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 Grossman
Overall
Centricity.550#162 of 1313
Breadth.546#299 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.682#48 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
David Bowie · Blackstar19208
Car Seat Headrest · Teens of Denial1676
Solange · A Seat at the Table11116
A Tribe Called Quest · We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service10184
Frank Ocean · Blonde8101
Schoolboy Q · Blank Face LP817
Rihanna · Anti763
Mitski · Puberty 2758
NxWorries · Yes Lawd!712
Lucy Dacus · No Burden76
SongOther Votes
Kanye West · "Ultralight Beam"80
Rae Sremmurd (ft. Gucci Mane) · "Black Beatles"57
Maren Morris · "My Church"12
Beyoncé · "Daddy Lessons"10
A Tribe Called Quest · "The Space Program"7
Miguel (ft. Kacey Musgraves) · "Waves (Remix)"3
Car Seat Headrest · "Destroyed by Hippie Powers"2
A$AP Rocky · "New Level"0
Lambchop · "Niv"0
Margo Price · "Desparate and Depressed"0

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.25614Chris Molanphy · 2016
.25014Althea Legaspi · 2016
.2469Jason Gargano · 2016
.24414Ed Masley · 2016
.2358Jon Jon Scott · 2016
.23113Alex Gale · 2016
.23113Joey Daniewicz · 2016
.22711John Vettese · 2016
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.2189Makkada B. Selah · 2016
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.21313E.J. Friedman · 2016
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.20912Colin St. John · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.452#162 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vince Staples · Summertime '062070
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly16209
Titus Andronicus · The Most Lamentable Tragedy1018
Screaming Females · Rose Mountain108
Earl Sweatshirt · I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside824
Young Thug · Barter 6824
Hop Along · Painted Shut730
Torres · Sprinter726
The Internet · Ego Death713
Dilly Dally · Sore76
SongOther Votes
Kanye West (ft. Paul McCartney) · "Only One"5
Young Thug (ft. Birdman) · "Constantly Hating"5
Downtown Boys · "Monstro"2
Fetty Wap (ft. Monty) · "679"2
FFS · "Johnny Delusional"1
Rick and Morty · "Get Schwifty"1
D.R.A.M (ft. Donnie Trumpy) · "$"0
EMA · "Active Shooter"0
Rae Sremmurd · "Unlock the Swag"0
Sleater-Kinney · "Price Tag"0

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.25812Eric Sundermann · 2015
.19210Winston Cook-Wilson · 2015
.1719Josh Love · 2015
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.1418Collin Brennan · 2015
.1398Andrew Unterberger · 2015
.1398Nate Patrin · 2015
.1378Katie Moulton · 2015
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.1187Martin Douglas · 2015
.1186Brandon Bussolini · 2015
.1186Jakob Dorof · 2015
.1166Andrew Nosnitsky · 2015
.1137Dan DeLuca · 2015
.1137Simon Vozick-Levinson · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.549#76 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
EMA · The Future's Void2020
Kelis · Food1812
YG · My Krazy Life933
Cloud Nothings · Here and Nowhere Else927
D'Angelo · Black Messiah8162
Isaiah Rashad · Cilvia Demo811
Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels 27162
Against Me! · Transgender Dysphoria Blues756
Perfume Genius · Too Bright735
MØ · No Mythologies to Follow75
SongOther Votes
ILoveMakonnen (ft. Drake) · "Tuesday"26
Run the Jewels (ft. Zack de la Rocha) · "Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)"25
Rae Sremmurd · "No Type"14
Vince Staples · "Hands Up"8
J. Cole · "Be Free"6
Spoon · "Rent I Pay"4
Notwist · "Kong"3
Rustie (ft. Danny Brown) · "Attak"2
Priests · "Right Wing"1
MØ · "Walk This Way"0

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2013 original ballot
Centricity.518#106 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · Yeezus20159
Neko Case · The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You1945
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City8108
Danny Brown · Old830
The Flaming Lips · The Terror88
Baths · Obsidian81
Kelly Rowland · Talk a Good Game80
The Men · New Moon77
Fidlar · Fidlar76
2 Chainz · B.O.A.T.S. Ii: Me Time73
SongOther Votes
Drake (ft. Majid Jordan) · "Hold On, We're Going Home"37
Kanye West · "Black Skinhead"36
Ciara · "Body Party"23
Vampire Weekend · "Diane Young"19
Pusha T · "Numbers on the Boards"13
Janelle Monáe (ft. Miguel) · "Primetime"7
Savages · "Husbands"4
Lonely Island · "Spring Break Anthem"0
Wavves · "Sail to the Sun"0
Willis Earl Beal · "Coming Through"0

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.18929Melissa Locker
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.16326Katie Moulton
.15627John Tryneski
.14222H. Drew Blackburn
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.13423Ramon Ramirez
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