ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Cynthia Erivo

Doechii

Kendrick Lamar

Michael B. Jordan

Teyana Taylor

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

Abbott Elementary

ABC

Harlem

Prime Video

Survival of the Thickest

Netflix

The Residence

Netflix

The Upshaws

Netflix

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Cedric The Entertainer

The Neighborhood (CBS)

David Alan Grier

St. Denis Medical (NBC)

David Oyelowo

Government Cheese (Apple TV)

Mike Epps

The Upshaws (Netflix)

Vince Staples

The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

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)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Colman Domingo

The Four Seasons (Netflix)

Giancarlo Esposito

The Residence (Netflix)

Josh Johnson - The Daily Show

The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

Wendell Pierce

Elsbeth (CBS)

William Stanford Davis

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Edwina Finley

The Residence (Netflix)

Ego Nwodim

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Janelle James

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Jerrie Johnson

Harlem (Prime Video)

Wanda Sykes

The Upshaws (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

Bel-Air

Peacock

Beyond The Gates

CBS

Forever

Netflix

Paradise

Hulu

Reasonable Doubt

Hulu

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Forest Whitaker

Godfather of Harlem (MGM+)

Jabari Banks

Bel-Air (Peacock)

Michael Cooper Jr.

Forever (Netflix)

Morris Chestnut

Watson (CBS)

Sterling K. Brown

Paradise (ABC)

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Angela Bassett

9-1-1 (ABC)

Emayatzy Corinealdi

Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)

Lovie Simone

Forever (Netflix)

Patina Miller

Power Book III: Raising Kanan (STARZ)

Queen Latifah

The Equalizer (CBS)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Adrian Holmes

Bel-Air (Peacock)

Ato Essandoh

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Caleb McLaughlin

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Jacob Latimore

The Chi (Paramount+)

Wood Harris

Forever (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Aisha Hinds

9-1-1 (ABC)

Audra McDonald

The Gilded Age (HBO Max)

Karen Pittman

Forever (Netflix)

Karen Pittman

The Morning Show (Apple TV)

Nicole Beharie

The Morning Show (Apple TV)

OUTSTANDING LIMITED TELEVISION (SERIES, SPECIAL, OR MOVIE)

G20

Prime Video

Ironheart

Disney+

Ruth & Boaz

Netflix

Straw

Netflix

Washington Black

Hulu

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LIMITED TELEVISION (SERIES, SPECIAL, OR MOVIE)

Brian Tyree Henry

Dope Thief (Apple TV)

Giancarlo Esposito

Please Don't Feed The Children (Tubi)

Idris Elba

Heads of State (Prime Video)

Taye Diggs

Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours (Lifetime)

Tyler Lepley

Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED TELEVISION (SERIES, SPECIAL, OR MOVIE)

Brandy Norwood

Christmas Everyday (Lifetime)

Dominique Thorne

Ironheart (Disney+)

Serayah

Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)

Taraji P. Henson

Straw (Netflix)

Viola Davis

G20 (Prime Video)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED TELEVISION (SERIES, SPECIAL, MOVIE)

Glynn Turman

Straw (Netflix)

Jay Ellis

All Her Fault (Peacock)

Rockmond Dunbar

Straw (Netflix)

Sterling K. Brown

Washington Black (Hulu)

Ving Rhames

Dope Thief (Apple TV)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED TELEVISION (SERIES, SPECIAL, OR MOVIE)

Angela Bassett

Zero Day (Netflix)

Lyric Ross

Ironheart (Disney+)

Marsai Martin

G20 (Prime Video)

Sherri Shepherd

Straw (Netflix)

Teyana Taylor

Straw (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING NEWS/INFORMATION (SERIES OR SPECIAL)

CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

CNN

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

PBS

Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm With Robin Roberts

ABC

Michelle Obama: The Style, The Power, The Look: A Conversation with Robin Roberts

ABC

The Don Lemon Show

YouTube

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Services/Game Show

Celebrity Family Feud

ABC

Dancing with the Stars

ABC

Full Court Press

ESPN, ESPN+

Love & Marriage: Huntsville

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Ready to Love

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

OUTSTANDING VARIETY (SERIES OR SPECIAL)

