Maxwell and Jay-Z are riding well into the New Year thanks to their efforts "Blacksummers'night" and "The Blueprint 3". Both albums and their subsequent singles have earned the duo a leading five nominations a piece at the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards !

Revealed as nominees Wednesday, January 6, Maxwell and Jay-Z will each go head to head for Outstanding Male Artist and Outstanding Album. Maxwell, fresh off a strong six Grammy nominations, is a double nominee in the Outstanding Song field thanks to the singles "Pretty Wings" and "Bad Habits" and a nominee for Outstanding Music Video ("Pretty Wings").

Jay-Z, garnering mixed reviews for his latest video/single "On To The Next One," like Maxwell, is a double nominee thanks to collaborations with Rihanna and Alicia Keys in the Outstanding duo, group or collaboration field, where he'll face off with Day 26, the Black Eyed Peas and 3 Mo' Divas.

Garnering nominations for the coveted Outstanding New Artist field are Jeremih, Keri Hilson, K'Jon, Kristinia Debarge, and Melanie Fiona.

Following Maxwell and Jay Z, Alicia Keys earned a total of three nominations, including one for Outstanding Album, followed by Whitney Houston, Rihanna and Mary J. Blige who each have two nods.

Anthony Hamilton, Mary Mary, Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo, India.Arie and Charlie Wilson each received at least one nomination.

Michael Jackson has been honored with a posthumous nomination for his box office hit 'This Is It,' which joins leading film related nominations for "Precious: Based on the novel PUSH by Sapphire'. Mariah Carey, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Lenny Kravitz and the film's director Lee Daniels each received a nomination, along with the film's leading actress Gabourey Sidibe.

Documentaries also went over well with the NAACP Image Awards committee, both Chris Rock and Lebron James earned a nod for their releases "Good Hair" and "More Than A Game" respectively.

The 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards are set to air February 26 at 8pm ET/PT on Fox.

Performers and presenters will be announced at a later date.

A full list of music related nominees is below. For a complete list of nominees visit naacpimageawards.net.

Outstanding New Artist
Jeremih (Def Jam)
Keri Hilson (Mosley Music Group/Zone 4 Inc/Interscope Records)
K'Jon (Universal Republic Records)
Kristinia DeBarge (Def Jam)
Melanie Fiona (SRC/Universal/Motown)

Outstanding Male Artist
Anthony Hamilton (SoSo Def/Jive Records)
Charlie Wilson (Jive Label Group)
Jay-Z (Atlantic Records)
Maxwell (Columbia Records)
Ne-Yo (Def Jam)

Outstanding Female Artist
Alicia Keys (Columbia Records)
India.Arie (Universal Republic Records)
Mary J. Blige (Matriarch/Geffen)
Rihanna (Def Jam)
Whitney Houston (Artista Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
3 Mo' Divas (MariMo' Music Inc.)
The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records)
Day26 (Bad Boy Records)
Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys (Atlantic Records)
Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album
"Detroit" – Gerald Wilson Orchestra (Mack Avenue Records)
"He and She" – Wynton Marsalis (Blue Note Records)
"Kind of Brown" – Christian McBride & Inside Straight (Mack Avenue Records)
"Poetically Justified" – Marcus Johnson (Three Keys Music)
"The Real Thing" – Vanessa Williams (Concord Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)
"A City Called Heaven" – Shirley Caesar (Light Records)
"How I Got Over" – Vickie Winans (Destiny Joy)
"Love Unstoppable" – Fred Hammond (Verity Records)
"Still" – BeBe & CeCe Winans (B & C Records)
"We Are All One: Live In Detroit" – Donnie McClurkin (Verity Records)

Outstanding World Music Album
"11:11" – Rodrigo y Gabriela (ATO Records/Red)
"Black President" – Sila and the Afrofunk Experience (Visila Records)
"Morabeza" – Maria de Barros (Sheer Legacy [Sheer Group South African Label])
"ReCreation" – Zap Mama (Heads Up International/Concord Music Group)
"Seya" – Oumou Sangare (Nonesuch/World Circuit)

Outstanding Music Video
"Blame It" – Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain (J Records/MBK Entertainment)
"Boom Boom Pow" – The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope Records)
"I Look To You" – Whitney Houston (Arista)
"Pretty Wings" – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
"Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" – Alicia Keys (J Records/MBK Entertainment)

Outstanding Song
"Bad Habits" – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
"Blame It" – Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain (J Records/MBK Entertainment)
"Empire State of Mind" – Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys (Atlantic Records)
"God In Me" – Mary Mary (Columbia Records)
"Pretty Wings" – Maxwell (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Album
"The Blueprint 3" – Jay-Z (Atlantic Records)
"BLACKsummers'night" – Maxwell (Columbia Records)
"The Element of Freedom" – Alicia Keys (J Records/MBK Entertainment)
"Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" – Mariah Carey (Def Jam)
"Stronger With Each Tear" – Mary J. Blige (Matriarch/Geffen)