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.
Ellis Widner
Overall
Centricity.216#811 of 1228
Breadth.757#103 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.284#312 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Alice Gerrard · Follow the Music201
Rodrigo y Gabriela · 9 Dead Alive151
Taylor Swift · 19891070
Lana Del Rey · Ultraviolence1044
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems1028
Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread1027
(various artists) · When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926-1936101
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music577
Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone516
Lp · Forever for Now50
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "Blank Space"58
Pharrell Williams · "Happy"27
Sam Smith · "Stay With Me"27
Beyoncé (ft. Jay-Z) · "Drunk in Love"21
Hozier · "Take Me to Church"16
Dierks Bentley · "Drunk on a Plane"8
Miranda Lambert · "Automatic"6
Sam Hunt · "Leave the Night On"5
Little Big Town · "Day Drinking"0
Sarah Bareilles · "Brave"0

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.2589Salvatore Caputo · 2014
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.23410Bill Holdship · 2014
.20810Geoffrey Himes · 2014
.20310Bob Grossweiner · 2014
.19610Alan Light · 2014
.19511Holly Gleason · 2014
.1937Jeff Tamarkin · 2014
.1928Leslie Berman · 2014
.1918Carlo Wolff · 2014
.18910Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2014
.1828Hilary Hughes · 2014
.1728Ted Cox · 2014
.1699Roy Trakin · 2014
.1538Paul Robicheau · 2014
.1468Al Choman · 2014
.1438Chris Molanphy · 2014
.1428Megan Harrington · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.297#231 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ashley Monroe · Like a Rose2530
Janelle Monáe · The Electric Lady2050
Brandy Clark · 12 Stories1016
Arcade Fire · Reflektor942
Kacey Musgraves · Same Trailer Different Park842
Bombino · Nomad719
Over the Rhine · Meet Me at the Edge of the World61
Rokia Traoré · Beautiful Africa54
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell · Old Yellow Moon52
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos · Live in San Francisco51
SongOther Votes
Lorde · "Royals"75
Katy Perry · "Roar"12
Bruno Mars · "Locked Out of Heaven"4
Ashley Monroe · "Weed Instead of Roses"3
Civil Wars · "The One That Got Away"3
P!nk (ft. Nate Ruess) · "Just Give Me a Reason"2
Joe Nichols · "Sunny and 75"1
Little Big Town · "Tornado"0
The Lumineers · "Ho Hey"0
Miranda Lambert · "Mamas Broken Heart"0

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.2369Larry King · 2013
.2018Michael Ayers · 2013
.19810Tom Lane · 2013
.1819Daniel Durchholz · 2013
.1548Dan Kois · 2013
.1548Randall Grass · 2013
.1496Preston Jones · 2013
.1428Joey Daniewicz · 2013
.1397Sarah Ventre · 2013
.1277Dan DeLuca · 2013
.1267Matt Rice · 2013
.1196Mike Seely · 2013
.1156Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2013
.1126L. Kent Wolgamott · 2013
.1096Geoffrey Himes · 2013
.1086Chris Burlingame · 2013
.1086Serene Dominic · 2013
.1056Michael Gallucci · 2013
.1056Richard Torres · 2013
.1026Derek Paiva · 2013
.1026Jason Gubbels · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.310#212 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas2030
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange15169
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta1515
Gary Clark Jr. · Blak and Blu107
Carolina Chocolate Drops · Leaving Eden106
Alexei Lubimov and Alexei Zuev · Claude Debussy: Preludes100
Lianne La Havas · Is Your Love Big Enough?55
(various artists) · Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell53
Brian Stokes Mitchell · Simply Broadway50
Mary Black · Stories From the Steeples50
SongOther Votes
Frank Ocean · "Thinkin' 'Bout You"46
Taylor Swift · "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"42
Alabama Shakes · "Hold On"25
Psy · "Gangnam Style"25
Fun. (ft. Janelle Monae) · "We Are Young"22
Eric Church · "Springsteen"5
Kelly Clarkson · "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"4
Adele · "Set Fire to the Rain"1
J.D. McPherson · "North Side Gal"1
Bruno Mars · "It Will Rain"0

