GloRilla, Doechii, Kendrick Lamar and Usher are among the 56th NAACP Image Awards nominees.
GloRilla received the most nominations in the music recording categories, earning six nominations, while Doechii, Lamar and Usher earned four nods each. RCA Records received an impressive 11 nominations, the most across record labels.
Lamar was nominated for the Entertainer of the Year award along with Cynthia Erivo, Keke Palmer, Kevin Hart and Shannon Sharpe.
The Piano Lesson leads in the motion picture categories with 14 nods. Netflix also earned an impressive 64 nominations.
The nominations were announced Tuesday live on “CBS Mornings” by singer and actress Chlöe Bailey and NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson and on YouTube by actress Novi Brown and musician and star of “Grownish” Trevor Jackson.
The winners will be revealed on February 21 at the 56th NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors Ceremonies on naacpimageawards.net and during the two-hour LIVE TV special, airing the next day from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, at 8 PM ET/ 8 PM PT on BET and CBS. This year’s theme is “Our Stories, Our Culture, Our Excellence.”
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