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==Accolades== American critics rated ''Homogenic'' highly in year-end polls. It ranked at number nine in ''[[The Village Voice]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll,<ref name="pazzjop">{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres97.php |title=The 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=28 February 1998 |access-date=9 April 2009}}</ref> while ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' ranked it number four in their "Top 20 Albums of the Year".<ref name="SpinTop">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_o5qLt04pz4C&pg=PA86 |title=Top 20 Albums of the Year |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=14 |issue=1 |date=January 1998 |access-date=22 May 2020 |page=86}}</ref> In Britain, ''[[Melody Maker]]'' ranked it at number 33 in the "Albums of the Year" and ''[[NME]]'' placed it at number 15 in a critics' poll.<ref name="MMTop">{{cite magazine |title=Albums of the Year |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |date=20–27 December 1997 |pages=66–67}}</ref><ref name="NMETop">{{cite magazine |title=1997 Critic's Poll |magazine=[[NME]] |date=20–27 December 1997 |pages=78–79}}</ref> In 2024, the album was ranked at number 45 on [[Apple Music 100 Best Albums|Apple Music's 100 Best albums of All Time]].<ref>https://100best.music.apple.com/us</ref> ''Homogenic'' was nominated in the [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Performance]] category at the [[40th Annual Grammy Awards]] (1998), losing to [[Radiohead]]'s ''[[OK Computer]]''.<ref name="Randall, p. 251, 255">{{harvnb|Randall|2000|pages=251, 255}}</ref><ref name="Bresica">{{cite news |last=Bresica |first=Joe |date=25 January 1998 |title=NOTICED; Barefoot Road To Glory |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/25/style/noticed-barefoot-road-to-glory.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |access-date=15 April 2009 |quote=Her album ''Homogenic'' has been nominated for a Grammy for best alternative-music performance.}}</ref> [[Michel Gondry]]'s music video for "[[Bachelorette (song)|Bachelorette]]" was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]] at the [[41st Annual Grammy Awards]] (1999), but lost to [[Jonas Åkerlund]]'s video for [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s "[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]".<ref name="1999 Grammy Nominations">{{cite web|title=1999 Grammy Nominations |url=http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772 |work=NME |date=1998-11-27 |access-date=2009-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011030229/http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772 |archive-date=2012-10-11 }}</ref><ref name="Grammy Award Winners Page 2">{{cite web | title=Grammy Award Winners (Page 2) | url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Madonna&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 | work=Grammy.com | access-date=2009-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313132634/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=madonna&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1|archive-date=13 March 2007}}</ref> At the [[42nd Annual Grammy Awards|next year's ceremony]], [[Chris Cunningham]]'s video for "[[All Is Full of Love]]" was nominated for the same award, but lost to [[Korn]]'s "[[Freak on a Leash]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/42nd-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=12 October 2024 |website=[[Grammy Awards]]}}</ref> ''Homogenic'' earned Björk the [[Brit Award]] for [[Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist|International Female Solo Artist]] at the [[1998 Brit Awards|1998 ceremony]]. Accepting the award, she declared: "I am grateful grapefruit."<ref name="Pytlik133" /> [[Bloc Party]] frontman [[Kele Okereke]] cited it as his favourite album. "She's a real genius," he said. "No one's been as radical or innovative and still made pop music. I got into it when I was first discovering music. It still has a deep resonance for me."<ref>{{cite journal|title= All Back to My Place |journal= [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=July 2005|issue=140|page=9}}</ref>
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