NAACP Image Awards: ‘The Harder They Fall,’ ‘Insecure,’ H.E.R. Lead All Nominees

Netflix’s “The Tougher They Fall,” HBO’s “Insecure,” H.E.R. and Lil Nas X lead the pack for the 2022 NAACP Picture Award Nominees, the group introduced Tuesday.

Within the Entertainer of the Yr class, Lil Nas X, Jennifer Hudson, Megan Thee Stallion, Regina King and Tiffany Haddish have been all nominated for the highest prize.

Netflix scored 52 nominations thanks largely to “The Tougher They Fall,” which acquired 12 nominations. H.E.R. led all music classes with 6 nominations. In the meantime, Issa Rae’s “Insecure” led all applications within the tv and streaming races, with 12 nominations.

Within the Excellent Movement Image class, “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “King Richard,” “Respect,” “The Tougher They Fall” and “The US vs. Billie Vacation” all landed nominations, whereas “black-ish,” “Harlem,” “Insecure,” “The Upshaws” and “Run the World” scored nominations within the Finest TV collection class. New releases by H.E.R., Drake, Silk Sonic, Jazmine Sullivan and Givēon have been nominated within the Excellent Album class.

The winners shall be revealed throughout a two-hour dwell particular, which shall be hosted by seven-time NAACP Picture Awards Winner Anthony Anderson, and air Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on BET.

View the complete listing of nominees beneath.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• Jennifer Hudson
• Lil Nas X
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Regina King
• Tiffany Haddish

 MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES 

Excellent Movement Image

• Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Footage)
• King Richard (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Footage/United Artists Releasing)
• The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)
• The US vs. Billie Vacation (Hulu Authentic / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Leisure / Roth-Krischenbaum Movies)

 Excellent Actor in a Movement Image

• Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth (Apple TV+ / A24)
• Jonathan Majors – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)
• LaKeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Mahershala Ali – Swan Tune (Apple TV+)
• Will Smith – King Richard (Warner Bros. Footage)

 Excellent Actress in a Movement Image

• Andra Day – The US vs. Billie Vacation (Hulu Authentic / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Leisure / Roth-Krischenbaum Movies)
• Halle Berry – Bruised (Netflix)
• Jennifer Hudson – Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Footage/United Artists Releasing)
• Tessa Thompson – Passing (Netflix)
• Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)

 Excellent Supporting Actor in a Movement Image

• Algee Smith – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Delroy Lindo – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)
• Idris Elba – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)
• LaKeith Stanfield – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)

 Excellent Supporting Actress in a Movement Image

• Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Audra McDonald – Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Footage/United Artists Releasing)
• Danielle Deadwyler – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)
• Dominique Fishback – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Regina King – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)

 Excellent Unbiased Movement Image

• American Pores and skin (Vertical Leisure)
• Bruised (Netflix)
• CODA (Apple TV+)
• Check Sample (Kino Lorber)
• The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (RedBird Leisure)

 Excellent Worldwide Movement Image

• 7 Prisoners (Netflix)
• African America (Netflix)
• Eyimofe (That is My Need) (Janus Movies)
• Flee (Neon / Participant)
• The Gravedigger’s Spouse (Orange Studio)

 Excellent Breakthrough Efficiency in a Movement Image

• Ariana DeBose – West Facet Story (twentieth Century Studios)
• Danny Boyd, Jr. – Bruised (Netflix)
• Jalon Christian – A Journal For Jordan (Columbia Footage)
• Lonnie Chavis – The Water Man (RLJE Movies)
• Sheila Atim – Bruised (Netflix)

 Excellent Ensemble Forged in a Movement Image

• Coming 2 America (Paramount Releasing/Amazon Studios)
• Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Footage)
• King Richard (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Footage/United Artists Releasing)
• The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)

 Excellent Animated Movement Image

• Encanto (Walt Disney Studios)
• Luca (Walt Disney Studios)
• Raya and the Final Dragon (Walt Disney Studios)
• Sing 2 (Common Footage)
• Vivo (Netflix)

 Excellent Character Voice-Over Efficiency – Movement Image

• Andre Braugher – Spirit Untamed  (Common Footage)
• Awkwafina – Raya and the Final Dragon (Walt Disney Studios)
• Brian Tyree Henry – Vivo (Netflix)
• Eric André – Sing 2 (Common Footage)
• Letitia Wright – Sing 2  (Common Footage)

