I Refuse - Accolades

Accolades

Aaliyah was named the best album of 2001 by Slant Magazine, with the publication's editor Sal Cinquemani calling it "quintessential rhythm and blues, encompassing the boundless energy of Prince and the sexual revelation of a disco-era Diana Ross ... a varied yet seamless R&B masterpiece." NME ranked it number 39 on their year-end best albums list. Time named it the 10th best album of 2001 and called Aaliyah "a siren of subtlety, never wailing when a whisper would do," who "blended genres with alluring ease." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also ranked Aaliyah as one of the 10 best albums of the year. It was voted number 73 in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Poll creator Robert Christgau wrote that Aaliyah finally "develop material nobody can deny" on "a good album." German music magazine Spex ranked the album number 37 in their annual poll of critics.

For the album, Aaliyah was posthumously awarded an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist. At the 2002 American Music Awards, it won in the category of Favorite R&B/Soul Album. Aaliyah was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album and "Rock the Boat" was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 2002. In 2003, "More Than a Woman" was nominated in the same category.

In 2005, GQ ranked Aaliyah number 66 on their list of the "100 Coolest Albums in the World". Stylus Magazine ranked it number 47 on their list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2000–2005"; the publication's David Drake ranked it number eight in an individual list. Vibe included the album as one of their "150 Essential Albums of the Vibe Era" in 2007. In 2010, Slant Magazine named Aaliyah the 72nd best album of "the aughts".