The NAACP Image Award winners for Entertainer of the Year. Entertainer of the Year is the final award presented at the ceremony.
Year Winner Reference 1986 Dionne Warwick 1987 Patti LaBelle 1988 Dionne Warwick (2) 1989 Lionel Richie 1990 Eddie Murphy 1991 Oprah Winfrey 1992 Patti LaBelle (2) 1993 Michael Jackson 1994 Whitney Houston 1995 Whitney Houston (2) 1996 Quincy Jones 1997 Denzel Washington 1998 Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds 1999 Will Smith 2000 Halle Berry 2001 Steve Harvey 2004 Beyoncé 2013 Jamie Foxx 2014 Kevin Hart 2015 Taraji P. Henson 2016 Michael B. Jordan 2017 Dwayne Johnson The Rock wins NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year - WWE.com 2018 Ava DuVernay 2019 Beyoncé (2) 2020 Lizzo 2021 D-Nice 2022 Jennifer Hudson 2023 Angela Bassett 2024 Usher 2025 Keke Palmer 2026 Michael B. Jordan (2)
Multiple wins
Patti LaBelle, Beyoncé, Michael B. Jordan, Dionne Warwick, and Whitney Houston are the only five people to win the award twice.
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