 Excellent Quick-Kind (Stay Motion)

• Aurinko in Adagio (Common Footage)
• Blackout (Netflix)
• The Ice Cream Cease (Walt Disney Studios)
• These Ultimate Hours (Common Footage)
• When The Solar Units (Lakutshon’ Ilanga) (Common Footage)

 Excellent Quick-Kind (Animated)

• Blush (Apple TV+)
• Robin Robin (Netflix)
• She Goals at Dawn (Tribeca Studios, Procter & Gamble)
• Twenty One thing (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Us Once more (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

 Excellent Breakthrough Artistic (Movement Image)

• Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson – Summer time Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution May Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Footage, Onyx Collective, Hulu)
• Jamila Wignot – Ailey (Neon)
• Jeymes Samuel – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)
• Liesl Tommy – Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Footage/United Artists Releasing)
• Rebecca Corridor – Passing (Netflix)

 TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES Excellent Comedy Sequence

• black-ish (ABC)
• Harlem (Amazon Studios)
• Insecure (HBO)
• Run the World (Starz)
• The Upshaws (Netflix)

 Excellent Actor in a Comedy Sequence

• Anthony Anderson – `black-ish (ABC)
• Cedric the Entertainer – The Neighborhood (CBS)
• Don Cheadle – Black Monday (Showtime)
• Elisha ‘EJ’ Williams – The Marvel Years (ABC)
• Jay Ellis – Insecure (HBO)

 Excellent Actress in a Comedy Sequence

• Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO)
• Loretta Devine – Household Reunion (Netflix)
• Regina Corridor – Black Monday (Showtime)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – `black-ish (ABC)
• Yvonne Orji – Insecure (HBO)

 Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Sequence

• Andre Braugher – Brooklyn 9-9 (NBC)
• Deon Cole – `black-ish (ABC)
• Kenan Thompson – Saturday Evening Stay (NBC)
• Kendrick Sampson – Insecure (HBO)
• Laurence Fishburne – `black-ish (ABC)

 Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Sequence

• Amanda Seales – Insecure (HBO)
• Jenifer Lewis – `black-ish (ABC)
• Marsai Martin – `black-ish (ABC)
• Natasha Rothwell – Insecure (HBO)
• Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws (Netflix)

 Excellent Drama Sequence

• 9-1-1 (FOX)
• All American (The CW)
• Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)
• Pose (FX Community)
• Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)

 Excellent Actor in a Drama Sequence

• Billy Porter – Pose (FX Community)
• Damson Idris – Snowfall (FX Community)
• Forest Whitaker – Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)
• Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
• Sterling Ok. Brown – That is Us (NBC)

 Excellent Actress in a Drama Sequence

• Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 (FOX)
• Daybreak-Lyen Gardner – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
• Octavia Spencer – Reality Be Instructed (Apple TV+)
• Queen Latifah – The Equalizer (CBS)
• Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)

 Excellent Supporting Actor in a Drama Sequence

• Alex R. Hibbert – The Chi (Showtime)
• Cliff “Technique Man” Smith – Energy E-book II: Ghost (Starz)
• Daniel Ezra – All American (The CW)
• Giancarlo Esposito – Godfather of Harlem (EPIX)
• Joe Morton – Our Form of Folks (FOX)

 Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Sequence

• Alfre Woodard – SEE (Apple TV+)
• Bianca Lawson – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
• Chandra Wilson – Gray’s Anatomy (ABC)
• Mary J. Blige – Energy E-book II: Ghost (Starz)
• Susan Kelechi Watson – That is Us (NBC)

 Excellent Tv Film, Restricted-Sequence or Dramatic Particular

• Colin in Black & White – (Netflix)
• Genius: Aretha – (Nationwide Geographic)
• Love Life – (HBO Max)
• Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia – (Lifetime)
• The Underground Railroad – (Amazon Studios)

 Excellent Actor in a Tv Film, Restricted-Sequence or Dramatic Particular

• Anthony Mackie – Solos (Amazon Studios)
• Jaden Michael – Colin in Black & White (Netflix)
• Kevin Hart – True Story (Netflix)
• Wesley Snipes – True Story (Netflix)
• William Jackson Harper – Love Life (HBO Max)

