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.
Steve Smith
Overall
Centricity.426#398 of 1313
Breadth.264#876 of 1329
Metalism.033#220 of 1329
2010 original ballot
Centricity.515#127 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Janelle MonĂ¡e · The ArchAndroid25133
Robyn · Body Talk2073
Titus Andronicus · The Monitor1574
Clogs · The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton101
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy5265
Vampire Weekend · Contra5119
Buke and Gase · Riposte53
Punch Brothers · Antifogmatic51
James Holden · DJ-Kicks50
T.I. · No Mercy50

Similar Ballots
.19210James Montgomery · 2010
.18310Kiernan Maletsky · 2010
.1469Amanda Petrusich · 2010
.1418Spencer Kornhaber · 2010
.1386Preston Jones · 2010
.1368Joey Daniewicz · 2010
.1326Max Berry · 2010
.1318Jere Pilapil · 2010
.1298Scott Plagenhoef · 2010
.1278Serene Dominic · 2010
.1248Chris Molanphy · 2010
.1238Paul Thompson · 2010
.1218Stacey Anderson · 2010
.1187Steve Erickson · 2010
.1158Drew Hinshaw · 2010
.1126Kyle Munson · 2010
.1077Eric Danton · 2010
.1046Tobias Carroll · 2010
.1026Matthew Perpetua · 2010
.1006Michael Ayers · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.336#230 of 683
Metalism.050#107 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The xx · The xx1092
Raekwon · Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Part II1084
Lily Allen · It's Not Me, It's You1036
Converge · Axe to Fall1033
Brad Paisley · American Saturday Night1026
Micachu and the Shapes · Jewellery1025
The Antlers · Hospice1020
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society · Infernal Machines108
David Sylvian · Manafon107
Tanya Morgan · Brooklynati107
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Grizzly Bear · "Two Weeks"64
Dirty Projectors · "Stillness Is the Move"63
Lady Gaga · "Bad Romance"50
Phoenix · "Lisztomania"41
Maxwell · "Pretty Wings"26
Shakira · "She Wolf"11
Passion Pit · "Sleepyhead"6
Matt and Kim · "Lessons Learned"0
Shakira · "Did It Again"0

Similar Ballots
.24712Jonathan Lundeen · 2009
.23811Chris DeVille · 2009
.22011Chris Molanphy · 2009
.22011Matthew Perpetua · 2009
.21310James Montgomery · 2009
.20410Reed Fischer · 2009
.20110Rodney Dugue · 2009
.1839Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · 2009
.1809Caitlin Dewey · 2009
.1799Amanda Petrusich · 2009
.1799Rob Harvilla · 2009
.1779Calum Marsh · 2009
.1779Chris Norton · 2009
.1779Clover Hope · 2009
.1769Ryan Schreiber · 2009
.1759Melissa Maerz · 2009
.1739David Ritter · 2009
.1738Andrew Martin · 2009
.1719Nic Hernandez · 2009
.1699Scott Mervis · 2009
Similar Voters
.1499Chris Norton
.1449David Ritter
.13513Caitlin Dewey
.12913Rodney Dugue
.11012Pete Glowatsky
.1107Jean-Stephane Beriot
.10921James Montgomery
.10215Pete Freedman
.1017Bill Crandall
.1008Nina Garin
.09610Andrew Martin
.09510Melissa Maerz
.0945Peter Heburn
.0916Brett McCabe
.08713Drew Hinshaw
.0875Laura Barcella
.08312Michael Endelman
.08212Joshua Alston
.08212Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins
.0806J Pablo
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com