Przed chwilą ogłoszono nominacje do przyszłorocznego rozdania nagród NAACP Image Awards – Beyoncé otrzymała ich najwięcej, bo aż 7! Zaraz za nią Solange z 5 nominacjami oraz Chance the Rapper i Kendrick Lamar z czterema.
48. gala rozdania nagród NAACP Image Awards odbędzie się 11 lutego 2017 roku.

Entertainer Of The Year
– Beyoncé
– Viola Davis
– Regina King
– Dwayne „The Rock” Johnson
– Chance the Rapper

Outstanding Female Artist
– Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
– Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
– Fantasia (RCA Records/19 Recordings Limited)
– 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 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 – 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)