 Excellent Actress in a Tv Film, Restricted-Sequence or Dramatic Particular

• Betty Gabriel – Clickbait (Netflix)
• Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (Nationwide Geographic)
• Danielle Brooks – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
• Jodie Turner-Smith – Anne Boleyn (AMC+)
• Taraji P. Henson – Annie Stay! (NBC)

 Excellent Supporting Actor in a Tv Film, Restricted-Sequence or Dramatic Particular

• Courtney B. Vance – Genius: Aretha (Nationwide Geographic)
• Keith David – Black As Evening (Amazon Studios)
• Tituss Burgess – Annie Stay! (NBC)
• Will Catlett – True Story (Netflix)
• William Jackson Harper – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Studios)

 Excellent Supporting Actress in a Tv Film, Restricted-Sequence or Dramatic Particular

• Anika Noni Rose – Maid (Netflix)
• Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus (HBO)
• Pauletta Washington – Genius: Aretha (Nationwide Geographic)
• Regina Corridor – 9 Good Strangers (Hulu)
• Sheila Atim – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Studios)

 Excellent Information/Data (Sequence or Particular)

• Blood on Black Wall Road: The Legacy of the Tulsa Bloodbath (NBC)
• NBC Nightly Information with Lester Holt (NBC)
• Soul of A Nation (ABC)
• The Reidout (MSNBC)
• Unsung (TV One)

 Excellent Speak Sequence

• Desus & Mero (Showtime)
• Hart to Coronary heart (Peacock)
• Purple Desk Speak (Fb Watch)
• Tamron Corridor (Syndicated)
• The Actual (Syndicated)

 Excellent Actuality Program, Actuality Competitors or Sport Present (Sequence)

• Superstar Household Feud (ABC)
• Iyanla: Repair My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
• Candy Life: Los Angeles (HBO Max)
• The Voice (NBC)
• Wild ‘n Out (VH1)

 Excellent Selection Present (Sequence or Particular)

• A Black Girl Sketch Present (HBO)
• BET Awards 2021 (BET)
• Dave Chappelle: The Nearer (Netflix)
• Savage X Fenty Present Vol. 3 (Amazon Studios)
• The Each day Present with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

 Excellent Kids’s Program

• Ada Twist, Scientist (Netflix)
• Household Reunion (Netflix)
• Karma’s World (Netflix)
• Raven’s Dwelling (Disney Channel)
• Waffles + Mochi (Netflix)

 Excellent Efficiency by a Youth (Sequence, Particular, Tv Film or Restricted-Sequence)

• Alayah “Lay Lay” Excessive – That Woman Lay Lay (Nickelodeon)
• Celina Smith – Annie Stay! (NBC)
• Elisha ‘EJ’ Williams – The Marvel Years (ABC)
• Eris Baker – This Is Us (NBC)
• Miles Brown – `black-ish (ABC)

 Excellent Host in a Speak or Information/Data (Sequence or Particular) – Particular person or Ensemble

• Pleasure Reid – The Reidout (MSNBC)
• Daniel “Desus Good” Baker, Joel “The Child Mero” Martinez – Desus & Mero (Showtime)
• Garcelle Beauvais, Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai Jenkins – The Actual (Syndicated)
• Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith – Purple Desk Speak (Fb Watch)
• LeBron James – The Store: Uninterrupted (HBO)

 Excellent Host in a Actuality/Actuality Competitors, Sport Present or Selection (Sequence or Particular) – Particular person or Ensemble

• Alfonso Ribeiro – America’s Funniest Dwelling Movies (ABC)
• Amber Ruffin – The Amber Ruffin Present (Peacock)
• Cedric The Entertainer – 73^rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (CBS)
• Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Repair My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
• Trevor Noah – The Each day Present with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

 Excellent Visitor Efficiency

• Alani “La La” Anthony – The Chi (Showtime)
• Christina Elmore – Insecure (HBO)
• Daniel Kaluuya – Saturday Evening Stay (NBC)
• Erika Alexander – Run the World (Starz)
• Maya Rudolph – Saturday Evening Stay (NBC)

 Excellent Animated Sequence

• Massive Mouth (Netflix)
• Peanut Headz: Black Historical past Toonz (Kweli TV)
• Tremendous Sema (YouTube Originals)
• We The Folks (Netflix)
• Yasuke (Netflix)

 Excellent Character Voice-Over Efficiency (Tv)

