Beyoncé And Kendrick Lamar Lead The 2023 NAACP Image Awards Nominees

The NAACP Image Awards are set to return next month. Leading the nominations in the recording categories are Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar, both of whom have five nominations. Both Bey and Lamar are nominated for Outstanding Album, for their respective works, Renaissance and Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, which dropped last year.

It’s also worth noting that this year’s Entertainer Of The Year category is completely filled with women nominees, including Mary J. Blige, Angela Bassett, Quinta Brunson, Zendaya, and Viola Davis.

The ceremony will air on Saturday, February 25 at 8 p.m. EST on BET. In the week leading up to the ceremony, the NAACP will announce winners in the non-televised categories. Fans can vote for their favorite nominees in music, television, and motion picture here until February 10.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

Angela Bassett

Mary J. Blige

Quinta Brunson

Viola Davis

Zendaya

Age/Sex/Location – Ari Lennox

Breezy (Deluxe) – Chris Brown

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar

Renaissance – Beyoncé

Watch The Sun – PJ Morton

“About Damn Time” – Lizzo

“Cuff It” – Beyoncé

“Good Morning Gorgeous” Remix – Mary J. Blige feat. H.E.R.

“Hurt Me So Good” – Jazmine Sullivan

“Lift Me Up” – Rihanna

“Billie Eilish” – Armani White

“City of Gods” – Fivio Foreign

“Hotel Lobby” – Quavo, Takeoff

“The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar

“Wait for U” – Future feat. Drake and Tems

Brent Faiyaz – Wasteland

Burna Boy – Love, Damini

Chris Brown – Breezy

Drake – Honestly, Nevermind

Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

Ari Lennox – Age/Sex/Location

Beyoncé – Renaissance

Chlöe – “Surprise”

Jazmine Sullivan – “Hurt Me So Good”

SZA – SOS

Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer – “Die Hard”

Mary J. Blige feat. H.E.R. – “Good Morning Gorgeous” Remix

PJ Morton feat. Alex Isley and Jill Scott – “Still Believe”

Silk Sonic – “Love’s Train”

Summer Walker, Cardi B, and SZA – “No Love”

Beyoncé feat. Grace Jones and Tems – “Move”

Chris Brown feat. Wizkid – “Call Me Every Day”

City Girls feat. Usher – “Good Love”

Future feat. Drake and Tems – “Wait for U”

Latto feat. Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled – “Big Energy” Remix

Adam Blackstone – Legacy

Armani White – “Billie Eilish”

Coco Jones – “ICU”

Fivio Foreign – B.I.B.L.E

Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights

“About Damn Time” – Lizzo (

“Be Alive” – Beyoncé

“Lift Me Up” – Rihanna

“Lord Forgive Me” feat. Fat, Pharrell, and Olu of Earthgang – Tobe Nwigwe

“The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Dave Jordan

Bridgerton Season Two (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) – Kris Bowers

Entergalactic – Kid Cudi

P-Valley: Season 2 (Music From the Original TV Series) – Various Artists

The Woman King – Terence Blanchard

“Bad to Me” – Wizkid

“Diana” – Fireboy DML, Chris Brown, Shenseea

“Last Last” – Burna Boy

“No Woman No Cry” – Tems

“Stand Strong” – Davido feat. Sunday Service Choir

All Things New – Tye Tribbett (Motown Gospel)

Hymns – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)

Kingdom Book One – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin

My Life – James Fortune

The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University

“All in Your Hands” – Marvin Sapp

“Fly (Y.M.M.F.)” – Tennessee State University

“Positive” – Erica Campbell

“Whole World in His Hands” – MAJOR.