Tiny Desk Concerts Celebrates Black Music Month 2025

NPR

HBCU Honors

BET Networks

BET Awards 2025

BET Networks

Wicked: One Wonderful Night

NBC

Ali Siddiq: My Two Sons

YouTube/Moment PPV

OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

Eyes of Wakanda

Disney+

Gracie's Corner

YouTube TV

Iyanu

Cartoon Network

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Disney+

Reading Rainbow

KidZuko

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH (SERIES, SPECIAL, TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED-SERIES)

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)

OUTSTANDING HOST IN A TALK OR NEWS/INFORMATION (SERIES OR SPECIAL) - INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Abby Phillip

NewsNight with Abby Phillip (CNN)

Don Lemon

The Don Lemon Show (YouTube)

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS)

Scott Evans

House Guest (YouTube TV)

Sherri Shepherd

Sherri (Syndicated)

OUTSTANDING HOST IN A REALITY/REALITY COMPETITION, GAME SHOW OR VARIETY (SERIES OR SPECIAL) - INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough

Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

Barbara Corcoran, Lorie Grenier, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Daniel Lubetzky, Kevin O'Leary

Shark Tank (ABC)

Bozoma St. John and Jimmy Fallon

On Brand with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Kevin Hart

BET Awards 2025 (BET Networks)

Steve Harvey

Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE

Brandee Evans

Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)

Dave Chappelle

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Janet Hubert

Bel-Air (Peacock)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Murder in a Small Town (FOX)

Morris Chestnut

Reasonable Doubt (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SERIES

Disney Jr.'s Ariel

Disney Jr.

Gracie's Corner

YouTube TV

Iyanu

Cartoon Network

Lil Kev

BET+

Weather Hunters

PBS KIDS

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE (TELEVISION)

Anika Noni Rose

The Mighty Nein (Prime Video)

Ayo Edebiri

Big Mouth (Netflix)

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)

Graceyn Hollingsworth

Gracie's Corner (YouTube TV)

Kyla Pratt

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM SERIES - REALITY/NON-FICTION/DOCUMENTARY

College Gameday: Michael Vick

ESPN

Glam Through The Ages

KeyTV Network

Noochie’s Live From The Front Porch

YouTube TV

The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show starring Kendrick Lamar

FOX

The Daily Show: After The Cut

Comedy Central

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE (TELEVISION)

Chinaka Hodge

Daniel Lawrence Taylor

Ironheart (Disney+)

Haolu Wang

Black Mirror (Netflix)

Jas Summers

Stay (Hulu)

Tearrance Averelle Chisolm

Demascus (Tubi)

OUTSTANDING NEW ARTIST

Elmiene

Useless Without 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 Body? (Columbia Records)

Ravyn Lenae

Bicycle Race (Atlantic Records)

OUTSTANDING MALE ARTIST

Bryson Tiller

Solace & The Vices (RCA Records/TrapSoul)

Chris Brown

It Depends feat. Byrson Tiller (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)

GIVĒON

Beloved (Epic Records)

Kendrick Lamar

luther (pgLang under exclusive license to Interscope Records)

Leon Thomas

MUTT Deluxe: Heel (EZMNY Records/Motown Records)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ARTIST

Alex Isley

Hands (Warner Records)

Cardi B

Am I the Drama? (Atlantic Records)

Doechii

Anxiety (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records)

SZA

SOS Deluxe: LANA (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)

Teyana Taylor

Escape Room (Def Jam Recordings)

OUTSTANDING GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN ALBUM

Jekalyn X The Legends

Jekalyn Carr (Waynorth Music)

Live at Maverick City

Maverick City Music (Tribl Records, LLC)

Only On The Road (Live)

Tye Tribbett (Freligious Music)

Tasha

Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)

The Live Reunion: Washington D.C.

