The nominees for the 48th NAACP Image Awards were announced this morning by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ABC and HBO lead the race in the television categories with 23 and 14 nominations, respectively, while Walt Disney Studios is at the top of the motion picture categories with 9 nominations, followed by Focus Features with 7. The Image Awards celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film. Read through for the TV and movie nominees, and check out their official site for the music and literature honorees.
The NAACP Image Awards winners will be announced during the two-hour event hosted by Anthony Anderson, and broadcast live on TV ONE on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 9pm/8c. A 90-minute pre-show will air live from the red carpet at 7:30pm/6:30c.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
TELEVISION
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series)
Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special)
- “AM Joy with Joy Reid” (MSNBC/NBC News)
- “BET Love and Happiness White House Special” (BET)
- “StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson” (National Geographic Channel)
- “Stay Woke” (BET)
- “Unsung: Sugarhill Gang” (TV One)
Outstanding Talk Series
- “Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)
- “SuperSoul Sunday” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
- “The Real” (Syndicated)
- “The Talk” (CBS)
- “The View” (ABC)
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series
- “Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
- “Little Big Shots” (NBC)
- “Mary Mary” (WE tv)
- “The Voice” (NBC)
- “United Shades of America” (CNN)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
- “2016 Black Girls Rock” (BET)
- “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC)
- “Lemonade” (HBO)
- “Lip Sync Battle” (Spike TV)
- “The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards 2016” (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
Outstanding Children’s Program
- “All In With Cam Newton” (Nickelodeon)
- “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win” (Amazon)
- “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Junior)
- “K.C. Undercover” (Disney Channel)
- “The Lion Guard” (Disney Junior)
Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
- Anthony Anderson & Tracee Ellis Ross – “2016 BET Awards” (BET)
- Joy Reid – “AM Joy with Joy Reid” (MSNBC)
- Roland S. Martin – “NewsOne Now with Roland S. Martin” (TV One)
- Steve Harvey – “The Steve Harvey Show” (Syndicated)
- W. Kamau Bell – “United Shades of America” (CNN)
MOTION PICTURE
Outstanding Motion Picture
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
DOCUMENTARY
Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
- “Major League Legends: Hank Aaron” (Smithsonian Channel)
- “Policing the Police” (PBS)
- “Roots: A History Revealed” (History)
- “Roots: A New Vision” (History)
- “Streets of Compton” (A&E)
WRITING
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Television)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)
DIRECTING
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Film)
ANIMATED/CGI
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – (Television or Film)
RECORDING
Outstanding New Artist
- Chance the Rapper (Chance the Rapper)
- Chloe X Halle (Columbia Records)
- MAJOR. (BOE/Empire)
- Ro James (RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment)
- Serayah (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Male Artist
- Anthony Hamilton (RCA Records)
- Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
- Chance the Rapper (Chance the Rapper)
- Kendrick Lamar (Top Dawg Entertainment/ Aftermath/Interscope Records)
- Maxwell (Columbia)
Outstanding Female Artist
- Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
- Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
- Fantasia (RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited)
- K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)
- Solange (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
- “Blended Family” – Alicia Keys feat. A$AP Rocky (RCA Records)
- “Everything’s Beautiful” – Robert Glasper & Miles Davis (Legacy Recordings)
- “Freedom” – Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
- “Mad” – Solange feat. Lil Wayne (Columbia Records)
- “Royalty” – Sounds of Blackness feat HSRA (High School for Recording Arts) (Sounds of Blackness/Atomic K Records)
Outstanding Jazz Album
- “Everything’s Beautiful” – Robert Glasper & Miles Davis (Legacy Recordings)
- “Latin America Songbook” – Edward Simon (Sunnyside)
- “Leslie Odom Jr.” – Leslie Odom (S-Curve)
- “Ready Take One” – Erroll Garner (Legacy Recordings / Octave Music Licensing LLC)
- “Upward Spiral” – Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kurt Elling (Okeh)
Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)
- “Jericho: Tribe of Joshua” – Livre’ (Glory 2 Glory Entertainment/RAL)
- “Myron Butler & Levi On Purpose” – Myron Butler (Motown Gospel)
- “One Way” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann, Inc.)
- “The Journey (Live)” – Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration)
- “Worship Journal Live” – Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration)
Outstanding Music Video
- “24K Magic” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
- “Cranes In The Sky” – Solange (Columbia Records)
- “Formation” – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
- “This One’s for Me and You” – Johnny Gill feat. New Edition (Jskillz)
- “In Common” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
Outstanding Song – Traditional
- “Amen” – Anthony Hamilton (RCA Records)
- “Cranes In The Sky” – Solange (Columbia Records)
- “God Provides” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann, Inc.)
