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 are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Year | Artist | Song | Ref |
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1972 | |||
Isaac Hayes | "Theme from Shaft" | [ citation needed ] | |
1973 – 79 | — |
Year | Artist | Song | Ref |
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1990 – 95 | — | ||
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" | [ citation needed ] | |
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" |
Year | Artist | Song | Ref |
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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" |
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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. The award has also been called Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture. Out of 12 films which featured African-Americans in leading roles in 1980, Cicely Tyson was the only female in that category. She played opposite Richard Pryor in Bustin' Loose. Because of this, she and officials at the annual NAACP Image Awards program decided that she should not accept the award.
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