Honors
- In 2003, Blue was ranked #30 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the highest placement for a female artist
- In 2000, Blue won the top spot in Chart's '50 Greatest Canadian Albums of All Time' (Blue was third place in 1996 and 2005)
- In 2007, Blue was ranked second in Bob Mersereau's book The Top 100 Canadian Albums, behind Neil Young's Harvest (which was the second-place finisher in all three Chart polls)
- In 2001, Blue was ranked #14 on VH1's list of the '100 Greatest Albums of All Time', the highest album by a female artist to appear on the list.
- Blue was also voted #13 on Hotpress Magazine's 'Top 100 Albums Ever', by various other artists
- In 2002, Q Magazine named "Blue" the 8th Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist.
- Blue was voted #66 in Channel 4's countdown of the '100 Greatest Albums'
- In 2006, Blue was listed among Time Magazine's 'All-Time 100 Albums'
- In 1999, Blue was given the honor of a Grammy Hall of Fame award, which is given to recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance"
- In 2004, Pitchfork Media ranked the album #86 on its list "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s".
- In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album #02 on its list "Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums Of All Time."
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