2012 Totals: Vocals

1. Neneh Cherry & The Thing, The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Superjazz) 15
2. Gregory Porter, Be Good (Motéma) 11
3. Theo Bleckmann, Hello Earth! (The Music of Kate Bush) (Winter & Winter) 7
4. Kate McGarry, Girl Talk (Palmetto) 7
5. Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society (Heads Up) 4
6. Kurt Elling, 1619 Broadway (Concord) 4
7. Luciana Souza, Book of Chet (Sunnyside) 4
8. Luciana Souza, Duos III (Sunnyside) 4
9. Sheila Jordan & Harvie S, Yesterdays (High Note) 4
10. Dave Douglas, Be Still (Greenleaf) 3
Kat Edmonson, Way Down Low (Spinnerette) 3
11. Catherine Russell, Strictly Romancin' (World Village) 3
13. Amy Cervini, Digging Me, Digging You (Anzic) 2
14. Diana Krall, Glad Rag Doll (Verve) 2
15. Cassandra Wilson, Another Country (eOne) 2
16. Elina Duni, Matanë Malit (ECM) 2
17. Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare) 1
18. Mary Stallings, Don't Look Back (HighNote) 1
19. Dr. John, Locked Down (Nonesuch) 1
20. Jana Herzen, Passion of a Lonely Heart (Motéma) 1
Sue Raney, Listen Here (Rhombus) 1
21. Sara Serpa & Ran Blake, Aurora (Clean Feed) 1
22. Daryl Sherman, Mississippi Belle: Cole Porter in the Quarter (Audiophile) 1
23. Souljazz Orchestra, Solidarity (Strut) 1
24. John Hollenbeck, Songs I Like a Lot (Sunnyside -13) 1
25. ERIMAJ, Conflict of a Man (Don't Cry) 1
26. Susie Arioli, All the Way (Jazzheads) 1
27. Cheryl Bentyne, Let's Misbehave: Cole Porter Songbook (Summit) 1
28. Christine Correa & Ran Blake, Down Here Below (Red Piano) 1
29. Connie Crothers-Andrea Wolper-Ken Filiano, TranceFormation in Concert (New Artists) 1
Meredith d'Ambrosio, By Myself (Sunnyside) 1
30. Patricia Kaas, Kaas Sings Piaf (Arctic) 1
31. Jessica Molaskey & Dave Frishberg, At the Algonquin (Arbors) 1
32. Elizabeth Shepherd, Rewind (Linus) 1
33. Dena DeRose, Travelin' Light (MaxJazz) 1
34. Denise Donatelli, Soul Shadows (Savant) 1
35. Roberta Flack, Let It Be (Roberta) 1
36. Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott, Live at Chickie (Wa Wa DIY) 1
37. Sara Gazarek, Blossom & Bee (Palmetto) 1
38. Anne Hartkamp, Momentum (Jazzsick) 1
Sunny Kim, Painter's Eye (Sunnyside) 1
39. Kate Miller-Heidke, Nightflight (SIN/Sony Australia) 1
40. Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet, Hustlin' for a Gig (HouseKat) 1

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