The NAACP has introduced the nominees for the 2025 NAACP Picture Awards. The star-studded ceremony will air stay from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. ET on BET and CBS.
Nominees had been revealed Tuesday (Jan. 7) stay on CBS Mornings by singer and actress Chloe Bailey (a.ok.a Chlöe) and NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson and on YouTube by actress Novi Brown and actor and singer Trevor Jackson.
Actress and singer Keke Palmer is among the many leaders in total nominations, together with Entertainer of the 12 months. The class additionally consists of actress/singer Cynthia Erivo, rapper Kendrick Lamar, comic/actor Kevin Hart, and former NFL participant/podcast host Shannon Sharpe. Palmer’s podcast, Child, This Is Keke Palmer, has additionally landed a nomination for Excellent Society and Tradition Podcast.
Rap act GloRilla is probably the most nominated within the music recording classes with six nods, adopted by Usher, Kendrick Lamar, and Doechii, who every have 4 nominations.
Usher, who was honored with the President’s Award and received Entertainer of the 12 months in 2024, can also be up for Oustanding Male Artist. He’s up towards Chris Brown, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and October London.
“We stay up for celebrating the brilliance of Black expertise and creativity whose tales form tradition, ignite change, and encourage generations,” says Johnson. “By way of movie, music, literature, and extra, their voices weave a wealthy tapestry that honors our heritage, celebrates our identification, and proves that storytelling is a robust drive for driving true progress.”
Scott Mills, president and CEO of BET Media Group, provides, “The NAACP Picture Awards stand as a testomony to the brilliance, resilience, and impression of Black creatives, innovators, and changemakers. BET is proud to proceed our long-standing partnership with the NAACP to have fun Black excellence in all varieties. Collectively, we shine a lightweight on the tales, voices, and artistry that form tradition and drive progress.”
The general public can vote to find out the winners in choose classes on the 56th NAACP Picture Awards at naacpimageawards.internet. Voting is open now by way of Feb. 7 at 12 a.m. ET. Winners shall be introduced through the telecast on Feb. 22. The NAACP can even acknowledge winners in non–televised Picture Awards classes on the 56th NAACP Picture Awards Inventive Honors Ceremonies Friday, Feb. 21.
See the 2025 NAACP Picture Awards nominees under.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Cynthia Erivo
Keke Palmer
Kendrick Lamar
Kevin Hart
Shannon Sharpe
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Kai Cenat
Keith Lee
RaeShanda Lias
Shirley Raines
Tony Baker
RECORDING CATEGORIES
Excellent New Artist
Doechii (Capitol Data/Prime Dawg Leisure)
Myles Smith (RCA Data/Sony Music Leisure)
Samoht (Affective Music)
Shaboozey (American Dogwood/Empire)
Tyla (Epic Data)
Excellent Male Artist
Chris Brown (RCA Data/Chris Brown Leisure)
J. Cole (Dreamville/Interscope Data)
Kendrick Lamar (pgLang, underneath unique license to Interscope Data)
October London (Loss of life Row Data/gamma.)
USHER (mega/gamma.)
Excellent Feminine Artist
Beyoncé (Columbia Data/Parkwood Leisure LLC)
Coco Jones (Def Jam Recordings)
Doechii (Capitol Data/Prime Dawg Leisure)
GloRilla (Collective Music Group/Interscope Data)
H.E.R. (RCA Data)
Excellent Gospel/Christian Album
“Coronary heart of a Human” — DOE (Life Room Label/RCA Inspiration)
“Dwell Breathe Battle” — Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
“Nonetheless Karen” — Karen Clark Sheard (Karew Data/Motown Gospel)
“Sunny Days” — Yolanda Adams (Epic Data)
“The Maverick Approach Reimagined” — Maverick Metropolis Music (Tribl Data)
Excellent Worldwide Music
“Shut” — Skip Marley (Def Jam Recordings)
“Hmmm” — Chris Brown feat. Davido (RCA Data/Chris Brown Leisure)
“Bounce” — Tyla (Epic Data)
“Love Me JeJe” — Tems (RCA Data/Since ‘93)
“Piece of My Coronary heart” — Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz (RCA Data/Sony Music Worldwide/Starboy Leisure)
Excellent Music Video/Visible Album
“Alright” — Victoria Monét (RCA Data/Lovett Music)
“Alter Ego (ALTERnate Model)” — Doechii, JT (Capitol Data/Prime Dawg Leisure)
“Boy Bye” — Chlöe (Columbia Data/Parkwood Leisure LLC)
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar (pgLang, underneath unique license to Interscope Data)
“Yeah Glo!” — GloRilla (Collective Music Group/Interscope Data)
Excellent Album
“Alligator Bites By no means Heal” — Doechii (Epic Data)
“Cape City to Cairo” — PJ Morton (Morton Data/EMPIRE)
“Coming House” — USHER (mega/gamma.)