• Angela Bassett – Malika: The Lion Queen (FOX)
• Billy Porter – Fairfax (Amazon Studios)
• Chris “Ludacris” Bridges – Karma’s World (Netflix)
• Cree Summer time – Rugrats (Nickelodeon)
• Keke Palmer – Massive Mouth (Netflix)

 Excellent Quick Kind Sequence – Comedy or Drama

• Between the Scenes – The Each day Present (Comedy Central)
• Darkish Humor (Comedy Central / YouTube)
• Della Mae (AspireTV)
• The Disney Launchpad: Shorts Incubator (Disney+)
• Two Sides: Untrue (Snapchat)

 Excellent Quick Kind Sequence or Particular – Actuality/Nonfiction

• Life By The Horns (Snapchat)
• Reminiscence Builds The Monument (Fifth Ward CRC)
• Widen the Display screen: 8:46 Movies (BET)
• By means of Our Eyes: Shelter (HBO Max)
• Lynching Postcards: Token of a Nice Day (Paramount+)

 Excellent Breakthrough Artistic (Tv)

• Angel Kristi Williams – Colin in Black & White (Netflix)
• Cierra Glaude – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
• Deborah Riley Draper – The Legacy of Black Wall Road (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
• Halcyon Individual – Karma’s World (Netflix)
• Quyen Tran – Maid (Netflix)

RECORDING CATEGORIES 

Excellent New Artist

• Cynthia Erivo – Ch. 1 Vs. 1 (Verve Data / UMG Recordings)
• Jimmie Allen – Bettie James Gold Version (BBR Music Group)
• Saweetie – Finest Buddy feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Data)
• Tems – If Orange Was A Place (RCA Data / Since ’93)
• Zoe Wees – Women Like Us (Capitol Data)

 Excellent Male Artist

• Anthony Hamilton – Love Is The New Black (My Music Field LLC / BMG)
• Drake – Means 2 Attractive (Republic Data)
• Givēon – Heartbreak Anniversary (Epic Data)
• J. Cole – The Off-Season (Dreamville / Roc Nation)
• Lil Nas X – Montero (Name Me By Your Title) (Columbia Data)

 Excellent Feminine Artist

• H.E.R. – Again of My Thoughts (RCA Data / MBK Leisure)
• Ari Lennox – Strain (Dreamville / Interscope Data)
• Beyonce´ – Be Alive (Columbia Data / Parkwood)
• Chlöe – Have Mercy (Columbia Data / Parkwood)
• Jazmine Sullivan – Heaux Tales (RCA Data)

 Excellent Gospel/Christian Album

• Anthems & Glory – Todd Dulaney (MNRK Music Group)
• Consider For It – CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel / Honest Commerce Providers / Purple Alliance Media)
• Jonny x Mali: Stay in L.A. – Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music  (Life Room Label LLC / Ok Permitted Enterprises. Inc.)
• Overcomer – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
• Energy – Jason McGee & The Choir (My Block, Inc.)

 Excellent Worldwide Tune

• Essence – Wizkid feat. Tems and Justin Bieber  (RCA Data / Starboy / Sony Music Worldwide)
• Peru – Fireboy DML  (YBNL Nation / Empire)
• Someone’s Son – Tiwa Savage feat. Brandy (Motown)
• Contact It – KiDi (Lynx Leisure / MadeInENY / Empire)
• Perceive – Omah Lay (The KeyQaad / Sire Data)

 Excellent Music Video/Visible Album

• Finest Buddy – Saweetie feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Data)
• Essence – Wizkid feat. Tems (RCA Data / Starboy / Sony Music Worldwide)
• Fye Fye – Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fats Nwigwe (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)
• Have Mercy – Chlöe (Columbia Data / Parkwood)
• Depart The Door Open – Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath)

 Excellent Album

• An Night with Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath)
• Again of My Thoughts – H.E.R. (RCA Data / MBK Leisure)
• Licensed Lover Boy – Drake (Republic Data)
• Heaux Tales – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Data)
• When It’s All Mentioned and Executed… Take Time – Givēon (Epic Data)

