NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album. This award has been given since the 1988 ceremony and since its conception, Whitney Houston holds the record for most wins in this category with four. Houston also holds the record for most consecutive wins with three, winning for the soundtracks to The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife back to back to back.
Winners and nominees
[edit]Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1980s
[edit]Year | Artist | Album | Ref |
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1988 | |||
Michael Jackson | Bad | [1][2] | |
Pebbles | Pebbles | ||
Kool Moe Dee | How Ya Like Me Now | ||
Keith Sweat | Make It Last Forever | ||
Stevie Wonder | Characters | ||
1989 | |||
Anita Baker | Giving You the Best That I Got | [3][4] | |
Gerald Albright | Bermuda Nights | ||
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly | Silky Soul | ||
Soul II Soul | Keep On Movin' | ||
Various Artists | Do the Right Thing |
1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]Year | Artist | Album | Ref |
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2020 | |||
Beyoncé | Homecoming: The Live Album | [37] | |
Lizzo | Cuz I Love You | ||
H.E.R. | I Used to Know Her | ||
Fantasia | Sketchbook | ||
India Arie | Worthy | ||
2021 | |||
Jhené Aiko | Chilombo | [38] | |
Alicia Keys | Alicia | ||
Brandy | B7 | ||
John Legend | Bigger Love | ||
Ledisi | The Wild Card | ||
2022 | |||
Jazmine Sullivan | Heaux Tales | ||
Silk Sonic | An Evening with Silk Sonic | ||
H.E.R. | Back of My Mind | ||
Drake | Certified Lover Boy | ||
Giveon | When It's All Said and Done... Take Time | ||
2023 | |||
Beyoncé | Renaissance | ||
Ari Lennox | Age/Sex/Location | ||
Chris Brown | Breezy (Deluxe) | ||
Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | ||
PJ Morton | Watch the Sun | ||
2024 | |||
Victoria Monét | Jaguar II | ||
Summer Walker | Clear 2: Soft Life EP | ||
Drake | For All the Dogs | ||
Burna Boy | I Told Them... | ||
Janelle Monáe | The Age of Pleasure |
Multiple wins and nominations
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Nominations
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References
[edit]- ^ "Jesse Jackson, Clint Eastwood, Eddie Murphy Honored With NAACP Image Awards". Associated Press. December 12, 1988.
- ^ Snow, Shauna (November 11, 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Pogatchnik, Shawn (December 11, 1989). "1989 Image Award Winners". LA Times. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press. November 9, 1989.
- ^ "Whoopi Goldberg named entertainer of year by NAACP". United Press International. December 2, 1990.
- ^ Vaughn, Christopher (January 16, 1992). "1992 Image Award Winners". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press. October 16, 1991.
- ^ "Winners of 25th annual NAACP Image Awards". United Press International. January 17, 1993.
- ^ Leonardi, Marsha (January 7, 1994). "Whitney Houston wins four awards". LA Times. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "1996 Image Awards". LA Times. April 8, 1996. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "The Crisis".
- ^ "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "Billboard". 25 January 1997.
- ^ "1998 Image Award Winners". Chicago Tribune. February 16, 1998. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "1999 Image Award Winners". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "The Crisis". December 1998.
- ^ "2000 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "2001 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ Braxton, Greg (February 25, 2002). "Alicia Keys beats out competition". LA Times. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "2003 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "2005 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "2006 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ Williams, Kam. "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "2007 Image Award Nominees". NAACP.org. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "2009 Image Award Nominees". newsok.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "2010 Image Award Nominees". NAACP.org. Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ Frankel, Daniel (March 6, 2011). "2011 Image Winners". TheWrap. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ Allin, Olivia. "2012 Image Winners". ABC7. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ Couch, Aaron; Washington, Arlene (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Image Winners". Variety. 6 February 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ Lewis, Hilary; Washington, Arlene (February 10, 2017). "2017 Image Award Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ Variety Staff (January 15, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". Variety. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ^ THR Staff (March 30, 2019). "NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ^ NAACP Staff (February 22, 2020). "51st NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2021.