“Cowboy Carter” — Beyoncé (Columbia Data/Parkwood Leisure LLC)
“Wonderful” — GloRilla (Collective Music Group/Interscope Data)
Excellent Soundtrack/Compilation Album
“Bob Marley: One Love (Soundtrack)” (Tuff Gong/Island Data)
“Genius: MLK/X (Songs from the Authentic Sequence)” (Hollywood Data)
“Cheap Doubt (Season 2) (Authentic Soundtrack)” (Hollywood Data)
“The E-book of Clarence (The Movement Image Soundtrack)” (Geneva Membership underneath unique license to Roc Nation Data, LLC)
“Depraved: The Soundtrack” (Republic Data)
Excellent Gospel/Christian Music
“Church Doorways” — Yolanda Adams (Epic Data)
“Do It Anyway” — Tasha Cobbs (TeeLee Data/Motown Gospel)
“God Issues (Not By Energy)” — (Tribl Data)
“I Prayed for You (Stated a Prayer)” MAJOR. — (NowThatsMAJOR/MNRK Music Group)
“Working for Me” — Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Excellent Jazz Album
“Creole Orchestra” — Etienne Charles (Tradition Shock Music)
“Epic Cool” — Kirk Whalum (Artistry Music)
“Javon & Nikki Go to the Films” — Javon Jackson and Nikki Giovanni (Strong Jackson Data)
“On Their Shoulders: An Organ Tribute” — Matthew Whitaker (MOCAT Data)
“Portrait” — Samara Pleasure (Verve Data)
Excellent Soul/R&B Music
“16 CARRIAGES” — Beyoncé (Columbia Data/Parkwood Leisure LLC)
“Right here We Go (Uh Oh)” — Coco Jones (Def Jam Recordings)
“I Discovered You” — PJ Morton (Morton Data/EMPIRE)
“Residuals” — Chris Brown (RCA Data/Chris Brown Leisure)
“Saturn” — SZA (RCA Data/Prime Dawg Leisure)
Excellent Hip Hop/Rap Music
“Mamushi” — Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba (Scorching Lady Productions LLC/Warner Music Group)
“Murdergram Deux” — LL Cool J feat. Eminem (Def Jam Recordings)
“Noid” — Tyler, the Creator (Columbia Data)
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar (pgLang, underneath unique license to Interscope Data)
“Yeah Glo!” — GloRilla (Collective Music Group/Interscope Data)
Excellent Duo, Group or Collaboration (Conventional)
Adam Blackstone & Fantasia — “Summertime” (BASSic Black Leisure Data/Anderson Music Group/EMPIRE)
Leela James feat. Kenyon Dixon — “Watcha Completed Now” (Shesangz Music, Inc. underneath unique license to BMG Rights Administration (US) LLC)
Maverick Metropolis Music feat. Miles Minnick — “God Issues (Not By Energy)” (Tribl Data)
Muni Lengthy & Mariah Carey — “Made for Me” (Supergiant Data/Def Jam Recordings)
Sounds of Blackness feat. Jamecia Bennett & Buddy McLain — “Grateful” (McLain Music, LLC)
Excellent Duo, Group or Collaboration (Modern)
FLO & GloRilla — “In My Bag” (Island Data)
GloRilla feat. Kirk Franklin, Maverick Metropolis Music, Kierra Sheard, Chandler Moore — “RAIN DOWN ON ME” (Collective Music Group/Interscope Data)
USHER & Burna Boy — “Coming House” (mega/gamma.)
