 2010
.18010Zach Kelly · 2010
.17910Saul Austerlitz · 2010
.17610Zach Baron · 2010
.1769Matthew Perpetua · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.333#238 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · It's Blitz!30113
Franz Ferdinand · Tonight205
The xx · The xx1592
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · The Pains of Being Pure at Heart547
The-Dream · Love Vs. Money536
The Horrors · Primary Colours517
Sunset Rubdown · Dragonslayer515
A Place to Bury Strangers · Exploding Head55
Black Dice · Repo53
Toddla T · Skanky Skanky50
SongOther Votes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Zero"58
Das Racist · "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell"17
La Roux · "Bulletproof"13
Lady Gaga · "Love Game"6
Beyoncé · "Halo"5
Keri Hilson (ft. Lil Wayne) · "Turnin' Me On"3
The xx + Florence & the Machine · "You've Got the Love (The xx Remix)"3
Adam Lambert · "Mad World"0
Hold Steady · "Heaven Is Whenever"0
Jarvis Cocker · "I Never Said I Was Deep"0

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.1718Adriane Goetz · 2009
.1468Charles Aaron · 2009
.1458Rebecca Raber · 2009
.1287Chris Burlingame · 2009
.1207Jonathan Lundeen · 2009
.1166Al Choman · 2009
.1156Nick Duerden · 2009
.1117Harry Burson · 2009
.1096Michael Endelman · 2009
.1086Arielle Castillo · 2009
.1047David Browne · 2009
.1046Chris Riemenschneider · 2009
.1046Pete Freedman · 2009
.1027Theon Weber · 2009
.1026Kenneth Partridge · 2009
.1016Sean Fennessey · 2009
.1006Adrienne Day · 2009
.1006Reed Fischer · 2009
.0994Lindsay Zoladz · 2009
.0966Barry Walters · 2009
.0966Maura Johnston · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.422#138 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Real Emotional Trash3021
Ponytail · Ice Cream Spiritual!3010
Lil Wayne · Tha Carter III577
Bon Iver · For Emma, Forever Ago572
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!560
Hold Steady · Stay Positive553
Girl Talk · Feed the Animals542
Ne-Yo · Year of the Gentleman524
Pocahaunted · Peyote Road50
Teenage Waistband · Honey Sticky50
SongOther Votes
Ting Tings · "Great DJ"7
Ne-Yo · "Miss Independent"6
Danity Kane · "Damaged"3
September · "Cry for You"2
Craig Morgan · "International Harvester"0
Franz Ferdinand · "Ulysses"0
Jarvis Cocker · "Face It"0
Mogwai · "I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead"0
Red Dawn II · "Cat in the Brain"0
Rob Walmart · "Lionel"0

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.1687Rickey Wright · 2008
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.1526Andrew Bartlett · 2008
.1406Ed Condran · 2008
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.1156Lindsey Thomas · 2008
.1146Michael Gallucci · 2008
.1116Mordechai Shinefield · 2008
.1076J. Anthony Ware · 2008
.1076Michael Lach · 2008
.1046Chris Herrington · 2008
.1046Steve Knopper · 2008
.1036Steve Klinge · 2008
.1016John Davidson · 2008
.1016Michael Goldberg · 2008
.0976Adam Mazmanian · 2008
.0955Tracy Hopkins · 2008
.0926Erik Kenward · 2008
.0916Alec Hanley Bemis · 2008
Similar Voters
.24353Jason Gargano
.19371Althea Legaspi
.18861Joey Daniewicz
.17654Dan DeLuca
.17650Lindsey Thomas
.17367Chris Molanphy
.17261Michael Gallucci
.17243Christian Hoard
.15353Jere Pilapil
.14748Caryn Ganz
.14246Maureen Miller
.14157Steve Knopper
.14138Sean Fennessey
.14051Chris Herrington
.14046Scott Mervis
.13955Matthew Perpetua
.13950Josh Timmermann
.13836James Montgomery
.13825Kyle Ryan
.13724Adam Graham
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