NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song. The award was first given in 1972, before being retired until the 1996 ceremony. In 2017 the category was divided, honoring traditional and contemporary songs separately. Since its conception, Alicia Keys holds the record for most wins in this category with five.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1970s
| Year | Artist | Song | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | |||
| Isaac Hayes | "Theme from Shaft" | ||
| 1973 – 79 | N/a | ||
1990s
| Year | Artist | Song | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 – 95 | N/a | ||
| 1996 | |||
| Whitney Houston | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" | [1][2] | |
| D'Angelo | "Brown Sugar" | ||
| Coolio (featuring L.V.) | "Gangsta's Paradise" | ||
| TLC | "Waterfalls" | ||
| Michael Jackson | "You Are Not Alone" | ||
| 1997 | |||
| R. Kelly | "I Believe I Can Fly" | [3][4] | |
| Tracy Chapman | "Give Me One Reason" | ||
| Fugees | "Killing Me Softly" | ||
| Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) | "No Diggity" | ||
| Toni Braxton | "Un-Break My Heart" | ||
| 1998 | |||
| Boyz II Men | "A Song for Mama" | ||
| Babyface | "Every Time I Close My Eyes" | ||
| Erykah Badu | "On & On" | ||
| En Vogue | "Don't Let Go (Love)" | ||
| God's Property (featuring Kirk Franklin and Cheryl James) | "Stomp" | ||
| 1999 | |||
| Kirk Franklin | "Lean on Me" | [5] | |
| Aretha Franklin | "A Rose Is Still a Rose" | ||
| K-Ci & JoJo | "All My Life" | ||
| Lauryn Hill | "Doo Wop (That Thing)" | ||
| Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey | "When You Believe" | ||
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Artist | Song | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Beyoncé | "Before I Let Go" | [15] | |
| H.E.R. | "Hard Place" | ||
| Lizzo | "Juice" | ||
| Normani | "Motivation" | ||
| Khalid | "Talk" | ||
| Beyoncé | "Spirit" | ||
| Fantasia | "Enough" | ||
| Lizzo | "Jerome" | ||
| Cynthia Erivo | "Stand Up" | ||
| India Arie | "Steady Love" |
Multiple wins and nominations
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References
- ↑ Snow, Shauna (February 22, 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ↑ "The Crisis".
- ↑ "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Billboard". January 25, 1997.
- ↑ "The Crisis". December 1998.
- ↑ "Alicia Keys up for Seven NAACP Image Awards". Archived from the original on May 9, 2014.
- ↑ "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Outkast, Beyonce, R. Kelly Nominated for NAACP Image Awards". Archived from the original on September 23, 2020.
- ↑ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Image Winners". Variety. February 6, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ↑ THR Staff (November 14, 2017). "NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ↑ Schaffstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter.
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