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49th NAACP Awards: Jay-Z Tops With Five Nominations As Mary J. Blige, Bruno Mars, Idris Elba Join In List Of Nominees

Jay-Z's latest album "4:44", keeps making waves for the Roc Nation's mogul who topped with five nominations in the list of nominees for the 49th annual NAACP awards ceremony list scheduled to be held at Pasadena, California on January 15th 2018.
Joining the Tidal owner in topping the nominees is Mary J. Bligh who also has five, as "24K Magic" singer Bruno Mars , SZA, Issa Rae and Kendrick Lamar got four nominations each.
Also in the list is British "Black Tower" actor Idris Elba, Charlie Wilson and Ledisi with three nominations each.
In motion picture, Universal pictures led the nominees with six nomination as Annapurna pictures and Amazon Studios gets four each.  
See below for full list of nominees

Recording: 
Outstanding New ArtistDemetria McKinney - "Officially Yours" (eOne Music)
Kevin Ross - "The Awakening" (Motown/Capitol Records)
Khalid - "American Teen" (RCA Records/Right Hand Music Group)
SZA - "Ctrl" (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
Vic Mensa - "The Autobiography" (Roc Nation/Capitol Records)
Outstanding Male ArtistBrian McKnight - Genesis (SoNo Recording Group)
Bruno Mars - Versace On the Floor (Atlantic Records)
Charlie Wilson - In It to Win It (RCA Records/P Music Group)
JAY-Z - 4:44 (Roc Nation)
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
Outstanding Female ArtistAndra Day - Stand Up For Something (Warner Bros. Records)
Beyoncé - Die With You (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
Ledisi - Let Love Rule (Verve Label Group)
Mary J. Blige - Strength of a Woman (Capitol Records)
SZA - Ctrl (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
Outstanding Duo, Group or CollaborationAndra Day feat. Common - "Stand Up For Something" (Warner Bros. Records)
Charlie Wilson feat. T.I. - "I'm Blessed" (RCA Records/P Music Group)
Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna - "LOYALTY." (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
Mary J. Blige feat. Kanye West - "Love Yourself" (Capitol Records)
SZA feat. Travis Scott - "Love Galore" (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
Outstanding Jazz AlbumBoundless - Damien Escobar (Phoenix Lane Entertainment)
Dreams and Daggers - CĂ©cile McLorin Salvant (Mack Avenue Records)
Petite Afrique - Somi (Sony Music/OKeh)
Poetry In Motion - Najee (Shanachie Entertainment)
So It Is - Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Legacy Recordings)
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album (Traditional or Contemporary)Close - Marvin Sapp (Verity Records)
Crossover Live From Music City - Travis Greene (RCA Inspiration)
Greenleaf Soundtrack Volume 2 - Greenleaf Soundtrack (RCA Inspiration)
Heart. Passion. Pursuit. - Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)
Let Them Fall In Love - CeCe Winans (Puresprings Gospel)
Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album4:44 - JAY-Z (Roc Nation)
Gods - Maxwell (Columbia Records)
High - Ledisi (Verve Label Group)
Strength of A Woman - Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)
That's What I Like - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Song - Traditional"High" - Ledisi (Verve Label Group)
"Honest" - MAJOR. (BOE/Empire)
"Surefire (Piano Version)" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
"That's What I Like" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
"U + Me" - Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)
Outstanding Song - Contemporary"Gonna Be Alright" - Mali Music (RCA Records/ByStorm Entertainment)
"HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
"Insecure" - Jazmine Sullivan X Bryson Tiller (RCA Records)
"Love Galore" - SZA feat. Travis Scott (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
"The Story of O.J." – JAY-Z (Roc Nation)
Outstanding Album4:44 - JAY-Z (Roc Nation)
DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)
Genesis - Brian McKnight (SoNo Recording Group)
In It To Win It - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records/P Music Group)
Strength of A Woman - Mary J. Blige (Capitol Records)
 
Entertainer of the YearAva DuVernay
Bruno Mars
Chadwick Boseman
Chance the Rapper
Issa Rae
Jay-Z

