Parkwood/ColumbiaNominees for the 48th NAACP Image Awards have been announced, with Beyoncé unsurprisingly leading the pack of recording artists with seven nominations.
The superstar will go up against Chance the Rapper, actresses Viola Davis and Regina King, and Dwayne Johnson, otherwise known as The Rock, for Entertainer of the Year.
Bizarrely, her iconic visual album, Lemonade, is also up for an Outstanding Children’s Program award.
Bey is also been pitted against her sister, Solange, in several categories, including Outstanding Album, Outstanding Song — Contemporary, and Outstanding Music Video. Solange received a total of five nominations for her tour de force album, A Seat at The Table.
Chance has a chance to win three other NAACP awards for Outstanding New Artist, Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding Album, while Kendrick Lamar received a total of four nominations, including Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding Album.
The 48th NAACP Image Awards will air live on TV ONE Saturday, February 11 at 9 p.m. ET.
Here’s the list of recording artist nominations for the 48th NAACP Image Awards:
Outstanding New Artist
Chance the Rapper
Chloe X Halle
MAJOR.
Ro James
Serayah
Outstanding Male Artist
Anthony Hamilton
Bruno Mars
Chance the Rapper
Kendrick Lamar
Maxwell
Outstanding Female Artist
Alicia Keys
Beyoncé
Fantasia
K. Michelle
Solange
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
“Blended Family” — Alicia Keys feat. A$AP Rocky
“Everything’s Beautiful” — Robert Glasper & Miles Davis
“Freedom” — Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Mad” — Solange featuring Lil Wayne
“Royalty” – Sounds of Blackness feat HSRA
Outstanding Jazz Album
Everything’s Beautiful — Robert Glasper & Miles Davis
Latin America Songbook — Edward Simon
Leslie Odom Jr. — Leslie Odom
Ready Take One — Erroll Garner
Upward Spiral — Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kurt Elling
Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)
Jericho: Tribe of Joshua — Livre’
Myron Butler & Levi On Purpose — Myron Butler
One Way – Tamela Mann
The Journey (Live) — Donnie McClurkin
Worship Journal Live — Fred Hammond
Outstanding Music Video
“24K Magic” — Bruno Mars
“Cranes In The Sky” — Solange
“Formation” — Beyoncé
“This One’s for Me and You” — Johnny Gill feat. New Edition
“In Common” — Alicia Keys
Outstanding Song – Traditional
“Amen” – Anthony Hamilton
“Cranes In The Sky” – Solange
“God Provides” – Tamela Mann
“I See Victory” – Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams
“Lake By The Ocean” – Maxwell
Outstanding Song – Contemporary
“24K Magic” — Bruno Mars
“Formation” — Beyoncé
“Freedom” — Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Letter to the Free” — Common featuring Bilal
“Royalty” — Sounds of Blackness feat HSRA (High School for Recording Arts)
Outstanding Album
A Seat At The Table — Solange
Coloring Book — Chance the Rapper
Lemonade — Beyoncé — Kendrick Lamar
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What I’m Feelin — Anthony Hamilton
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