Victoria Monét feat. USHER — “SOS (Intercourse on Sight)” (RCA Data/Lovett Music)
Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz — “Piece of My Coronary heart” (RCA Data/Lovett Music)
Excellent Authentic Rating for Tv/Movement Image
Challengers (Authentic Rating) (Milan Data)
Dune: Half Two (Authentic Movement Image Soundtrack) (WaterTower Music)
Star Wars: The Acolyte (Authentic Soundtrack) (Walt Disney Data)
The American Society of Magical Negroes (Authentic Movement Image Soundtrack) (Again Lot Music)
The E-book of Clarence (Authentic Movement Image Rating) (Milan Data)
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
Excellent Movement Image
Dangerous Boys: Trip or Die (Sony Footage)
Bob Marley: One Love (Paramount Footage)
The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)
Depraved (Common Footage)
Excellent Actor in a Movement Image
André Holland — “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Roadside Points of interest)
Colman Domingo — “Sing Sing” (A24)
John David Washington — “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Kingsley Ben-Adir — “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Footage)
Martin Lawrence — “Dangerous Boys: Trip or Die” (Sony Footage)
Excellent Actress in a Movement Image
Cynthia Erivo — “Depraved” (Common Footage)
Kerry Washington — “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Lashana Lynch — “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Footage)
Lupita Nyong’o — “A Quiet Place: Day One” (Paramount Footage)
Regina King — “Shirley” (Netflix)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Movement Image
Brian Tyree Henry — “The Fireplace Inside” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Corey Hawkins — “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
David Alan Grier — “The American Society of Magical Negroes” (Focus Options)
Denzel Washington — “Gladiator II” (Paramount Footage)
Samuel L. Jackson — “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Movement Image
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Roadside Points of interest)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — “Nickel Boys” (Orion Footage/Amazon MGM Studios)
Danielle Deadwyler — “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Ebony Obsidian — “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Lynn Whitfield — “Albany Street” (Religion Filmworks)
Excellent Impartial Movement Image
Albany Street (Religion Filmworks)
Exhibiting Forgiveness (Roadside Points of interest)
Rob Peace (Republic Footage)
Sing Sing (A24)
We Grown Now (Sony Footage Classics)
Excellent Worldwide Movement Image
El lugar de la otra (Netflix)
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Memoir of a Snail (IFC Movies)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (NEON)
The Wall Road Boy, Kipkemboi (ArtMattan Movies)
Excellent Breakthrough Efficiency in a Movement Image
Brandon Wilson — “Nickel Boys” (Orion Footage/Amazon MGM Studios)
Clarence Maclin — “Sing Sing” (A24)
Danielle Deadwyler — “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Ebony Obsidian — “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Ryan Future — “The Fireplace Inside” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Excellent Ensemble Forged in a Movement Image
Bob Marley: One Love (Paramount Footage)
The E-book of Clarence (Sony Footage)
The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)
Depraved (Common Footage)
Excellent Animated Movement Image
Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Movement Footage)
Kung Fu Panda 4 (DreamWorks Animation)
Moana 2 (Walt Disney Studios Movement Footage)
Piece by Piece (Focus Options)
The Wild Robotic (DreamWorks Animation)
Excellent Character Voice–Over Efficiency – Movement Image
Aaron Pierre — “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Movement Footage)
Anika Noni Rose — “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Movement Footage)
Ayo Edebiri — “Inside Out 2” (Walt Disney Studios Movement Footage)
Blue Ivy Carter — “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Movement Footage)
Lupita Nyong’o — “The Wild Robotic” (DreamWorks Animation)
Excellent Brief Kind (Dwell Motion)
Chocolate with Sprinkles (AFI)
Positively Not a Monster
If They Took Us Again
My Brother & Me (MeowBark Movies)
