Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Issa Rae, Ta-Nehisi Coates Among Nominees For 2018 NAACP Image Awards

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The nominees for the 49th NAACP Image Awards have been announced. Both Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z lead with five nominations, followed by Kendrick Lamar, Issa Rae, Bruno Mars, and SZA with four nominations. Last year, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight received four awards including outstanding independent picture. Beyonce ended up taking home five awards courtesy of her Lemonade album including outstanding female artist, music video ("Formation"), and album.

Check out the nominees list for the 49th NAACP Image Awards below. The show will take place on Monday, January 15, 2018.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Ava DuVernay
• Bruno Mars
• Chadwick Boseman
• Chance the Rapper
• Issa Rae
• JAY-Z

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series

• "Ballers" (HBO)
• "black-ish" (ABC)
• "Dear White People" (Netflix)
• "Insecure" (HBO)
• "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson - "black-ish" (ABC)
• Aziz Ansari - "Master of None" (Netflix)
• Dwayne Johnson - "Ballers" (HBO)
• Keegan-Michael Key - "Friends from College" (Netflix)
• RonReaco Lee - "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Danielle Brooks - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Issa Rae - "Insecure" (HBO)
• Loretta Devine - "The Carmichael Show" (NBC)
• Niecy Nash - "Claws" (TNT)
• Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish " (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Ernie Hudson - "Grace and Frankie" (Netflix)
• Jay Ellis - "Insecure" (HBO)
• John David Washington - "Ballers" (HBO)
• Omar Miller - "Ballers" (HBO)
• Tituss Burgess - "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Leslie Jones - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
• Marsai Martin - "black-ish" (ABC)
• Tichina Arnold - "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)
• Uzo Aduba - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)
• Yvonne Orji - "Insecure" (HBO)

Outstanding Drama Series

• "Greenleaf" (OWN)
• "Power" (Starz)
• "Queen Sugar" (OWN)
• "This Is Us" (NBC)
• "Underground" (WGN America)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Kofi Siriboe - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)
• Mike Colter - "Marvel's The Defenders" (Netflix)
• Omari Hardwick - "Power" (Starz)
• Sterling K. Brown - "This Is Us " (NBC)
• Terrence Howard - "Empire" (FOX)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Jurnee Smollett-Bell - "Underground" (WGN America)
• Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Rutina Wesley - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)
• Taraji P. Henson - "Empire" (FOX)
• Viola Davis - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Bryshere Gray - "Empire" (FOX)
• Dondre Whitfield - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)
• Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)
• Jussie Smollett - "Empire" (FOX)
• Trai Byers - "Empire" (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Lynn Whitfield - "Greenleaf" (OWN)
• Naturi Naughton - "Power" (Starz)
• Samira Wiley - "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu)
• Susan Kelechi Watson - "This Is Us" (NBC)
• Tina Lifford - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited - Series or Dramatic Special

• "Flint" (Lifetime)
• "Shots Fired" (FOX)
• "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (HBO)
• "The New Edition Story" (BET)
• "When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story" (TV One)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Bryshere Grey - "The New Edition Story" (BET)
• Idris Elba - "Guerrilla" (Showtime)
• Laurence Fishburne - "Madiba" (BET)
• Mack Wilds - "Shots Fired" (FOX)
• Woody McClain - "The New Edition Story" (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

• Jill Scott - "Flint" (Lifetime)
• Oprah Winfrey - "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (HBO)
• Queen Latifah - "Flint" (Lifetime)
• Regina King - "American Crime" (ABC)
• Sanaa Lathan - "Shots Fired" (FOX)

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)

• "News One Now" (TV One)
• "Oprah's Master Class" (OWN)
• "The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman" (National Geographic)
• "Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama" (BET)
• "Unsung" (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series

• "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (ABC)
• "Super Soul Sunday" (OWN)
• "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central)
• "The Real" (Syndicated)
• "The View" (ABC)

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series

• "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
• "Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party" (VH1)
• "Shark Tank" (ABC)
• "The Manns" (TV One)
• "United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell" (CNN)

Outstanding Variety or Game Show - (Series or Special)

• "Black Girls Rock! 2017" (BET)
• "Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas" (Netflix)
• "Def Comedy Jam 25" (Netflix)
• "Lip Sync Battle" (Spike)
• "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Outstanding Children's Program

• "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)
• "Free Rein" (Netflix)
• "Nella the Princess Knight" (Nickelodeon)
• "Project Mc²" (Netflix)
• "Raven's Home" (Disney Channel)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series)

• Caleb McLaughlin - "Stranger Things" (Netflix)
• Ethan Hutchison - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)
• Lonnie Chavis - "This Is Us" (NBC)
• Marsai Martin - "black-ish" (ABC)
• Michael Rainey - "Power" (Starz)

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) - Individual or Ensemble

• Fredricka Whitfield - "Fredricka Whitfield" (CNN)
• Morgan Freeman - "The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman" (National Geographic)
• Neil deGrasse Tyson - "StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson" (National Geographic)
• Roland Martin - "News One Now" (TV One)
• Trevor Noah - "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) - Individual or Ensemble