 Excellent Soundtrack/Compilation Album

• Coming 2 America (Amazon Authentic Movement Image Soundtrack) – Eddie Murphy, Craig Brewer, Kevin Misher,  Randy Spendlove, Jeff Harleston, Brittney Ramsdell (Def Jam Recordings)
• Judas and the Black Messiah (Authentic Movement Image Soundtrack) – Mark Isham and Craig Harris (WaterTower Music)
• Respect (Authentic Movement Image Soundtrack) – Jason Michael Webb and Stephen Bray (Epic Data)
• The Tougher They Fall (The Movement Image Soundtrack) – JAY-Z and Jeymes Samuel (Geneva Membership / Roc Nation Data, LLC)
• The US vs. Billie Vacation (Music from the Movement Image) – Salaam Remi, Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq, Warren “E” Felder, Downtown Trevor Brown (Warner Data)

 Excellent Gospel/Christian Tune

• Consider For It – CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel / Honest Commerce Providers / Purple Alliance Media)
• Assist Me – Tamela Mann feat. The Fellas (Tillymann Music Group)
• Maintain Us Collectively (Hope Combine) – H.E.R. and Tauren Wells (RCA Data / Sony Music)
• Overcome 2021 – Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul / RCA Data )
• Time for Reparations – Sounds of Blackness (Sounds of Blackness / Atomic Ok Data)

 Excellent Jazz Album – Instrumental

• Perpetually…Jaz – Jazmin Ghent (Unbiased Artist)
• Love Languages – Nathan Mitchell (ENM Music Group)
• Someplace Completely different – Brandee Youthful (Impulse! Data)
• Sounds from the Ancestors – Kenny Garrett (Mack Avenue Music Group)
• The Magic of Now – Orrin Evans (Smoke Classes Data)

 Excellent Jazz Album – Vocal

• Pricey Love – Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Drive (Empress Legacy Data)
• Generations – The Baylor Challenge (Be A Gentle)
• Ledisi Sings Nina – Ledisi (Hear Again Leisure / BMG)
• Let There Be Love – Freda Payne (Alain Franke Data)
• SALSWING! – Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta (Rubén Blades Productions)

 Excellent Soul/R&B Tune

• Harm – H.E.R. (RCA Data / MBK Leisure)
• Be Alive – Beyoncé (Columbia Data / Parkwood)
• Have Mercy – Chlöe (Columbia Data / Parkwood)
• Depart The Door Open – Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath)
• Choose Up Your Emotions – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Data)

 Excellent Hip Hop/Rap Tune

• Finest Buddy – Saweetie feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Data)
• Fye Fye – Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fats Nwigwe (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)
• Trade Child – Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow (Columbia Data)
• My Life with 21 Savage and Morray – J. Cole (Dreamville / Roc Nation)
• Means 2 Attractive – Drake (Republic Data)

 Excellent Duo, Group or Collaboration (Conventional)

• Anthony Hamilton feat. Jennifer Hudson – Celebrity (My Music Field LLC / BMG)
• Chlöe x Halle – Georgia On My Thoughts (Columbia Data / Parkwood)
• Jazmine Sullivan feat. H.E.R. – Woman Like Me (RCA Data)
• Leela James feat. Anthony Hamilton – Sophisticated (Remix) (SheSangz Music, Inc. / BMG)
• Silk Sonic – Depart the Door Open (Atlantic / Aftermath)

 Excellent Duo, Group or Collaboration (Modern)

• Chris Brown feat. Younger Thug, Future, Lil Durk and Latto – Go Loopy (Remix) (RCA Data)
• Doja Cat feat. SZA – Kiss Me Extra (RCA Data / Kemosabe Data)
• Drake feat. Future & Younger Thug – Means 2 Attractive (Republic Data)
• H.E.R. feat. Chris Brown – Come By means of (RCA Data / MBK Leisure)
• Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fats Nwigwe – Fye Fye (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)

DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES 

Excellent Documentary (Movie)

• Attica (Showtime)
• Barbara Lee: Talking Reality to Energy (Greenwich Leisure)
• My Title Is Pauli Murray (Amazon Studios in affiliation with Participant)
• Summer time of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution May Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Footage, Onyx Collective, Hulu)
• Tina (HBO Documentary Movies)

 Excellent Documentary (Tv)

• 1971: The Yr That Music Modified The whole lot (Apple TV+)
• American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free (PBS)
• Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (Netflix)
• Excessive on the Hog: How African American Delicacies Reworked America (Netflix)
• Insecure Documentary (HBO)