Television:
Outstanding Comedy SeriesBallers (HBO)
black-ish (ABC)
Dear White People (Netflix)
Insecure (HBO)
Survivor's Remorse (Starz)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy SeriesAnthony Anderson - black-ish (ABC)
Aziz Ansari - Master of None (Netflix)
Dwayne Johnson - Ballers (HBO)
Keegan-Michael Key - Friends from College (Netflix)
RonReaco Lee - Survivor's Remorse (Starz)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy SeriesDanielle Brooks - Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Issa Rae - Insecure (HBO)
Loretta Devine - The Carmichael Show (NBC)
Niecy Nash - Claws (TNT)
Tracee Ellis Ross - black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesErnie Hudson - Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
Jay Ellis - Insecure (HBO)
John David Washington - Ballers (HBO)
Omar Miller - Ballers (HBO)
Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesLeslie Jones - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Marsai Martin - black-ish (ABC)
Tichina Arnold - Survivor's Remorse (Starz)
Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Yvonne Orji - Insecure (HBO)
Outstanding Drama SeriesGreenleaf (OWN)
Power (Starz)
Queen Sugar (OWN)
This Is Us (NBC)
Underground (WGN America)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama SeriesKofi Siriboe - Queen Sugar (OWN)
Mike Colter - Marvel's The Defenders (Netflix)
Omari Hardwick - Power (Starz)
Sterling K. Brown - This Is Us (NBC)
Terrence Howard - Empire (FOX)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama SeriesJurnee Smollett-Bell - Underground (WGN America)
Kerry Washington - Scandal (ABC)
Rutina Wesley - Queen Sugar (OWN)
Taraji P. Henson - Empire (FOX)
Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesBryshere Gray - Empire (FOX)
Dondre Whitfield - Queen Sugar (OWN)
Joe Morton - Scandal (ABC)
Jussie Smollett - Empire (FOX)
Trai Byers - Empire (FOX)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesLynn Whitfield - Greenleaf (OWN)
Naturi Naughton - Power (Starz)
Samira Wiley - The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Susan Kelechi Watson - This Is Us (NBC)
Tina Lifford - Queen Sugar (OWN)
 
Outstanding Television Movie, Limited - Series or Dramatic SpecialFlint (Lifetime)
Shots Fired (FOX)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
The New Edition Story (BET)
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (TV One)
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic SpecialBryshere Grey - The New Edition Story (BET)
Idris Elba - Guerrilla (Showtime)
Laurence Fishburne - Madiba (BET)
Mack Wilds - Shots Fired (FOX)
Woody McClain - The New Edition Story (BET)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic SpecialJill Scott - Flint (Lifetime)
Oprah Winfrey - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
Queen Latifah - Flint (Lifetime)
Regina King - American Crime (ABC)
Sanaa Lathan - Shots Fired (FOX)
Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)News One Now (TV One)
Oprah's Master Class (OWN)
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman (National Geographic)
Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama (BET)
Unsung (TV One)
Outstanding Talk SeriesJimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
The Real (Syndicated)
The View (ABC)
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition SeriesIyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (VH1)
Shark Tank (ABC)
The Manns (TV One)
United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN)
Outstanding Variety or Game Show - (Series or Special)Black Girls Rock! 2017 (BET)
Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas (Netflix)
Def Comedy Jam 25 (Netflix)
Lip Sync Battle (Spike)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Outstanding Children's ProgramDoc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
Free Rein (Netflix)
Nella the Princess Knight (Nickelodeon)
Project Mc² (Netflix)
Raven's Home (Disney Channel)
Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series)Caleb McLaughlin - Stranger Things (Netflix)
Ethan Hutchison - Queen Sugar (OWN)
Lonnie Chavis - This Is Us (NBC)
Marsai Martin - black-ish (ABC)
Michael Rainey - Power (Starz)
Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) - Individual or EnsembleFredricka Whitfield - Fredricka Whitfield (CNN)
Morgan Freeman - The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman (National Geographic)
Neil deGrasse Tyson - StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (National Geographic)
Roland Martin - News One Now (TV One)
Trevor Noah - The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) - Individual or EnsembleAlfonso Ribeiro - America's Funniest Home Video (ABC)
Iyanla Vanzant - Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)
Michael Smith and Jemele Hill - SC6 with Michael and Jemele (ESPN)
LL Cool J - Lip Sync Battle (Spike)
W. Kamau Bell - United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN) 
 