• Alfonso Ribeiro - "America’s Funniest Home Video" (ABC)
• Iyanla Vanzant - "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
• Michael Smith and Jemele Hill - "SC6 with Michael and Jemele" (ESPN)
• LL Cool J - "Lip Sync Battle" (Spike)
• W. Kamau Bell - "United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell" (CNN)

RECORDING

Outstanding New Artist

• Demetria McKinney - "Officially Yours" (eOne Music)
• Kevin Ross - "The Awakening" (Motown/Capitol Records)
• Khalid - "American Teen" (RCA Records/Right Hand Music Group)
• SZA - “Ctrl" (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
• Vic Mensa - “The Autobiography” (Roc Nation/Capitol Records)

Outstanding Male Artist

• Brian McKnight - "Genesis" (SoNo Recording Group)
• Bruno Mars - "Versace On the Floor" (Atlantic Records)
• Charlie Wilson - "In It to Win It" (RCA Records/P Music Group)
• JAY-Z - "4:44" (Roc Nation)
• Kendrick Lamar - "DAMN." (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)

Outstanding Female Artist

• Andra Day - "Stand Up For Something" (Warner Bros. Records)
• Beyoncé - "Die With You" (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
• Ledisi - "Let Love Rule" (Verve Label Group)
• Mary J. Blige - "Strength of a Woman" (Capitol Records)
• SZA - "Ctrl" (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

• Andra Day feat. Common - "Stand Up For Something" (Warner Bros. Records)
• Charlie Wilson feat. T.I. - "I'm Blessed" (RCA Records/P Music Group)
• Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna - "LOYALTY." (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
• Mary J. Blige feat. Kanye West - "Love Yourself" (Capitol Records)
• SZA feat. Travis Scott - "Love Galore" (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)

Outstanding Jazz Album

• "Boundless" - Damien Escobar (Phoenix Lane Entertainment)
• "Dreams and Daggers" - Cécile McLorin Salvant (Mack Avenue Records)
• "Petite Afrique" - Somi (Sony Music/OKeh)
• "Poetry In Motion" - Najee (Shanachie Entertainment)
• "So It Is" - Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Legacy Recordings)

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album (Traditional or Contemporary)

• "Close" - Marvin Sapp (Verity Records)
• "Crossover Live From Music City" - Travis Greene (RCA Inspiration)
• "Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2" - Greenleaf Soundtrack (RCA Inspiration)
• "Heart. Passion. Pursuit." - Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)
• "Let Them Fall In Love" - CeCe Winans (Puresprings Gospel)

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album

• "4:44" - JAY-Z (Roc Nation)
• "Gods" - Maxwell (Columbia Records)
• "High" - Ledisi (Verve Label Group)
• "Strength of A Woman" - Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)
• "That's What I Like" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Song - Traditional

• "High" - Ledisi (Verve Label Group)
• "Honest" - MAJOR. (BOE/Empire)
• "Surefire (Piano Version)" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "That's What I Like" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
• "U + Me" - Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)

Outstanding Song - Contemporary

• "Gonna Be Alright" - Mali Music (RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment)
• "HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
• "Insecure" - Jazmine Sullivan X Bryson Tiller (RCA Records)
• "Love Galore" - SZA feat. Travis Scott (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
• "The Story of O.J." – JAY-Z (Roc Nation)

Outstanding Album

• "4:44" - JAY-Z (Roc Nation)
• "DAMN." - Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
• "Genesis" - Brian McKnight (SoNo Recording Group)
• "In It To Win It" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records/P Music Group)
• "Strength of A Woman" - Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)

LITERATURE

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction

• "Little Fires Everywhere" - Celeste Ng (Penguin Random House)
• "No One Is Coming to Save Us" - Stephanie Powell Watts (HarperCollins Publishers)
• "Sing, Unburied, Sing" - Jesmyn Ward (Simon and Schuster)
• "The Annotated African American Folktales" - Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Author), Maria Tatar (Author) (Liveright Publishing Corporation)
• "The Wide Circumference of Love" - Marita Golden (Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction

• "Black Detroit – A People’s History of Self-Determination" - Herb Boyd (HarperCollins Publishers)
• "Chokehold: Policing Black Men" - Paul Butler (The New Press)
• "Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies" - Dick Gregory (HarperCollins Publishers)
• "The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas" - Adrian Miller (University of North Carolina Press)
• "We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy" - Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author

• "A Beautiful Ghetto" - Devin Allen (Haymarket Books)
• "Chasing Spaces: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace & Second Chances" - Leland Melvin (HarperCollins Publishers)
• "No One Is Coming to Save Us" - Stephanie Powell Watts (HarperCollins Publishers)
• "Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat" - Patricia Williams (Author) Jeannine Amber (With) (HarperCollins Publishers)
• "We're Going to Need More Wine" - Gabrielle Union (HarperCollins Publishers)

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto Biography

• "Ali: A Life" - Jonathan Eig (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• "Becoming Ms. Burton - From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women" - Susan Burton (Author), Cari Lynn (Author), Michelle Alexander (Foreword By) (The New Press)
• "Chester B. Himes" - Lawrence P. Jackson (W. W. Norton & Company)