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.
Mark Pytlik
Overall
Centricity.566#142 of 1313
Breadth.415#549 of 1329
Metalism.025#260 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.672#52 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Frank Ocean · Blonde14101
Radiohead · A Moon Shaped Pool1491
Kanye West · The Life of Pablo1272
Kaytranada · 99.9%1230
Soft Hair · Soft Hair100
A Tribe Called Quest · We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service9184
Huerco S. · For Those of You Who Have Never (and Also Those Who Have)98
Chance the Rapper · Coloring Book8131
David Bowie · Blackstar7208
Babyfather · BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow54
SongOther Votes
Beyoncé · "Formation"98
Kanye West · "Ultralight Beam"80
Rae Sremmurd (ft. Gucci Mane) · "Black Beatles"57
Chance the Rapper (ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne) · "No Problem"36
Radiohead · "Daydreaming"13
Frank Ocean · "Pink + White"5
Kaytranada · "Got It Good"2
Tove Lo · "Cool Girl"2
Frank Ocean · "Work"0
Nevermen · "Mr. Mistake (Boards of Canada Remix)"0

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.27811Dan Hyman · 2016
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2013 original ballot
Centricity.752#21 of 453
Metalism.100#41 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City18108
Daft Punk · Random Access Memories1875
My Bloody Valentine · m b v1260
James Blake · Overgrown127
Darkside · Psychic1112
Kanye West · Yeezus9159
Arcade Fire · Reflektor542
Disclosure · Settle541
Danny Brown · Old530
Jai Paul · Jai Paul53
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Kanye West · "Black Skinhead"36
Arcade Fire · "Reflektor"26
James Blake · "Retrograde"16
Disclosure (ft. Sam Smith) · "Latch"14
Vampire Weekend · "Hannah Hunt"11
My Bloody Valentine · "Only Tomorrow"9
Lady Gaga (ft. R. Kelly) · "Do What U Want"2
Daft Punk · "Touch"1
Darkside · "Golden Arrow"1

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2011 original ballot
Centricity.384#228 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake13128
M83 · Hurry Up, We're Dreaming1355
Nicolas Jaar · Space Is Only Noise1317
SBTRKT · SBTRKT139
Bon Iver · Bon Iver1079
The Field · Looping State of Mind1010
Oneohtrix Point Never · Replica834
Metronomy · The English Riviera87
The Caretaker · An Empty Bliss Beyond This World611
Holy Ghost! · Holy Ghost!67
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
M83 · "Midnight City"65
Lana Del Rey · "Video Games"46
Cass McCombs · "County Line"24
Bon Iver · "Holocene"20
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx · "I'll Take Care of U"8
Radiohead · "Codex"3
SBTRKT · "Hold On"1
Nicolas Jaar · "Colomb"0
PJ Harvey · "The Glorious Land"0

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2010 original ballot
Centricity.457#189 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs12144
Robyn · Body Talk1273
Hot Chip · One Life Stand1122
Twin Shadow · Forget1111
Four Tet · There Is Love in You1029
How to Dress Well · Love Remains1014
Wild Nothing · Gemini1011
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy9265
Girl Talk · All Day913
James Blake · The Bells Sketch/CMYK/Klavierwerke EPs612
SongOther Votes
Janelle Monáe (ft. Big Boi) · "Tightrope"103
Lady Gaga (ft. Beyoncé) · "Telephone"26
LCD Soundsystem · "Drunk Girls"20
Yeasayer · "O.N.E."20
Arcade Fire · "Ready to Start"18
M.I.A. · "Xxxo"11
James Blake · "I Only Know (What I Know Now)"10
Hot Chip · "One Life Stand"8
Lindstrøm & Christabelle · "Lovesick"3
Wild Nothing · "Live in Dreams"2

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.16832Jose Duran
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.14030James Montgomery
.13316Dusty Henry
.13235Mark Richardson
.13116Mike Powell
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