'' Channel Orange '' won the Album of the Year award at the 2012 Soul Train Music Awards , and earned Ocean nominations for the 2013 Grammy Awards in the categories of Album of the Year , Best New Artist , and Record of the Year ( for " Thinkin Bout You " ) , winning for Best Urban Contemporary Album . Ocean agreed to perform at the awards show only if they let him play the song he wanted , " Forrest Gump " . In 2014 , the album was included in the book '' 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ''
2013 Grammy Awards
55th Annual Grammy Awards
Channel Orange