Music

Bey is nominated in categories including Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Song for 'Pretty Hurts' while Pharrell is up for Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding Album for his 'G I R L'.

• Dec 10, 2014

AceShowbiz - The nominees for the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards have just been unveiled. In music field, Beyonce Knowles leads the pack with four nods including Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Album for "Beyonce (The Platinum Edition)", the re-package of her 2013 self-titled LP.

Her empowering hit "Pretty Hurts" is also nominated for Outstanding Song while its music video is pitted against John Legend's "You&I (Nobody in the World)", KEM's "It's you" and Michael Jackson's "Love Never Felt So Good" in the Outstanding Music Video category.

Pharrell Williams is another big nominee, also bagging four nominations including Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding Album for his "G I R L". The "Happy" hitmaker is nominated twice in Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration category where his Justin Timberlake-assited "Brand New" will compete against his "Gust of Wind" featuring Daft Punk, Smokey Robinson's "Being With You" (ft. Mary J. Blige) and Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" (also with Blige).

Other names who score multiple nominations include Kendrick Lamar (Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding Music Video and Outstanding Song for his latest single "i"), Alicia Keys (Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Song for "We Are Here") and Jennifer Hudson (Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Album for "JHUD").

The NAACP Image Awards "honors the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and honors those who promote social justice through creative endeavors." Winners of all categories, including movie and TV, are voted upon by NAACP members and will be announced at a ceremony set to air live on TV One on Friday, February 6, 2015.

2015 NAACP Image Awards Nominees in Music Outstanding New Artist

• Aloe Blacc (XIX Recordings/Interscope Records)
• Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music)
• Jhene Aiko (Def Jam Recordings)
• Liv Warfield (Kobalt Label Services)
• 3 Winans Brothers (BMG)

• John Legend (Columbia Records)
• KEM (Motown - Capitol)
• Kendrick Lamar (Interscope Records)
• Michael Jackson (Epic Records)
• Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)

• Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
• Beyonce Knowles (Columbia Records)
• Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records)
• Ledisi (Verve Records)
• Mary J. Blige (Capitol)

• "Being With You" - Smokey Robinson feat. Mary J. Blige (Verve)
• "Brand New" - Pharrell Williams feat. Justin Timberlake (Columbia Records)
• "Gust of Wind" - Pharrell Williams feat. Daft Punk (Columbia Records)
• "Love, Marriage & Divorce" - Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings)
• "Stay with Me" - Sam Smith feat. Mary J. Blige (Capitol)

• "My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke" - Al Jarreau (Concord)
• "Dave Koz and Friends: The 25th of December" - Dave Koz (Concord Records)
• "Beautiful Life" - Dianne Reeves (Concord)
• "Living My Dream" - Jonathan Butler (Rendezvous Music)
• "Up" - Stanley Clarke (Mack Avenue Records)

• "Duets" - Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration)
• "Help" - Erica Campbell (My Block Inc./eOne Music)
• "I Will Trust" - Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration)
• "Where My Heart Belongs" - Gladys Knight (Shadow Mountain Records)
• "Journey to Freedom" - Michelle Williams (eOne Music)

• "Pretty Hurts" - Beyonce Knowles (Columbia Records)
• "You & I (Nobody in the World)" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
• "It's You" - KEM (Motown - Capitol)
• "i" - Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope)
• "Love Never Felt So Good" - Michael Jackson feat. Justin Timberlake (Epic Records)

• "We Are Here" - Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
• "The Man" - Aloe Blacc (Interscope Records)
• "Pretty Hurts" - Beyonce Knowles (Columbia Records)
• "i" - Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Interscope)
• "Good Kisser" - Usher (RCA Records)

• "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" - Aretha Franklin (RCA Records)
• "Beyonce (The Platinum Edition)" - Beyonce Knowles (Columbia Records)
• "JHUD" - Jennifer Hudson (RCA Records)
• "G I R L" - Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records)
• "Love, Marriage, & Divorce" - Toni Braxton & Babyface (Def Jam Recordings)

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