WRITING CATEGORIES 

Excellent Writing in a Comedy Sequence

• Ashley Nicole Black – Ted Lasso – “Do the Proper-est Factor” (Apple TV+)
• Issa Rae – Insecure -“The whole lot’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)
• Leann Bowen – Ted Lasso – “Lavender” (Apple TV+)
• Maya Erskine – Pen15 – “Blue in Inexperienced” (Hulu)
• Temi Wilkey – Intercourse Schooling – “Episode #3.6” (Netflix)

 Excellent Writing in a Drama Sequence

• Aurin Squire – Evil – “C Is For Cop” (Paramount+)
• Davita Scarlett – The Good Battle – “And the Agency Had Two Companions…” (Paramount+)
• Malcolm Spellman – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – “New World Order” (Disney+)
• Nkechi Okoro Carroll – All American – “Homecoming” (The CW)
• Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Girl J, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy – Pose – “Sequence Finale” (FX Community)

 Excellent Writing in a Tv Film or Particular

• Abdul Williams – Salt-N-Pepa (Lifetime Film Community)
• Mario Miscione  , Marcella Ochoa – Madres (Amazon Studios)
• Monique N. Matthew – A Vacation In Harlem (Hallmark Channel)
• Sameer Gardezi – Scorching Mess Vacation (Comedy Central)
• Sherman Payne – Black As Evening (Amazon Studios)

 Excellent Writing in a Movement Image

• Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris – Zola (A24)
• Jeymes Samuel, Boaz Yakin – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)
• Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Virgil Williams – A Journal for Jordan (Columbia Footage)
• Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele – Candyman (Common Footage)

DIRECTING CATEGORIES 

Excellent Directing in a Comedy Sequence

• Bashir Salahuddin, Diallo Riddle – South Facet – “Twister” (HBO Max)
• Melina Matsoukas – Insecure – “Reunited, Okay?!” (HBO)
• Neema Barnette – Harlem – “As soon as Upon A Time in Harlem” (Amazon Studios)
• Prentice Penny – Insecure – “The whole lot’s Gonna Be, Okay?!” (HBO)
• Tiffany Johnson – Black Monday – “Eight!” (Showtime)

 Excellent Directing in a Drama Sequence

• Anthony Hemingway – Genius: Aretha “Respect” (Nationwide Geographic)
• Barry Jenkins – The Underground Railroad – “Indiana Winter” (Amazon Studios)
• Carl Seaton – Snowfall – “Battle or Flight” (FX Community)
• Carl Seaton – Godfather of Harlem – “The Bonanno Break up” (EPIX)
• Hanelle Culpepper – True Story – “Like Cain Did Abel” (Netflix)

 Excellent Directing in a Tv Film or Particular

• Jaffar Mahmood – Scorching Mess Vacation (Comedy Central)
• Kenny Leon – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)
• Mario Van Peebles – Salt-N-Pepa (Lifetime)
• Maritte Lee Go – Black As Evening (Amazon Studios)
• Veronica Rodriguez – Let’s Get Merried (VH1)

 Excellent Directing in a Movement Image

• Denzel Washington – A Journal for Jordan (Columbia Footage)
• Jeymes Samuel – The Tougher They Fall (Netflix)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick tick…BOOM! (Netflix)
• Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced – King Richard (Warner Bros. Footage)
• Shaka King – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Footage)

 Excellent Directing in a Documentary (Tv or Movement Image)

• Andre Gaines – The One and Solely Dick Gregory (Showtime)
• Daybreak Porter – Rise Once more: Tulsa and the Purple Summer time (Nationwide Geographic)
• Sam Pollard – MLK/FBI (IFC Movies)
• Samantha Knowles, Yoruba Richen, Geeta Gandbhir, Nadia Hallgren – Black and Lacking (HBO)
• Spike Lee – NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ (HBO Max)

LITERARY CATEGORIES 

Excellent Literary Work – Fiction

• Harlem Shuffle – Colson Whitehead (Penguin Random Home)
• Libertie – Kaitlyn Greenidge (Algonquin Books)
• Lengthy Division – Kiese Laymon (Simon & Schuster)
• The Man Who Lived Underground – Richard Wright (Library of America)
• The Perishing – Natashia Deón (Counterpoint Press)

