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Victoria Monét & Chris Brown Win Big at 2024 NAACP Image Awards

Written by on March 14, 2024

UPDATE (March 13): The Color Purple won two NAACP Image Awards on Wednesday (March 13) – outstanding ensemble cast in a motion picture and outstanding breakthrough creative (motion picture) for the film’s director, Blitz Bazawule.

Michael B. Jordan won outstanding guest performance for his appearance on Saturday Night Live. Creed III took the award for outstanding stunt ensemble (TV or film). Allen Hughes won outstanding directing in a documentary (TV or film) for his work on Dear Mama, a five-episode miniseries about rap legend Tupac Shakur and his mother Afeni Shakur which premiered on FX in April 2023.

UPDATE (March 12): A Black Lady Sketch Show won outstanding variety show (series or special) on Tuesday (March 12), night two of the NAACP Image Awards’ pre-telecast awards. The winners also included Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast (outstanding podcast – limited series/short form), I Was a Soul Train Dancer (outstanding short form series – reality/nonfiction) and The 85 South Show with Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Chico Bean (outstanding society and culture podcast).

Individual winners on the night included Issa Rae of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (outstanding character voice-over performance, motion picture) and Leslie Jones of The Daily Show After the Cut (outstanding performance in a short form series).

PREVIOUSLY (March 11): Victoria Monét and Chris Brown were each double winners on night one of the 2024 NAACP Image Awards, which were held virtually at naacpimageawards.net on Monday (March 11).

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Monét won outstanding album and outstanding new artist, both for Jaguar II. Brown won outstanding duo, group or collaboration (contemporary) for his hit “Sensational” (featuring Davido & Lojay), and outstanding duo, group or collaboration (traditional) for his featured role on Ciara’s “How We Roll.”

Monét won three Grammys on Feb. 4, including in two similar categories – best R&B album and best new artist.

Usher, H.E.R., Megan Thee Stallion, Kirk Franklin and Tems were among other winners across 13 music categories.

Actor Khleo Thomas hosted Monday’s show. NAACP will continue to recognize winners in non-televised categories virtually until Wednesday March 13 on naacpimageawards.net, at an awards dinner and program on Thursday, March 14 and the fashion show on Friday, March 15. The awards dinner will be hosted by Sherri Shepherd and will honor Frankie Beverly with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The fashion show will be hosted by Brandee Evans and will honor June Ambrose with the NAACP Vanguard Award for Fashion.

The televised 55th NAACP Image Awards, hosted by Queen Latifah, will premiere live on Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET and CBS. New Edition will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame on the telecast.

Monday’s awards focused on music and literary categories. Here’s the full list of music winners from Monday.

Outstanding album: Jaguar II – Victoria Monét

Outstanding male artist: “Good Good” – Usher with 21 Savage x Summer Walker

Outstanding female artist: “The Journey” – H.E.R.

Outstanding duo, group or collaboration (traditional): “How We Roll” – Ciara feat. Chris Brown

Outstanding duo, group or collaboration (contemporary): “Sensational” – Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay

Outstanding new artist: Jaguar II – Victoria Monét

Outstanding hip hop/rap song: “Cobra” – Megan Thee Stallion

Outstanding soundtrack/compilation album: The Color Purple – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” – Various Producers

Outstanding original score for TV/film: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Jongnic Bontemps

Outstanding international song: “Me & U” – Tems

Outstanding jazz album: Brand New Life – Brandee Younger

Outstanding gospel/Christian song: “All Yours” – Kierra Sheard feat. Anthony Brown

Outstanding gospel/Christian album: Father’s Day – Kirk Franklin


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