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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

NAACP Image Awards Nominees

Outstanding New Artist
• Bobby Valentino (Island Def Jam)
• Chris Brown (Jive)
• Keyshia Cole (A & M Records)
• Leela James (Warner Bros. Records)
• Omarion (Sony Urban)

Outstanding Male Artist
• Common (Geffen)
• Jamie Foxx (J Records)
• Kanye West (Island Def Jam)
• Kem (Universal Motown)
• Stevie Wonder (Universal Motown)

Outstanding Female Artist
• Alicia Keys (J Records)
• India.Arie (Universal Motown)
• Mariah Carey (Island Def Jam)
• Mary J. Blige (Geffen)
• Toni Braxton (Universal Motown)

Outstanding Duo or Group
• The Black Eyed Peas (A & M Records)
• Destiny’s Child (Sony Urban Music)
• Earth, Wind, and Fire (Sanctuary Records)
• Floetry (Geffen)
• Ray Charles and Various Artists (Rhino Entertainment)

Outstanding Jazz Artist
• Billy Miles (Aezra Records)
• Jermaine Gardner (Incredible Journey Productions)
• Mike Phillips (Hidden Beach Recordings)
• Najee (Heads Up Intl.)
• Onaje Allan Gumbs (Ejano Music)

Outstanding Gospel Artist (Traditional or
Contemporary)
• CeCe Winans – “Purified” (Sony BMG)
• Donnie McClurkin – “Psalms, Hymns, & Spiritual Songs”
(Zomba Label Group)
• Kirk Franklin – “Hero” (Zomba Label Group)
• Mary Mary – “Mary Mary” (Sony Urban Music)
• Yolanda Adams – “Day by Day” (Atlantic/ WEA)

Outstanding Music Video
• Alicia Keys – “Unbreakable” (J Records)
• Common – “Testify” (Geffen)
• Destiny’s Child – “Stand Up For Love” (Sony Urban
Music)
• Kanye West – “Diamonds From Sierra Leone” (Island Def
Jam)
• Mariah Carey – “We Belong Together” (Island Def Jam)

Outstanding Song
• “Be Without You” – Mary J. Blige (Geffen)
• “Diamonds From Sierra Leone” – Kanye West (Island Def
Jam)
• “I Can’t Stop Loving You” – Kem (Universal Motown)
• “Unbreakable” – Alicia Keys (J Records)
• “We Belong Together” – Mariah Carey (Island Def Jam)

Outstanding Album
• “Alicia Keys Unplugged” – Alicia Keys (J Records)
• “The Breakthrough” - Mary J. Blige (Geffen)
• “Emancipation of Mimi” – Mariah Carey (Island Def Jam)
• “Late Registration” – Kanye West (Island Def Jam)
• “So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross” –
Luther Vandross and Various Artists (J Records)

Outstanding Comedy Series
• “The Bernie Mac Show” (FOX)
• “The Boondocks” (Cartoon Network)
• “Everybody Hates Chris” (UPN)
• “Girlfriends” (UPN)
• “Half & Half” (UPN)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Bernie Mac – “The Bernie Mac Show” (FOX)
• Donald Faison – “Scrubs” (NBC)
• George Lopez – “George Lopez” (ABC)
• Omar Gooding – “Barbershop” (Showtime)
• Tyler James Williams – “Everybody Hates Chris” (UPN)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Holly Robinson Peete – “Love, Inc.” (UPN)
• Jill Marie Jones – “Girlfriends” (UPN)
• Rachel True – “Half & Half” (UPN)
• Tichina Arnold – “Everybody Hates Chris” (UPN)
• Tracee Ellis Ross – “Girlfriends” (UPN)

Outstanding Drama Series
• “Commander In Chief” (ABC)
• “CSI: Miami” (CBS)
• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “House” (FOX)
• “Lost” (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• Hill Harper – “CSI: New York” (CBS)
• Ice-T – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
• Isaiah Washington – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Jesse L. Martin – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Omar Epps – “House” (FOX)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• CCH Pounder – “The Shield” (FX)
• Khandi Alexander – “CSI: Miami” (CBS)
• Kimberly Elise – “Close To Home” (CBS)
• Marianne Jean Baptiste – “Without A Trace” (CBS)
• Vivica A. Fox – “Missing” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama
Series• Antonio Sabato, Jr. – “The Bold & The Beautiful” (CBS)
• Bryton McClure – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Kristoff St. John – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Michael B. Jordan – “All My Children” (ABC)
• Shemar Moore – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama
Series
• Christel Khalil – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Marla Gibbs – “Passions” (NBC)
• Tonya Lee Williams – “The Young and the Restless”
(CBS)
• Tracey Ross – “Passions” (NBC)
• Victoria Rowell – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Outstanding Motion Picture
• “Coach Carter” (Paramount Pictures)
• “Crash” (Lionsgate Films)
• “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” (Lionsgate Films)
• “Hitch” (Columbia Pictures)
• “Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• Laurence Fishburne – “Assault on Precinct 13” (Rogue
Pictures)
• Samuel L. Jackson – “Coach Carter” (Paramount Pictures)
• Shemar Moore – “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”
(Lionsgate Films)
• Terrence Howard – “Hustle and Flow” (Paramount
Classics)
• Will Smith – “Hitch” (Columbia Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Kimberly Elise – “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”
(Lionsgate Films)
• Queen Latifah – “Beauty Shop” (MGM)
• Rosario Dawson – “Rent” (Revolution Studios/Columbia
Pictures)
• Ziyi Zhang – “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Columbia
Pictures/Dreamworks Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment)
• Zoe Saldana – “Guess Who” (Columbia Pictures)


Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
• “72 Hour Hold” – Bebe Moore Campbell (Alfred A.
Knopf)
• “Fledging” – Octavia Butler (Seven Stories Press)
• “Breaking the Cycle” – Zane (Strebor Books
International/Simon and Schuster)
• “Cinnamon Kiss” – Walter Mosley (Little, Brown &
Company)
• “Genevieve: A Novel” – Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton)

Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
• “Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir by Stanley
Tookie Williams” – Stanley Tookie Williams (Damamli
Pub Co.)
• “Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has The Black Middle Class
Lost It’s Mind?” – Michael Eric Dyson (Basic Civitas
Books)
• “The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero’s Life and
Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters and
Speeches” – Edited by Myrlie Evers-Williams and
Manning Marable (Basic Civitas Books)
• “50 Years After Brown: The State of Black Equality in
America” – Anthony Asadullah Samad (Kabili Press, Inc.)
• “Winning The Race: Beyond The Crisis In Black

Outstanding Literary Work – Children’s
• “Girls Hold Up This World” – Jada Pinkett Smith
(Scholastic/Cartwheel)
• “I Can Make A Difference” – Marian Wright Edelman
(Harper Collins/ Amistad)
• “The School Is Not White! A True Story of the Civil
Rights Movement” – Doreen Rappaport (Jump At The
Sun/ Hyperion Books for Children)
• “Honey Baby Sugar Child” – Alice Faye Duncan (Simon
& Schuster Children's Books)
• “Please, Puppy, Please” – Spike Lee (Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing)

To see the entire list of nominees, go to http://www.naacpimageawards.net

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