“Your World” – Jonathan McReynolds

Detour – Boney James

JID014 (Jazz Is Dead) – Henry Franklin, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge

The Funk Will Prevail – Kaelin Ellis

The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni – Javon Jackson

Thrill Ride – Ragan Whiteside

Legacy – Adam Blackstone

Linger Awhile – Samara Joy

Love And The Catalyst – Aimée Allen

New Standards, Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington

The Evening : Live at Apparatus – The Baylor Project

A Jazzman’s Blues

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Emancipation

The Woman King

TILL

Daniel Kaluuya – Nope

Jonathan Majors – Devotion

Joshua Boone – A Jazzman’s Blues

Sterling K. Brown – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul

Will Smith – Emancipation

Danielle Deadwyler – TILL

Keke Palmer – Alice

Letitia Wright – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul

Viola Davis – The Woman King

Aldis Hodge – Black Adam

Cliff “Method Man” Smith – On the Come Up

Jalyn Hall – TILL

John Boyega – The Woman King

Tenoch Huerta – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Danai Gurira – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Lashana Lynch – The Woman King

Lupita Nyong’o – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Breaking

Causeway

Mr. Malcolm’s List

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

The Inspection

Athena

Bantú Mama

Broker

Learn to Swim

The Silent Twins

Jalyn Hall – TILL

Joshua Boone – A Jazzman’s Blues

Ledisi – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

Y’lan Noel – A Lot of Nothing

Yola – Elvis

A Jazzman’s Blues

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Emancipation

The Woman King

TILL

DC League of Super-Pets

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

Turning Red

Wendell & Wild

Angela Bassett – Wendell & Wild

Keke Palmer – Lightyear

Kevin Hart – DC League Of Super-Pets

Lyric Ross – Wendell & Wild

Taraji P. Henson – Minions: The Rise of Gru

Dear Mama…

Fannie

Fathead

Incomplete

Pens & Pencils

I Knew Superman

More Than I Want to Remember

Supercilious

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, And The Horse

We Are Here

Elvis Mitchell – Is That Black Enough for You!

Ericka Nicole Malone – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

Krystin Ver Linden – Alice

Mo McRae – A Lot of Nothing

Stephen Adetumbi, Jarrett Roseborough – This Is My Black

Abbott Elementary

Atlanta

Black-ish

Rap Sh!t

The Wonder Years

Anthony Anderson – Black-ish

Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood

Donald Glover – Atlanta

Dulé Hill – The Wonder Years

Mike Epps – The Upshaws

Loretta Devine – Family Reunion

Maya Rudolph – Loot

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary

Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood

Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish

Brian Tyree Henry – Atlanta

Deon Cole – Black-ish

Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live

Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary

Janelle James – Abbott Elementary

Jenifer Lewis – Black-ish

Marsai Martin – Black-ish

Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary

Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws

Bel-Air

Bridgerton

Euphoria

P-Valley

Queen Sugar

Damson Idris – Snowfall

Jabari Banks – Bel-Air

Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar

Nicco Annan – P-Valley

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us

Angela Bassett – 9-1-1

Brandee Evans – P-Valley

Queen Latifah – The Equalizer

Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar

Zendaya – Euphoria

Adrian Holmes – Bel-Air

Amin Joseph – Snowfall

Caleb McLaughlin – Stranger Things

Cliff “Method Man” Smith – Power Book II: Ghost

J. Alphonse Nicholson – P-Valley

Adjoa Andoh – Bridgerton

Bianca Lawson – Queen Sugar

Loretta Devine – P-Valley

Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us

Tina Lifford – Queen Sugar

Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons

From Scratch

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Women of the Movement

Morris Chestnut – The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Samuel L. Jackson – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Terrence Howard – The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Trevante Rhodes – Mike

Wendell Pierce – Don’t Hang Up

Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Regina Hall – The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Sanaa Lathan – The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Viola Davis – The First Lady

Zoe Saldaña – From Scratch

Glynn Turman – Women of the Movement

Keith David – From Scratch

Omar Benson Miller – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Russell Hornsby – Mike

Terrence “TC” Carson – A Wesley Christmas

Alexis Floyd – Inventing Anna

Danielle Deadwyler – From Scratch

Melissa De Sousa – The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Nia Long – The Best Man: The Final Chapters

Phylicia Rashad – Little America

#RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Votes Matter Election Night 2022 Coverage

