| 6th Annual Jazz Critics Poll: 2011 |
2011 Totals: Vocals
- Gretchen Parlato, Gretchen Parlato (The Lost and Found) 16
- Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser, Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser (Synasty) 10
- Terri Lyne Carrington, Terri Lyne Carrington (Mosaic Project) 8
- Tierney Sutton, Tierney Sutton (American Road) 8
- Claudia Quintet + 1, Claudia Quintet + 1 (What is the Beautiful?) 7
- Other Dimensions in Music & Fay Victor, Other Dimensions in Music & Fay Victor (Kaiso Stories) 6
- Ran Blake & Dominique Eade, Ran Blake & Dominique Eade (Whirlpool) 5
- René Marie, René Marie (Black Lace Freudian Slip) 4
- Youn Sun Nah, Youn Sun Nah (Same Girl) 4
- Karrin Allyson, Karrin Allyson (Round Midnight) 3
- Giacomo Gates, Giacomo Gates (The Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron) 3
- Roseanna Vitro, Roseanna Vitro (The Music of Randy Newman) 3
- Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri, Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri (Athens Concert) 2
- Paul Motian, Paul Motian (The Windmills of Your Mind) 2
- Freddy Cole, Freddy Cole (Talk to Me) 2
- Sachal Vasandani, Sachal Vasandani (Hi-Fly) 2
- Andrea Wolper, Andrea Wolper (Parallel Lives) 2
- Susana Baca, Susana Baca (Afrodiaspora) 1
- Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton (Trillium E) 1
- Nancy Marano, Nancy Marano (Magic) 1
- René Marie, René Marie (Voice of My Beautiful Country) 1
- Madeleine Peyroux, Madeleine Peyroux (Standing on the Rooftop) 1
- Kate Bush, Kate Bush (50 Words for Snow) 1
- Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell, Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell (Lágrimas Mexicanas) 1
- Shirley Crabbe, Shirley Crabbe (Home) 1
- Charlie Haden, Charlie Haden (Sophisticated Ladies) 1
- Sophie Milman, Sophie Milman (In the Moonlight) 1
- Nostalgia 77, Nostalgia 77 (The Sleep Walking Society) 1
- Roy Rogers & Ray Manzarek, Roy Rogers & Ray Manzarek (Translucent Blues) 1
- Catherine Russell, Catherine Russell (Strictly Romancin') 1
- Sara Serpa, Sara Serpa (Mobile) 1
- Veryan Weston, Veryan Weston (Tesselations 2) 1
Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.