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.
Deb Sprague
Overall
Centricity.621#83 of 1313
Breadth.100#1222 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.621#76 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
A Tribe Called Quest · We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service20184
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker2080
Chance the Rapper · Coloring Book10131
Angel Olsen · My Woman1070
Sturgill Simpson · A Sailor's Guide to Earth1057
BeyoncĂ© · Lemonade6179
Drive-By Truckers · American Band655
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions · Until the Hunter64
His Name Is Alive · Patterns of Light63
Cait Brennan · Debutante62

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