Atlantic/Warner Bros/Mattel and 10K Projects/Capitol Records
"Palisades, CA" – Larry June & The Alchemist
The Freeminded Records / ALC / EMPIRE
"Sittin' On Top of the World" – Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage
Atlantic Records
OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (TRADITIONAL)
Ciara featuring Chris Brown
"How We Roll" (Beauty Marks Entertainment)
Coco Jones featuring Justin Timberlake
"ICU (Remix)" (Def Jam Recordings)
Dreamville, Bas & Black Sherif feat. Kel-P
"Creed III: The Soundtrack" (dreamville/Interscope Records)
Karen Clark Sheard, Hezekiah Walker, Kierra Sheard
"God Is Good" (Timeless Music Group/Roc Nation Records, LLC)
Voices of Fire featuring Pharrell Williams
"JOY (Unspeakable)" (Columbia Records)
OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (CONTEMPORARY)
Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage
"Sittin' On Top of the World" (Atlantic Records)
Chris Brown featuring Davido & Lojay
"Sensational" (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Lil Durk & J. Cole
"All My Life" (Alamo Records)
USHER, Summer Walker & 21 Savage
"Good Good" (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Victoria Monét featuring Lucky Daye
"Smoke" (RCA Records/Lovett Music)
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TV/FILM
"American Fiction" – Laura Karpman
Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios
"Rustin" – Branford Marsalis
Netflix
"The Color Purple" – Kris Bowers
Warner Bros. Pictures
"The Other Black Girl" – EmmoLei Sankofa
Hulu
"Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" – Jongnic Bontemps
Paramount
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - FICTION
"Everything Is Not Enough" – Lola Akinmade Åkerström
William Morrow
"Family Lore" – Elizabeth Acevedo
HarperCollins Publisher
"House of Eve" – Sadeqa Johnson
Simon & Schuster
"Let Us Descend" – Jesmyn Ward
Scribner
"The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" – James McBride
Penguin Random House, Riverhead Books
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - NON-FICTION
"Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America" – Michael Harriot
HarperCollins Publisher
"BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art" – Zaria Ware
HarperCollins Publisher
"Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers " – Black Interior Designers and June Reese
Abrams Books
"The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from 'Do the Right Thing' to 'Black Panther'" – Ruth E. Carter, Foreword by Danai Gurira
Chronicle Books
"The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families" – Karida L. Brown, Charly Palmer
Chronicle Books
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - DEBUT AUTHOR
"And Then He Sang a Lullaby" – Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
Grove Atlantic
"Coleman Hill: A Novel" – Kim Coleman Foote
Zando / SJP Lit
"Rootless" – Krystle Zara Appiah
Ballantine Books
"The Black Joy Project" – Kleaver Cruz
Mariner Books
"The God of Good Looks" – Breanne Mc Ivor
William Morrow
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
"Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts" – Maya Moore Irons, Jonathan Irons
Andscape Books
"Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds" – Rich Paul
Penguin Random House
"Nothing Is Missing: A Memoir of Living Boldly" – Nicole Walters
Simon & Schuster
"Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement" – Dr. Tanisha C. Ford
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins
"Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes" – Stephen A. Smith
Gallery Books/13A
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - INSTRUCTIONAL
"Badass Vegan: Fuel Your Body, Ph*ck the System, and Live Your Life Right" – John Lewis
Avery
"Everyday Grand: Soulful Recipes for Celebrating Life's Big and Small Moments" – Jocelyn Delk Adams, Olga Massov
Clarkson Potter
"Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Home" – Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht
Clarkson Potter
"Historically Black Phrases: From 'I Ain't One of Your Lil' Friends' to 'Who All Gon' Be There?'" – jarrett hill, Tre'vell Anderson
Ten Speed Press
"Livable Luxe" – Brigette Romanek
Chronicle Books
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - POETRY
"Above Ground" – Clint Smith
Little, Brown
"So to Speak" – Terrance Hayes
Penguin Books
"suddenly we" – Evie Shockley
Wesleyan University Press
"The Ferguson Report: An Erasure" – Nicole Sealey
Alfred A. Knopf
"Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, and Remembrances" – Kwame Alexander
Little, Brown
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - CHILDREN
"CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora"
Kahran Bethencourt, Regis Bethencourt (St. Martin's Press)
"How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee"
Carole Boston Weathorford, Frank Morrison (Candlewick Press)
"I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots"
Lid'ya C. Rivera, Niña Mata (HarperCollins)
"Is This Love?"
Bob Marley, Cedella Marley, Alea Marley (Chronicle Books)