Thursday, February 2, 2017

48th Image Award Nominations - Music Categories

The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).  The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature.  The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.

The NAACP announced nominees for its 48th annual Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television).  Winners will be announced Saturday, February 11, 2017 during a ceremony airing live on TV One at 9PM EST.  Actor Anthony Anderson will host.

2017 / 48th NAACP Image Awards Recording/Music nominees:

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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)

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