The NAACP introduced the complete listing of “57th NAACP Picture Awards” nominees Monday, with Cynthia Erivo, Doechii, Kendrick Lamar, Michael B. Jordan, and Teyana Taylor nominated for Entertainer of the Yr. Choose classes will likely be revealed in the course of the two-hour LIVE TV particular, airing Saturday, February 28, 2026, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, at 8 PM ET/ 8 PM PT on BET and can simulcast on the CBS Tv Community. This yr’s theme is “We See You.”
Sinners leads in movement image classes with 18 nods, adopted by Highest 2 Lowestwith 9 nominations. Bel-Air leads throughout the tv classes with seven nominations,adopted byAbbott Elementary, Affordable Doubt, and Ruth & Boaz with six nominations every, and Perpetually with 5 nominations. Netflix additionally leads with a powerful 47 nominations.
Teyana Tay lorleads nominations in a number of classes with a complete six nominations – together with Entertainer of the Yr, her roles in One Battle After One other and Tyler Perry’s Straw, and for her album Escape Room. Cynthia Erivo earned 4 nominations, together with Entertainer of the Yr and recognition for her position in Depraved: For Good.
Kendrick Lamar obtained essentially the most nominations within the music recording classes, incomes six nominations, whereas Cardi B. and Leon Thomas obtained 4 nominations every, adopted intently by Doechii and Teyana Taylor, each incomes three nods.
Here’s a full listing of this yr’s nominees:
Entertainer of the Yr
Cynthia Erivo
Doechii
Kendrick Lamar
Michael B. Jordan
Teyana Taylor
Excellent Comedy Collection
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Harlem (Prime Video)
Survival of the Thickest (Netflix)
The Residence (Netflix)
The Upshaws (Netflix)
Excellent Actor in a Comedy Collection
Cedric The Entertainer – “The Neighborhood” (CBS)
David Alan Grier – “St. Denis Medical” (NBC)
David Oyelowo – “Authorities Cheese” (Apple TV)
Mike Epps – “The Upshaws” (Netflix)
Vince Staples – “The Vince Staples Present” (Netflix)
Excellent Actress in a Comedy Collection
Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
Maya Rudolph – “Loot” (Apple TV)
Michelle Buteau – “Survival of the Thickest” (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Uzo Aduba – “The Residence” (Netflix)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Collection
Colman Domingo – “The 4 Seasons” (Netflix)
Giancarlo Esposito – “The Residence” (Netflix)
Josh Johnson – “The Day by day Present” (Comedy Central)
Wendell Pierce – “Elsbeth” (CBS)
William Stanford Davis – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Collection
Edwina Findley – “The Residence” (Netflix)
Ego Nwodim – “Saturday Night time Dwell” (NBC)
Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Jerrie Johnson – “Harlem” (Prime Video)
Wanda Sykes – “The Upshaws” (Netflix)
Excellent Drama Collection
Bel-Air (Peacock)
Past The Gates (CBS)
Perpetually (Netflix)
Paradise (Hulu)
Affordable Doubt (Hulu)
Excellent Actor in a Drama Collection
Forest Whitaker – “Godfather of Harlem” (MGM+)
Jabari Banks – “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Michael Cooper Jr. – “Perpetually” (Netflix)
Morris Chestnut – “Watson” (CBS)
Sterling Okay. Brown – “Paradise” (ABC)
Excellent Actress in a Drama Collection
Angela Bassett – “9-1-1” (ABC)
Emayatzy Corinealdi – “Affordable Doubt” (Hulu)
Lovie Simone – “Perpetually” (Netflix)
Patina Miller – “Energy E book III: Elevating Kanan” (STARZ)
Queen Latifah – “The Equalizer” (CBS)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Drama Collection
Adrian Holmes – “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Ato Essandoh – “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Caleb McLaughlin – “Stranger Issues” (Netflix)
Jacob Latimore – “The Chi” (Showtime)
Wooden Harris – “Perpetually” (Netflix)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Drama Collection
Aisha Hinds – “9-1-1” (ABC)
Audra McDonald – “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
Karen Pittman – “Perpetually” (Netflix)
Karen Pittman – “The Morning Present” (Apple TV)
Nicole Beharie – “The Morning Present” (Apple TV)
Excellent Restricted Tv (Collection, Particular, or Film)
G20 (Prime Video)
Ironheart (Disney+)
Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)
Straw (Netflix)
