As usual some of the biggest and best in the business when it comes to movies, television, music and writing/directing have made the list when it comes to nominees for the upcoming 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards. With the knowledge of who made the cut comes the anticipation of who’ll come out on top. So here are some of the best of the best when it comes to outstanding achievements and performances.

 

 

Motion Picture

 

 “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

 “Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company)

 “Flight” (Paramount Pictures)

 “Red Tails” (Lucasfilm)

 “Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds” (Lionsgate)

 

Actor in a Motion Picture

 

 Denzel Washington – “Flight” (Paramount Pictures)

 Jamie Foxx – “Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company)

 Morgan Freeman – “The Magic of Belle Isle” (Magnolia Pictures)

 Suraj Sharma – “Life of Pi” (20th Century Fox)

 Tyler Perry – “Alex Cross” (Summit Entertainment)

 

Actress in a Motion Picture

 

 Emayatzy Corinealdi – “Middle of Nowhere” (AAFRM)

 Halle Berry – “Cloud Atlas” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

 Loretta Devine – “In The Hive” (Eone Entertainment)

 Quvenzhané Wallis – “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

 Viola Davis – “Won’t Back Down” (20th Century Fox)

 

Comedy Series (Television)

 

 “Glee” (Fox)

 “Modern Family” (ABC)

 “The Game” (BET)

 “The Mindy Project” (Fox)

 “The Soul Man” (TV Land)

 

Actor in a Comedy Series (Television)

 

 Anthony Anderson – “Guys with Kids” (NBC)

 Damon Wayans, Jr. – “Happy Endings” (ABC)

 Don Cheadle – “House Of Lies” (Showtime)

 Donald Faison – “The Exes” (TV Land)

 Hosea Chanchez – “The Game” (BET)

 

Actress in a Comedy Series (Television)

 

Amber Riley – “Glee” (Fox)

 Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

 Kellita Smith – “The First Family” (Syndicated)

 Tatyana Ali – “Love That Girl” (TV One)

 Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (BET)

 

Drama Series (Television)

 

“Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)

 “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

 “Scandal” (ABC)

 “Treme” (HBO)

 “True Blood” (HBO)

 

Actor in a Drama Series (Television)

 

Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA)

 Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)

 LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)

 Michael Clarke Duncan – “The Finder” (FOX)

 Wendell Pierce – “Treme” (HBO)

 

Actress in a Drama Series (Television)

 

 Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

 Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC)

 Khandi Alexander – “Treme” (HBO)

 Regina King – “SouthLAnd” (TNT)

 Sandra Oh – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

 

Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

 

 “Abducted: The Carlina White Story” (Lifetime)

 “Hallmark Hall of Fame’s FIRELIGHT” (ABC)

 “Raising Izzie” (GMC TV)

 “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime)

 “Sugar Mommas” (GMC TV)

 

New Artist

 

 Elle Varner (MBK / RCA)

 Gary Clark, Jr. (Warner Bros. Records)

 Lianne La Havas (Nonesuch Records Inc. / Warner Bros. Records)

 Melanie Amaro (Epic Records)

 The OMG Girlz (Pretty Hustle / Grand Hustle / Streamline / Interscope)

 

Male Artist

  

 Bruno Mars (Atlantic)

 Lupe Fiasco (Atlantic)

 Miguel (ByStorm / RCA)

 Trey Songz (Atlantic)

 Usher (RCA Records)

 

Female Artist

 

 Alicia Keys (RCA Records)

 Elle Varner (MBK / RCA)

 Estelle (Atlantic)

 Missy Elliott (Atlantic)

 Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)

 

Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)

 

“Best Days” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)

 “Go Get It” – Mary Mary (Columbia)

 “God, Love & Romance” – Fred Hammond (Verity Gospel Music Group)

 “I Win” – Marvin Sapp (Verity Gospel Music Group)

 “Le’Andria Johnson The Experience” – Le’Andria Johnson (Music World Gospel / Music World)

 

Music Video

 

 “Adorn” – Miguel (ByStorm / RCA)

 “Girl On Fire” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)

 “Locked Out Of Heaven” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic)

 “This Christmas” – CeeLo Green (Elektra)

 “You’re On My Mind” – KEM (Universal Motown)

 

Album

 

 “Bad – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” – Michael Jackson (Legacy / Epic)

 “Girl On Fire” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)

 “I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston” – Whitney Houston (RCA Records)

 “On the Shoulders of Giants – The Soundtrack” – Chuck D, Will.i.am, Herbie Hancock, Nikki   Yannofsky (Iconomy Multi-Media & Entertainment )

 “Perfectly Imperfect” – Elle Varner (MBK / RCA)

 

The 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards will air live on February 1, 2013 at 8pm [EST] on NBC. For a full list of nominees, click here.