Superman Doesn’t Steal
Excellent Brief Kind (Animated)
if(fy) (OTB/The Hidden Hand Studios)
Nate & John (Unity Animation Mission, LLC)
Peanut Headz: Black Historical past Toonz “Jackie Robinson” (Exhibit Treal Studios)
Self (Pixar Animation Studios)
Stroll within the Mild (419 Studios)
Excellent Breakthrough Inventive (Movement Image)
David Fortune — “Coloration E-book” (Tribeca Studios)
Malcolm Washington — “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
RaMell Ross — “Nickel Boys” (Orion Footage/Amazon MGM Studios)
Titus Kaphar — “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Roadside Points of interest)
Zoë Kravitz — “Blink Twice” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Excellent Youth Efficiency in a Movement Image
Anthony B. Jenkins — “The Deliverance” (Netflix)
Blake Cameron James — “We Grown Now” (Sony Footage Classics)
Jeremiah Daniels — “Coloration E-book” (Tribeca Studios)
Percy Daggs IV — “By no means Let Go” (Lionsgate)
Skylar Aleece Smith — “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Excellent Cinematography in a Movement Image
Andrés Arochi — “Longlegs” (NEON)
Jomo Fray — “Nickel Boys” (Orion Footage/Amazon MGM Studios)
Justin Derry — “She Taught Love” (Andscape)
Lachlan Milne — “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Roadside Points of interest)
Rob Hardy — “The E-book of Clarence” (Sony Footage)
TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES
Excellent Comedy Sequence
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Tips on how to Die Alone (Hulu)
Poppa’s Home (CBS)
The Neighborhood (CBS)
The Upshaws (Netflix)
Excellent Actor in a Comedy Sequence
Cedric The Entertainer — “The Neighborhood” (CBS)
Damon Wayans — “Poppa’s Home” (CBS)
David Alan Grier — “St. Denis Medical” (NBC)
Delroy Lindo — “UnPrisoned” (Hulu)
Mike Epps — “The Upshaws” (Netflix)
Excellent Actress in a Comedy Sequence
Ayo Edebiri — “The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
Kerry Washington — “UnPrisoned” (Hulu)
Natasha Rothwell — “Tips on how to Die Alone” (Hulu)
Quinta Brunson — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Tichina Arnold — “The Neighborhood” (CBS)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Sequence
Damon Wayans Jr. — “Poppa’s Home” (CBS)
Giancarlo Esposito — “The Gents” (Netflix)
Kenan Thompson — “Saturday Night time Dwell” (NBC)
Tyler James Williams — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
William Stanford Davis — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Sequence
Danielle Pinnock — “Ghosts” (CBS)
Ego Nwodim — “Saturday Night time Dwell” (NBC)
Janelle James — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Sheryl Lee Ralph — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Wanda Sykes — “The Upshaws” (Netflix)
Excellent Drama Sequence
9-1-1 (ABC)
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Cross (Amazon Prime Video)
Discovered (NBC)
Cheap Doubt (Hulu)
Excellent Actor in a Drama Sequence
Aldis Hodge — “Cross” (Amazon Prime Video)
Donald Glover — “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (Amazon Prime Video)
Harold Perrineau — “FROM” (MGM+)
Jabari Banks — “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Michael Rainey Jr. — “Energy E-book II: Ghost” (Starz)
Excellent Actress in a Drama Sequence
Angela Bassett — “9-1-1” (ABC)
Emayatzy Corinealdi — “Cheap Doubt” (Hulu)
Queen Latifah — “The Equalizer” (CBS)
Shanola Hampton — “Discovered” (NBC)
Zoe Saldaña — “Lioness” (Paramount+)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Drama Sequence
Adrian Holmes — “Bel-Air” (Netflix)
Cliff “Technique Man” Smith — “Energy E-book II: Ghost” (Starz)
Isaiah Mustafa — “Cross” (Amazon Prime Video)
Jacob Latimore — “The Chi” (Paramount+)
Morris Chestnut — “Cheap Doubt” (Hulu)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Sequence
Adjoa Andoh — “Bridgerton” (Netflix)
Coco Jones — “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Golda Rosheuvel — “Bridgerton” (Netflix)
Lorraine Toussaint — “The Equalizer” (CBS)
Lynn Whitfield — “The Chi” (Paramount+)
Excellent Restricted Tv (Sequence, Particular or Film)
Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist (Peacock)
Genius: MLK/X (Nationwide Geographic)
Griselda (Netflix)
Insurgent Ridge (Netflix)
The Insanity (Netflix)
Excellent Actor in a Restricted Tv (Sequence, Particular or Film)