Washington Black (Hulu)
Excellent Actor in a Restricted Tv (Collection, Particular, or Film)
Brian Tyree Henry – “Dope Thief” (Apple TV)
Giancarlo Esposito – “Please Don’t Feed The Kids”( Tubi)
Idris Elba – “Heads of State” (Prime Video)
Taye Diggs – “Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours” (Lifetime)
Tyler Lepley – “Ruth & Boaz” (Netflix)
Excellent Actress in a Restricted Tv (Collection, Particular, or Film)
Brandy Norwood – “Christmas On a regular basis” (Lifetime)
Dominique Thorne – “Ironheart” (Disney+)
Serayah – “Ruth & Boaz” (Netflix)
Taraji P. Henson – “Straw” (Netflix)
Viola Davis – “G20” (Prime Video)
Excellent Information/Data (Collection or Particular)
CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (CNN)
Discovering Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS)
Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm With Robin Roberts (ABC)
Michelle Obama: The Model, The Energy, The Look: A Dialog with Robin Roberts (ABC)
The Don Lemon Present (YouTube)
Excellent Speak Collection
Home Visitor (YouTube TV)
Sherri (Syndicated)
Tamron Corridor Present (ABC)
The Jennifer Hudson Present (Syndicated)
The View (ABC)
Excellent Actuality Program/Actuality Competitors Companies/Recreation Present
Movie star Household Feud (ABC)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Full Courtroom Press (ESPN, ESPN+)
Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
Able to Love (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Community)
Excellent Selection (Collection or Particular)
Tiny Desk Concert events Celebrates Black Music Month 2025 (NPR)
HBCU Honors (BET Networks)
BET Awards 2025 (BET Networks)
Depraved: One Great Night time (NBC)
Ali Siddiq: My Two Sons (YouTube/Second PPV)
Excellent Kids’s Program
Eyes of Wakanda (Disney+)
Gracie’s Nook (YouTube TV)
Iyanu (Cartoon Community)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Studying Rainbow (KidZuko)
Excellent Efficiency by a Youth (Collection, Particular, Tv Film or Restricted–Collection)
Amanda Christine – IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO Max)
Blake Cameron James – IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO Max)
Jeremiah Felder – The Residence (Netflix)
Leah Sava Jeffries – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Percy Daggs IV – Paradise (Hulu)
Excellent Host in a Speak or Information/Data (Collection or Particular) – Particular person or Ensemble
Abby Phillip – CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (CNN)
Don Lemon – The Don Lemon Present (YouTube)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. – Discovering Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates. Jr. (PBS)
Scott Evans – Home Visitor (YouTube TV)
Sherri Shepherd — Sherri (Syndicated)
Excellent Host in a Actuality/Actuality Competitors, Recreation Present or Selection (Collection or Particular) – Particular person or Ensemble
Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough – Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Barbara Corcoran, Lori Grenier, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Daniel Lubetzky, Kevin O’Leary – Shark Tank (ABC)
Bozoma St. John and Jimmy Fallon – On Model with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Kevin Hart – BET Awards 2025 (BET Networks)
Steve Harvey – Movie star Household Feud (ABC)
Excellent Visitor Efficiency
Brandee Evans – Affordable Doubt (Hulu)
Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night time Dwell (NBC)
Janet Hubert – Bel-Air (Peacock)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner – Homicide in a Small City (FOX)
Morris Chestnut – Affordable Doubt (Hulu)
Excellent Animated Collection
Disney Jr.’s Ariel (Disney Jr.)
Gracie’s Nook (YouTube TV)
Iyanu (Cartoon Community)
Lil Kev (BET+)
Climate Hunters (PBS KIDS)
Excellent Character Voice-Over Efficiency (Tv)
Anika Noni Rose – The Mighty Nein (Prime Video)
Ayo Edebiri – Large Mouth (Netflix)
Cedric the Entertainer – The Proud Household: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
Graceyn Hollingsworth – Gracie’s Nook (YouTube TV)
Kyla Pratt – The Proud Household: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
Excellent Quick Kind Collection or Particular – Actuality/Nonfiction/Documentary
Faculty Gameday: Michael Vick (ESPN)
