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.
Mike Madden
Overall
Centricity.612#92 of 1313
Breadth.500#371 of 1329
Metalism.013#357 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.486#166 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Schoolboy Q · Blank Face LP1517
Anderson .Paak · Malibu1372
A Tribe Called Quest · We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service12184
BeyoncĂ© · Lemonade12179
Flatbush Zombies · 3001: a Laced Odyssey110
Frank Ocean · Blonde9101
Kevin Morby · Singing Saw89
Denzel Curry · Imperial80
Kendrick Lamar · Untitled Unmastered734
Payroll Giovanni & Cardo Got Wings · Big Bossin Volume 150
SongOther Votes
Kanye West · "Ultralight Beam"80
Drake (ft. Wizkid and Kyla) · "One Dance"25
Young M.A. · "Ooouuu"17
Danny Brown (ft. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt) · "Really Doe"16
Frank Ocean · "Solo"6
21 Savage & Metro Boomin · "No Heart"4
Mitski · "Happy"4
Sheer Mag · "Can't Stop Fighting"3
Gucci Mane · "1st Day Out Tha Feds"2
Kendrick Lamar · "Untitled 07 | Levitate"2

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2015 original ballot
Centricity.536#119 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vince Staples · Summertime '061570
Earl Sweatshirt · I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside1324
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly12209
Tame Impala · Currents1252
Sleater-Kinney · No Cities to Love1191
Oddisee · The Good Fight91
Freddie Gibbs · Shadow of a Doubt84
G Herbo · Ballin Like I'm Kobe82
Jamie xx · In Colour755
Drake and Future · What a Time to Be Alive52
SongOther Votes
Tame Impala · "Let It Happen"31
Alessia Cara · "Here"24
Kelela · "Rewind"16
Kendrick Lamar · "The Blacker the Berry"15
Natalie Prass · "My Baby Don't Understand Me"10
Vince Staples · "Norf Norf"8
Chance the Rapper (ft. Saba) · "Angels"6
St. Vincent · "Bad Believer"1
Tarxan · "The Intro"0
Titus Andronicus · "Fatal Flaw"0

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2013 original ballot
Centricity.746#23 of 453
Metalism.050#66 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · Yeezus15159
Deafheaven · Sunbather1434
Denzel Curry · Nostalgic 64130
The Men · New Moon127
Daft Punk · Random Access Memories1175
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City10108
Drake · Nothing Was the Same737
Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels731
Earl Sweatshirt · Doris620
Chance the Rapper · Acid Rap562
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Panda Bear) · "Doin' It Right"5
2 Chainz (ft. Pharrell) · "Feds Watching"3
Daft Punk · "Lose Yourself to Dance"3
Chance the Rapper (ft. BJ the Chicago Kid) · "Good Ass Intro"2
Drake (ft. 2 Chainz and Big Sean) · "All Me"2
Majical Cloudz · "Childhood's End"2
Austra · "Home"1
Denzel Curry (ft. Yung Simmie and Robb Bank$) · "Threatz"1
Deniro Farrar · "Big Tookie"0
Future (ft. Casino) · "Karate Chop"0

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2012 original ballot
Centricity.680#32 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · Good Kid, m.A.A.d City15125
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange14169
Japandroids · Celebration Rock1372
Matthew E. White · Big Inner127
Bob Dylan · Tempest1132
Cloud Nothings · Attack on Memory1037
Killer Mike · R.A.P. Music751
The Men · Open Your Heart717
Screaming Females · Ugly66
Action Bronson & Party Supplies · Blue Chips511
SongOther Votes
Usher · "Climax"53
Frank Ocean · "Thinkin' 'Bout You"46
Japandroids · "The House That Heaven Built"46
Tanlines · "All of Me"8
Chief Keef (ft. Lil Reese) · "I Don't Like"6
Fiona Apple · "Every Single Night"5
Killer Mike (ft. Bun B, T.I. and Trouble) · "Big Beast"5
Tnght · "Goooo"2
Ceremony · "Hysteria"1
Bruce Springsteen · "Easy Money"0

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