Aaron Pierre — “Insurgent Ridge” (Netflix)
Colman Domingo — “The Insanity” (Netflix)
Kelvin Harrison Jr. — “Genius: MLK/X” (Nationwide Geographic)
Kevin Hart — “Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist” (Peacock)
Laurence Fishburne — “Clipped” (FX/Hulu)
Excellent Actress in a Restricted Tv (Sequence, Particular or Film)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Hulu/Searchlight Footage)
Naturi Naughton — “Kidnapped at an HBCU: A Black Lady Lacking Film” (Lifetime)
Sanaa Lathan — “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Hulu/Searchlight Footage)
Sofía Vergara — “Griselda” (Netflix)
Uzo Aduba — “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Hulu/Searchlight Footage)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Restricted Tv (Sequence, Particular or Film)
Don Cheadle — “Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist” (Peacock)
Luke James — “Them: The Scare” (Amazon Prime Video)
Ron Cephas Jones — “Genius: MLK/X” (Nationwide Geographic)
Samuel L. Jackson — “Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist” (Peacock)
Terrence Howard — “Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist” (Peacock)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Restricted Tv (Sequence, Particular or Film)
Brandy Norwood — “Descendants: The Rise of Crimson” (Disney+)
Jayme Lawson — “Genius: MLK/X” (Nationwide Geographic)
Loretta Devine — “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted By Love” (Lifetime)
Sanaa Lathan — “Younger. Wild. Free.” (BET+)
Taraji P. Henson — “Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist” (Peacock)
Excellent Information/Data (Sequence or Particular)
Black Males’s Summit (BET Media Group)
Discovering Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS)
Laura Coates Dwell (CNN)
NewsNight with Abby Phillip (CNN)
The ReidOut (MSNBC)
Excellent Discuss Sequence
Hart to Coronary heart (Peacock)
Sherri (Syndicated)
Tamron Corridor Present (Syndicated)
The Jennifer Hudson Present (Syndicated)
The Store Season 7 (YouTube)
Excellent Actuality Program, Actuality Competitors or Sport Present (Sequence)
Movie star Household Feud (ABC)
Password (NBC)
Rhythm + Movement (Netflix)
The Actual Housewives of Potomac (Bravo)
Tia Mowry: My Subsequent Act (WeTV)
Excellent Selection Present (Sequence or Particular)
BET Awards 2024 (BET Media Group)
Deon Cole: Okay, Mister (Netflix)
Jamie Foxx: What Had Occurred Was…(Netflix)
Katt Williams: Woke Foke (Netflix)
Saturday Night time Dwell (NBC)
Excellent Youngsters’s Program
Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Community)
Descendants: The Rise of Crimson (Disney+)
Gracie’s Nook (YouTube TV)
Sesame Road (MAX)
Snoopy Presents: Welcome House, Franklin (Apple TV+)
Excellent Efficiency by a Youth (Sequence, Particular, Tv Film or Restricted–Sequence)
Caleb Elijah — “Cross” (Amazon Prime Video)
Graceyn Hollingsworth — “Gracie’s Nook” (YouTube TV)
Leah Sava Jeffries — “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” (Disney+)
Melody Hurd — “Cross” (Amazon Prime Video)
TJ Mixson — “The Insanity” (Netflix)
Excellent Host in a Discuss or Information/Data (Sequence or Particular) – Particular person or Ensemble
Abby Phillip — “NewsNight with Abby Phillip” (CNN)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. — “Discovering Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS)
Jennifer Hudson — “The Jennifer Hudson” (Syndicated)
Pleasure Reid — “The Reidout” (MSNBC)
Sherri Shepherd — “Sherri” (Syndicated)
Excellent Host in a Actuality/Actuality Competitors, Sport Present or Selection (Sequence or Particular) – Particular person or Ensemble
Alfonso Ribeiro — “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
Keke Palmer — “Password” (NBC)
Nick Cannon — “The Masked Singer” (FOX)
Steve Harvey — “Movie star Household Feud” (ABC)
Taraji P. Henson — “BET Awards 2024” (BET Media Group)
Excellent Visitor Efficiency
Ayo Edebiri — “Saturday Night time Dwell” (NBC)
Cree Summer season — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Keegan-Michael Key — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Marlon Wayans — “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Maya Rudolph — “Saturday Night time Dwell” (NBC)
Excellent Animated Sequence
Disney Jr.’s Ariel (Disney Jr.)
