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.
Ben Ratliff
Overall
Centricity.164#1012 of 1313
Breadth.200#974 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2014 original ballot
Centricity.164#428 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
FKA Twigs · Lp11585
George Cables · Icons and Influences141
Scott Walker + Sunn O))) · Soused1313
Mary J. Blige · The London Sessions1215
Ratking · So It Goes111
Great Thunder · Groovy Kinda Love90
Mark Turner · Lathe of Heaven89
Ian William Craig · A Turn of Breath72
Protomartyr · Under Color of Official Right623
Black Bananas · Electric Brick Wall51
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "Blank Space"58
BeyoncĂ© (ft. Nicki Minaj) · "***Flawless (Remix)"16
Rae Sremmurd · "No Type"14
Azealia Banks · "Idle Delilah"2
Tinashe · "Bet"1
Young Thug & Bloody Jay · "Florida Water"1
Cherry Glazerr · "Grilled Cheese"0
Future (ft. Young Scooter) · "Special"0
Obliterations · "Mind Ain't Right"0
Replica · "Becky's Rite"0

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.1165Renee Graham
.0697Brittany Spanos
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Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com