Announced: The 47th NCAAP Awards Nominees!

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Michael B. Jordan
• Misty Copeland
• Pharrell Williams
• Shonda Rhimes
• Viola Davis

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture

• Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
• Concussion (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
• Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
• Dope (Open Road Films)
• Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)

  Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

• Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, Secret in Their Eyes (STX Entertainment)
• Michael B. Jordan, Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
• Michael Ealy, The Perfect Guy (Screen Gems)
• Will Smith, Concussion (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Lauren Keke Palmer, Brotherly Love (Flavor Unit)
• Sanaa Lathan, The Perfect Guy (Screen Gems)
• Teyonah Parris, Chi-Raq (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
• Viola Davis, Lila and Eve (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
• Zoe Saldana, Infinitely Polar Bear (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Martian (20th Century Fox)
• Corey Hawkins, Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures
• Forest Whitaker, Southpaw (The Weinstein Company)
• Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
• O’Shea Jackson Jr., Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

• Angela Bassett, Chi-Raq (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Concussion (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
• Jennifer Hudson, Chi-Raq (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
• Phylicia Rashad, Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
• Tessa Thompson, Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
• Brotherly Love (Flavor Unit
• Chi-Raq (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)
• Infinitely Polar Bear (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Secret in Their Eyes (STX Entertainment)

DOCUMENTARY

  Outstanding Documentary (Film)

• Amy (A24)
• Dreamcatcher (Rise Films, Green Acres Films & Vixen Films in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation)
• In My Fathers House (Break Thru Films)
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (PBS Distribution/Firelight Films)
• What Happened, Miss Simone? (A Radical Media Production in Association with Moxie Firecracker for Netflix)

  Outstanding Documentary (Television)

• August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (PBS)
• Belief (OWN)
• Kareem: Minority of One (HBO)
• Light Girls (OWN)
• Muhammad Ali: The Peoples Champ (BET)

TELEVISION

  Outstanding Comedy Series

• black-ish (ABC)
• House of Lies (Showtime)
• Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
• Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
• Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)

  Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
• Anthony Anderson, black–ish (ABC)
• Don Cheadle, House of Lies (Showtime)
• Dwayne Johnson, Ballers (HBO)
• RonReaco Lee, Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)

  Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Gina Rodriguez, Jane The Virgin (The CW)
• Loretta Devine, The Carmichael Show (NBC)
• Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish (ABC)
• Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson, The Game (BET)

  Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• David Alan Grier, The Carmichael Show (NBC)
• Laurence Fishburne, black-ish (ABC)
• Mike Epps, Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)
• Miles Brown, black-ish (ABC)
• Terry Crews, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)

  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Anna Deavere Smith, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
• Danielle Brooks, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
• Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
• Marsai Martin, black-ish (ABC)
• Tichina Arnold, Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)

  Outstanding Drama Series

• Being Mary Jane (BET)
• Empire (FOX)
• How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
• Power (Starz)
• Scandal (ABC)

  Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• LL Cool J, NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
• Morris Chestnut, Rosewood (FOX)
• Omari Hardwick, Power (Starz)
• Terrence Howard, Empire (FOX)
• Wesley Snipes, The Player (NBC)

  Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Gabrielle Union, Being Mary Jane (BET)
• Kerry Washington, Scandal (ABC)
• Nicole Beharie, Sleepy Hollow (FOX)
• Taraji P. Henson, Empire (FOX)
• Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)

  Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Alfred Enoch, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
• Bryshere Y. Gray, Empire (FOX)
• Guillermo Diaz, Scandal (ABC)
• Joe Morton, Scandal (ABC)
• Jussie Smollett, Empire (FOX)

  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
• Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead (AMC)
• Grace Gealey, Empire (FOX)
• Naturi Naughton, Power (Starz)
• Regina King, American Crime (ABC)

  Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• American Crime (ABC)
• Bessie (HBO)
• Luther (BBC America)
• The Book of Negroes (BET)
• The Wiz Live! (NBC)

  Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Cuba Gooding, Jr., The Book of Negroes (BET)
• David Alan Grier, The Wiz Live! (NBC)
• David Oyelowo, Nightingale (HBO)
• Idris Elba, Luther (BBC America)
• Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie (HBO)

  Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Hotel (FX Networks)
• Aunjanue Ellis, The Book of Negroes (BET)
• Jill Scott, With this Ring (Lifetime)
• LaTonya Richardson Jackson, Show Me a Hero (HBO)
• Queen Latifah, Bessie (HBO)

  Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special)

• Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm (ABC)
• News One Now (TV One)
• Oprah Prime: Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 Years Later (OWN)
• Oprah: Where Are They Now?- Civil Rights Special (OWN)
• Unsung (TV One)

  Outstanding Talk Series

• Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)
• Steve Harvey (Syndicated)
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
• The Talk (CBS)
• The Wendy Williams Show (Syndicated)

  Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series

• Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
• Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)
• Shark Tank (ABC)
• The Voice (NBC)
• Welcome to Sweetie Pies (OWN)

  Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)

• Black Girls Rock! (BET)
• Family Feud (Syndicated)
• Oprah’s Master Class (OWN)
• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
• The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central)

  Outstanding Children’s Program

• Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
• Dora and Friends (Nickelodeon)
• K.C. Undercover (Disney Channel)
• Little Ballers (Nickelodeon)
• Project MC2 (Netflix)

  Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Mini-series)

• Hudson Yang, Fresh Off The Boat (ABC)
• Marcus Scribner, black–ish (ABC)
• Marsai Martin, black–ish (ABC)
• Miles Brown, black–ish (ABC)
• Skai Jackson, Jessie (Disney Channel)

  Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual

• Steve Harvey, Family Feud (Syndicated)
• Melissa Harris-Perry, Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)
• Bryant Gumbel, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
• Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
• Larry Wilmore, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central)

WRITING

  Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Alan Yang, Aziz Ansari, Master of None – “Parents” (Netflix)
• Jennie Snyder Urman, Jane The Virgin – “Chapter Twenty-Three” (The CW)
• Jill Soloway, Transparent – “Kina Hora” (Amazon Video)
• Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico, Key & Peele – “Y’all Ready For This?” (Comedy Central)
• Kenya M. Barris, black-ish – “The Word” (ABC)

  Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Erika Green Swafford, Doug Stockstill, How to Get Away with Murder – “Mama’s Here Now” (ABC)
• John Ridley, American Crime – “Episode 1” (ABC)
• LaToya Morgan, TURN: Washingtons Spies – “False Flag” (AMC)
• Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Empire – “Pilot” (FOX)
• Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff, Being Mary Jane – “Sparrow” (BET)

  Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television)

• Dee Rees, Bessie (HBO)
• Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo, The Book of Negroes (BET)
• Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein, White Water (TV One)
• Nzingha Stewart, With this Ring (Lifetime)
• Shem Bitterman, Whitney (Lifetime)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)

• Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)
• Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson, McFarland USA (Walt Disney Pictures)
• Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Inside Out (Disney/Pixar)
• Rick Famuyiwa, Dope (Open Road Films)
• Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington, Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Pictures)

DIRECTING

  Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Aziz Ansari, Master of None – “Parents” (Netflix)
• Brad Silberling, Jane The Virgin – “Chapter Twenty-Three” (The CW)
• Don Cheadle, House of Lies – “The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule” (Showtime)
• Peter Atencio, Key & Peele – “The End” (Comedy Central)
• Stan Lathan, Real Husbands of Hollywood – “Cabin Pressure” (BET)

  Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• Ernest Dickerson, Hand of God – “Welcome the Stranger” (Amazon Video)
• John Ridley, American Crime – “Episode 1” (ABC)
• Lee Daniels, Empire – “Pilot” (FOX)
• Millicent Shelton, American Crime – “Episode Ten” (ABC)
• Salim Akil, Being Mary Jane – “Sparrow” (BET)

  Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)

• Christine Swanson, For the Love of Ruth (TV One)
• Dee Rees, Bessie (HBO)
• Nzingha Stewart, With this Ring (Lifetime)
• Rusty Cundieff, White Water (TV One)
• Salim Akil, The Start Up (BET)

  Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)

• Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Fox Searchlight Pictures / Rhode Island Ave)
• Charles Stone, III, Lila and Eve (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
• F. Gary Gray, Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)
• Rick Famuyiwa, Dope (Open Road Films)
• Ryan Coogler, Creed (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

ANIMATED/CGI

  Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film)

• Aisha Tyler, Archer (FX Networks)
• Audra McDonald, Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior)
• Jeffrey Wright, The Good Dinosaur (Disney/Pixar)
• Loretta Devine, Doc McStuffins (Disney Channel)
• Wanda Sykes, Penn Zero” (Disney XD)

RECORDING

  Outstanding New Artist

• Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records)
• Judith Hill (NPG Records)
• Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)
• The Weeknd (Republic Records)
• Yazz (Columbia Records)

  Outstanding Male Artist

• Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• Kendrick Lamar (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope)
• Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)
• The Weeknd (Republic Records)
• Tyrese Gibson (Voltron Recordz)

  Outstanding Female Artist

• Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
• Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)
• Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)
• Lalah Hathaway (Hathaway Entertainment/Entertainment One)
• Lauryn Hill (RCA Records)

  Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

• “Conqueror” – Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)
• “Hamilton: An American Musical” – Original Broadway Cast (Atlantic Records)
• “No Sleeep” – Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
• “One Man Can Change The World” – Big Sean feat. Kanye West and John Legend (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings)
• “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes (ATO Records)

  Outstanding Jazz Album

• BrotherLEE Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan, Terell Stafford Quintet (Capri Records)
• Dee Dee’s Feathers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Okeh)
• Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4, Miles Davis (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
• The Complete Concert By The Sea, Erroll Garner (Legacy Recordings/Octave Music Publishing Corporation)
• The Epic, Kamasi Washington (Brainfeeder)

  Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary)

• A Different Place, Kim Burrell (Shanachie Entertainment)
• It’s Personal, Tina Campbell (Gee Tree Creative)
• Losing My Religion, Kirk Franklin (RCA Inspiration)
• The Gospel According To Jazz – Chapter IV, Kirk Whalum (Mack Avenue Records, Rendezvous, Top Drawer Records)
• You Shall Live, Marvin Sapp (RCA Inspiration)

  Outstanding Music Video

• “Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd (Republic Records)
• “Freedom” – Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)
• “No Sleeep” – Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
• “Shame” – Tyrese Gibson (Voltron Recordz)
• “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes (ATO Records)

  Outstanding Song (Traditional)

• “Back Together” – Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)
• “Everytime I’m With You” – Seal (Reprise Records)
• “Feeling Good” – Lauryn Hill (RCA Records)
• “Goodnight Kisses” – Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• “Let It Burn” – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)

  Outstanding Album

• Beauty Behind the Madness, The Weeknd (Republic Records)
• Empire (Original Soundtrack from Season One), Empire Cast (Columbia Records)
• Forever Charlie, Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
• Unbreakable, Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
• Woman, Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)

  Outstanding Song (Contemporary)

• “Conqueror” – Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett (Columbia)
• “Freedom” – Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)
• “No Sleeep” – Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
• “Unbreakable” – Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)
• “You’re So Beautiful” – Empire Cast feat. Jussie Smollett & Yazz (Columbia Records)

LITERATURE

Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction)

• Driving the King, Ravi Howard (HarperCollins/Harper)
• Ghost Summer: Stories, Tananarive Due (Prime Books)
• Mama’s Boy, ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster)
• Stand Your Ground, Victoria Christopher Murrary (Touchstone)
• Under the Udala Trees, Chinelo Okparanta (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

  Outstanding Literary Work (Non-Fiction)

• 50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Kathey Porter (Author), Andrea Hoffman (Author), (Palgrave Macmillan)
• Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America, Jill Leovy (Spiegel & Grau)
• SHOWDOWN: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America, Wil Haygood (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk (HarperCollins/Amistad)
• The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander (Grand Central Publishing)

  Outstanding Literary Work (Debut Author)

• Between The World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)
• The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma (Little, Brown & Company)
• The Star Side of Bird Hill, Naomi Jackson (Penguin Press)
• The Turner House, Angela Flournoy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• The Wind In The Reeds: A Storm, A Play And The City That Could Not Be Broken, Wendell Pierce (Author), Rod Dreher (Author), (Riverhead Books)

  Outstanding Literary Work (Biography/ Auto-Biography)

• After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye, Jan Gaye (Author), David Ritz (With), (HarperCollins/Amistad)
• Between The World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)
• One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York, Arthur Browne (Beacon Press)
• Power Forward: My Presidential Education, Reggie Love (Simon & Schuster)
• Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person, Shonda Rhimes (Simon & Schuster)

  Outstanding Literary Work (Instructional)

• Big Words to Little Me: Tips and Advice for the Younger Self, Sakina Ibrahim (Author), Jessie Lee (With), (Createspace (Self published))
• Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom, Cortez R. Rainey (CreateSpace)
• Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories, Jocelyn Delk Adams (Agate Surrey)
• Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide To Buying A Home, Egypt Sherrod (Perseus/Running Press)
• Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family, Alice Randall (Author), Caroline Randall Williams (Author), (Clarkson Potter)

  Outstanding Literary Work (Poetry)

• Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, Ross Gay (University of Pittsburgh Press)
• How to Be Drawn, Terrance Hayes (Penguin Books / Penguin Random House)
• Reconnaissance, Carl Phillips (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• Redbone, Mahogany L. Browne (Willow Books)
• Wild Hundreds, Nate Marshall (University of Pittsburgh Press)

  Outstanding Literary Work (Children)

• Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts, Nikki Grimes (Author), Michele Wood (Illustrator), (Orchard Books / Scholastic)
• Gordon Parks How the Photographer Captured Black and White America, Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Jamey Christoph (Illustrator), (Albert Whitman & Company)
• Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box, Michael S. Bandy (Author), Eric Stein (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator), (Candlewick Press)
• If You Plant a Seed, Kadir Nelson (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
• New Shoes, Susan Lynn Meyer (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator), (Holiday House)

  Outstanding Literary Work (Youth/Teens)

• Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound, Andrea Davis Pinkney (Roaring Brook Press)
• Stella By Starlight, Sharon Draper (Simon & Schuster)
• Untwine, Edwidge Danticat (Scholastic Press)
• X: A Novel, Ilyasah Shabazz (Author), Kekla Magoon (With), (Candlewick Press)
• You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace, Gwen Richardson (Author), Sylvia Daye Richardson (Author), (Cushcity Communications)