2011 Totals: Vocals

1. Gretchen Parlato, The Lost and Found (ObliqSound) 16
2. Jen Shyu & Mark Dresser, Synasty (Pi) 10
3. Terri Lyne Carrington, Mosaic Project (Concord) 8
4. Tierney Sutton, American Road (BFM Jazz) 8
5. Claudia Quintet + 1, What is the Beautiful? (Cuneiform) 7
6. Other Dimensions in Music & Fay Victor, Kaiso Stories (Silkheart) 6
7. Ran Blake & Dominique Eade, Whirlpool (Jazz Project) 5
8. René Marie, Black Lace Freudian Slip (Motéma) 4
9. Youn Sun Nah, Same Girl (ACT) 4
10. Karrin Allyson, Round Midnight (Concord) 3
Kurt Elling, The Gate (Concord) 3
11. Giacomo Gates, The Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron (Savant) 3
12. Roseanna Vitro, The Music of Randy Newman (Motéma) 3
14. Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri, Athens Concert (ECM) 2
15. Paul Motian, The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter) 2
16. Freddy Cole, Talk to Me (HighNote) 2
17. Sachal Vasandani, Hi-Fly (Mack Avenue) 2
18. Andrea Wolper, Parallel Lives (Jazzed Media) 2
19. Susana Baca, Afrodiaspora (Luaka Bop) 1
20. Anthony Braxton, Trillium E (Braxton House) 1
Etta Jones & Houston Person, The Way We Were (HighNote) 1
21. Nancy Marano, Magic (Laughing Face) 1
22. René Marie, Voice of My Beautiful Country (Motéma) 1
23. Madeleine Peyroux, Standing on the Rooftop (Decca) 1
24. Kate Bush, 50 Words for Snow (Anti-) 1
25. Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell, Lágrimas Mexicanas (E1) 1
26. Shirley Crabbe, Home (MaiSong) 1
27. Charlie Haden, Sophisticated Ladies (Decca) 1
28. Sophie Milman, In the Moonlight (E1) 1
29. Nostalgia 77, The Sleep Walking Society (Tru Thoughts) 1
Lina Nyberg, Palaver (Moserobie) 1
30. Roy Rogers & Ray Manzarek, Translucent Blues (Blind Pig) 1
31. Catherine Russell, Strictly Romancin' (World Village) 1
32. Sara Serpa, Mobile (Inner Circle) 1
33. Veryan Weston, Tesselations 2 (Emanem) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.