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===Accolades=== In 2000, ''Led Zeppelin IV'' was named the 26th-greatest British album in a list by ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Q|location=London|page=76|date=June 2000|title=100 Greatest British Albums}}</ref> In 2002, ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine's [[Chuck Klosterman]] named it the second-greatest metal album of all time and said that it was "the most famous hard-rock album ever recorded" as well as an album that unintentionally created metalβ"the origin of ''everything'' that sounds, feels, or even tastes vaguely metallic".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Klosterman|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Klosterman|date=September 2002|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfEjLof28w8C&pg=PA81|title=40 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time|magazine=Spin|access-date=5 February 2014|archive-date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627143935/http://books.google.com/books?id=xfEjLof28w8C&pg=PA81|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000 it was voted number 42 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=54}}</ref> In 2003, the album was ranked number 66 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]", then re-ranked number 69 in a 2012 revised list,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/billy-joel-the-stranger-2-161561/| year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date=23 September 2019| archive-date=7 August 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807093525/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/billy-joel-the-stranger-2-161561/| url-status=live}}</ref> and re-ranked 58 in a 2020 revised list.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/led-zeppelin-led-zeppelin-iv-2-1063175/|title=Led Zeppelin IV ranked 58th greatest album by Rolling Stone magazine|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020090033/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/led-zeppelin-led-zeppelin-iv-2-1063175/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also named the seventh-best album of the 1970s in a list by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''.<ref name="Pitchfork70s">{{cite web|author=Pitchfork Staff|date=23 June 2004|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/10/|title=Top 100 Albums of the 1970s|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|page=10|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-date=15 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064956/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/10/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, Classic Rock magazine ranked ''Led Zeppelin IV'' as the greatest of all Zeppelin albums.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-led-zeppelin-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best|title=Led Zeppelin Albums Ranked From Worst To Best β The Ultimate Guide|work=loudersound|access-date=30 April 2018|language=en|archive-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501093044/https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-led-zeppelin-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best|url-status=live}}</ref> {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+Accolades for the fourth Led Zeppelin album |- ! scope="col"| Accolade ! scope="col"| Publication ! scope="col"| Country ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Rank |- ! scope="row" | "The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made"<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p3.htm#albums| title=The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made β January 1996| access-date=10 February 2009| work=Mojo| archive-date=16 May 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516020830/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p3.htm#albums| url-status=usurped}}</ref> | ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' | UK | 1996 | 24 |- ! scope="row" | [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#l |title=The Grammy Hall of Fame Award |access-date=18 August 2007 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122042616/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=22 January 2011 }}</ref> | [[Grammy Award]]s | US | 1999 | * |- ! scope="row" | "Album of the Millennium"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/50.html#guitaralbum|title=Album of the Millennium β December 1999|access-date=10 February 2009|work=The Guitar|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718181914/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/50.html#guitaralbum|url-status=usurped}}</ref> | ''The Guitar'' | US | 1999 | 2 |- ! scope="row" | "100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/classicrock.htm | title=Classic Rock β 100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever December 2001 | access-date=10 February 2009 | work=Classic Rock | archive-date=10 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010061724/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/classicrock.htm | url-status=usurped }}</ref> | ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' | UK | 2001 | 1 |- ! scope="row" | "500 Greatest Albums Ever"<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> | ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | US | 2020 | 58 |- ! scope="row" | "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s"<ref name="Pitchfork70s" /> | ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | US | 2004 | 7 |- ! scope="row" | ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''<ref>{{cite book|last=Dimery|first=Robert|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|page=856|publisher=Hachette UK|year=2011|isbn=978-1-844-03714-8}}</ref> | Robert Dimery | US | 2005 | * |- ! scope="row" | "100 Best Albums Ever"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html#Best%20Albums%20Ever%202006|title=100 Greatest Albums Ever{{snd}}February 2006|access-date=10 February 2009|work=Q|archive-date=19 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019101341/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html#Best%20Albums%20Ever%202006|url-status=usurped}}</ref> | ''Q'' | UK | 2006 | 21 |- ! scope="row" | "100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/classicrock2.htm | title=Classic Rock β 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever β April 2006 | access-date=10 February 2009 | work=Classic Rock | archive-date=15 May 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515072650/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/classicrock2.htm | url-status=usurped }}</ref> | ''Classic Rock'' | UK | 2006 | 1 |- ! scope="row" | "The Definitive 200: Top 200 Albums of All-Time"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/definitive-200 |title=The Definitive 200: Top 200 Albums of All-Time |access-date=10 February 2009 |work=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (United States) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122041304/http://rockhall.com/pressroom/definitive-200 |archive-date=22 January 2009 }}</ref> | [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] | US | 2007 | 4 |- ! scope="row" | [[NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|''NME'''s The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm|title=Rocklist.net....NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013|website=www.rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=19 January 2017|archive-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104003059/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref> | ''[[NME]]'' | UK | 2013 | 106 |} {{small|{{asterisk}} designates unordered lists.}}
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