ABC News 20/20 Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

OWN Spotlight: Viola Davis – The Woman King

The Hair Tales

Hart to Heart

Red Table Talk

Sherri

Tamron Hall

Uninterrupted: The Shop

Legendary

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls

Shark Tank

Sweet Life: Los Angeles

The Real Housewives of Atlanta

A Black Lady Sketch Show

BET Awards 2022

Deon Cole: Charleen’s Boy

Martin: The Reunion

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Family Reunion

Raising Dion

Raven’s Home

Tab Time

Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant

Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High – That Girl Lay Lay

Cameron J. Wright – Family Reunion

Elisha Williams – The Wonder Years

Khali Spraggins – The Upshaws

Ja’Siah Young – Raising Dion

Jada Pinkett-Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk

Jennifer Hudson – The Jennifer Hudson Show

Kevin Hart – Hart to Heart

Lester Holt – NBC Nightly News

Tracee Ellis Ross – The Hair Tales

Keke Palmer – Password

Lizzo – Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls

Tabitha Brown – Tab Time

Taraji P. Henson – BET Awards 2022

Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Amanda Gorman – Sesame Street

Chance the Rapper – South Side

Colman Domingo – Euphoria

Glynn Turman – Queen Sugar

Gabourey Sidibe – American Horror Stories

Central Park

Eureka!

Gracie’s Corner TV

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Zootopia+

Billy Porter – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Cedric the Entertainer – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Chris Bridges – Karma’s World

Cree Summer – Rugrats

Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Between The Scenes – The Daily Show

Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans

Rise Up, Sing Out

Sunday Dinner

Zootopia+

Black Independent Films: A Brief History

Daring Simone Biles

Historian’s Take

NFL 360

Omitted: The Black Cowboy

Amy Wang – From Scratch

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred

Hannah Cope – Karma’s World

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary

Syreeta Singleton – Rap Sh!t

Civil

Descendant

Is That Black Enough For You!

Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues

Sidney

Black Love

Everything’s Gonna Be All White

Frontline

Race: Bubba Wallace

Shaq

Aisha Muharrar – Hacks – “Episode 206”

Ayo Edebiri, Shana Gohd – What We Do In The Shadows – “Episode 405”

Brittani Nichols – Abbott Elementary – “Student Transfer”

Karen Joseph Adcock – The Bear – “Episode 105”

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary – “Development Day”

Aurin Squire – The Good Fight – “Episode 603”

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred – “Episode 101”

Davita Scarlett – The Good Fight – “Episode 604”

Joshua Allen – From Scratch – “Episode 105”

Marissa Jo Cerar – Women of the Movement – “Episode 101”

Bree West – A Wesley Christmas

Ian Edelman, Maurice Williams – Entergalactic

Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel

Lil Rel Howery – Lil Rel Howery: I Said it. Y’all Thinking It

Matt Lopez – Father Of The Bride

Charles Murray – The Devil You Know

Dana Stevens, Maria Bello – The Woman King

Jordan Peele – Nope

Krystin Ver Linden – Alice

Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Angela Barnes – Atlanta – “The Homeliest Little Horse”

Bridget Stokes – A Black Lady Sketch Show – “Save My Edges, I’m a Donor!”

Dee Rees – Upload – “Hamoodi”

Iona Morris Jackson – Black-ish – “If A Black Man Cries in the Woods”

Pete Chatmon – The Flight Attendant – “Drowning Women”

Debbie Allen – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – “Robyn”

Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul – “Axe and Grind”

Gina Prince-Bythewood – Women of the Movement – “Mother and Son”

Hanelle Culpepper – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – “Sensia”

Kasi Lemmons – Women of the Movement – “Episode 106”

Outstanding Directing In A Television Movie Or Special

Anton Cropper – Fantasy Football

Marta Cunningham – 61st Street

Sujata Day – Definition Please

Tailiah Breon – Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas

Tine Fields – Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising

Outstanding Directing In A Motion Picture

Antoine Fuqua – Emancipation

Chinonye Chukwu – TILL

Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King

Kasi Lemmons – I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Outstanding Directing In A Documentary (Television Or Motion Picture)

Nadia Hallgren – Civil

Reginald Hudlin – Sidney

Sacha Jenkins – Everything’s Gonna Be All White

Sacha Jenkins – Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues

W. Kamau Bell – We Need to Talk About Cosby

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