After a strong year including the release of her debut album Glorious, a song of the summer, and standout Video Music Awards performance, GloRilla is starting 2025 as the NAACP Image Awards’ most nominated musician. She’s earned six nods, including Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding Album, and Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song.
Just behind Glo in music nominations are Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, and Usher with four nods each. Doechii joins GloRilla in the Outstanding Female Artist race, alongside Beyoncé, Coco Jones, and H.E.R. Kendrick Lamar is nominated for Entertainer of the Year (along with Cynthia Erivo, Keke Palmer, Kevin Hart, and Shannon Sharpe).
Beyond music, the NAACP Image Awards also cover TV, film, books, and podcasts. Ayo Edebiri and Keke Palmer also earned four nominations. Edebiri earned three for her role in The Bear and one for Saturday Night Live while Palmer’s nominations span her work hosting Password, voice-acting in The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, and her podcast Baby, This is Keke Palmer. Netflix’s The Piano Lesson leads the motion picture categories with 14 nominations and Peacock’s Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist leads television with nine.
According to a press release from Paramount, the public can vote for the nominees via the NAACP Image Awards website until Feb. 7 at 12:00 midnight ET. Winners will be announced during the 56th NAACP Image Awards telecast on Feb. 22 airing live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium via BET and CBS. The night before, NAACP will also recognize winners in non–televised categories at their Image Awards Creative Honors Ceremonies.
Music nominations are below. The complete list of nominees are here.
Outstanding New Artist
Doechii
Myles Smith
Samoht
Shaboozey
Tyla
Outstanding Male Artist
Chris Brown
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar
October London
USHER
Outstanding Female Artist
Beyoncé
Coco Jones
Doechii
GloRilla
H.E.R.
Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album
“Alright” — Victoria Monét
“Alter Ego (ALTERnate Version)” — Doechii, JT
“Boy Bye” — Chlöe
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
“Yeah Glo!” — GloRilla
Outstanding Album
Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii
Cape Town to Cairo — PJ Morton
Coming Home — Usher
Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé
Glorious — GloRilla
Outstanding Soul/R&B Song
“16 CARRIAGES” — Beyoncé
“Here We Go (Uh Oh)” — Coco Jones
“I Found You” — PJ Morton
“Residuals” — Chris Brown
“Saturn” — SZA
Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song
“Mamushi” — Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba
“Murdergram Deux” — LL Cool J feat. Eminem
“Noid” — Tyler, the Creator
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
“Yeah Glo!” — GloRilla
Outstanding International Song
“Close” — Skip Marley
“Hmmm” — Chris Brown feat. Davido
“Jump” — Tyla
“Love Me JeJe” — Tems
“Piece of My Heart” — Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary)
FLO & GloRilla — “In My Bag” (Island Records)
GloRilla feat. Kirk Franklin, Maverick City Music, Kierra Sheard, Chandler Moore — “Rain Down on Me”
Usher & Burna Boy — “Coming Home”
Victoria Monét feat. Usher — “SOS” (Sex on Sight)
Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz — “Piece of My Heart”
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional)
Adam Blackstone & Fantasia — “Summertime”
Leela James feat. Kenyon Dixon — “Watcha Done Now”
Maverick City Music feat. Miles Minnick — “God Problems (Not by Power)”
Muni Long & Mariah Carey — “Made for Me”
Sounds of Blackness feat. Jamecia Bennett & Buddy McLain — “Thankful”
Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album
Bob Marley: One Love (Soundtrack)
Genius: MLK/X (Songs from the Original Series)
Reasonable Doubt (Season 2) (Original Soundtrack)
The Book of Clarence (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Wicked: The Soundtrack
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album
Heart of a Human — DOE
Live Breathe Fight — Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Still Karen — Karen Clark Sheard (Karew Records/Motown Gospel)
Sunny Days — Yolanda Adams (Epic Records)
The Maverick Way Reimagined — Maverick City Music (Tribl Records)
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song
“Church Doors” — Yolanda Adams
“Do It Anyway” — Tasha Cobbs
“God Problems (Not by Power)” — Maverick City Music feat. Miles Minnick
“I Prayed for You (Said a Prayer)” — MAJOR.
“Working for Me” — Tamela Mann
Outstanding Jazz Album
“Creole Orchestra” — Etienne Charles
“Epic Cool” — Kirk Whalum
“Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies” — Javon Jackson and Nikki Giovanni
“On Their Shoulders: An Organ Tribute” — Matthew Whitaker
“Portrait” — Samara Joy
Outstanding Original Score for Television/Motion Picture
Challengers (Original Score)
Dune: Part Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Star Wars: The Acolyte (Original Soundtrack)
The American Society of Magical Negroes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Back Lot Music)
The Book of Clarence (Original Motion Picture Score)
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