JJ Hairson and Youthful Praise (James Town Music)

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL SONG

In Our Sight

Skip Marley (Def Jam Recordings)

Is It

Tyla (Epic Records)

Love

Burna Boy (Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records)

With You

Davido feat. Omah Lay (RCA Records/Sony Music UK)

You4Me

Tiwa Savage (Everything Savage/EMPIRE)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC VIDEO/VISUAL ALBUM

Anxiety

Doechii (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records)

Boots on the Ground

803Fresh (Snake Eyez Music Group/APG)

Escape Room

Teyana Taylor (Def Jam Recordings)

Folded

Kehlani (Atlantic Records)

luther

Kendrick Lamar & SZA (pgLang under exclusive license to Interscope Records)

OUTSTANDING ALBUM

Am I The Drama?

Cardi B (Atlantic Records)

Beloved

GIVĒON (Epic Records)

Let God Sort Em Out

Clipse, Pusha T, Malice (Roc Nation Distribution)

Mutt Deluxe: Heel

Leon Thomas (EZMNY Records/Motown Records)

SOS Deluxe: LANA

SZA (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)

OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK/COMPILATION ALBUM

Godfather of Harlem: Season 4 (Original Series Soundtrack)

Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Highest 2 Lowest (Original Soundtrack)

A24

Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Proximity Media LLC, under exclusive license to Masterworks, a label of Sony Music Entertainment

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder: Season 3 (Music from the Series)

Walt Disney Records

Wicked: For Good (The Soundtrack)

Republic Records

OUTSTANDING GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN SONG

Church

Tasha Cobbs Leonard feat John Legend (Motown Gospel)

Constant - Live

Maverick City Music, Jordin Sparks, Chandler Moore, Anthony Gargiula (Tribl Records)

Do it Again

Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Recordings/Tribl Records)

Don’t Faint

Jekalyn Carr (Waynorth Music)

Jesus I Do

Mariah Carey feat. The Clark Sisters (gamma.)

OUTSTANDING SOUL/R&B SONG

Folded

Kehlani (Atlantic Records)

Burning Blue

Mariah the Scientist (Epic Records)

It Depends

Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)

Yes It Is

Leon Thomas (EZMNY Records/Motown Records)

Bed of Roses

Teyana Taylor (Def Jam Recordings)

OUTSTANDING HIP HOP/RAP SONG

Anxiety

Doechii (Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records)

Chains & Whips

Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, Malice (Roc Nation Distribution)

ErrTime

Cardi B (Atlantic Records)

Ride (Remix)

Chance the Rapper feat. Do or Die & Twista (CTR LLC)

Typa

GloRilla (CMG/Interscope Records)

OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (TRADITIONAL)

803Fresh feat. Fantasia

Boots on the Ground Remix (Snake Eyez Music Group/Artist Partner Group)

Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, Malice

Chains & Whips (Roc Nation Distribution)

Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

For Good (Republic Records)

Mariah Carey, The Clark Sisters

Jesus I Do (gamma.)

Travis Greene & Andra Day

Let Freedom Ring (Greenelight Music/TRIBL Records)

OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (CONTEMPORARY)

Cardi B, Kehlani

Safe (Atlantic Records)

Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller & Usher

It Depends (Remix) (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)

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

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

Sinners (Original Motion Picture Score)

Proximity Media LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Classical, a label of Sony Music Entertainment

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - FICTION

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)

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow)

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

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

Anela Malik

American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States (National Geographic Partners, LLC)

Charles B. Fancher

Red Clay (Blackstone Publishing)

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

107 Days

Kamala Harris (Simon & Schuster)

The Look

Michelle Obama (Crown)

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

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)

Who Better Than You?

Will Packer (Penguin Random House)

Wine Pairing for the People

Cha McCoy (Harvest, an imprint of WilliamMorrow, HarperCollins)

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - POETRY

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)

The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems

Patricia Smith (Scribner)

We Look Better Alive

Ali Black (Burnside Review Press)

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - CHILDREN

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)

Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark

Allen R. Wells; Illustrated by DeAndra Hodge (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers (Macmillan))

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - YOUTH/TEENS

(S)Kin

Ibi Zoboi (HarperCollins/Versify)

Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi

Angie Thomas (HarperCollins/Clarion Books)

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)

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)

Parable of the Talents A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damien Duffy, Illustrated by John Jennings and David Brame (Abrams ComicArts)

They Choose Violence

Sheldon Allen (AWA Studios)

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - JOURNALISM

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)

On Borrowed Time

Anissa Durham (Online)

OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE

Highest 2 Lowest

A24

One of Them Days

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sarah’s Oil

Amazon MGM Studios

Sinners

Warner Bros. Pictures

Wicked: For Good

Universal Pictures

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

André Holland

Love, Brooklyn (Greenwhich Entertainment)

Denzel Washington

Highest 2 Lowest (A24)

Michael B. Jordan

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Nnamdi Asomugha

The Knife (Relatively Media)

Tyriq Withers

HIM (Monkeypaw Productions)

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE

Cynthia Erivo

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

A$AP Rocky

Highest 2 Lowest (A24)

Damson Idris

F1 (Apple Original Films)

Delroy Lindo

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Jeffrey Wright

Highest 2 Lowest (A24)

Miles Caton

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE

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)

Wunmi Mosaku

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE

40 Acres

Magnolia Pictures

Love, Brooklyn

Greenwhich Entertainment

Magazine Dreams

Briarcliff Entertainment

Opus

A24

Unexpected Christmas

3 Diamonds Entertainment

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE

40 Acres

Magnolia Pictures

My Father's Shadow

MUBI

Souleymane's Story

Kino Lorber

The Fisherman

Luu Vision Media

The Secret Agent

NEON

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A MOTION PICTURE

A$AP Rocky

Highest 2 Lowest (A24)

Chase Infiniti

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Miles Caton

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Tabitha Brown

Unexpected Christmas (3 Diamonds Films)

Tyriq Withers

HIM (Monkeypaw Productions)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION)

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

Number One On the Call Sheet

Apple TV

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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

Highest 2 Lowest (A24)

Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky

A House of Dynamite (Netflix)

Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE

Elio

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

KPop Demon Hunters

Netflix

Sneaks

Briarcliff Entertainment

The Bad Guys 2

DreamWorks Animation

Zootopia 2

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE - MOTION PICTURE

Anthony Mackie

Sneaks (Briarcliff Entertainment)

Craig Robinson

The Bad Guys 2 (DreamWorks Animation)

Danielle Brooks

The Bad Guys 2 (DreamWorks Animation)

Lil Rel Howery

Dog Man (DreamWorks Animation)

Quinta Brunson

Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM (LIVE ACTION)

ADO

Baylor University

Before You Let Go

Find Your People Program

Best Eyes

American Film Institute Conservatory

Ella

Netflix

Food for the Soul

P.A. Works

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM (ANIMATED)

ASALI: Power of The Pollinators

Upenndo! Productions

Black Man, Black Man

Chainwheel Productions

Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part II

Cutting Edge Animation

Jazzy Bells

Deep C Digital

Wednesdays with Gramps

DreamWorks Animation

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE (MOTION PICTURE)

Cassandra Mann

Unexpected Christmas (3 Diamonds Entertainment LLC)

Contessa Gayles

Songs from the Hole (Netflix)

Nnamdi Asomugha

The Knife (Relativity Media)

R.T. Thorne

40 Acres (Magnolia Pictures)

Rachael Abigail Holder

Love, Brooklyn (Greenwhich Entertainment)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A MOTION PICTURE

Amari Price

The Knife (Relativity Media)

Estella K. Kahiha

The Woman in the Yard (Athena Studios)

Jahleel Kamara

Shadow Force (Lionsgate)

Naya Desir-Johnson

Sarah's Oil (Amazon MGM Studios)

Peyton Jackson

The Woman in the Yard (Universal Pictures)

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A MOTION PICTURE

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Kira Kelly

HIM (Universal Pictures)

Martim Vian

Love, Brooklyn (Greenwich)

Sean Bobbitt

Hedda (Amazon MGM Studios)

Shabier Kirchner

Materialists (A24)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (FILM)

Being Eddie

Netflix

Fatherless No More

First Gen Films

Left Behind

Corso Films

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

Who in the Hell is Regina Jones?

