The 26th NAACP Image Awards ceremony, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), honored the best in film, television, music of 1993 and took place on January 5, 1994 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. It was the 8th year that the event was taped and recorded on NBC.^[1]

• Whitney Houston

• Malcolm X

• Denzel Washington, Malcolm X

• Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do With It

• Al Freeman Jr., Malcolm X

• Angela Bassett, Malcolm X

• Jaleel White, Family Matters

• Martin

• Martin Lawrence, Martin

• Jasmine Guy, A Different World

• I'll Fly Away

• Blair Underwood, L.A. Law

• Regina Taylor, "I'll Fly Away."

• Alex Haley's Queen

• Danny Glover, "Alex Haley's Queen."

• Halle Berry, "Alex Haley's Queen."

• The Young and the Restless

• Kristoff St. John, The Young and the Restless

• Victoria Rowell, The Young and the Restless

• The Arsenio Hall Show

• Arsenio Hall, "The Arsenio Hall Show."

• "Sinbad Live From New York: Afros & Bellbottoms."

• Patti LaBelle, "The 1993 Essence Awards."

• "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

• "Teen Summit: Teens & AIDS."

• LeVar Burton, "Reading Rainbow."

• Shai, "If I Ever Fall in Love."

• Luther Vandross, "Never Let Me Go."

• Whitney Houston, "The Bodyguard," soundtrack.

• En Vogue, "Runaway Love."

• The Winans, "All Out."

• Kenny G, "Breathless."

• Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, "Boom! Shake the Room."

• B. B. King, "Blues Summit."

• "The Bodyguard," various artists, featuring Whitney Houston.

• "The Bodyguard," soundtrack, various artists, featuring Whitney Houston.

• "I'm Every Woman," Whitney Houston.

• Debbie Allen, "The 65th Annual Academy Awards."

• "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine," by Bebe Moore Campbell.

• "By Any Means Necessary: The Trials and Tribulations of the Making of Malcolm X," by Spike Lee with Ralph Wiley.

• "Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a Woman?," by Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick McKissack.