Pazz n Jop results

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Top 30 singles under the cut


1 Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys), "Empire State of Mind" (89 mentions)
2 Phoenix, "1901" (81)
3 Animal Collective, "My Girls" ** (77)
4 Grizzly Bear, "Two Weeks" ** (66)
5 Dirty Projectors, "Stillness Is the Move" (64)
6 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Zero" (59)
7 Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance" (51)
8 Girls, "Lust for Life" (42)
9 Phoenix, "Lisztomania" (42)
10 Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me" * (41)
11 Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi" (36)
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Heads Will Roll" ** (29)
13 Lady Gaga, "Poker Face" ** (28)
14 Maxwell, "Pretty Wings" (27)
15 Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody" * (27)
16 Bat for Lashes, "Daniel" (27)
17 Atlas Sound (ft. Noah Lennox), "Walkabout" (24)
18 Kid Cudi, "Day 'N' Nite" * ** (23)
19 Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling" (22)
20 Joy Orbison, "Hyph Mngo" (22)
21 Lily Allen, "The Fear" * (21)
22 Big Boi (ft. Gucci Mane), "Shine Blockas" (21)
23 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, "Young Adult Friction" (20)
24 The Avett Brothers, "I and Love and You" (20)
25 The Big Pink, "Dominos" (20)
26 Neko Case, "This Tornado Loves You" (19)
27 Julian Casablancas, "11th Dimension" (19)
28 Grizzly Bear (ft. Michael McDonald), "While You Wait for the Others" (19)
29 Drake, "Best I Ever Had" (19)
30 Camera Obscura, "French Navy" (19)

*Includes 2008 votes: "You Belong With Me" 1, "Use Somebody" 2, "Day 'N' Nite" 5, "The Fear" 1
**Includes remix/alternate-version votes: "My Girls" 1, "Two Weeks" 1, "Heads Will Roll" 2, "Poker Face" 1, "Day 'N' Nite" 2

Animal Collective were the non-surprise winner of the albums poll.

Full results and links to essays, inc. by Chuck E and Das Racist:
http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/

Comments

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

"...gets at least half the number of points in a subsequent year....," not voters (at least, that's how I always understood the rule when I was running the polls.) Anyway, much to my surprise (I figured she'd be Top 40 easy), Taylor didn't pull that off this year. (Actually exchanged a couple emails with Glenn McDonald while he was tabulating to make sure.)