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The nominees for the 2017\u00a0NAACP Image Awards <\/strong>have been announced. In the lone Gospel category the nominees are:<\/p>\n Outstanding Gospel Album \u2013 (Traditional or Contemporary)<\/strong> In a nice surprise, Gospel made appearances in other categories. \u00a0Kim Burrell’s<\/strong> “I See Victory” and Tamela Mann’s<\/strong> “God Provides” are nominated for \u00a0Outstanding Song \u2013 Traditional<\/strong>, which puts them up against\u00a0Solange<\/strong> for \u201cCranes In The Sky\u201d \u00a0and Maxwell<\/strong> for \u201cLake By The Ocean\u201d. \u00a0And in the \u00a0Outstanding Song \u2013 Contemporary \u00a0<\/strong>\u201cRoyalty\u201d \u00a0by Sounds of Blackness<\/strong>\u00a0goes up against\u00a0Bruno Mars, Beyonc\u00e9, Common\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n The nominees for the 2017\u00a0NAACP Image Awards have been announced. In the lone Gospel category the nominees are: Outstanding Gospel Album \u2013 (Traditional or Contemporary) Jericho: Tribe of Joshua\u00a0– Livre\u2019 (Glory 2 Glory Entertainment\/RAL) Myron Butler & Levi On Purpose\u00a0– Myron Butler (Motown Gospel) One […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[38,3348,1598],"class_list":["post-10456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","tag-gospel","tag-image-awards","tag-naacp"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Tamela-Mann-Banner.jpg?fit=288%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8767,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/naacp-announces-image-award-nominees\/","url_meta":{"origin":10456,"position":0},"title":"NAACP Announces Image Award Nominees","author":"Melanie Pratt","date":"December 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The nominees for the 47th NAACP Image Awards were announced\u00a0yesterday. \u00a0The Awards celebrate achievements\u00a0of people of color in television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who use the arts to promote social justice. 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\nJericho: Tribe of Joshua\u00a0<\/em>– Livre\u2019 (Glory 2 Glory Entertainment\/RAL)
\nMyron Butler & Levi On Purpose<\/em>\u00a0– Myron Butler (Motown Gospel)
\nOne Way\u00a0<\/em>– Tamela Mann (Tillymann, Inc.)
\nThe Journey (Live)\u00a0<\/em>– Donnie McClurkin (RCA Inspiration)
\nWorship Journal Live<\/em>\u00a0– Fred Hammond (RCA Inspiration)<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Image Awards are\u00a0presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Winners will be announced at the ceremony to take place on February 11, 2017, 5:00 PM PST<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"