Jennifer Hudson Still Crying Over Whitney Jennifer Hudson Hasn’t “stopped Crying” Since
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. 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. She was released from her five-year contract with Righteous Records so that she could appear on American Idol in 2004, but Jennifer credits David Johnson with teaching her “so much” and preparing her for the successful career she is enjoying today. During the “Top 7″ show, Hudson performed Barry Manilow ‘s, “Weekend in New England”, which garnered praise from all three judges. Hudson said on The Tyra Banks Show, on February 23, 2007, that she just finished the first song for the album. Hudson has won particular praise for her show-stopping onscreen rendition of the hit song, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”, the signature song of the role, which had earlier been recorded, and had already reached the status of musical standard, because of the definitive performance of Jennifer Holliday. in addition, she has been named Best Supporting Actress by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and also by the Screen Actors Guild. After seeing Hudson’s performance in Dreamgirls, Simon Cowell taped a congratulatory message to her, which aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Jennifer Hudson still crying over Whitney Jennifer Hudson hasn’t “stopped crying” since Whitney Houston’s death, and felt it was “the greatest honour” to be able to pay tribute to her at the G… [link]