 Excellent Literary Work – Nonfiction

• Dance Theatre of Harlem – Judy Tyrus, Paul Novosel (Kensington)
• Simply As I Am – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)
• My Outstanding Journey – Katherine Johnson (Amistad)
• Renegades: Born within the USA – Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen (Penguin Random Home)
• The 1619 Challenge: A New Origin Story – Nikole Hannah-Jones (Penguin Random Home)

 Excellent Literary Work – Debut Creator

• Simply As I Am – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)
• My Outstanding Journey – Katherine Johnson (Amistad)
• Different Black Woman: A Novel – Zakiya Dalila Harris (Simon & Schuster)
• The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois – Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (HarperCollins Publishers)
• Wake: The Hidden Historical past of Girls-Led Slave Revolts – Rebecca Corridor (Simon & Schuster)

 Excellent Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

• Simply As I Am – Cicely Tyson (Amistad)
• Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Start of the Me Too Motion – Tarana Burke (Macmillan / Flatiron Books)
• Unprotected: A Memoir – Billy Porter (Abrams Press)
• Till I Am Free – Keisha Blain (Beacon Press)
• Will – Will Smith (Penguin Random Home)

 Excellent Literary Work – Educational

• Variety Is Not Sufficient: A Roadmap to Recruit, Develop and Promote Black Leaders in America  – Keith Wyche (Kandelle Publishing)
• Feeding the Soul (As a result of It’s My Enterprise) – Tabitha Brown (HarperCollins Publishers)
• Permission to Dream – Chris Gardner (Amistad)
• Educating Black Historical past to White Folks – Leonard N. Moore (College of Texas Press)
• The Dialog: How Searching for and Talking the Reality About Racism Can Radically Remodel People and Organizations – Robert Livingston (Penguin Random Home)

 Excellent Literary Work – Poetry

• Good Black – Crystal Wilkinson (College Press of Kentucky)
• Playlist for the Apocalypse – Rita Dove (W. W. Norton & Firm)
• Such Colour: New and Chosen Poems – Tracy Ok. Smith (Graywolf Press)
• The Wild Fox of Yemen – Threa Almontaser (Graywolf Press)
• What Water Is aware of: Poems – Jacqueline Jones LaMon (Northwestern College Press)

 Excellent Literary Work – Kids

• Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy – Misty Copeland (Aladdin)
• Change Sings – Amanda Gorman, Loren Lengthy (Penguin Younger Readers)
• Stacey’s Extraordinary Phrases – Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas (HarperCollins)
• Time for Mattress, Outdated Home – Janet Costa Bates, A.G. Ford (Candlewick Press)
• When Langston Dances – Kaija Langley, Keith Mallett (S&S Books for Younger Readers)

 Excellent Literary Work – Youth/Teenagers

• Ace of Spades – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Feiwel & Associates / Macmillan)
• Fortunately Ever Afters – Elise Bryant (HarperCollins)
• The Price of Realizing – Brittney Morris (Simon and Schuster Books for Younger Readers)
• When You Look Like Us – Pamela N. Harris (HarperCollins)
• Wings of Ebony – J. Elle (S&S Books for Younger Readers)

PODCAST CATEGORIES 

Excellent Information and Data Podcast

• #SundayCivics
• After the Rebellion: The Loss of life of Danyé Dion Jones
• Blindspot: Tulsa Burning
• Into America
• Un(re)solved

 Excellent Life-style/Self-Assist Podcast

• Checking In with Michelle Williams
• The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema
• The SonRise Challenge Podcast
• Two Humorous Mamas: Sherri Shepherd & Kym Whitley
• Below Building w/ Tamar Braxton

 Excellent Society and Tradition Podcast

• Past the Scenes – The Each day Present
• Jemele Hill is Unbothered
• Skilled Troublemaker
• Questlove Supreme
• Tremendous Soul Podcast

 Excellent Arts and Leisure Podcast

• Membership Shay Shay podcast with Shannon Sharpe
• Jemele Hill is Unbothered
• Questlove Supreme
• Moderately Shady
• The Historical past of Sketch Comedy with Keegan-Michael Key

SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

• @Euniquejg – Eunique Jones GIbson
• @KevOnStage – Kevin Fredericks
• @Laronhinesofficial – Laron Hines
• @_Lyneezy – Lanae Vanee
• @Terrellgrice –  Terrell Grice