LOS ANGELES – The NAACP announced the full list of “56th NAACP Image Awards” nominees, with Cynthia Erivo, Keke Palmer, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Hart, and Shannon Sharpe nominated for Entertainer of the Year.
The winners will be revealed Friday, February 21, 2025, at the 56th NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors Ceremonies on naacpimageawards.net and during the two-hour LIVE TV special, airing Saturday, February 22, 2025 from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, at 8 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT on BET and CBS. This year’s theme is, “Our Stories, Our Culture, Our Excellence.”
The Piano Lesson leads in motion picture categories with 14 nods followed by The Book of Clarence with six nominations. Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist leads across the television categories with nine nominations. Netflix also leads with an impressive 62 nominations.
Ayo Edebiri is leading the television and streaming categories with four nominations – three for her role in The Bear and one for Saturday Night Live. Keke Palmer earned four total nominations, including Entertainer of the Year, recognition for her role in Password, her performance in The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, and her podcast Baby, This is Keke Palmer.
GloRilla received the most nominations in the music recording categories, earning six nominations followed closely by Doechii, Kendrick Lamar and Usher, earning four nods respectively.
RCA Records received an impressive 11 nominations, the most across record labels. Penguin Random House leads nominations across literary categories with four nominations, followed by HarperCollins Amistad and William Morrow tied with three nominations.

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