Everyone Nonetheless Hates Chris (Comedy Central)
Gracie’s Nook (YouTube TV)
Iwájú (Disney+)
Marvel’s Moon Lady and Satan Dinosaur (Disney Channel)
Excellent Character Voice-Over Efficiency (Tv)
Angela Bassett — “Orion and the Darkish” (Netflix)
Cree Summer season — “Rugrats” (Nickelodeon)
Cree Summer season — “The Legend of Vox Machina” (Amazon Prime Video)
Dawnn Lewis — “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” (Paramount+)
Keke Palmer — “The Second Finest Hospital within the Galaxy” (Amazon Prime Video)
Excellent Brief Kind Sequence or Particular – Actuality/Nonfiction /Documentary
Within the Margins (PBS)
NCAA Basketball on CBS Sports activities (CBS)
Roots of Resistance (PBS)
SC Featured (ESPN)
The Prince of Loss of life Row Data (YouTube TV)
Excellent Breakthrough Inventive (Tv)
Ayo Edebiri — “The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
Diarra Kilpatrick — “Diarra From Detroit” (BET+)
Maurice Williams — “The Insanity” (Netflix)
Thembi L. Banks — “Younger. Wild. Free.” (BET+)
Vince Staples — “The Vince Staples Present” (Netflix)
DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES
Excellent Documentary (Movie)
Daughters (Netflix)
Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones (Freestyle Digital Media)
Luther: By no means Too A lot (Sony Music Leisure/Sony Music Publishing/CNN Movies)
The Best Night time in Pop (Netflix)
Excellent Documentary (Tv)
Black Barbie: A Documentary (Netflix)
Black Twitter: A Individuals’s Historical past (Hulu)
Gospel (PBS)
Simone Biles Rising (Netflix)
Dash (Netflix)
Excellent Brief Kind Documentary (Movie)
Camille A. Brown: Large Steps (American Masters and Firelight Media)
Danielle Scott: Ancestral Name (American Masters and Firelight Media)
Tips on how to Sue the Klan
Judging Juries
Silent Killer (Kaila Love Jones Movies)
WRITING CATEGORIES
Excellent Writing in a Comedy Sequence
Ashley Nicole Black — Shrinking – “Altering Patterns” (Apple TV+)
Brittani Nichols — Abbott Elementary – “Breakup” (ABC)
Crystal Jenkins — No Good Deed – “Letters of Intent” (Netflix)
Diarra Kilpatrick — Diarra From Detroit – “Chasing Ghosts” (BET+)
Jordan Temple — Abbott Elementary – “Smoking” (ABC)
Excellent Writing in a Drama Sequence
Azia Squire — Bridgerton – “Tick Tock” (Netflix)
Ben Watkins — Cross – “Hero Complicated” (Amazon Prime Video)
Geetika Lizardi — Bridgerton – “Becoming a member of of Arms” (Netflix)
Lauren Gamble — Bridgerton – “Outdated Mates” (Netflix)
Excellent Writing in a Tv Film or Particular
Brandon Espy, Carl Reid — Mr. Crocket (Hulu)
Bree West, Chazitear — A Wesley South African Christmas (BET+)
Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Thembi L. Banks — Younger. Wild. Free. (BET+)
Rudy Mancuso, Dan Lagana — Música (Amazon Prime Video)
Tina Mabry, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Cee Marcellus — The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (Hulu/Searchlight Footage)
Excellent Writing in a Movement Image
Barry Jenkins — The Fireplace Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes — Nikel Boys (Orion Footage/Amazon MGM Studios)
Steve McQueen — Blitz (Apple Authentic Movies)
Titus Kaphar — Exhibiting Forgiveness (Roadside Points of interest)
Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington — The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
DIRECTING CATEGORIES
Excellent Directing in a Comedy Sequence
Ayo Edebiri — The Bear – “Napkins” (FX/Hulu)
Bentley Kyle Evans — Thoughts Your Enterprise – “The Reunion” (Bounce TV)
Robbie Countryman — The Upshaws – “Ain’t Broke” (Netflix)
Tiffany Johnson — Tips on how to Die Alone – “Belief No One” (Hulu)
William Smith — The Vince Staples Present – “Brown Household” (Netflix)
Excellent Directing in a Drama Sequence
Carl Franklin — Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story – “Blame It on the Rain” (Netflix)
Marta Cunningham — Genius: MLK/X – “Defend Us” (Nationwide Geographic)
Marta Cunningham — Genius: MLK/X – “Who We Are” (Nationwide Geographic)
Paris Barclay — Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story – “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (Netflix)
Rapman — Supacell – “Supacell” (Netflix)
Excellent Directing in a Tv Film, Documentary, or Particular
Kelley Kali — Kemba (BET+)
Marcelo Gama — BET Awards 2024 (BET Media Group)
Shanta Fripp — Black Males’s Summit (BET Media Group)
Thembi L. Banks — Younger. Wild. Free (BET+)
Tina Mabry — The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can Eat (Hulu/Searchlight Footage)
Excellent Directing in a Movement Image
Jeymes Samuel — The E-book of Clarence (Sony Footage)
Malcolm Washington — The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
RaMell Ross — Nickel Boys (Orion Footage/Amazon MGM Studios)
Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced — Bob Marley: One Love (Paramount Footage)
Steve McQueen — Blitz (Apple Authentic Movies)
Excellent Directing in a Documentary (Tv or Movement Image)
Bao Nguyen — The Best Night time in Pop (Netflix)
Daybreak Porter — Luther: By no means Too A lot (Sony Music Leisure/Sony Music Publishing/CNN Movies)
Deborah Riley Draper — James Brown: Say It Loud (A&E)
Jason Pollard, Sam Pollard — Ol’ Soiled Bastard: A Story of Two Dirtys (A&E)
Nneka Onuorah — Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Phrases (Amazon Prime Video)
LITERARY CATEGORIES
Excellent Literary Work – Fiction
A Love Music for Ricki Wilde — Tia Williams (Grand Central Publishing – Hachette E-book Group)
Grown Lady — Sarai Johnson (Harper – HarperCollins Publishers)
Neighbors and Different Tales — Diane Oliver, Tayari Jones (Foreword) (Grove Atlantic)
One in every of Us Is aware of: A Thriller — Alyssa Cole (William Morrow – HarperCollins Publishers)
What You Depart Behind — Wanda M. Morris (William Morrow – HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Nonfiction
A Passionate Thoughts in Relentless Pursuit: The Imaginative and prescient of Mary McLeod Bethune — Noliwe Rooks (Penguin Press – Penguin Books)
Love & Whiskey: The Exceptional True Story of Jack Daniel, His Grasp Distiller Nearest Inexperienced, and the Unbelievable Rise of Uncle Nearest — Fawn Weaver (Melcher Media Inc.)
