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.
Ken Tucker
Overall
Centricity.345#574 of 1313
Breadth.431#514 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.383#229 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
tUnE-yArDs · w h o k i l l20134
Beastie Boys · Hot Sauce Committee Part 22016
Frank Ocean · Nostalgia, Ultra1053
BeyoncĂ© · 41045
Pistol Annies · Hell on Heels1042
Raphael Saadiq · Stone Rollin'1032
Big KRIT · Return of 4Eva518
Anthony Hamilton · Back to Love511
Middle Brother · Middle Brother53
Low Cut Connie · Get Out the Lotion52
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
Nicki Minaj · "Super Bass"94
Britney Spears · "Till the World Ends"38
Lady Gaga · "The Edge of Glory"22
Sunny Sweeney · "Drink Myself Single"1
Bradley Gaskin · "Mr. Bartender"0
Deer Tick · "Main Street"0
Dolly Parton · "Better Day"0
Garland Jeffreys · "I'm Alive"0
Teddy Thompson · "Looking for a Girl"0

Similar Ballots
.2709Franklin Soults · 2011
.19611Adam Graham · 2011
.19611Mikael Wood · 2011
.19211Theon Weber · 2011
.18510Steve Kiviat · 2011
.17610Lindsey Thomas · 2011
.17510Nicole Frehsee · 2011
.16810Rebecca Raber · 2011
.1689Joey Guerra · 2011
.1669Steve Knopper · 2011
.16110Chris Molanphy · 2011
.15410John Seroff · 2011
.1539Alfred Soto · 2011
.1539Jere Pilapil · 2011
.1517K Leander Williams · 2011
.1509Dan Weiss · 2011
.1499Clover Hope · 2011
.1489Chris Herrington · 2011
.1458Robert Christgau · 2011
.1449Andrew Casillas · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.472#171 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tracey Thorn · Love and Its Opposite3016
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy10265
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Joanna Newsom · Have One on Me1064
Hot Chip · One Life Stand1022
Peter Wolf · Midnight Souvenirs105
Robyn · Body Talk573
Elizabeth Cook · Welder514
Drive-By Truckers · The Big To-Do58
Marty Stuart · Ghost Train52

Similar Ballots
.2046John Milward · 2010
.1488Josh Timmermann · 2010
.1486Thor Christensen · 2010
.1468Althea Legaspi · 2010
.1458Chris Molanphy · 2010
.1456Max Berry · 2010
.1378Mark Pytlik · 2010
.1368Christian Hoard · 2010
.1368Steve Rosen · 2010
.1358Rob Brunner · 2010
.1326Steve Horowitz · 2010
.1216Tom Lane · 2010
.1196K Ross Hoffman · 2010
.1187Andy Dubbin · 2010
.1086Catherine Lewis · 2010
.1074Charles Johnson · 2010
.1067Will Hermes · 2010
.1054Anthony DeCurtis · 2010
.1046Tony Fletcher · 2010
.1026Nick Duerden · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.128#505 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Loudon Wainwright III · High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project3013
Fiery Furnaces · I'm Going Away3012
Miranda Lambert · Revolution530
Bob Dylan · Together Through Life525
Black Eyed Peas · The E.N.D.59
La Roux · La Roux58
Deer Tick · Born on Flag Day57
Heartless Bastards · The Mountain57
Taylor Swift · Fearless57
Patterson Hood · Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)55
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "You Belong With Me"39
Lady Gaga · "Poker Face"26
Black Eyed Peas · "I Gotta Feeling"21
Drake · "Best I Ever Had"18
Miley Cyrus · "Party in the USA"15
Bob Dylan · "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"6
Miranda Lambert · "White Liar"5
Billy Currington · "People Are Crazy"1
Reba McEntire · "Consider Me Gone"0

Similar Ballots
.1528Bob Grossweiner · 2009
.1508Tom Lane · 2009
.1458Michael Gallucci · 2009
.1357Robert Christgau · 2009
.1187Carly Carioli · 2009
.1187Jon Bream · 2009
.1187Mikael Wood · 2009
.1185Al Choman · 2009
.1177Ramiro Burr · 2009
.1145Salvatore Caputo · 2009
.1087Alan Light · 2009
.1046Whitney Pastorek · 2009
.1036Clover Hope · 2009
.1016Gary Graff · 2009
.1006Mordechai Shinefield · 2009
.0986Andy Wang · 2009
.0966Chris Burlingame · 2009
.0966Kenneth Partridge · 2009
.0965Bob Townsend · 2009
.0956Geoffrey Himes · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.395#158 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Raphael Saadiq · The Way I See It1544
(various artists) · Titan: It's All Pop!150
TV on the Radio · Dear Science10153
Girl Talk · Feed the Animals1042
Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-20061035
Magnetic Fields · Distortion1021
All Girl Summer Fun Band · Looking Into It100
Fiery Furnaces · Remember100
My Morning Jacket · Evil Urges542
Andy Zwerling · Hold Up the Sky50
SongOther Votes
BeyoncĂ© · "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"57
M.I.A. · "Paper Planes"53
Kanye West · "Love Lockdown"36
Hayes Carll · "She Left Me for Jesus"14
Lil' Wayne (ft. Static Major) · "Lollipop"14
Miley Cyrus · "See You Again"7
Alejandro Escovedo · "Always a Friend"5
Taylor Swift · "You Belong With Me"1
Ashton Shepherd · "I Ain't Dead Yet"0
Elvis Costello and the Imposters · "No Hiding Place"0

Similar Ballots
.26413Ken Rayes · 2008
.19711Whitney Pastorek · 2008
.18410Geoffrey Himes · 2008
.1559Michael Gallucci · 2008
.1529Ron Wynn · 2008
.1509Steve Knopper · 2008
.1478Corey du Browa · 2008
.1469Alan Light · 2008
.1458Chris Herrington · 2008
.1438Milo Miles · 2008
.1397L. Kent Wolgamott · 2008
.1378J. Anthony Ware · 2008
.1367Tom Lane · 2008
.1288Jason Fine · 2008
.1285John Milward · 2008
.1278Pete Glowatsky · 2008
.1258Clover Hope · 2008
.1249Tim Grierson · 2008
.1245Scott Holter · 2008
.1237Robert Christgau · 2008
Similar Voters
.16913John Milward
.15618Whitney Pastorek
.15326Theon Weber
.13616Franklin Soults
.12712Nicole Frehsee
.12118Milo Miles
.12111Joey Guerra
.12028Mikael Wood
.12017Rob Brunner
.11422Clover Hope
.11316Amy Phillips
.11235Michael Gallucci
.10916Thor Christensen
.10814Ramiro Burr
.10715Adam Graham
.10411Salvatore Caputo
.10314Pete Glowatsky
.10123Christian Hoard
.10030Robert Christgau
.0939Ron Wynn
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