Weigel Productions

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM DOCUMENTARY (FILM)

Black Longevity

Apt. 5f

CIRILO, A Legacy Untold

JOCMedia & Entertainment

Freeman Vines

Switchboard

Masaka Kids, a Rhythm Within

Netflix

The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Health

Ya Momz House

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES

Aisha Muharrar

Hacks - "Clickable Face" (HBO Max)

Frida Perez

The Studio - "The War" (Apple TV)

Lizzy Darrell

Abbott Elementary - "100th Day of School" (ABC)

Monique D. Hall

Sesame Street - "Tamir's Art Show" (MAX)

Naomi Ekperigin

St. Denis Medical - "Buffalo Bruce and the Matty Kid" (NBC)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES

Ajani Jackson

Law & Order - "Episode 10" (NBC)

Bryce Ahart, Stephanie McFarlane

FBI - "Episode 12" (CBS)

C.A. Johnson

The Beast in Me - "Thanatos" (Netflix)

Cynthia Adarkwa

The Pitt -"12:00 P.M." (HBO Max)

Walter Mosley

The Lowdown - "Tulsa Turnaround" (FX/Hulu)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, DOCUMENTARY OR SPECIAL

Aireka Muse

Friends & Lovers (Lifetime Movie Network)

Jas Summers

Stay (Hulu)

Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael: Don't Be Gay (HBO Max)

Michael Elliot, Cory Tynan

Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)

Roye Okupe and Brandon Easton

Iyanu: The Age of Wonders (Cartoon Network)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A MOTION PICTURE

Chloé Zhao

Hamnet (Focus Features)

Nora Garrett

After the Hunt (Amazon MGM Studios)

Ryan Coogler

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Syreeta Singleton

One of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Walter Mosley, Nadia Latif

The Man in My Basement (Andscape)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES

Amy Aniobi

Survival of the Thickest - "It's Not A MoMent, It's A Movement, Bitch!" (Netflix)

Colman Domingo

The Four Seasons - "Ultimate Frisbee" (Netflix)

Paul Hunter

Government Cheese - "Father Facts, Figures, and Failures" (Apple TV)

Theodore Witcher

Demascus - "The Thanksgiving Episode" (Tubi)

Tyler James Williams

Abbott Elementary - "The Science Fair" (ABC)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES

Angela Barnes

Ironheart - "The Past Is the Past" (Disney+)

Anton Cropper

Reasonable Doubt - "Feelin' It" (Hulu)

Jet Wilkinson

The Copenhagen Test - "Copenhagen" (Peacock)

Mario Van Peebles

Power Book III: Raising Kanan - "Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself" (STARZ)

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

The Gilded Age - "My Mind Is Made Up" (HBO Max)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, DOCUMENTARY OR SPECIAL

Alanna Brown

Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)

Nicole G. Leier

Trapped in the Spotlight (Lifetime)

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Star Trek: Section 31 (Paramount+)

Tailiah Breon

Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story (A&E)

Troy A. Scott

I'll Never Let You Go (Lifetime)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A MOTION PICTURE

Elijah Bynum

Magazine Dreams (Briarcliff Entertainment)

Guillermo del Toro

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Lawrence Lamont

One of Them Days (Sony Pictures Releasing)

R.T. Thorne

40 Acres (Magnolia Pictures)

Ryan Coogler

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION OR FILM)

Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Hulu)

Andre Gaines

Boo-Yah - A Portrait of Stuart Scott (ESPN)

Contessa Gayles

Songs from the Hole (Netflix)

Reginald Hudlin, Shola Lynch

Number One on the Call Sheet (Apple TV)

Yemi Oyediran

King of Them All: The Story of King Records (PBS)

OUTSTANDING PODCAST - NEWS AND INFORMATION

Accidentally Informed

ComebackTV Presents

Native Land Pod

iHeartMedia/Reasoned Choice Media

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

CNN

The Don Lemon Show

Lemon Media Network

The Joy Reid Show

Image Lab Media Group LLC

OUTSTANDING PODCAST - LIFESTYLE/SELF-HELP

Ageless, Fearless, & Unscripted

Williamson Media Group

Hot & Bothered with Melyssa Ford

Forged Path Productions

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Higher Ground

Just Heal with Dr. Jay

Cue & Coda Films

Money And Wealth With John Hope Bryant

Black Effect-iHeartPodcasts

OUTSTANDING SOCIETY AND CULTURE PODCAST

Baby, This is Keke Palmer

Wondery

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

The Ringer

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Higher Ground

The Don Lemon Show

Lemon Media Network

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Day Zero Productions

OUTSTANDING ARTS, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Higher Ground