Picturing Black Historical past: Images and Tales that Modified the World — Daniela Edmeier, Damarius Johnson, Nicholas B. Breyfogle and Steven Conn (Abrams Books – Harry N. Abrams)
The 1619 Mission: A Visible Expertise — Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Occasions Journal (Clarkson Potter – Crown Publishing Group)
The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Depend Basie Reworked America — Larry Tye (Mariner Books – HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Debut Creator
A Type of Insanity — Uche Okonkwo (Tin Home Books)
AfroCentric Fashion: A Celebration of Blackness & Identification in Pop Tradition — Shirley Neal (HarperCollins Amistad)
Grown Lady — Sarai Johnson (Harper – HarperCollins Publishers)
Masquerade — O.O. Sangoyomi (Forge Books – Tor Publishing Group)
Swift River — Essie Chambers (Simon & Schuster)
Excellent Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
Bits and Items: My Mom, My Brother, and Me — Whoopi Goldberg (Blackstone Publishing)
By the Time You Learn This: The Area Between Cheslie’s Smile and Psychological Sickness ― Her Story in Her Personal Phrases — Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins (Forefront Books)
Do It Anyway: Don’t Give Up Earlier than It Will get Good — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Sarah Jakes Roberts (Foreword) (WaterBrook – Penguin Random Home)
Pretty One: A Memoir — Ketanji Brown Jackson (Random Home)
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Woke up America — Pleasure-Ann Reid (Mariner Books – HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Tutorial
Black Pleasure Playbook: 30 Days of Deliberately Reclaiming Your Delight — Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggets (Ink & Willow – Penguin Random Home)
I Did a New Factor: 30 Days to Dwelling Free (A Feeding the Soul E-book) — Tabitha Brown (William Morrow – HarperCollins Publishers)
Loving Your Black Neighbor as Your self: A Information to Closing the Area Between Us — Chanté Griffin (WaterBrook – Penguin Random Home)
Radical Self-Care: Rituals for Interior Resilience — Rebecca Moore (Creator), Amberlee Inexperienced (Illustrator) (The Quarto Group/Leaping Hare Press)
Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Pure Hair — Tomesha Faxio (Clarkson Potter – Crown Publishing Group)
Excellent Literary Work – Poetry
Bluff: Poems — Danez Smith (Graywolf Press)
Good Costume — Brittany Rogers (Tin Home Books)
Load in 9 Occasions: Poems — Frank X Walker (Liveright Publishing – W.W. Norton & Firm)
Music of My Softening — Omotara James (Alice James Books)
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Modern Black Poets — Kwame Alexander (Little, Brown and Firm)
Excellent Literary Work – Youngsters
All I Must Be — Rachel Ricketts (Creator), Tiffany Rose (Illustrator) with Luana Horry (Simon & Schuster Books for Younger Readers)
Cicely Tyson — Renée Watson (Creator), Sherry Shine (Illustrator) (Amistad Books for Younger Readers)
Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair — Carole Boston Weatherford (Creator), Ekua Holmes (Illustrator) (Candlewick Press)
My Hair Is a E-book — Maisha Oso (Creator), London Ladd (Illustrator) (HarperCollins Publishers)
You Can Be a Good Buddy (No Matter What!): A Lil TJ E-book — Taraji P. Henson (Creator), Paul Kellam (Illustrator) (Zonderkidz – HarperCollins)
Excellent Literary Work – Youth/Teenagers
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality within the Sky — Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Younger Readers)
Barracoon Tailored for Younger Readers The Story of the Final Black Cargo — Zora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi (Tailored by), Jazzmen Lee-
Johnson (Illustrator) (Amistad Books for Younger Readers)