Motion Picture: 
Outstanding Motion PictureDetroit (Annapurna Pictures)
Get Out (Universal Pictures)
Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
Marshall (Open Road Films)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureAlgee Smith - Detroit (Annapurna Pictures)
Chadwick Boseman - Marshall (Open Road Films)
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out (Universal Pictures)
Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Columbia Pictures)
Idris Elba - The Mountain Between Us (20th Century Fox)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion PictureAmandla Stenberg - Everything, Everything (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Danai Gurira - All Eyez on Me (Summit Entertainment)
Halle Berry - Kidnap (Aviron Pictures)
Natalie Paul - Crown Heights (Amazon Studios)
Octavia Spencer - Gifted (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureIdris Elba - THOR: Ragnarok (Marvel Studios)
Laurence Fishburne - Last Flag Flying (Amazon Studios)
Lil Rel Howery - Get Out (Universal Pictures)
Nnamdi Asomugha - Crown Heights (Amazon Studios)
Sterling K. Brown - Marshall (Open Road Films)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion PictureAudra McDonald - Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures)
Keesha Sharp - Marshall (Open Road Films)
Regina Hall - Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
Tessa Thompson - THOR: Ragnarok (Marvel Studios)
Tiffany Haddish - Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Detroit (Annapurna Pictures)
Last Flag Flying (Amazon Studios)
Mudbound (Netflix)
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (Annapurna Pictures)
Wind River (Acacia Filmed Entertainment)
Documentary
 Outstanding Documentary (Film)I Called Him Morgan (Submarine Deluxe/Filmrise)
STEP (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (Firelight Films)
The Rape of Recy Taylor (Augusta Films)
Whose Streets? (Magnolia Pictures)
Outstanding Documentary (Television)Birth of a Movement (PBS)
Black Love (OWN)
The 44th President: In His Own Words (History)
The Defiant Ones (HBO)
What the Health (AUM Films and Media + First Spark Media)
 
Writing:
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy SeriesAziz Ansari - Master of None
Janine Barrois - Claws
Justin Simien - Dear White People
Issa Rae - Insecure (HBO)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic SeriesAnthony Sparks - Queen Sugar
Ava DuVernay - Queen Sugar
Erica Anderson - Greenleaf
Gina Prince-Bythewood - Shots Fired
Vera Herbert - This Is Us
Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or SpecialAbdul Williams - The New Edition Story - Night Two (BET)
Alison McDonald - An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life (Amazon)
Cas Sigers-Beedles - When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (TV One)
May Chan - An American Girl Story - Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance (Amazon)
Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion PictureDee Rees, Virgil Williams - Mudbound (Netflix)
Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani - The Big Sick (Amazon Studios)
Jordan Peele - Get Out (Universal Pictures)
Kenya Barris, Tracy Oliver - Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
Mark Boal - Detroit (Annapurna Pictures)
Directing: 
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy SeriesAnton Cropper - black-ish (ABC)
Barry Jenkins - Dear White People (Netflix)
Justin Simien - Dear White People (Netflix)
Spike Lee - She's Gotta Have It (Netflix)
Ken Whittingham - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic SeriesCarl Franklin - 13 Reasons Why (Netflix)
Ernest R. Dickerson - The Deuce (HBO)
Gina Prince-Bythewood - Shots Fired (FOX)
Jeffrey Byrd - Switched at Birth (Freeform)
Jonathan Demme - Shots Fired (FOX)
Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or SpecialAllen Hughes - The Defiant Ones (HBO)
Chris Robinson - The New Edition Story - Night 1 (BET)
Codie Elaine Oliver - Black Love (OWN)
Kevin Hooks - Madiba - Night 2 (BET)
Mark Ford - Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (A&E)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion PictureDee Rees - Mudbound (Netflix)
Jordan Peele - Get Out (Universal Pictures)
Malcolm D. Lee - Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
Reginald Hudlin - Marshall (Open Road Films)
Stella Meghie - Everything, Everything (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Animated/CGI:
Outstanding Character Voice-Over PerformanceDavid Oyelowo - The Lion Guard (Disney Junior)
Kerry Washington - Cars 3 (Disney/Pixar)
Loretta Devine - Doc McStuffins (Disney Channel)
Tiffany Haddish - Legends of Chamberlain Heights (Comedy Central)
Yvette Nicole Brown - Elena of Avalor (Disney Junior

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