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.
Nathan Rabin
Overall
Centricity.213#900 of 1313
Breadth.100#1222 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.213#460 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
"Weird Al" Yankovic · Alpocalypse251
Lonely Island · Turtleneck & Chain204
Jay-Z and Kanye West · Watch the Throne10104
The Roots · Undun1059
Beastie Boys · Hot Sauce Committee Part 21016
Saigon · The Greatest Story Never Told57
Phonte · Charity Starts at Home52
Random Axe · Random Axe52
Bad Meets Evil · Hell: The Sequel50
Big Pooh · Dirty Pretty Things50

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Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com