Black Star: The Door of No Return — Kwame Alexander (Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers)
Brushed Between Cultures: A YA Coming of Age Novel Set in Brooklyn, New York — Samarra St. Hilaire (Samarra St. Hilaire)
Clutch Time: A Shot Clock Novel (Shot Clock, 2) — Caron Butler and Justin A. Reynolds (HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Graphic Novel
Massive Jim and the White Boy: An American Basic Reimagined — David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson (Ten Velocity Graphic – Penguin Random Home)
Black Defender: The Awakening — Dr. David Washington, Mr. Zhengis Tasbolatov (Illustrator), Mr. Billy Blanks (Foreword) (Washington Comix)
Gamerville — Johnnie Christmas (HarperAlley – HarperCollins Publishers)
Ghost Roast — Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, Emily Cannon (Illustrator) (Versify – HarperCollins Publishers)
Punk Rock Karaoke — Bianca Xunise (Viking Books for Younger Readers)
PODCAST CATEGORIES
Excellent Information and Data Podcast
#SundayCivics (LJW Group Methods)
After the Rebellion (iHeartPodcasts, Double Asterisk)
Into America: Uncounted Thousands and thousands (MSNBC)
Native Land Pod (iHeartPodcasts, Reasoned Selection Media)
The Project with Audie Cornish (CNN Audio)
Excellent Life-style/Self–Assist Podcast
Balanced Black Lady (Expensive Media)
Is This Going to Trigger An Argument (Seven14Seven Media)
The R Spot with Iyanla (Shondaland)
Remedy for Black Ladies (iHeartPodcasts)
We Don’t All the time Agree with Ryan & Sterling (ABF Inventive & Indian Meadows Productions)
Excellent Society and Tradition Podcast
Child, That is Keke Palmer (Wondery)
Membership Shay Shay (Shay Shay Media & The Quantity)
Increased Studying with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (The Ringer)
We Don’t All the time Agree with Ryan & Sterling (ABF Inventive & Indian Meadows Productions)
What Now? with Trevor Noah (Spotify Studios in partnership with Day Zero Productions and Fulwell 73)
Excellent Sports activities, Arts and Leisure Podcast
Bare Sports activities with Cari Champion (The Black Impact Podcast Community)
Nightcap (Shay Shay Media & The Quantity)
Questlove Supreme (iHeartPodcasts)
R&B Cash Podcast (R&B Cash)
Two Humorous Mamas (Mocha Podcasts Community)
Excellent Podcast – Restricted Sequence/Brief Kind
Concerning the Journey (Marriott Bonvoy, AT WILL MEDIA & mntra)
Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown (Lemonda Media)
Stranded (Broadway Video)
The Marvel of Stevie (Audible, Increased Floor and Pineapple Road Studios)
When We Win with Maya Rupert (Lemonada Media)
COSTUME DESIGN, MAKE–UP & HAIRSTYLING CATEGORIES
Excellent Costume Design (Tv or Movie)
Ernesto Martinez — Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist (Peacock)
Megan Coates — Shirley (Netflix)
Gersha Phillips — The Massive Cigar (Apple TV+)
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck — The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
Paul Tazewell — Depraved (Common Footage)
Excellent Make-up (Tv or Movie)
Carol Rasheed — Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist (Peacock)
Debi Younger — Shirley (Netflix)
Rebecca Lee — Shōgun (Netflix)
Matiki Anoff — The E-book of Clarence (Sony Footage)
Para Malden — The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
Excellent Hairstyling (Tv or Movie)
Terry Hunt — Bel-Air (Peacock)
Lawrence Davis — Battle Night time: The Million Greenback Heist (Peacock)
Nakoya Yancey — Shirley (Netflix)
Brian Badie — The Penguin (HBO/Max)
Andrea Mona Bowman — The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
STUNT CATEGORY
Excellent Stunt Ensemble (TV or Movie)
Cross (Amazon Prime Video)
Grotesquerie (FX/Hulu)
Insurgent Ridge (Netflix)
Crimson One (Amazon MGM Studios)
Them: The Scare (Amazon Prime Video)
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