New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Publishing) The NAACP Image Award nominations were announced yesterday.
Jill Scott received a total of four nominations, including recognition for Outstanding Album (The Light of the Sun), Outstanding Song ("
So In Love" featuring Anthony Hamilton), Outstanding Female Artist, and Outstanding
Music Video.
Mary J. Blige received nominations in three categories, including Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding
Music Video, and Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration.
Anthony Hamilton also scored three nominations, including Outstanding Album (The Light of the Sun), Outstanding Song ("
So In Love"), and Outstanding Male Artist. Brentwood Benson writer Kirk
Franklin is up for two awards, including Outstanding Song ("I Smile") and Outstanding Gospel Album (Hello Fear).
Chris Brown is up for Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding Album for F.A.M.E.
Adele is up for Outstanding
Music Video and Outstanding Song for "
Someone Like You". Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds is up for Outstanding Album for Beyonce's 4 and Outstanding Song for Beyonce's "
Best Thing I Never Had".
Universal
Music Publishing Group and Rondor songwriters and artists received all five out of five nominations in the Outstanding Album category; four out of five in the Outstanding Song category; and four out of five in the Outstanding Gospel Album category. The awards will be presented during a live broadcast on NBC scheduled for Friday, February 17th at 8 PM.
Complete list of UMPG and Rondor nominees:
Outstanding Male Artist
Anthony Hamilton
RCA Records
Chris Brown
Jive Records
Outstanding Female Artist
Jill Scott
Warner Bros. Records
Mary J. Blige
Geffen
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
Mary J. Blige feat. Drake
Geffen
(Nomination for the song "Mr. Wrong," written by
James Scheffer, Rico Love,
Daniel Morris, K. Gamble, L. Huff, C. Gilbert. Performed by
Mary J. Blige and Drake.)
The Roots
Island Def Jam
Outstanding Jazz Album
Guitar Man
George Benson
Concord Jazz
(via Rod Temperton (Rondor), John Lennon, and Paul McCartney)
Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional Or Contemporary)
Becoming
Yolanda Adams
N House
Music Group
(via
Yolanda Adams - Rondor)
Church On The Moon
Deitrick Haddon
Verity Gospel
Music Group
(via Deitrick Haddon)
Hello Fear
Kirk Franklin
Verity Gospel
Music Group
(via Kirk Franklin)
Something Big
Mary Mary
Columbia Records
(via Crystal Waters, and Neil Conway)
Outstanding
Music Video
25/8
Mary J. Blige
Geffen
Hear My Call
Jill Scott
Warner Bros. Records
Someone Like You
Adele
Columbia Records
Outstanding Song
Best Thing I Never Had
Beyonce
Columbia Records
(via Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds)
I Smile
Kirk Franklin
Verity Gospel
Music Group
(via Kirk Franklin)
So In Love
Jill Scott feat. Anthony Hamilton
Warner Bros. Records
(via
Anthony Hamilton and Jill Scott)
Someone Like You
Adele
Columbia Records
(via Adele)
Outstanding Album
4
Beyonce
Columbia Records
(via Chad Hugo,
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and Michael Bivins)
F.A.M.E.
Chris Brown
Jive Records
(via Andre Merritt, Brian Kennedy, Chris Brown, Eric Dawkins (Rondor),
Harvey Mason, Jr., KMAC, Lonny Bereal, Steve Russell (Rondor), Timothy Bloom (Rondor), and Tha Bizness)
I Remember Me
Jennifer Hudson
Arista Records
(via Hit Boy, Ne-Yo, Polow Da Don, Swizz Beatz, and R. Kelly)
Lasers
Lupe Fiasco
1st & 15th/Atlantic Records
(via Alex Da Kid, Lupe Fiasco, Needlz, and Skylar Grey)
The Light of the Sun
Jill Scott
Warner Bros. Records
(via Anthony Hamilton, Dre & Vidal, Eve, and Jill Scott)
