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Originally posted by Cupid
Hey Ace can you explain the votes from last year part? I'm probably being totally dumb and missing the whole point but how come votes from 2013 will effect the 2014 chart?
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Let me use Pazz & Jop as an example, since this chart is directly modeled after them.
In 2007, there were two really big, commercially successful, critically acclaimed singles - Rehab and Umbrella. By 2007 votes
alone, Umbrella won the 2007 Pazz & Jop poll.
However, although Rehab was released in the US in 2007, some P&J critics had voted for it in 2006 (based on its UK release). Because of those 2006 votes, Rehab won the 2007 Pazz & Jop poll.
Same thing happened in 2008 with Paper Planes beating L.E.S. Artistes and Single Ladies (due to 2007 votes).