2010 NAACP Image Awards: Music Categories

The NAACP Image Awards, which honor diversity and achievement by African-Americans, were held for the 41st time on Fri., Feb. 26, 2010. Dozens of awards were given out in numerous entertainment categories, including television, music, literature and movies during the ceremony, which aired live on Fox. The nominees and winners in the music categories are included below, with the winners in bold. For the full list of all nominees and winners in each category, visit www.naacpimageawards.net/

Outstanding New Artist:

• Jeremih
• Keri Hilson
• K'Jon
• Kristinia DeBarge
• Melanie Fiona

Outstanding Male Artist:

• Anthony Hamilton
• Charlie Wilson
• Jay-Z
• Maxwell
• Ne-Yo

Outstanding Female Artist:

• Alicia Keys
• India.Arie
• Mary J. Blige
• Rihanna
• Whitney Houston

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration:

• 3 Mo' Divas (MariMo' Music Inc.)
• The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records)
• Day26 (Bad Boy Records)
• Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys (Atlantic Records)
• Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Music Video:

• "Blame It" - Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain (J Records/MBK Entertainment)
• "Boom Boom Pow" - The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records)
• "I Look To You" - Whitney Houston (Arista)
• "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell (Columbia Records)
• "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" - Alicia Keys (J Records/MBK Entertainment)

Outstanding Song:

• "Bad Habits" - Maxwell (Columbia Records)
• "Blame It" - Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain (J Records/MBK Entertainment)
• "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys (Atlantic Records)
• "God In Me" - Mary Mary (Columbia Records)
• "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Album:

• The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z (Atlantic Records)
• BLACKsummers'night - Maxwell (Columbia Records)
• The Element of Freedom - Alicia Keys (J Records/MBK Entertainment)
• Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel - Mariah Carey (Def Jam)
• Stronger With Each Tear - Mary J. Blige (Matriarch/Geffen)

Outstanding Jazz Album:

• Detroit - Gerald Wilson Orchestra (Mack Avenue Records)
• He and She - Wynton Marsalis (Blue Note Records)
• Kind of Brown - Christian McBride & Inside Straight (Mack Avenue Records)
• Poetically Justified - Marcus Johnson (Three Keys Music)
• The Real Thing - Vanessa Williams (Concord Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary):

• A City Called Heaven - Shirley Caesar (Light Records)
• How I Got Over - Vickie Winans (Destiny Joy)
• Love Unstoppable - Fred Hammond (Verity Records)
• Still - BeBe & CeCe Winans (B & C Records)
• We Are All One: Live In Detroit - Donnie McClurkin (Verity Records)

Outstanding World Music Album:

• 11:11 - Rodrigo y Gabriela (ATO Records/Red)
• Black President - Sila and the Afrofunk Experience (Visila Records)
• Morabeza - Maria de Barros (Sheer Legacy [Sheer Group South African Label])
• ReCreation - Zap Mama (Heads Up International/Concord Music Group)
• Seya - Oumou Sangare (Nonesuch/World Circuit)