Glam By means of The Ages (KeyTV Community)
Noochie’s Dwell From The Entrance Porch (YouTube TV)
The Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime Present starring Kendrick Lamar (FOX)
The Day by day Present: After The Lower (Comedy Central)
Excellent Breakthrough Inventive (Tv)
Chinaka Hodge – Ironheart (Disney+)
Daniel Lawrence Taylor – Boarders (Tubi)
Haolu Wang – Black Mirror (Netflix)
Jas Summers – Keep (Hulu)
Tearrance Averelle Chisolm – Demascus (Tubi)
Excellent Supporting Actor in a Restricted Tv (Collection, Particular, Film)
Glynn Turman – Straw (Netflix)
Jay Ellis – All Her Fault (Peacock)
Rockmond Dunbar – Straw (Netflix)
Sterling Okay. Brown – Washington Black (Hulu)
Ving Rhames – Dope Thief (Apple TV)
Excellent Supporting Actress in a Restricted Tv (Collection, Particular, or Film)
Angela Bassett – Zero Day (Netflix)
Lyric Ross – Ironheart (Disney+)
Marsai Martin – G20 (Prime Video)
Sherri Shepherd – Straw (Netflix)
Teyana Taylor – Straw (Netflix)
Excellent New Artist
Elmiene – Ineffective With out You (Def Jam Recordings)
Lee Vasi – Love Me To Life (Capitol CMG/Leeda Music Group)
Madison McFerrin – Scorpio (MadMcFerrin Music LLC)
Monaleo – Who Did the Physique? (Columbia Data)
Ravyn Lenae – Bicycle Race (Atlantic Data)
Excellent Male Artist
Bryson Tiller – Solace & The Vices (RCA Data/TrapSoul)
Chris Brown – It Relies upon feat. Bryson Tiller (RCA Data/Chris Brown Leisure)
GIVĒON – Beloved (Epic Data)
Kendrick Lamar – luther (pgLang underneath unique license to Interscope Data)
Leon Thomas – MUTT Deluxe: Heel (EZMNY Data/Motown Data)
Excellent Feminine Artist
Alex Isley – Palms (Warner Data)
Cardi B – Am I the Drama? (Atlantic Data)
Doechii – Nervousness (High Dawg Leisure/Capitol Data)
SZA – SOS Deluxe: LANA (RCA Data/High Dawg Leisure)
Teyana Taylor – Escape Room (Def Jam Recordings)
Excellent Jazz Album
For Dinah – Ledisi (Candid Data)
We Insist! 2025 – Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell (Candid Data)
Beneath the Pores and skin – Nnenna Freelon (Origin Data)
Dwell-Motion – Nate Smith – Nate Smith (Naive)
Griot Songs – Omar Thomas Massive Ensemble (Omar Thomas Music)
Excellent Gospel/Christian Album
Jekalyn X The Legends – Jekalyn Carr (Waynorth Music)
Dwell at Maverick Metropolis – Maverick Metropolis Music (Tribl Data, LLC)
Solely On The Highway (Dwell) – Tye Tribbett (Freligious Music)
Tasha – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)
The Dwell Reunion: Washington D.C. – JJ Hairson and Youthful Reward (James City Music)
Excellent Worldwide Tune
In Our Sight – Skip Marley (Def Jam Recordings)
Is It – Tyla (Epic Data)
Love – Burna Boy (Spaceship/Dangerous Behavior/Atlantic Data)
With You – Davido feat. Omah Lay (RCA Data/Sony Music UK)
You4Me – Tiwa Savage (Every thing Savage/EMPIRE)
Excellent Music Video/Visible Album
Nervousness – Doechii (High Dawg Leisure/Capitol Data)
Boots on the Floor – 803Fresh (Snake Eyez Music Group/APG)
Escape Room – Teyana Taylor (Def Jam Recordings)
Folded – Kehlani (Atlantic Data)
luther – Kendrick Lamar & SZA (pgLang underneath unique license to Interscope Data)
Excellent Album
Am I The Drama? – Cardi B (Atlantic Data)
Beloved – GIVĒON (Epic Data)
Let God Kind Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T, Malice (Roc Nation Distribution)
Mutt Deluxe: Heel – Leon Thomas (EZMNY Data/Motown Data)
SOS Deluxe: LANA – SZA (RCA Data/High Dawg Leisure)
Excellent Soundtrack/Compilation Album
Godfather of Harlem: Season 4 (Authentic Collection Soundtrack) (Epic Data, a division of Sony Music Leisure)
Highest 2 Lowest (Authentic Soundtrack) (A24)
Sinners (Authentic Movement Image Soundtrack) (Proximity Media LLC, underneath unique license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Leisure)
The Proud Household: Louder and Prouder: Season 3 (Music from the Collection) (Walt Disney Data)
Depraved: For Good (The Soundtrack) (Republic Data)
Excellent Gospel/Christian Tune
Church – Tasha Cobbs Leonard feat John Legend (Motown Gospel)
Fixed – Dwell – Maverick Metropolis Music, Jordin Sparks, Chandler Moore, Anthony Gargiula (Tribl Data)
Do it Once more – Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Recordings/Tribl Data)
Don’t Faint – Jekalyn Carr (Waynorth Music)
Jesus I Do – Mariah Carey feat. The Clark Sisters (gamma.)