Legacy Talk with Lena Waithe

Hillman Grad & Lemonada Media

ReLiving Single with Erika Alexander & Kim Coles

Hartbeat

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

CTG Media

SPOLITICS with Jemele Hill

Unbothered Inc

OUTSTANDING PODCAST - SCRIPTED/LIMITED SERIES/SHORT FORM

Exonerated: The Cost of Wrongful Conviction

WURD Radio

Interesting Things with JC

Jim Connors LLC

Kingsland

SBH Productions and Audible

Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown

Lemonada Media

The Prophecy Season 2

Audible, Simpson Street and Q Code Media

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (TELEVISION OR FILM)

Bel-Air

Queensylvia Akuchie (Peacock)

Highest 2 Lowest

Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (A24)

Love, Brooklyn

Missy Mickens (Greenwich Entertainment)

Sinners

Ruth E. Carter (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Wicked

Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)

OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP (TELEVISION OR FILM)

All's Fair

Kate Biscoe (Hulu)

Bel-Air

Alyssa Hudson (Peacock)

Chief of War

Christian Tinsley (Apple TV)

Highest 2 Lowest

Ngozi Olandu Young (A24)

Sinners

Ken Diaz (Warner Bros. Pictures)

OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING (TELEVISION OR FILM)

All's Fair

Valerie Jackson (Hulu)

Bel-Air

Terry Hunt (Peacock)

Beyond the Gates

Wankala L. Hinkson (CBS)

Reasonable Doubt

Deaundra Metzger (Hulu)

Sinners

Shunika Terry (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Stunt Ensemble (TV or Film)

Butterfly

Yeonheon Jung (Prime Video)

F1

Gary Powell (Apple TV)

G20

Grant Powell (Prime Video)

Shadow Force

Dartenea Bryant (Starz)

Sinners

Andy Gill (Warner Bros. Pictures)

OUTSTANDING JAZZ ALBUM

For Dinah

Ledisi (Candid Records)

We Insist! 2025

Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell (Candid Records)

Beneath the Skin

Nnenna Freelon (Origin Records)

Live-Action - Nate Smith

Nate Smith (Naive)

Griot Songs

Omar Thomas Large Ensemble (Omar Thomas Music)

Outstanding Editing in a Motion Picture or Television Series, Movie, or Special

Deanna Nowell, ACE

Ironheart (Disney+)

Maysie Hoy, ACE

Ruth & Boaz (Netflix)

Michael P. Shawver

Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Ralph Jean-Pierre

The Beast in Me (Netflix)

Shaheed Qaasim

Poker Face (Peacock)

Outstanding Digital Content Creator - Art/Comedy

Darren Watkins Jr.

@IShowSpeed

Jordan Howlett

@jordan_the_stallion8

Joshua Neal

@joshuadneal

Lou Young

@Louuuyoung

Tee Sanders

@teesanderscomedy

Outstanding Digital Content Creator - Political/Culture

Elizabeth Booker Houston

@bookersquared

Garrison Hayes

@garrisonh

George Lee Jr.

@theconsciouslee

Joshua Doss

@doss.discourse

Lynae Vanee

@lynaevanee

Outstanding Digital Content Creator - Fashion/Beauty

Allyiah Gainer

@allyiahsface

De'arra Taylor

@dearra

Eni Popoola

@enigivensunday

Jackie Asamoah

@jackieaina

Wisdom Kaye

@wisdm

Outstanding Digital Content Creator - Gaming/Tech

Berlin Edmonds

@Berleezy

Cory Kenshin

@CoryxKenshin

Gerard Williams

@Hiphopgamer

Jay Ann Lopez

@blackgirlgamers

Khleo Thomas

@khleothomas

Outstanding Digital Content Creator - Fitness/Wellness/Food

Alex Hill

@justaddhotsauce

Jeanette Jenkins

@msjeanettejenkins

Keith Lee

@Keith_Lee125

Kimberly Villalobos

@KimmysKreations.1

Massy Arias

@Massy.arias