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.
David Cantwell
Overall
Centricity.349#561 of 1313
Breadth.700#123 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.233#361 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Brandy Clark · Big Day in a Small Town3020
Rihanna · Anti1063
Miranda Lambert · The Weight of These Wings1032
Maren Morris · Hero1026
The Cactus Blossoms · You're Dreaming102
Paul Burch · Meridian Rising100
Anderson .Paak · Malibu572
Drive-By Truckers · American Band555
Lori McKenna · The Bird & the Rifle510
Parker Millsap · The Very Last Day52
SongOther Votes
Miranda Lambert · "Vice"18
Maren Morris · "My Church"12
Lizzo · "Good As Hell"9
Beyoncé (ft. Dixie Chicks) · "Daddy Lessons (Remix)"3
Brandy Clark · "Girl Next Door"3
Partynextdoor (ft. Drake) · "Come and See Me"2
Fantasia · "No Time for It"1
Little Big Town · "Better Man"1
Brandy · "Beggin and Pleadin'"0
Nelly · "Die a Happy Man"0

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.2528Tim Riley · 2016
.21810Tom Lane · 2016
.1788Jon Bream · 2016
.1718Chris Willman · 2016
.1686Robert Christgau · 2016
.1648Chris Herrington · 2016
.1638Daniel Durchholz · 2016
.1568Dan DeLuca · 2016
.1518Keith Harris · 2016
.1437Amy McCarthy · 2016
.1417Brian Ives · 2016
.1417Chris Molanphy · 2016
.1387Jon LaFollette · 2016
.1377Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2016
.1297Stephen M. Deusner · 2016
.1277John Seroff · 2016
.1207Michael Robbins · 2016
.1206Bob Townsend · 2016
.1206Forrest Wickman · 2016
.1166Thomas Inskeep · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.448#167 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly20209
(various artists) · Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)2023
Sleater-Kinney · No Cities to Love1091
Rhiannon Giddens · Tomorrow Is My Turn1016
JD McPherson · Let the Good Times Roll107
Andrew Combs · All These Dreams100
Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment · Surf541
Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night519
Titus Andronicus · The Most Lamentable Tragedy518
Iris Dement · The Trackless Woods51
SongOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · "King Kunta"69
The Weeknd · "Can't Feel My Face"68
Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment · "Sunday Candy"31
Alessia Cara · "Here"24
Little Big Town · "Girl Crush"14
Shamir · "On the Regular"13
Rae Sremmurd · "This Could Be Us"4
Mickey Guyton · "Better Than You Left Me"1
Ella Henderson · "Mirror Man"0
Emily King · "The Animals"0

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.22412Michael Lach · 2015
.18810J. Anthony Ware · 2015
.18611Chris Molanphy · 2015
.18310Steve Erickson · 2015
.17010Forrest Wickman · 2015
.1688Tom Lane · 2015
.16310Gabriel Rosenberg · 2015
.1639Evan Sawdey · 2015
.1629Kenneth Partridge · 2015
.1538David Accomazzo · 2015
.1508Chris Herrington · 2015
.1498Ed Masley · 2015
.1498Joey Hood · 2015
.1468Jon Bream · 2015
.1468Kyle Petersen · 2015
.1458Dee Lockett · 2015
.1428Peter Tabakis · 2015
.1418Dan DeLuca · 2015
.1408Daniel Sargeant · 2015
.1388Paul Thompson · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.484#119 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lee Ann Womack · The Way I'm Livin'306
Taylor Swift · 19891070
Jenny Lewis · The Voyager1037
Angaleena Presley · American Middle Class1016
Big KRIT · Cadillactica105
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives · Saturday Night / Sunday Morning100
D'Angelo · Black Messiah5162
Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels 25162
Dom Flemons · Prospect Hill51
Steelism · 615 to Fame51
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "Blank Space"58
Kendrick Lamar · "I"50
Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) · "Uptown Funk"23
Meghan Trainor · "All About That Bass"23
Elle Varner · "Don't Wanna Dance"2
Belle Brigade · "When Everything Was What It Was"1
Lee Ann Womack · "The Way I'm Livin'"1
Big KRIT · "Soul Food"0
Glen Campbell · "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"0
Sunny Sweeney · "Bad Girl Phase"0

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.17310Michael Robbins · 2014
.17110Gary Chun · 2014
.1659Thomas Inskeep · 2014
.1649J T Ramsay · 2014
.1629James Barber · 2014
.16110Joey Daniewicz · 2014
.1619Maureen Miller · 2014
.1619Shannon Carlin · 2014
.1609Thierry Cote · 2014
.1559Alan Light · 2014
.1488Chris Willman · 2014
.1436Barry Schwartz · 2014
.1378Adam Mazmanian · 2014
.1368Chris Herrington · 2014
.1358Dave Lindquist · 2014
.1208Ian Steaman · 2014
.1188Erik Kenward · 2014
.1187Eric Harvey · 2014
.1137Keith Harris · 2014
.1137Matt Miller · 2014
.1137Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2014
2012 original ballot
Centricity.377#171 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Carolina Chocolate Drops · Leaving Eden206
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange10169
Cat Power · Sun1031
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta1015
Kelly Hogan · I Like to Keep Myself in Pain1014
Avett Brothers · The Carpenter1010
Chuck Prophet · Temple Beautiful104
John Fullbright · From the Ground Up103
Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball535
Galactic · Carnivale Electricos51
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"42
Alabama Shakes · "Hold On"25
Fun. (ft. Janelle Monae) · "We Are Young"22
Kacey Musgraves · "Merry Go 'Round"14
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis · "Thrift Shop"10
Avett Brothers · "Live and Die"4
Bruce Springsteen · "Rocky Ground"4
Mystikal · "Hit Me"4
Alan Jackson · "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore"3
Lianne La Havas · "Is Your Love Big Enough?"1

