Commercial Reception
While album sales were limited, with Poses debuting at #117 on the Billboard 200, Wainwright ranked #1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. The album failed to chart in any other countries. In 2004, Poses reached #103 on the Billboard 200.
Wainwright was nominated for Solo Artist of the Year in the music category of GQ magazine's 2001 Men of the Year awards. For its critical acclaim and success within the gay community, Poses was awarded Outstanding Music Album at the 2002 GLAAD Media Awards, an awards ceremony sponsored by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). At the Juno Awards of 2002, Wainwright was nominated for Best Songwriter for "Poses", "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk", and "Grey Gardens", and Poses won the award for Best Alternative Album. Mojo magazine's "100 Modern Classics" list, published in 2006, contained the album at #95. In September 2007, Poses was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. In 2008, Out magazine ranked Poses #50 and Wainwright's third studio album, Want One, #80 on their "100 Greatest, Gayest Albums" list.
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