Excellent Tune – Soul/R&B
Folded – Kehlani (Atlantic Data)
Burning Blue – Mariah the Scientist (Epic Data)
It Relies upon – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (RCA Data/Chris Brown Leisure)
Sure It Is – Leon Thomas (EZMNY Data/Motown Data)
Mattress of Roses – Teyana Taylor (Def Jam Recordings)
Excellent Tune – Hip-Hop/Rap Tune
Nervousness — Doechii (High Dawg Leisure/Capitol Data)
Chains & Whips – Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, Malice (Roc Nation Distribution)
ErrTime – Cardi B (Atlantic Data)
Journey (Remix) – Likelihood the Rapper feat. Do or Die & Twista (CTR LLC)
Typa – GloRilla (CMG/Interscope Data)
Excellent Duo, Group or Collaboration (Conventional)
803Fresh feat. Fantasia – Boots on the Floor Remix (Snake Eyez Music Group/Artist Accomplice Group)
Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, Malice – Chains & Whips (Roc Nation Distribution)
Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – For Good (Republic Data)
Mariah Carey, The Clark Sisters – Jesus I Do (gamma.)
Travis Greene & Andra Day – Let Freedom Ring (Greenelight Music/TRIBL Data)
Excellent Duo, Group or Collaboration (Modern)
Cardi B, Kehlani – Secure (Atlantic Data)
Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller & Usher – It Relies upon (Remix) (RCA Data/Chris Brown Leisure)
kwn feat. Kehlani – Worst Habits (RCA Data)
FLO – The Temper (Remixes) (Uptown Data/Republic Data)
Leon Thomas & Chris Brown – MUTT (Remix) (EZMNY Data/Motown Data)
Excellent Authentic Rating for Tv/Movie
Boots (Madison Gate Data)
Eyes of Wakanda Authentic Soundtrack (Hollywood Data)
Marvel’s Ironheart: Vol. 1 (Authentic Soundtrack) (Hollywood Data)
Considered one of Them Days (Authentic Movement Image Soundtrack) (Madison Gate Data, TriStar Productions)
Sinners (Authentic Movement Image Rating) (Proximity Media LLC, underneath unique license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Leisure)
Excellent Literary Work – Fiction
Can’t Get Sufficient – Kennedy Ryan (Perpetually/Grand Central Publishing/Hachette E book Group)
Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic – Harmonia Rosales (W. W. Norton & Firm)
Loss of life of the Writer – Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow)
Glad Land – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Berkley, Penguin Random Home)
Harlem Rhapsody – Victoria Christopher Murray (Berkley, Penguin Random Home)
Excellent Literary Work – Non-Fiction
A Extra Excellent Social gathering: The Night time Shirley Chisholm & Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics – Juanita Tolliver (Legacy Lit/Hachette E book Group)
Born in Flames – Bench Ansfield (W. W. Norton & Firm)
From These Roots – Tamara Lanier (Penguin Random Home, Crown)
Hidden Hospitality: Untold Tales of Black Lodge, Motel, and Resort House owners from the Pioneer Days to the Civil Rights Period – Calvin Stovall Jr. (Brown Books Publishing Group)
I Am No person’s Slave – Lee Hawkins (HarperCollins Publishers)
Excellent Literary Work – Debut Writer
Anela Malik – American Soul: The Black Historical past of Meals in the US (Nationwide Geographic Companions, LLC)
Charles B. Fancher – Pink Clay (Blackstone Publishing)
Dr. Judith Joseph – Excessive Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Melancholy and Reclaim Your Pleasure (Little, Brown Spark)
Lorna Lewis – A Sky Filled with Love (Lake Union)
Zoe B. Wallbrook – Historical past Classes (Soho Crime)
Excellent Literary Work – Biography/ Autobiography
107 Days – Kamala Harris (Simon & Schuster)
The Look – Michelle Obama (Crown)
Toni at Random – Dana A. Williams (Amistad, HarperCollins)
Really – Lionel Richie (HarperOne)
Unusual Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mom, and the Life Classes I Discovered from All Three – Daybreak Staley (Black Privilege Publishing (Atria Books, Simon & Schuster))
Excellent Literary Work – Educational
American Soul: The Black Historical past of Meals in the US – Anela Malik (Nationwide Geographic Companions, LLC)
Braided Heritage: Recipes and Tales on the Origin of American Delicacies – Dr. Jessica Harris (Penguin Random Home/Clarkson Potter)
We the Pizza: Slangin’ Pies and Savin’ Lives – Muhammad Abdul-Hadi (Penguin Random Home/Clarkson Potter)
Who Higher Than You? – Will Packer (Penguin Random Home)
Wine Pairing for the Folks – Cha McCoy (Harvest, an imprint of WilliamMorrow, HarperCollins)
Excellent Literary Work – Poetry
Loss of life of the First Thought – Rickey Laurentiis (Alfred A. Knopf)
Florida Water – Aja Monet (Haymarket Books)
The Grace of Black Moms – Martheaus Perkins (Trio Home Press)
The Intentions of Thunder: New and Chosen Poems – Patricia Smith (Scribner)
We Look Higher Alive – Ali Black (Burnside Assessment Press)
