NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year

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	[1]
1987	Patti LaBelle	[citation needed]
1988	Dionne Warwick (2)	[citation needed]
1989	Lionel Richie	[citation needed]
1990	Eddie Murphy	[citation needed]
1991	Oprah Winfrey	[citation needed]
1992	Patti LaBelle (2)	[2]
1993	Michael Jackson	[3]
1994	Whitney Houston	[4]
1995	Whitney Houston (2)	[5]
1996	Quincy Jones	[citation needed]
1997	Denzel Washington	[citation needed]
1998	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	[citation needed]
1999	Will Smith	[6]
2000	Halle Berry	[citation needed]
2001	Steve Harvey	[citation needed]
2004	Beyoncé	[7]
2013	Jamie Foxx	[8]
2014	Kevin Hart	[9]
2015	Taraji P. Henson	[10]
2016	Michael B. Jordan	[11]
2017	Dwayne Johnson	[12]
2018	Ava DuVernay	[13]
2019	Beyoncé (2)	[14]
2020	Lizzo	[15]
2021	D-Nice	[16]
2022	Jennifer Hudson	[17]
2023	Angela Bassett	[18]
2024	Usher
2025	Keke Palmer	[19]

Multiple wins

Patti LaBelle, Beyoncé, Dionne Warwick, and Whitney Houston are the only four people to win the award twice.