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.
Adam Kivel
Overall
Centricity.434#381 of 1313
Breadth.500#371 of 1329
Metalism.038#204 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.481#171 of 542
Metalism.050#52 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
David Bowie · Blackstar10208
Chance the Rapper · Coloring Book10131
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker1080
Anderson .Paak · Malibu1072
Anohni · Hopelessness1037
Jenny Hval · Blood Bitch1020
Noname · Telefone1018
Jamila Woods · Heavn1016
Henry Threadgill · Old Locks and Irregular Verbs105
The Body · No One Deserves Happiness104
SongOther Votes
Beyoncé · "Formation"98
Kanye West · "Ultralight Beam"80
Chance the Rapper (ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne) · "No Problem"36
Anohni · "Drone Bomb Me"25
Car Seat Headrest · "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales"19
Danny Brown (ft. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt) · "Really Doe"16
Chance the Rapper (ft. Saba) · "Angels"5
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "I Need You"5
Kaytranada (ft. Anderson .Paak) · "Glowed Up"3
Moses Sumney · "Lonely World"1

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2015 original ballot
Centricity.482#144 of 480
Metalism.050#48 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vince Staples · Summertime '062070
Circuit Des Yeux · In Plain Speech206
Oneohtrix Point Never · Garden of Delete1523
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly10209
Prurient · Frozen Niagara Falls108
Sleater-Kinney · No Cities to Love591
Julia Holter · Have You in My Wilderness523
Protomartyr · The Agent Intellect516
Matana Roberts · Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee56
Bell Witch · Four Phantoms55
SongOther Votes
Drake · "Hotline Bling"75
Kendrick Lamar · "Alright"65
Courtney Barnett · "Pedestrian at Best"52
Carly Rae Jepsen · "Run Away With Me"40
Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment · "Sunday Candy"31
Kurt Vile · "Pretty Pimpin"27
Majical Cloudz · "Downtown"5
Protomartyr · "Ellen"1
Circuit Des Yeux · "Fantasize the Scene"0
Vince Staples · "Senorita"0

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2014 original ballot
Centricity.495#106 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Shellac · Dude Incredible1711
Pharmakon · Bestial Burden1613
Swans · To Be Kind1249
Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels 210162
Cloud Nothings · Here and Nowhere Else1027
Grouper · Ruins924
Owen Pallett · In Conflict919
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib · Piñata630
Protomartyr · Under Color of Official Right623
St. Vincent · St. Vincent5111
SongOther Votes
Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) · "Never Catch Me"34
War on Drugs · "Red Eyes"25
Against Me! · "Transgender Dysphoria Blues"12
Vic Mensa · "Down on My Luck"11
Sharon Van Etten · "Tarifa"2
St. Vincent · "Huey Newton"2
Priests · "New"1
Cloud Nothings · "Here and Nowhere Else"0
Owls · "A Drop of Blood..."0
Protomartyr · "Tarpeian Rock"0

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2013 original ballot
Centricity.277#250 of 453
Metalism.050#66 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Chance the Rapper · Acid Rap1062
Deafheaven · Sunbather1034
The Knife · Shaking the Habitual1026
Tim Hecker · Virgins1026
Bill Callahan · Dream River1017
Julia Holter · Loud City Song1010
Pharmakon · Abandon108
Grouper · The Man Who Died in His Boat105
Colin Stetson · New History Warfare Vol. 3: to See More Light104
Owen · L'Ami Du Peuple100
SongOther Votes
Kanye West · "New Slaves"40
Phosphorescent · "Song for Zula"22
Janelle Monáe (ft. Erykah Badu) · "Q.U.E.E.N."18
Chvrches · "Recover"10
Eleanor Friedberger · "Stare at the Sun"6
Chance the Rapper · "Juice"2
Speedy Ortiz · "No Below"2
MØ · "Waste of Time"0
ShowYouSuck · "All Wavy Everything"0
Sza · "Ice.Moon"0

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