Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer
Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American recording artist, actress
and spokesperson. She came to prominence in 2004 as a finalist on the third
season of American Idol, coming in seventh place. She made her film debut in
Dreamgirls (2006), which won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress,
a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors
Guild Award.
She
won a Grammy Award for her eponymous debut album, Jennifer Hudson, which was
released in 2008 on Arista Records and was certified gold by the RIAA for
selling over 800,000 copies in the US; sales exceeded 1 million copies
worldwide. Additionally, it spawned the hit single "Spotlight". Her
second album, I Remember Me, was released in March 2011, and reached number two
on the Billboard 200, selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release. The
album was certified gold by the RIAA, for shipping over 500,000 copies in the
US.
In
late 2008, after Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were killed in a shooting,
Hudson stepped out of the limelight for three months. Hudson resumed her public
appearances in 2009, and has since performed at the Super Bowl XLIII, the
Grammy Awards, American Idol, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Hudson has been
described as a friend of President Barack Obama, who invited her to appear with
him at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills in May 2009. She also performed at the
White House at the "Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights
Movement" event. Her vocal range is mezzo-soprano. Hudson has sold
1,280,000 albums and 2,237,000 tracks in the United States as of February 2012.
Birth
name: Jennifer Kate Hudson
Born:
September 12, 1981. Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres:
R&B, soul
Occupations:
Singer, actress, spokesperson
Instruments:
Vocals
Years
active: 2004–present
Labels:RCA
Records (2011–present)
Associated
acts: Ne-Yo
Pictures:
Song:
Interview:
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