Cynthia Erivo, Keke Palmer, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Hart and Shannon Sharpe are competing for entertainer of the year at the 56th NAACP Image Awards. GloRilla received the most nominations in the music/recording categories,

The nominees for the 2025 NAACP Image Awards are in and include Beyoncé,, Usher, and Doechii, with GloRilla leading the pack in music.

Kevin Hart and Shannon Sharpe are also up for the Entertainer of the Year Award, while "The Piano Lesson" leads the film nominations The post Cynthia Erivo, Keke Palmer, Kendrick Lamar Nominated for NAACP Image Awards’ Top Prize appeared first on TheWrap.

Ayo Edebiri, Doechii, Glorilla, Keke Palmer, Kendrick Lamar, and Usher lead in overall NAACP Image Award nominations.

NAACP Image Award nominations were announced on Tuesday (Jan. 7) and the categories are stacked. GloRilla leads the music nods with six overall while Doechii, Kendrick Lamar, and Usher share four respective nods.

Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, and GloRilla were among the artists nominated for honors at the 56th annual NAACP Image Awards.

The NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year may determine which celebrity had the biggest year for Black audiences.

Netflix film The Piano Lesson led the field with 14 NAACP Image Award nominations on Tuesday. The drama, based on the August Wilson play of the same name, stars John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler as siblings who clash over an heirloom piano that reflects their family's history and past enslavement.