'' Aaliyah '' was named the best album of 2001 by '' Slant Magazine '' and one of the ten best records of the year by '' The Atlanta Journal-Constitution '' and '' Time '' magazine . '' NME '' ranked it at number 39 on their year-end list . The album finished 73rd in the Pazz & Jop , an annual poll of American critics published by '' The Village Voice '' . Christgau , who created and supervised the poll , said Aaliyah finally " developed material nobody can deny " on " a good album " . The record also finished 37th in the annual poll run by German music magazine '' Spex '' . 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 . In 2002 , '' Aaliyah '' received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Album . " Rock the Boat " was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance . " More Than a Woman " was nominated in the same category in 2003 . In 2005 , '' Aaliyah '' was ranked number 66 on '' GQ '' s 2005 list of the " 100 Coolest Albums in the World " . '' Stylus Magazine '' ranked it 47 on their list of the " Top 50 Albums of 2000 – 2005 " ; the publication 's David Drake ranked it eighth on his own list . '' Vibe '' included it as one of their " 150 Essential Albums of the Vibe Era " in 2007 . A few years later , '' Aaliyah '' was named by '' Slant Magazine '' as the 72nd best record of the 2000s decade
2002 American Music Awards
American Music Awards of 2002
Aaliyah (album)