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.27813Bob Grossweiner · 2012
.26413David Cantwell · 2012
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.1659Eric Danton · 2012
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.1599Glenn Gamboa · 2012
.1569Steve Knopper · 2012
.1438Kurt B. Reighley · 2012
.1418Michael Gallucci · 2012
.1368Derek Paiva · 2012
.1318Jon Bream · 2012
.1217Tom Lane · 2012
.1146Steve Horowitz · 2012
.1128Holly Gleason · 2012
.1036Ken Rayes · 2012
.1016Dan Reilly · 2012
.0986Melissa Fossum · 2012
.0966Al Choman · 2012
.0936Makkada B. Selah · 2012
.0936Marianne Meyer · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.193#482 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Adele · 211585
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1541
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal · Chamber Music105
Connie Smith · A Long Line of Heartaches101
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden · Rio101
Azam Ali · From Night Till Edge of Day100
Deep Dark Woods · The Place I Left Behind100
Phillip Schroeder · Passage Through a Dream100
Pistol Annies · Hell on Heels542
The Rebecca Ungerman Combo · Spinning Plates and Jazz50
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
Nicki Minaj · "Super Bass"94
Adele · "Someone Like You"45
Adele · "Rumour Has It"11
Fleet Foxes · "Helplessness Blues"10
Lucinda Williams · "Copenhagen"4
Bruno Mars · "Grenade"1
Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Del McCoury Band · "I'll Fly Away"0
The Rebecca Ungerman Combo · "Don't Explain"0
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton · "Layla"0

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.1729Jon Bream · 2011
.1428Josh Timmermann · 2011
.1165Preston Jones · 2011
.1126Marianne Meyer · 2011
.1125Salvatore Caputo · 2011
.1115Steve Matteo · 2011
.1076Chris Willman · 2011
.1076Philip Martin · 2011
.1036Tom Lane · 2011
.1006Stephen M. Deusner · 2011
.0996Dan Kois · 2011
.0986George Varga · 2011
.0976Alan Light · 2011
.0966Brent Baldwin · 2011
.0966Scott Mervis · 2011
.0936Michael Robbins · 2011
.0936Nicole Frehsee · 2011
.0906Glenn Gamboa · 2011
.0896Steve Knopper · 2011
.0886Ken Tucker · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.180#472 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid20133
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore · Dear Companion150
José James and Jef Neve · For All We Know150
Jamey Johnson · The Guitar Song1047
Carolina Chocolate Drops · Genuine Negro Jig1013
Rebecca Martin · When I Was Long Ago100
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone526
Mose Allison · The Way of the World55
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden · Jasmine54
Annie Lennox · A Christmas Cornucopia50
SongOther Votes
Janelle Monáe (ft. Big Boi) · "Tightrope"103
Lady Gaga (ft. Beyoncé) · "Telephone"26
Sade · "Soldier of Love"25
Taylor Swift · "Mine"12
Lady Antebellum · "Need You Now"11
Antony & the Johnsons · "Thank You for Your Love"2
José James and Jef Neve · "For All We Know"0
Michael Buble · "Haven't Met You Yet"0
Miranda Lambert · "White Liar"0
Reba McEntire · "Turn on the Radio"0

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.1267Brian Braiker · 2010
.1257Bob Grossweiner · 2010
.1237Ross Raihala · 2010
.1207Philip Martin · 2010
.1207Sarah Zupko · 2010
.1146Richard Torres · 2010
.1127Geoffrey Himes · 2010
.1127Stephen M. Deusner · 2010
.1107Bobby Reed · 2010
.1066Gary Graff · 2010
.1046Brian Orloff · 2010
.1046David Cooper Moore · 2010
.1034Billy Altman · 2010
.1016Quentin Huff · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.120#526 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Magnolia Electric Company · Josephine204
Levon Helm · Electric Dirt1522
Nellie McKay · Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day1210
Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi1021
Leonard Cohen · Live in London1019
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara · Tell No Lies106
Loudon Wainwright III · High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project813
Oumou Sangaré · Seya516
Paolo Nutini · Sunny Side Up52
Tom Russell · Blood and Candle Smoke51
SongOther Votes
Lady Gaga · "Paparazzi"35
Avett Brothers · "I & Love & You"19
Neko Case · "People Got a Lotta Nerve"16
The Decemberists · "The Rake's Song"8
Buddy & Julie Miller · "Gasoline and Matches"5
Antony & the Johnsons · "Another World"3
Carrie Underwood · "Cowboy Casanova"1
Justin Moore · "Small Town USA"0
Magnolia Electric Company · "Josephine"0
Sarah Jarosz · "Tell Me True"0

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2008 original ballot
Centricity.131#435 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Norma Winstone · Distances201
Kathy Mattea · Coal151
Irma Thomas · Simply Grand122
Hank Williams · The Unreleased Recordings115
Charlie Louvin · Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs101
Erykah Badu · New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War979
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis · Two Men With the Blues84
Shelby Lynne · Just a Little Lovin'512
Emmylou Harris · All I Intended to Be51
Fernando Otero · Pagina de Buenos Aires50
SongOther Votes
Hayes Carll · "She Left Me for Jesus"14

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.21854Jon Bream
.18045Bob Grossweiner
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.13740Holly Gleason
.13239Tom Lane
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.12931David Cantwell
.12831Al Choman
.12724Leslie Berman
.12723Meredith Ochs
.12437Gary Graff
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.11524Dan DeLuca
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