Jennifer Kate Hudson, also known as J. Hud, is an American singer, actress, and philanthropist. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol, placing seventh. She made her film debut as Effie White in Dreamgirls, for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. Her self-titled debut studio album in 2008 was certified gold in the United States, sold over a million copies worldwide, and received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. In 2015, Hudson made her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery in The Color Purple. She has contributed as a coach on the UK and the US version of The Voice from
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Jennifer Kate Hudson, also known as J. Hud, is an American singer, actress, and philanthropist. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol, placing seventh. She made her film debut as Effie White in Dreamgirls, for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. Her self-titled debut studio album in 2008 was certified gold in the United States, sold over a million copies worldwide, and received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. In 2015, Hudson made her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery in The Color Purple. She has contributed as a coach on the UK and the US version of The Voice from 2017 up to 2019, becoming the first female coach to win the former. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020. Hudson was the subject of significant media attention in 2008 when her mother, brother, and nephew were killed in a shooting. She resumed public appearances the following year, with a high-profile performance at Super Bowl XLIII as well as other mainstream events. Hudson has been described as a friend of former President Barack Obama, who invited her to appear with him at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills during his first term in May 2009. In 2013, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She cites Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle as her overall biggest influences and inspiration.
In May 2009, MTV listed Hudson as the sixth greatest contestant in American Idol history and noted her exit was the most shocking of all time. In September 2006, Hudson is featured in a duet, “The Monster Is Loose,” on Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is The Monster. In the interview she stated the song would be included on her debut album, which was released early in 2007. In November 2006, she signed a record deal with Arista Records. She also recorded a song she co-wrote with Bill Grainer and Earl Powell called “Stand Up” which was later available on the deluxe edition of The power-ballad edition of Bat Out Of Hell III. The track was produced by Chicago natives The Little Giants and Little Herman III, who also arranged the song by Little Herman. Hudson received her second Grammy award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2017 as a cast member on The color Purple. In January 2002, Hudson signed her first recording contract with Righteous Records, a Chicago-based independent record label. She was released from her five-year contract with righteous Records so that she could appear on American Idol in 2004. She is the third and youngest child of Darnell Donerson and Samuel Simpson. She was raised as a Baptist in Englewood and attended Dunbar Vocational High School, from which she graduated in 1999. She has also credited Mariah Carey as being one of her musical heroes.
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