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.
Eric Arnold
Overall
Centricity.022#1292 of 1313
Breadth.150#1167 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2009 original ballot
Centricity.022#662 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vieux Farka TourĂ© · Fondo204
Jacka · Tear Gas151
Amadou & Mariam · The Magic Couple150
Buraka Som Sistema · Black Diamond105
Ceu · Vagarosa102
Street Sweeper Social Club · Street Sweeper Social Club100
Santero · El Hijo de Obatala51
Aphrodesia · Precious Commodity50
Mavado · Mr. Brooks ... A Better Tomorrow50
Sila and the Afrofunk Experience · Black President50
SongOther Votes
Michael Jackson · "Billie Jean"1
BangData · "Caminante/ El Pacino"0
Buraka Som Sistema · "Sound of Kuduro"0
Jacka/Andre Nickatina · "Glamorous Lifestyles"0
Mavado · "Overcome"0
Mavado · "So Special"0
People Under the Stairs · "Beer"0
Sila and the Afrofunk Experience · "Black President"0
Sizzla · "Black Man in the White House"0
Street Sweeper Social Club · "Clap for the Killers"0

Similar Ballots
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.0292Derek Beres · 2009
.0282Banning Eyre · 2009
.0282Marty Lipp · 2009
.0282Tad Hendrickson · 2009
.0222Drew Hinshaw · 2009
.0202Sean Murphy · 2009
.0202Ted Cox · 2009
.0192Charles Aaron · 2009
.0192Eugene Holley, Jr. · 2009
.0182Angela Cravens · 2009
.0182Carol Cooper · 2009
.0182Frank Kogan · 2008
.0182Julianne Escobedo Shepherd · 2009
.0182Kevin O'Donnell · 2009
.0182K Ross Hoffman · 2009
.0182Steve Kiviat · 2012
.0182Tom Ewing · 2009
Similar Voters
.0182Angela Cravens
.0132Derek Beres
.0132Tad Hendrickson
.0112David MacFadden
.0112Sean Murphy
.0102Banning Eyre
.0092Drew Hinshaw
.0082Tom Ewing
.0073Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
.0072Marty Lipp
.0062Charles Aaron
.0052K Ross Hoffman
.0042Eugene Holley, Jr.
.0032Carol Cooper
.0032David Drake
.0032Frank Kogan
.0032Kevin O'Donnell
.0032Steve Kiviat
.0032Ted Cox
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com