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.
Kim Taylor Bennett
Overall
Centricity.290#716 of 1313
Breadth.336#711 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2015 original ballot
Centricity.267#298 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tame Impala · Currents2052
Carly Rae Jepsen · Emotion1591
Miguel · Wildheart1549
Christine and the Queens · Christine and the Queens154
Justin Bieber · Purpose107
Drake · If You're Reading This It's Too Late532
Lower Dens · Escape From Evil56
Purity Ring · Another Eternity56
Alpine · Yuck51
The Cribs · For All My Sisters51
SongOther Votes
Drake · "Hotline Bling"75
Grimes · "Flesh Without Blood"36
Rihanna · "Bitch Better Have My Money"17
Kelela · "Rewind"16
Justin Bieber · "Sorry"13
Miguel · "The Valley"1
School of Seven Bells · "Open Your Eyes"1
Jeremih · "Oui"0
Noonie Bao · "I'm in Love"0
NZCA Lines · "Persephone Dreams"0

Similar Ballots
.20310Kelley Dunlap · 2015
.19310Shannon Carlin · 2015
.1819Kyle McGovern · 2015
.18010Jere Pilapil · 2015
.1749Andrew Winistorfer · 2015
.1749Steven Horowitz · 2015
.1568Jessica Goodman · 2015
.1468Emily Zemler · 2015
.1447Kyle Kramer · 2015
.1438Daniel Sargeant · 2015
.1408Calum Marsh · 2015
.1408Chris Molanphy · 2015
.1408Josh Timmermann · 2015
.1296Ryan Patrick · 2015
.1287Althea Legaspi · 2015
.1287Josh Winters · 2015
.1257Joey Daniewicz · 2015
.1237Michael Gallucci · 2015
.1227Corey Beasley · 2015
.1167Ilana Kaplan · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.313#283 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Wild Beasts · Present Tense254
Interpol · El Pintor172
Sylvan Esso · Sylvan Esso1414
Jessie Ware · Tough Love108
St. Vincent · St. Vincent7111
Protomartyr · Under Color of Official Right723
FKA Twigs · Lp1585
Caribou · Our Love542
Broncho · Just Enough Hip to Be Woman54
Skaters · Manhattan50
SongOther Votes
Future Islands · "Seasons (Waiting on You)"74
Taylor Swift · "Blank Space"58
ILoveMakonnen (ft. Drake) · "Tuesday"26
Tove Lo · "Habits (Stay High)"12
Ariana Grande (ft. the Weeknd) · "Love Me Harder"11
Tinashe (ft. A$AP Rocky) · "Pretend"3
Banoffee · "Let's Go to the Beach"0
Chela · "Handful of Gold"0
Lizzo & Caroline Smith · "Let Em Say"0
Nzca Lines · "New Atmosphere"0

Similar Ballots
.2288Jason Gargano · 2014
.18710Randall Roberts · 2014
.18310Lindsey Rhoades · 2014
.1619Shannon Carlin · 2014
.1499Dorian Lynskey · 2014
.1448Katherine Coplen · 2014
.1398Lola Emanuelli · 2014
.1398Matt Miller · 2014
.1298Chris Molanphy · 2014
.1287Derek Barber · 2014
.1257Andrew Unterberger · 2014
.1247Melissa Locker · 2014
.1237Jamieson Cox · 2014
.1187Kelley Dunlap · 2014
.1127Maria Jean Sullivan · 2014
.1097Joey Hood · 2014
.1086Amy McCarthy · 2014
.1076Aaron Frank · 2014
.1067Josh Bis · 2014
.1066Brennan Carley · 2014
Similar Voters
.17917Kelley Dunlap
.15019Shannon Carlin
.11816Jessica Goodman
.11613Thierry Cote
.1108Katherine Coplen
.10511Andrew Unterberger
.10413Kyle McGovern
.1038Matt Miller
.10114Emily Zemler
.09611Randall Roberts
.09510Steven Horowitz
.0877Maria Jean Sullivan
.08512Melissa Locker
.0826Aaron Frank
.0816Janelle Bitker
.07310Amy McCarthy
.0738Brennan Carley
.0718Ilana Kaplan
.06911Alex Ostroff
.06814Jamieson Cox
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com