Let Freedom Ring (Greenelight Music/TRIBL Records)
OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (CONTEMPORARY)
Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller & Usher
Winner
It Depends (Remix) (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Cardi B, Kehlani
Safe (Atlantic Records)
FLO
The Mood (Remixes) (Uptown Records/Republic Records)
kwn feat. Kehlani
Worst Behavior (RCA Records)
Leon Thomas & Chris Brown
MUTT (Remix) (EZMNY Records/Motown Records)
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TV/FILM
Sinners (Original Motion Picture Score)
Winner
Proximity Media LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment
Boots
Madison Gate Records
Eyes of Wakanda Original Soundtrack
Hollywood Records
Marvel's Ironheart: Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack)
Hollywood Records
One of Them Days (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Madison Gate Records, TriStar Productions
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - FICTION
Death of the Author
Winner
Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow)
Can't Get Enough
Kennedy Ryan (Forever/Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group)
Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic
Harmonia Rosales (W. W. Norton & Company)
Happy Land
Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Berkley, Penguin Random House)
Harlem Rhapsody
Victoria Christopher Murray (Berkley, Penguin Random House)
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - NON-FICTION
A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm & Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics
Winner
Juanita Tolliver (Legacy Lit/Hachette Book Group)
Born in Flames
Bench Ansfield (W. W. Norton & Company)
From These Roots
Tamara Lanier (Penguin Random House, Crown)
Hidden Hospitality: Untold Stories of Black Hotel, Motel, and Resort Owners from the Pioneer Days to the Civil Rights Era
Calvin Stovall Jr. (Brown Books Publishing Group)
I Am Nobody's Slave
Lee Hawkins (HarperCollins Publishers)
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - DEBUT AUTHOR
Charles B. Fancher
Winner
Red Clay (Blackstone Publishing)
Anela Malik
American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States (National Geographic Partners, LLC)
Dr. Judith Joseph
High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy (Little, Brown Spark)
Lorna Lewis
A Sky Full of Love (Lake Union)
Zoe B. Wallbrook
History Lessons (Soho Crime)
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The Look
Winner
Michelle Obama (Crown)
107 Days
Kamala Harris (Simon & Schuster)
Toni at Random
Dana A. Williams (Amistad, HarperCollins)
Truly
Lionel Richie (HarperOne)
Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three
Dawn Staley (Black Privilege Publishing (Atria Books, Simon & Schuster))
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - INSTRUCTIONAL
Who Better Than You?
Winner
Will Packer (Penguin Random House)
American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States
Anela Malik (National Geographic Partners, LLC)
Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine
Dr. Jessica Harris (Penguin Random House/Clarkson Potter)
We the Pizza: Slangin' Pies and Savin' Lives
Muhammad Abdul-Hadi (Penguin Random House/Clarkson Potter)
Wine Pairing for the People
Cha McCoy (Harvest, an imprint of WilliamMorrow, HarperCollins)
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - POETRY
The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems
Winner
Patricia Smith (Scribner)
Death of the First Idea
Rickey Laurentiis (Alfred A. Knopf)
Florida Water
Aja Monet (Haymarket Books)
The Grace of Black Mothers
Martheaus Perkins (Trio House Press)
We Look Better Alive
Ali Black (Burnside Review Press)
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - CHILDREN
Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark
Winner
Allen R. Wells; Illustrated by DeAndra Hodge (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers (Macmillan))
Black Boy, Rise
Brynne Barnes (Chronicle Books)
Black Diamond Kings: Heroes of Negro League Baseball
Charles R. Smith Jr. (Candlewick Press)
My Quiet Place
Monica Mikai (Chronicle Books)
The History of We
Nikkolas Smith (Penguin Young Readers)
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - YOUTH/TEENS
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi
Winner
Angie Thomas (HarperCollins/Clarion Books)
(S)Kin
Ibi Zoboi (HarperCollins/Versify)
The Scammer
Tiffany D. Jackson (HarperCollins - Quill Tree Books)
The Story of My Anger
Jasminne Mendez (Penguin Young Readers)
Through Our Teeth
Pamela N. Harris (HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books)
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK (GRAPHIC NOVEL)
Parable of the Talents A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Winner
Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damien Duffy, Illustrated by John Jennings and David Brame (Abrams ComicArts)
Creaky Acres: A Graphic Novel
Calista Bril (Penguin Young Readers)
Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls
Rob Edwards (Stranger Comics)
One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel
Rita William-Garcia (HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books)
They Choose Violence
Sheldon Allen (AWA Studios)
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - JOURNALISM
On Borrowed Time
Winner
Anissa Durham (Online)
As Black New Yorkers Move Out, N.Y.C. Politics May Be Reshaped
Maya King (Newspaper)
Audra McDonald Took The Stage and Rewrote The Rules
Adam Davenport (Online)
Black joy and boots: How line dancing is fanning cultural connection
Lisa Respers France (News Service)
HBCUs Reel as Trump Cuts Black-Focused Grants: ‘This Is Our Existence’
Jasper Smith (Online)
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
Sinners
Winner
Warner Bros. Pictures
Highest 2 Lowest
A24
One of Them Days
Sony Pictures Releasing
Sarah’s Oil
Amazon MGM Studios
Wicked: For Good
Universal Pictures
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Michael B. Jordan
Winner
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
André Holland
Love, Brooklyn (Greenwhich Entertainment)
Denzel Washington
Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Nnamdi Asomugha
The Knife (Relatively Media)
Tyriq Withers
HIM (Monkeypaw Productions)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Cynthia Erivo
Winner
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Danielle Deadwyler
40 Acres (Magnolia Pictures)
Keke Palmer
One Of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Kerry Washington
Shadow Force (Lionsgate)
Tessa Thompson
Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Delroy Lindo
Winner
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
A$AP Rocky
Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Damson Idris
F1 (Apple Original Films)
Jeffrey Wright
Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Miles Caton
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Wunmi Mosaku
Winner
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Janelle James
One Of Them Days (Sony)
Jayme Lawson
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Regina Hall
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Teyana Taylor
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE
Love, Brooklyn
Winner
Greenwhich Entertainment
40 Acres
Magnolia Pictures
Magazine Dreams
Briarcliff Entertainment
Opus
A24
Unexpected Christmas
3 Diamonds Entertainment
OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE
Souleymane's Story
Winner
Kino Lorber
40 Acres
Magnolia Pictures
My Father's Shadow
MUBI
The Fisherman
Luu Vision Media
The Secret Agent
NEON
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Miles Caton
Winner
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
A$AP Rocky
Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Chase Infiniti
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Tabitha Brown
Unexpected Christmas (3 Diamonds Films)
Tyriq Withers
HIM (Monkeypaw Productions)
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION)
Number One On the Call Sheet
Winner
Apple TV
A Star Without A Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Apple TV
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
HBO Max
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
PBS
High Horse: The Black Cowboy
Peacock
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Winner
Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Buddy Guy, Delroy Lindo, Peter Dreimanis, Lola Kirke, Li Jun Li, Saul Williams, Yao
One Of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Keke Palmer, SZA, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Lil Rel Howery, Katt Williams
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Coleman Domingo, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh