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==Commercial performance==
A single from the album, "[[Wait and Bleed]]", was nominated for [[Best Metal Performance]] at the 2001 [[Grammy Awards]], but lost to [[Deftones]]' "[[Elite (song)|Elite]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439535/20010216/slipknot.jhtml  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223215529/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439535/20010216/slipknot.jhtml  |url-status=dead  |archive-date=February 23, 2001  |title=Slipknot Working on Album as They Ponder Grammys, Touring |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |date=February 16, 2001 |website=[[MTV News]] |access-date=July 4, 2013}}</ref> The song was also named the 36th greatest metal song of all time by [[VH1]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/103446/episode_this_list.jhtml |title=The Greatest: 40 Greatest Metal Songs |website=[[VH1]] |access-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913132117/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/103446/episode_this_list.jhtml |archive-date=September 13, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The release of the album and the touring which followed greatly increased the band's popularity. The album became the "biggest selling extreme metal album" at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/slipknot-90live.shtml |title=Slipknot: ''9.0 Live'' <nowiki>|</nowiki> PopMatters |last=Begrand |first=Adrian |date= April 30, 2000 |website=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=July 4, 2013}}</ref> It was ranked by American SoundScan as the fastest-selling metal debut in SoundScan's history.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ambrose |first=Joe |year=2001 |title=Moshpit: The Violent World of Mosh Pit Culture |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |page=130 |isbn=0-7119-8744-0}}</ref> On May 2, 2000, the album was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)]], a first for any album released by Roadrunner Records.<ref name="RIAA" /> On February 5, 2005, Slipknot's self-titled album was certified double platinum by the RIAA.<ref name="RIAA" /> In Canada, the album was certified 2× Platinum by [[Music Canada]] on May 21, 2024.<ref name="MC" /> The [[British Phonographic Industry]] certified Slipknot's self-titled album as platinum on October 17, 2008, in the UK.<ref name="BPI" />