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Nominees Announced for the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards

(Photo by Earl Gibson III/WireImage) [http://faithinthebay.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ia_nominees.jpg]Nominees for the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards [http://www.naacpimageawards.net/] were announced today, during a live press conference in Beverly Hills, CA. Congratulations to each of the Gosp

Denisha DeLane

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(Photo by Earl Gibson III/WireImage)
Ia Nominees

Congratulations to each of the Gospel Artists, Christian authors, and everyone nominated.

RECORDING

Outstanding Female Artist
  • Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
  • Elle Varner (MBK / RCA)
  • Estelle (Atlantic)
  • Missy Elliott (Atlantic)
  • Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
  • Chuck D, Johnny Juice, Will.i.am, Herbie Hancock (Iconomy Multi-Media &
    Entertainment)
  • fun. feat. Janelle Monae (Atlantic)
  • Lupe Fiasco feat. Guy Sebastian (Atlantic)
  • Mary Mary (Columbia)
  • Ne-Yo, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Rzeznik, Delta Rae, Natasha Bedingfield (Forward Song, LLC)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)
  • "Best Days" - Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
  • "Go Get It" - Mary Mary (Columbia)
  • "God, Love & Romance" - Fred Hammond (Verity Gospel Music Group)
  • "I Win" - Marvin Sapp (Verity Gospel Music Group)
  • "Le'Andria Johnson The Experience" - Le'Andria Johnson (Music World Gospel / Music World)


LITERATURE

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
  • "A Wish and a Prayer: A Blessings Novel" - Beverly Jenkins (HarperCollins Publishers (William Morrow Paperbacks))
  • "Destiny's Divas" - Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone / Simon & Schuster)
  • "Silent Cry" - Dywane Birch (Strebor Books)
  • "The Reverend's Wife" - Kimberla Lawson Roby (Grand Central's Wife)
  • "The Secret She Kept" - ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster)

For a full listing of the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards nominees, please click here.

I look forward to the Image Awards, each year. Since attending my very first show (1997) at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium to later serving on the NAACP's National Board of Directors, I had the pleasure of supporting the show in many different area.

Sadly, this will be our first year without Willis Edwards, who earlier this year succumbed to complications of HIV/AIDS. I look forward to what the Beverly Hills Hollywood Branch, and National Office have planned to honor his memory during the show.

Tune in, and watch the show LIVE on NBC - Friday, February 1 (8 ET live/PT tape-delayed).

Photo Credit: (Photo by Earl Gibson III/WireImage)

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