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.
Paula Mejia
Overall
Centricity.388#490 of 1313
Breadth.408#560 of 1329
Metalism.038#204 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.358#271 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Solange · A Seat at the Table10116
Angel Olsen · My Woman1070
Rihanna · Anti1063
Mitski · Puberty 21058
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Skeleton Tree1056
Kaytranada · 99.9%1030
Jenny Hval · Blood Bitch1020
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · Ears1013
Cate Le Bon · Crab Day105
Frankie Cosmos · Next Thing105
SongOther Votes
BeyoncĂ© · "Formation"98
Angel Olsen · "Shut Up Kiss Me"29
Rihanna · "Needed Me"18
G.L.O.S.S. · "Trans Day of Revenge"4
Weyes Blood · "Do You Need My Love"4
Jenny Hval · "Female Vampire"1
Kamaiyah · "How Does It Feel"1
Marie Davidson · "Naive to the Bone"1
Kaytranada (ft. Syd) · "You're the One"0
Sneaks · "X.T.Y."0

Similar Ballots
.24012Judy Berman · 2016
.22211Aaron Hillis · 2016
.21210Shannon Carlin · 2016
.20410Katie Moulton · 2016
.20210Althea Legaspi · 2016
.19510Ramon Ramirez · 2016
.19410Simon Vozick-Levinson · 2016
.19310Josh Timmermann · 2016
.1909Jessica Gentile · 2016
.18910Jamieson Cox · 2016
.1697Jason Gargano · 2016
.1658Stephen Bush · 2016
.1656Lindsey Rhoades · 2016
.1628Marissa G. Muller · 2016
.1609Gabe Meline · 2016
.1598Jordan Cronk · 2016
.1569Kelsey McKinney · 2016
.1528Katherine St. Asaph · 2016
.1498Luis Paez-Pumar · 2016
.1496Brian Orloff · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.510#129 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly10209
Courtney Barnett · Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit10166
Torres · Sprinter1026
Shamir · Ratchet1025
Bully · Feels Like1016
Colleen Green · I Want to Grow Up1013
Lana Del Rey · Honeymoon1013
Speedy Ortiz · Foil Deer109
Jenny Hval · Apocalypse, Girl107
Drenge · Undertow101
SongOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · "Alright"65
Courtney Barnett · "Pedestrian at Best"52
Rihanna · "Bitch Better Have My Money"17
Shamir · "On the Regular"13
Speedy Ortiz · "Raising the Skate"13
Lana Del Rey · "High by the Beach"8
Colleen Green · "Deeper Than Love"5
Torres · "Sprinter"5
Dilly Dally · "Desire"0
Little Simz · "Dead Body"0

Similar Ballots
.26411Rachel Leibrock · 2015
.25412Lindsey Thomas · 2015
.22010Val Veteto · 2015
.2208Jim DeRogatis · 2015
.20210Joey Hood · 2015
.19710Jaime-Paul Falcon · 2015
.18810Katie Moulton · 2015
.1719Dan DeLuca · 2015
.1669Melissa Locker · 2015
.1618Amy McCarthy · 2015
.1508Melissa Fossum · 2015
.1488Marc Hogan · 2015
.1468Seth Mnookin · 2015
.1447Katherine St. Asaph · 2015
.1388David Sikorski · 2015
.1347Lola Emanuelli · 2015
.1336Brian Orloff · 2015
.1328Gary Chun · 2015
.1237Kelley Dunlap · 2015
.1207Ed Masley · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.425#177 of 601
Metalism.100#41 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels 210162
Angel Olsen · Burn Your Fire for No Witness1064
Ex Hex · Rips1057
Caribou · Our Love1042
Protomartyr · Under Color of Official Right1023
Shabazz Palaces · Lese Majesty1021
White Lung · Deep Fantasy1020
Iceage · Plowing Into the Field of Love108
Amen Dunes · Love106
Roomrunner · Separate EP100
SongOther Votes
Angel Olsen · "Hi-Five"7
Iceage · "The Lord's Favorite"4
Run the Jewels · "Blockbuster Night Part 1"3
Priests · "New"1
Shabazz Palaces · "Motion Sickness"1
Cherry Glazerr · "Haxel Princess"0
Communions · "So Long Sun"0
Pile · "Special Snowflakes"0
Swearin' · "Mermaid"0
Viet Cong · "Bunker Buster"0

Similar Ballots
.2398Jason Gargano · 2014
.2358Candice Jones · 2014
.2348Thorin Klosowski · 2014
.1646Traviss Cassidy · 2014
.1626Jennifer Kelly · 2014
.1608Zach Kelly · 2014
.1407Martin Douglas · 2014
.1347Alex Woodward · 2014
.1347Michelle Geslani · 2014
.1337Fred Pessaro · 2014
.1307Matt Fiander · 2014
.1306Michael Fournier · 2014
.1237Daniel Sargeant · 2014
.1227Carter Maness · 2014
.1217Jordan Lawrence · 2014
.1177Max Blau · 2014
.1146Rob Sheffield · 2014
.1086Adam Kivel · 2014
.1026Katie Moulton · 2014
.1026Kyle McGovern · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.259#264 of 453
Metalism.050#66 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
My Bloody Valentine · m b v1060
Kurt Vile · Wakin on a Pretty Daze1045
Danny Brown · Old1030
Earl Sweatshirt · Doris1020
Speedy Ortiz · Major Arcana109
Windhand · Soma106
Dawn of Midi · Dysnomia104
Fuzz · Fuzz104
True Widow · Circumambulation101
Ovlov · Am100
SongOther Votes
My Bloody Valentine · "Only Tomorrow"9
Laura Marling · "Master Hunter"4
BeyoncĂ© · "Superpower"1
Earl Sweatshirt · "Chum"1
Fuzz · "Hazemaze"0
Kurt Vile · "Shame Chamber"0
Ovlov · "There's My Dini"0
Roomrunner · "Vaporize"0
Speedy Ortiz · "Gary"0
Swearin' · "Mermaid"0

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.1706Saxon Baird · 2013
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.1026Wes Flexner · 2013
.0985Mark Pytlik · 2013
.0925Brian Boone · 2013
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.0884John Everhart · 2013
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.0854Nick Green · 2013
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.0775Colin St. John · 2013
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.0674Kory Grow · 2013
.0665Dan Kois · 2013
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.17125Katie Moulton
.12611Val Veteto
.11218Melissa Locker
.11118Kyle McGovern
.11116Seth Mnookin
.10916Anders Smith Lindall
.10915Kelsey McKinney
.10818John Tryneski
.10411Michelle Geslani
.10020Sasha Geffen
.10015Amy McCarthy
.09813Peter Tabakis
.09617Jaime-Paul Falcon
.09612Jessica Gentile
.09612Philip Cosores
.09418Steven Arroyo
.09316Shannon Carlin
.09024Aaron Hillis
.09018Adam Kivel
.09013Beverly Bryan
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