- “I See Victory” – Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams (I Am Other/Columbia)
- “Lake By The Ocean” – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Song – Contemporary
- “24K Magic” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
- “Formation” – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
- “Freedom” – Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
- “Letter to the Free” – Common featuring Bilal (ARTium Records/ Def Jam Recordings)
- “Royalty” – Sounds of Blackness feat HSRA (High School for Recording Arts) (Sounds of Blackness/Atomic K Records)
Outstanding Album
- “A Seat At The Table” – Solange (Columbia Records)
- “Coloring Book” – Chance the Rapper (Chance the Rapper)
- “Lemonade” – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
- “untitled unmastered.” – Kendrick Lamar (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
- “What I’m Feelin” – Anthony Hamilton (RCA Records)
LITERATURE
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
- “Another Brooklyn” – Jacqueline Woodson (HarperCollins /Amistad)
- “The Book of Harlan” – Bernice L. McFadden (Akashic Books)
- “The Illegal” – Lawrence Hill (W. W. Norton & Company)
- “The Mother” – Yvvette Edwards (HarperCollins Publishers / Amistad)
- “The Underground Railroad: A Novel” – Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
- “Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul” – Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Crown / The Crown Publishing Group)
- “Freedom is a Constant Struggle” – Angela Y. Davis (Author), Cornel West (Foreword), (Haymarket Books)
- “Hidden Figures” – Margot Lee Shetterly (HarperCollins Publishers / William Morrow)
- “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America” – Ibram X. Kendi (Nation Books)
- “Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Author), Raymond Obstfeld (Author), (Time Inc. Books)
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
- “Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” – Trevor Noah (Random House)
- “Carry On” – Lisa Fenn (HarperCollins Publishers / Harper Wave)
- “Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court” – Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve (Stanford University Press)
- “Grace: A Novel” – Natashia Deón (Counterpoint Press)
- “United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good” – Cory Booker (Ballantine Books)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Auto-Biography
- “Answering the Call: An Autobiography of the Modern Struggle to End Racial Discrimination in America” – Nathaniel Jones (The New Press)
- “Around the Way Girl: A Memoir” – Taraji P. Henson (37 Ink/Atria Books)
- “Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” – Trevor Noah (Random House)
- “Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, A Young Black Man’s Education” – Mychal Denzel Smith (Nation Books)
- “My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire” – Herb Powell (Author), Maurice White (Author), Steve Harvey (Foreword), David Foster (Foreword), (HarperCollins Publishers / Amistad)
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
- “Green Smoothies for Life” – JJ Smith (Atria Books)
- “LA Reid Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who’s Next” – LA Reid (Harper Collins)
- “Running the Long Race in Gifted Education: Narratives and Interviews from Culturally Diverse Gifted Adults” – Joy M. Scott-Carrol (Author), Anthony Sparks (Author), Diana Slaughter Kotzin (Foreword), (IGET-Network Press/Book Publisher’s Network)
- “The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World ” – The Dalai Lama (Author), Desmond Tutu (Author), Douglas Abrams (With), (Avery)
- “The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage” – Daymond John (Author), Daniel Paisner (With), (Crown Business / The Crown Publishing Group)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
- “Collected Poems: 1974 — 2004” – Rita Dove (W. W. Norton & Company)
- “Counting Descent” – Clint Smith (Write Bloody Publishing)
- “The Big Book of Exit Strategies” – Jamaal May (Alice James Books)
- “The Sobbing School” – Joshua Bennett (Penguin Books)
- “Thief in the Interior” – Phillip B. Williams (Alice James Books)
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
- “A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day” – Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Lou Fancher (Illustrator), Steve Johnson (Illustrator), (Viking Children’s Books)
- “Daddy’s Little Girl” – Karissa Culbreath (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)
- “Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat” – Javaka Steptoe (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- “The Golden Girls Of Rio” – Nikkolas Smith (Skyhorse Publishing / Sky Pony Press)
- “Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas” – Gwendolyn Hooks (Author), Colin Bootman (Illustrator), (Lee & Low Books)
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
- “As Brave As You” – Jason Reynolds (Simon & Schuster (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books))
- “Riding Chance” – Christine Kendall (Scholastic / Scholastic Press)
- “Same But Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express” – Holly Robinson Peete (Author), Ryan Elizabeth Peete (Author), RJ Peete (Author), (Scholastic / Scholastic Press)
- “The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend” – Sharon Robinson (Scholastic / Scholastic Press)
- “Two Naomis” – Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (Author), Audrey Vernick (Author), (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
