Don't miss the The 53rd NAACP Image Awards Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on BET. The star-studded event celebrates and honors Black excellence in music, television, film, and literature.

Anthony Anderson, star of the hit TV show "Black-ish," and six-time NAACP Image Awards winner is back as host this year. Anderson is also nominated again for his role on the outstanding TV series.

N2Entertainment.net was chosen to serve on the NAACP Image Awards Nominating Committee. You can take a look at the 53rd NAACP Image Award movie/television nominees and our picks on N2Entertainment.net's "Screen Scene" section.

On the music front, H.E.R. (pictured) leads the 53rd NAACP Image Awards with six nominations, including "Outstanding Female Artist," "Outstanding Album" ("Back of My Mind") and "Outstanding Soul/R&B Song" (“Damage”).

Jazmine Sullivan garnered four nods, including "Outstanding Album" ("Heaux Tales") and "Outstanding Female Artist." Silk Sonic and Anthony Hamilton scored three nominations each.

Here's a look at the music nominees in the major categories and who we'd like to see win. Congratulations to all. For a complete list of all the nominees log on to: naacpimageawards.net.

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Outstanding New Artist:

Cynthia Erivo/Ch. 1 Vs. 1 (Verve Records / UMG Recordings)
Jimmie Allen/Bettie James Gold Edition (BBR Music Group)
Saweetie/Best Friend feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Records)
Tems/ If Orange Was a Place (RCA Records / Since ’93)
Zoe Wees/Girls Like Us (Capitol Records)

Outstanding Male Artist:

Anthony Hamilton/Love Is the New Black (My Music Box LLC / BMG)
Drake/Way 2 Sexy (Republic Records)
Givēon/ Heartbreak Anniversary (Epic Records)
J. Cole/The Off-Season (Dreamville / Roc Nation)
Lil Nas X/Montero (Call Me by Your Name) (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist:

H.E.R. /Back of My Mind (RCA Records / MBK Entertainment)
Ari Lennox/Pressure (Dreamville / Interscope Records)
Beyoncé /Be Alive (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
Chlöe/Have Mercy (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
Jazmine Sullivan/Heaux Tales (RCA Records)

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album:

Anthems & Glory/Todd Dulaney (MNRK Music Group)
Believe For It/ CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel / Fair Trade Services / Red Alliance Media)Jonny x Mali: Live in L.A./Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music (Life Room Label LLC / K Approved Enterprises. Inc.)
Overcomer /Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Power/Jason McGee & The Choir (My Block, Inc.)

Outstanding International Song:

Essence/Wizkid feat. Tems and Justin Bieber (RCA Records / Starboy / Sony Music International)
Peru/Fireboy DML (YBNL Nation / Empire)
Somebody’s Son/Tiwa Savage feat. Brandy (Motown)
Touch It/KiDi (Lynx Entertainment / MadeInENY / Empire)
Understand/ Omah Lay (The KeyQaad / Sire Records)

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album:

Best Friend/ Saweetie feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Records)
Essence/Wizkid feat. Tems (RCA Records / Starboy / Sony Music International)
Fye Fye/Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC)
Have Mercy/Chlöe (Columbia Records / Parkwood)
Leave The Door Open/Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath)

Outstanding Album:

An Evening With Silk Sonic – Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath)
Back of My Mind /H.E.R. (RCA Records / MBK Entertainment)
Certified Lover Boy/Drake (Republic Records)
Heaux Tales/Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)
When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time – Givēon (Epic Records)

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album:

Coming 2 America (Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Eddie Murphy, Craig Brewer, Kevin Misher, Randy Spendlove, Jeff Harleston, Brittney Ramsdell (Def Jam Recordings), Judas and the Black Messiah (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Mark Isham and Craig Harris (WaterTower Music), Respect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Jason Michael Webb and Stephen Bray (Epic Records), The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack)/ JAY-Z and Jeymes Samuel (Geneva Club / Roc Nation Records, LLC), and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture) – Salaam Remi, Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq, Warren “E” Felder, Downtown Trevor Brown (Warner Records).

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song:

Believe For It/ CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel / Fair Trade Services / Red Alliance Media)
Help Me/Tamela Mann feat. The Fellas (Tillymann Music Group)
Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)/H.E.R. and Tauren Wells (RCA Records / Sony Music)
Overcome 2021/ Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul / RCA Records )
Time for Reparations/Sounds of Blackness (Sounds of Blackness / Atomic K Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album/Instrumental:

Forever…Jaz/Jazmin Ghent (Independent Artist)
Love Languages/Nathan Mitchell (ENM Music Group)
Somewhere Different/Brandee Younger (Impulse! Records)
Sounds from the Ancestors/Kenny Garrett (Mack Avenue Music Group)
The Magic of Now/Orrin Evans (Smoke Sessions Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album/Vocal:

Dear Love/Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force (Empress Legacy Records)
Generations/The Baylor Project (Be A Light), Ledisi Sings Nina/ Ledisi (Listen Back Entertainment / BMG)
Let There Be Love/Freda Payne (Alain Franke Records)
SALSWING!/Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta (Rubén Blades Productions).

Outstanding Soul/R&B Song:

Damage/H.E.R.(RCA Records / MBK Entertainment), Be Alive/ Beyoncé (Columbia Records / Parkwood),Have Mercy/Chlöe (Columbia Records / Parkwood), Leave The Door Open/Silk Sonic (Atlantic / Aftermath) and Pick Up Your Feelings/Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records).

Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song:

Best Friend/Saweetie feat. Doja Cat (ICY / Warner Records), Fye Fye/Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC), Industry Baby/Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow (Columbia Records), My Life with 21 Savage and Morray/J. Cole (Dreamville / Roc Nation) and
Way 2 Sexy/Drake (Republic Records).

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional):

Anthony Hamilton feat. Jennifer Hudson/Superstar (My Music Box LLC / BMG), Chlöe x Halle/ Georgia On My Mind (Columbia Records / Parkwood), Jazmine Sullivan feat. H.E.R. – Girl Like Me (RCA Records), Leela James feat. Anthony Hamilton/Complicated (Remix) (SheSangz Music, Inc./ BMG) and Silk Sonic/Leave the Door Open (Atlantic/ Aftermath).

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary):

Chris Brown feat. Young Thug, Future, Lil Durk and Latto/ Go Crazy (Remix) (RCA Records), Doja Cat feat. SZA/Kiss Me More (RCA Records / Kemosabe Records), Drake feat. Future & Young Thug/Way 2 Sexy (Republic Records), H.E.R. feat. Chris Brown/Come Through (RCA Records / MBK Entertainment), and Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe/Fye Fye (Tobe Nwigwe, LLC).

Editor's Note: Don't miss the 53rd NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on BET. Information used in this report obtained from the NAACP Image Awards and BET publicity.