The NAACP Image Award an award bestowed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award honors outstanding achievements by people of color in film, television, music, and literature. The awards are voted on by members of the NAACP.
The NAACP announced the winners of its 47th annual Image Awards, which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in Television, Recording (Music), Literary (Books), Motion Picture, Documentary (film and television), Writing (for film and television), Directing (for film and television), and Animated/CGI (for film and television). Winners were announced Friday, February 5, 2016 during a ceremony airing live on TV One.
2016 / 47th NAACP Image Awards winners:
Entertainer of the Year: Michael B. Jordan
President’s Award: John Legend
Motion Picture Categories
Outstanding Motion Picture
Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Michael B. Jordan – Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Sanaa Lathan – The Perfect Guy (Screen Gems)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
O’Shea Jackson Jr. – Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Phylicia Rashad – Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
Television Categories
Outstanding Drama Series
Empire (Fox)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Terrence Howard – Empire (Fox)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Taraji P. Henson – Empire (Fox)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Joe Morton – Scandal (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Regina King – American Crime (ABC)
Outstanding Comedy Series
black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson – black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross – black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Mike Epps – Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Marsai Martin – black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Television Movie, Miniseries, or Dramatic Special
The Wiz Live! (NBC)
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Miniseries, or Dramatic Special
David Alan Grier – The Wiz Live! (NBC)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries, or Dramatic Special
Queen Latifah – Bessie (HBO)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
Unsung (TV One)
Outstanding Talk Series
The Talk (CBS)
Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series
Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s (OWN)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
Family Feud (Syndicated)
Outstanding Children’s Program
Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Miniseries)
Marcus Scribner – black-ish (ABC)
Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety Program (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Steve Harvey – Family Feud (Syndicated)
Documentary Categories
Outstanding Documentary – (Film)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (PBS Distribution/Firelight Films)
Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champ (BET)
Writing Categories
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Kenya M. Barris – black-ish – “The Word” (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Mara Brack Ali, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff – Being Mary Jane – “Sparrow” (BET)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo – The Book of Negroes (BET)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)
Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington – Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Directing Categories
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Don Cheadle – House of Lies – “The Urge to Save Humanity Is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule” (Showtime)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
John Ridley – American Crime – “Episode 1″ (ABC)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)
Dee Rees – Bessie (HBO)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)
Ryan Coogler – Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Animated or Computer-Generated Image (CGI) Category
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)
Loretta Devine – Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
Recording Categories
Outstanding New Artist
Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Male Artist
Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Female Artist
Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
“Conqueror” – Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)
Outstanding Jazz Album
Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol.4 – Miles Davis (Columbia Legacy Recordings)
Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)
It’s Personal – Tina Campbell (Gee Tree Creative)
Outstanding Music Video
“Shame” – Tyrese Gibson (Voltron Recordz)
Outstanding Song – Traditional
“Back Together – Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Album
Woman – Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Song – Contemporary
“You’re So Beautiful” – Empire Cast feat. Jussie Smollett & Yazz (Columbia Records)
Literature Categories
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
Stand Your Ground – Victoria Christopher Murrary(Touchstone)
Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga – Pamela Newkirk (HarperCollins/Amistad)
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
The Fishermen – Chigozie Obioma (Little, Brown & Company)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
Between The World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Speigel & Grau)
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family – Alice Randall, Caroline Randall Williams (Clarkson Potter)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
How to Be Drawn – Terrance Hayes (Penguin Books/ Penguin Random House)
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America – Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Jamey Christoph (Illustrator) (Albert Whitman & Company)
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
X: A Novel – Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekia Magoon(Candlewick Press)
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