NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album. This award has been given since the 1988 ceremony and since its conception, Whitney Houston holds the record for most wins in this category with four. Houston also holds the record for most consecutive wins with three, winning for the soundtracks to The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher's Wife back to back to back.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1988
	Michael Jackson	Bad	[1][2]
	Pebbles	Pebbles
	Kool Moe Dee	How Ya Like Me Now
	Keith Sweat	Make It Last Forever
	Stevie Wonder	Characters
1989
	Anita Baker	Giving You the Best That I Got	[3][4]
	Gerald Albright	Bermuda Nights
	Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly	Silky Soul
	Soul II Soul	Keep On Movin'
	Various Artists	Do the Right Thing

1990s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1990
	Quincy Jones	Back on the Block	[5]
1991	—
1992
	Luther Vandross	Power of Love	[6][7]
	Boyz II Men	Cooleyhighharmony
	Stevie Wonder	Jungle Fever
	Natalie Cole	Unforgettable... with Love
	Various Artists	New Jack City
1993
	Various Artists	Boomerang	[8]
1994
	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album	[9]
1995	—
1996
	Whitney Houston	Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album	[10][11]
	Brandy	Brandy
	TLC	CrazySexyCool
	Boyz II Men	II
	Quincy Jones	Q's Jook Joint
1997
	Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album	[12][13]
	Prince	Emancipation
	Maxwell	Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
	Curtis Mayfield	New World Order
	Fugees	The Score
1998
	Various Artists	Soul Food	[14]
1999
	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	[15][16]
	Mariah Carey	#1's
	Whitney Houston	My Love is Your Love
	Brandy	Never Say Never
	Kirk Franklin	The Nu Nation Project

2000s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2000
	Various Artists	The Best Man	[17]
	Eric Benét	A Day in the Life
	Mary J. Blige	Mary
	Quincy Jones	From Q with Love
	TLC	FanMail
2001
	Stevie Wonder	At the Close of a Century	[18]
	Toni Braxton	The Heat
	Natalie Cole	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
	Joe	My Name is Joe
	Jill Scott	Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
2002
	Alicia Keys	Songs in A Minor	[19]
	Aaliyah	Aaliyah
	India Arie	Acoustic Soul
	Michael Jackson	Invincible
	Jill Scott	Experience: Jill Scott 826+
2003
	Kirk Franklin	The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin	[20]
	India Arie	Voyage to India
	Nelly	Nellyville
	Musiq Soulchild	Juslisen
	Various Artists	Brown Sugar
2004
	Luther Vandross	Dance with My Father	[21]
	Mary J. Blige	Love & Life
	R. Kelly	Chocolate Factory
	Alicia Keys	The Diary of Alicia Keys
	OutKast	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2005
	Prince	Musicology	[22]
	Destiny's Child	Destiny Fulfilled
	Queen Latifah	The Dana Owens Album
	Usher	Confessions
2006
	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation of Mimi	[23]
	Mary J. Blige	The Breakthrough
	Alicia Keys	Unplugged
	Various Artists	So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross
	Kanye West	Late Registration
2007
	Various Artists	Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture	[24]
	Beyoncé	B'Day
	Mary J. Blige	Reflections: A Retrospective
	John Legend	Once Again
	Corinne Bailey Rae	Corinne Bailey Rae
2008
	Alicia Keys	As I Am	[25]
	Mary J. Blige	Growing Pains
	Chris Brown	Exclusive
	Seal	System
	Kanye West	Graduation
2009
	Jennifer Hudson	Jennifer Hudson	[26]
	Beyoncé	I Am... Sasha Fierce
	Ne-Yo	Year of the Gentleman
	Seal	Soul
	Kanye West	808 & Heartbreak