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.26713Ellis Widner · 2012
.24412Michael Deeds · 2012
.22111Bob Grossweiner · 2012
.2159Sarah Zupko · 2012
.1779Ken Rayes · 2012
.1766David Menconi · 2012
.1688Andrew Gilstrap · 2012
.1659Kurt B. Reighley · 2012
.1649Holly Gleason · 2012
.1609Glenn Gamboa · 2012
.1438Michael Gallucci · 2012
.1416Jeff Tamarkin · 2012
.1398Derek Paiva · 2012
.1378Jim Tremayne · 2012
.1377Roy Kasten · 2012
.1335Dan Ferguson · 2012
.1308Althea Legaspi · 2012
.1217Daniel Durchholz · 2012
.1217Dave Heaton · 2012
.1217James Rodgers · 2012
2010 original ballot
Centricity.401#253 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid10133
Big Boi · Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty10119
Cee Lo Green · The Lady Killer1043
Bruce Springsteen · The Promise1033
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone1026
John Legend & the Roots · Wake Up!1012
Corinne Bailey Rae · The Sea106
Freedy Johnston · Rain on the City102
Cee Lo Green · Stray Bullets100
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Janelle Monáe (ft. Big Boi) · "Tightrope"103
Sade · "Soldier of Love"25
LCD Soundsystem · "Drunk Girls"20
New Pornographers · "Crash Years"14
California Swag District · "Teach Me How to Dougie"5
Big Boi · "You Ain't No DJ"1
Hanson · "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'"1
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · "She Ain't a Child No More"1
Jack Splash · "38 Special"0

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.25312Sarah Zupko · 2010
.2448Anthony DeCurtis · 2010
.24012Eric Danton · 2010
.23912Daniel Durchholz · 2010
.23712Gary Graff · 2010
.22211Julia Simon · 2010
.21311Ian Port · 2010
.21311Randall Grass · 2010
.20711Dan DeLuca · 2010
.2017John Milward · 2010
.20010Quentin Huff · 2010
.1997Kevin O'Hare · 2010
.19510Andrew Gilstrap · 2010
.19510Shawn Edwards · 2010
.19310Britt Robson · 2010
.1927Max Berry · 2010
.1879Amy Linden · 2010
.18310Philip Martin · 2010
.1809Jeremiah McNeil · 2010
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2009 original ballot
Centricity.243#333 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Avett Brothers · I and Love and You2041
Bruce Springsteen · Working on a Dream2018
Brother Ali · Us2011
Aceyalone · The Lonely Ones100
Neko Case · Middle Cyclone5105
K'Naan · Troubadour527
Brad Paisley · American Saturday Night526
Tinted Windows · Tinted Windows57
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens · What Have You Done, My Brother?55
Patty Loveless · Mountain Soul II52
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Lady Gaga · "Bad Romance"50
Grizzly Bear (ft. Michael McDonald) · "While You Wait for the Others"18
Brad Paisley · "Welcome to the Future"13
Miranda Lambert · "Dead Flowers"10
Raheem DeVaughn (ft. Ludacris) · "Bulletproof"2
Tinted Windows · "Kind of a Girl"1
Alecia Nugent · "Don't Tell Me"0
Joss Stone · "Free Me"0
Raul Malo · "Lucky One"0

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.2428Jeff Vrabel · 2009
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.1386Salvatore Caputo · 2009
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.1327Tom Lane · 2009
.1287Stephen M. Deusner · 2009
.1217Allison Stewart · 2009
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2008 original ballot
Centricity.256#300 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Alejandro Escovedo · Real Animal3022
Lil Wayne · Tha Carter III1077
Girl Talk · Feed the Animals1042
Nas · Untitled1013
Shelby Lynne · Just a Little Lovin'1012
Cat Power · Jukebox107
Drive-By Truckers · Brighter Than Creation's Dark527
Jenny Lewis · Acid Tongue513
SteelDrivers · The Steeldrivers52
Nappy Roots · The Humdinger50
SongOther Votes
Beyoncé · "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"57
Black Kids · "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"13
Beyoncé · "If I Were a Boy"12
Lee Ann Womack · "Last Call"7
Ting Tings · "Shut Up and Let Me Go"5
Little Jackie · "The World Should Revolve Around Me"3
Madonna (ft. Justin Timberlake) · "4 Minutes"3
Weezer · "Troublemaker"2
Taylor Swift · "White Horse"1
Ashanti · "Good Good"0

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.1067Allison Stewart · 2008
.0954Scott Holter · 2008
.0946Keith Harris · 2008
.0944David Menconi · 2008
.0916Melissa Maerz · 2008
.0916Thomas Inskeep · 2008
.0906Kristal Hawkins · 2008
.0904John Milward · 2008
.0904Max Berry · 2008
.0896Josh Timmermann · 2008
.0896Thomas Golianopoulos · 2008
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.16050Chris Herrington
.14550Tom Lane
.14246Jon Bream
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.13839Dan DeLuca
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.13232Michael Lach
.12845Daniel Durchholz
.12622Bobby Reed
.12428Forrest Wickman
.12243Ellis Widner
.12146Chris Molanphy
.11836Keith Harris
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.11237Joey Daniewicz
.11233Glenn Gamboa
.11040Stephen Thomas Erlewine
.10935Robert Christgau
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