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 Seely
Overall
Centricity.196#939 of 1313
Breadth.300#790 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.116#426 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sara Watkins · Young in All the Wrong Ways212
Miranda Lambert · The Weight of These Wings2032
Dori Freeman · Dori Freeman152
Wheeler Walker Jr. · Redneck Shit100
Sturgill Simpson · A Sailor's Guide to Earth957
Maren Morris · Hero526
Lydia Loveless · Real59
Dawes · We're All Gonna Die55
Amanda Shires · My Piece of Land52
BJ Barham · Rockingham51
SongOther Votes
BJ Barham · "Water in the Well"0
Dawes · "Roll Tide"0
Dori Freeman · "Any Wonder"0
Hailee Steinfeld · "Starving"0
Lucinda Wiliams · "Factory"0
Lydia Loveless · "Midwestern Guys"0
Maren Morris · "How It's Done"0
Miranda Lambert · "I've Got Wheels"0
Sara Watkins · "Without a Word"0
Wheeler Walker Jr. · "Better Off Beatin' Off"0

Similar Ballots
.1816Philip Martin · 2016
.1236Chris Willman · 2016
.1076Stephen M. Deusner · 2016
.1024Preston Jones · 2016
.0974Charles R. Cross · 2016
.0954Mordechai Shinefield · 2016
.0944Meredith Ochs · 2016
.0905Jon Bream · 2016
.0664Michael Gallucci · 2016
.0644Andrew Winistorfer · 2016
.0644Fred Mills · 2016
.0634David Goldstein · 2016
.0624J. Anthony Ware · 2016
.0624Natalie Weiner · 2016
.0614Alan Light · 2016
.0604Amy McCarthy · 2016
.0604Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2016
.0604Tom Lane · 2016
.0594Annie Zaleski · 2016
.0594David Cantwell · 2016
.0594Will Hermes · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.168#362 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ashley Monroe · The Blade1621
Chuck Hawthorne · Silver Line130
Jason Isbell · Something More Than Free1250
James McMurtry · Complicated Game1216
Dawes · All Your Favorite Bands105
6-String Drag · Roots Rock & Roll90
John Neilson · Tomorrow Comes the Spring90
Chris Stapleton · Traveller830
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly · Goin' Your Way60
Kacey Musgraves · Pageant Material532
SongOther Votes
Jason Isbell · "24 Frames"14
Dawes · "All Your Favorite Bands"7
Ashley Monroe · "The Blade"5
Dawes · "Things Happen"1
James McMurtry · "You Got to Me"1
6-String Drag · "I Miss the Drive-In"0
Chuck Hawthorne · "Post 2 Gate"0
James McMurtry · "South Dakota"0
Jamie Lin Wilson (ft. Wade Bowen) · "Just Some Things"0
Jason Isbell · "The Life You Chose"0

Similar Ballots
.2029Tom Lane · 2015
.1836Roy Kasten · 2015
.1748J. Anthony Ware · 2015
.1427Leland Rucker · 2015
.1246Carolyn Menyes · 2015
.1146Dacey Orr · 2015
.1136Ellis Widner · 2015
.1044Max Blau · 2015
.1034Geoffrey Himes · 2015
.1004Mike Berick · 2015
.0994Preston Jones · 2015
.0984Steve Horowitz · 2015
.0984Tom Finkel · 2015
.0965Jon Bream · 2015
.0955Scott Lapatine · 2015
.0954Matt Gewolb · 2015
.0915Stephen M. Deusner · 2015
.0895Amy McCarthy · 2015
.0875Daniel Durchholz · 2015
.0805Arsenio Orteza · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.274#321 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
War on Drugs · Lost in the Dream20103
Zoe Muth · World of Strangers201
John Fullbright · Songs155
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music1077
Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone1016
Sharon Van Etten · Are We There552
(various artists) · Looking Into You: a Tribute to Jackson Browne51
Blackberry Smoke · Leave a Scar: Live in North Carolina50
Curtis McMurtry · Respectable Enemy50
Springtime Carnivore · Springtime Carnivore50

Similar Ballots
.2046Tom Finkel · 2014
.2016Charles R. Cross · 2014
.1236James Barber · 2014
.1156Alex Woodward · 2014
.1146Aaron Frank · 2014
.1136Christopher Barton · 2014
.1136Kyle Petersen · 2014
.1125David Goldstein · 2014
.1124Andrew Gilstrap · 2014
.1074Larry King · 2014
.1064Michael Gallucci · 2014
.1024Jeff Niesel · 2014
.1024Jem Aswad · 2014
.1024Scott Mervis · 2014
.1024Steve Klinge · 2014
.1014Bob Townsend · 2014
.1004Derek Miller · 2014
.0994Allen St John · 2014
.0984Chris Riemenschneider · 2014
.0984Michael Deeds · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.226#285 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dawes · Stories Don't End253
Kacey Musgraves · Same Trailer Different Park1542
Jason Isbell · Southeastern1533
Ashley Monroe · Like a Rose1030
Phosphorescent · Muchacho1017
Amanda Shires · Down Fell the Doves51
Shelby Earl · Swift Arrows50
SongOther Votes
Lorde · "Royals"75
Phosphorescent · "Song for Zula"22
Kacey Musgraves · "Follow Your Arrow"21
Kacey Musgraves · "It Is What It Is"2
Blake Shelton (ft. the Pistol Annies and Friends) · "Boys 'Round Here"1
Tim McGraw (ft. Taylor Swift & Keith Urban) · "Highway Don't Care"1
A Great Big World (ft. Christina Aguilera) · "Say Something"0
Blake Shelton · "Sure Be Cool If You Did"0
Dawes · "Most People"0
Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran · "Everything Has Changed"0

Similar Ballots
.1916Jeff Vrabel · 2013
.1909Daniel Durchholz · 2013
.1688Andrew Dansby · 2013
.1556Michael Ayers · 2013
.1537J. Anthony Ware · 2013
.1437L. Kent Wolgamott · 2013
.1377Tom Lane · 2013
.1236Max Berry · 2013
.1216Steve Leftridge · 2013
.1166Dan Kois · 2013
.1136Luke McCormick · 2013
.1106Jon Bream · 2013
.1096Holly Gleason · 2013
.1086Nick Murray · 2013
.1066Ellis Widner · 2013
.1004Andrew Bartlett · 2013
.0974Michael Deeds · 2013
.0945Geoffrey Himes · 2013
.0935Caitlin White · 2013
.0935Derek Paiva · 2013
Similar Voters
.13610Tom Finkel
.0897Dacey Orr
.08611Amy McCarthy
.0859Carolyn Menyes
.08417Luke McCormick
.07322J. Anthony Ware
.07319Jon Bream
.07121Tom Lane
.0709Anders Smith Lindall
.06611Caitlin White
.06414Dan Kois
.0626Aaron Frank
.0599Kyle Petersen
.05810Brian McManus
.05718Daniel Durchholz
.05713Dan DeLuca
.05713Michael Ayers
.05612Michael Deeds
.05611Steve Leftridge
.05416Stephen M. Deusner
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