Singles Jukebox Penultimate Controversy Index
Just updated this for the first time in a few months and I realized looking over the numbers that there were too many artists with 6 or 7 reviews overshadowing ones that were somewhat controversial with between 12 and 15 (or more) reviews. So I weighted number of contributors a little more and also deducted by the same factor (it's a multiplier increased by .02 for each contributor over or under eight, so ten contributors would be weighted [average deviation score] x 1.04; previously that would have been 1.02. And now something with only six contributors is divided by 1.04).
The results look a bit more reasonable to me, and as long as we have such a huge spread between low contributing entries and high ones (in the controversy index the range is anything between 6 contributors and 18 contributors) I'll factor this additional weighting into placement.
THE UPDATED CONTROVERSY TWENTY(-ONE)
1. Nicki Minaj - Your Love (3.13)
2. The Tallest Man on Earth - The King of Spain (2.82)
3. The Knife - Colouring of Pigeons (2.75)
4. M.I.A. - Born Free (2.63)
5. Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars (2.59)
6. Liz Phair - Bollywood (2.58)
7. Everything Everything - MY, KZ, UR BF (2.57)
8. Ciara f. Ludacris - Ride (2.54)
9. MGMT - Flash Delirium (2.52, 12 contributors)
10. YG - Toot It and Boot It (2.52, 7 contributors)
11. Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You (2.51)
12. Robyn - Fembots (2.49)
13. LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls (2.46, 10 contributors)
14. Jonsi - Go Do (2.46, 9 contributors)
=15. Die Antwoord - Enter the Ninja (2.4)
=15. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Ghost (2.4)
16. R. Kelly - When a Woman Loves (2.39)
17. Lyfe Jennings - Statistics (2.36)
18. Carrie Underwood - Undo It (2.35, 11 contributors)
19. Kid Sister - Big 'n' Bad (2.35, 6 contributors)
20. Cali Swag District - Teach Me How to Dougie (2.34)
Next 5: Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah; Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart; Tim McGraw - Still; Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts; Kanye West - Runaway.
We'll see if any of the other final Amnesty Picks wind up on the Controversy List (as I was compiling this, The Tallest Man on Earth stormed in at #2!). I'm also going to comb through once again to make sure I'm not missing a relatively low scorer (something that gets below a 2.0 average deviation on first pass) with a large number of contributors. The only one I caught was My Chemical Romance, who in the new system came in at #46.
The results look a bit more reasonable to me, and as long as we have such a huge spread between low contributing entries and high ones (in the controversy index the range is anything between 6 contributors and 18 contributors) I'll factor this additional weighting into placement.
THE UPDATED CONTROVERSY TWENTY(-ONE)
1. Nicki Minaj - Your Love (3.13)
2. The Tallest Man on Earth - The King of Spain (2.82)
3. The Knife - Colouring of Pigeons (2.75)
4. M.I.A. - Born Free (2.63)
5. Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars (2.59)
6. Liz Phair - Bollywood (2.58)
7. Everything Everything - MY, KZ, UR BF (2.57)
8. Ciara f. Ludacris - Ride (2.54)
9. MGMT - Flash Delirium (2.52, 12 contributors)
10. YG - Toot It and Boot It (2.52, 7 contributors)
11. Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You (2.51)
12. Robyn - Fembots (2.49)
13. LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls (2.46, 10 contributors)
14. Jonsi - Go Do (2.46, 9 contributors)
=15. Die Antwoord - Enter the Ninja (2.4)
=15. Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Ghost (2.4)
16. R. Kelly - When a Woman Loves (2.39)
17. Lyfe Jennings - Statistics (2.36)
18. Carrie Underwood - Undo It (2.35, 11 contributors)
19. Kid Sister - Big 'n' Bad (2.35, 6 contributors)
20. Cali Swag District - Teach Me How to Dougie (2.34)
Next 5: Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah; Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart; Tim McGraw - Still; Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts; Kanye West - Runaway.
We'll see if any of the other final Amnesty Picks wind up on the Controversy List (as I was compiling this, The Tallest Man on Earth stormed in at #2!). I'm also going to comb through once again to make sure I'm not missing a relatively low scorer (something that gets below a 2.0 average deviation on first pass) with a large number of contributors. The only one I caught was My Chemical Romance, who in the new system came in at #46.