At the end of 2012, "Kaleidoscope Dream" appeared on several critics' lists of the year's best records. Ann Powers named it the best album of 2012. It was also ranked number 26 by Robert Christgau, number eleven by "The Guardian", number 10 by the "Chicago Tribune", number eight by "Slate", number six by the "Los Angeles Times", number five by AllMusic, Okayplayer, and "Spin", number four by "Entertainment Weekly", number three by "Billboard", "New York", and "Now", and number one by Idolator. Metacritic named it the 12th best-reviewed album of 2012. The album was voted the fifth best album of 2012 in the Pazz &amp; Jop, an annual poll of American critics nationwide, published by "The Village Voice". "Kaleidoscope Dream" was nominated for the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album, while "Adorn" was nominated for Best R&amp;B Performance and Song of the Year, winning in the Best R&amp;B Song category. In 2014, "Pitchfork" ranked the album at number 59 in their list of "The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010–2014)".