2010s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2010
	Mary J. Blige	Stronger with Each Tear	[27]
	Mariah Carey	Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
	Jay Z	The Blueprint 3
	Alicia Keys	The Element of Freedom
	Maxwell	BLACKsummers'night
2011
	John Legend and The Roots	Wake Up!	[28]
	Smokey Robinson	Now and Then
	Sade	Soldier of Love
	Usher	Raymond vs. Raymond
	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2012
	Jennifer Hudson	I Remember Me	[29]
	Beyoncé	4
	Chris Brown	F.A.M.E.
	Lupe Fiasco	Lasers
	Jill Scott	The Light of the Sun
2013
	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston	[30]
	Chuck D, Herbie Hancock, will.i.am and Nikki Yanofsky	On the Shoulders of Giants
	Michael Jackson	Bad 25
	Alicia Keys	Girl on Fire
	Elle Varner	Perfectly Imperfect
2014
	Charlie Wilson	Love, Charlie	[31]
	John Legend	Love in the Future
	Janelle Monáe	The Electric Lady
	Robin Thicke	Blurred Lines
	Justin Timberlake	The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience
2015
	Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics	[32]
	Beyoncé	Beyoncé: Platinum Edition
	Toni Braxton and Babyface	Love, Marriage & Divorce
	Jennifer Hudson	JHUD
	Pharrell Williams	GIRL
2016
	Jill Scott	Woman	[33]
	Empire Cast	Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1
	Janet Jackson	Unbreakable
	The Weeknd	Beauty Behind the Madness
	Charlie Wilson	Forever Charlie
2017
	Beyoncé	Lemonade	[34]
	Chance the Rapper	Coloring Book
	Anthony Hamilton	What I'm Feelin'
	Kendrick Lamar	Untitled Unmastered
	Solange	A Seat at the Table
2018
	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.	[35]
	Mary J. Blige	Strength of a Woman
	JAY-Z	4:44
	Brian McKnight	Genesis
	Charlie Wilson	In It to Win It
2019
	Ella Mai	Ella Mai	[36]
	Janelle Monáe	Dirty Computer
	MAJOR.	Even More
	The Carters	Everything Is Love
	H.E.R.	I Used to Know Her: The Prelude

2020s

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2020
	Beyoncé	Homecoming: The Live Album	[37]
	Lizzo	Cuz I Love You
	H.E.R.	I Used to Know Her
	Fantasia	Sketchbook
	India Arie	Worthy
2021
	Jhené Aiko	Chilombo	[38]
	Alicia Keys	Alicia
	Brandy	B7
	John Legend	Bigger Love
	Ledisi	The Wild Card
2022
	Jazmine Sullivan	Heaux Tales
	Silk Sonic	An Evening with Silk Sonic
	H.E.R.	Back of My Mind
	Drake	Certified Lover Boy
	Giveon	When It's All Said and Done... Take Time
2023
	Beyoncé	Renaissance
	Ari Lennox	Age/Sex/Location
	Chris Brown	Breezy (Deluxe)
	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
	PJ Morton	Watch the Sun
2024
	Victoria Monét	Jaguar II
	Summer Walker	Clear 2: Soft Life EP
	Drake	For All the Dogs
	Burna Boy	I Told Them...
	Janelle Monáe	The Age of Pleasure
2025
	Beyoncé	Cowboy Carter
	Doechii	Alligator Bites Never Heal
	PJ Morton	Cape Town to Cairo
	Usher	Coming Home
	GloRilla	Glorious

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

5 wins Beyoncé (Including Dreamgirls Soundtrack Album) 4 wins Whitney Houston

2 wins Jennifer Hudson Alicia Keys

Nominations

8 nominations Beyoncé 7 nominations Alicia Keys 6 nominations Mary J. Blige 5 nominations Whitney Houston 4 nominations John Legend Jill Scott Kanye West 3 nominations Brandy Chris Brown H.E.R. Jennifer Hudson India Arie Michael Jackson Kendrick Lamar Janelle Monáe Usher

2 nominations Toni Braxton Mariah Carey Drake PJ Morton Seal Luther Vandross Charlie Wilson