2017 NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced

The nominees for the 2017 NAACP Image Awards have been announced. In the lone Gospel category the nominees are:

Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)
Jericho: Tribe of Joshua – Livre’ (Glory 2 Glory Entertainment/RAL)
Myron Butler & Levi On Purpose – Myron Butler (Motown Gospel)
One Way – Tamela Mann (Tillymann, Inc.)
The Journey (Live) – Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration)
Worship Journal Live – Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration)

In a nice surprise, Gospel made appearances in other categories.  Kim Burrell’s “I See Victory” and Tamela Mann’s “God Provides” are nominated for  Outstanding Song – Traditional, which puts them up against Solange for “Cranes In The Sky”  and Maxwell for “Lake By The Ocean”.  And in the  Outstanding Song – Contemporary  “Royalty”  by Sounds of Blackness goes up against Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Common and more.