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Jennifer Hudson Grammys

February 13, 2012 by · Comments Off on Jennifer Hudson Grammys 

Jennifer Hudson Grammys, There is a whole generation of modern divas who grew up worshipping at the altar of . Everyone from Mariah Carey to Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna and Beyoncé owes a huge debt to the legendary singer, who died at age 48 on Saturday on the eve of the 54th annual Grammy Awards.

But on an evening when many artists stopped to pay homage to the 1980s diva, whose gifts knew no bounds before her personal problems eroded a once-untouchable talent, it was Jennifer Hudson who reminded the gathered music-industry elite about how much had been lost.

Like Houston, Hudson came up as a church kid, singing at Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist on Chicago’s rough South Side at age 7 before embarking on a path that would take her to the top of the charts and earn her an Oscar for her breakout first film role in “Dreamgirls.” (That part came nearly 15 years after Houston won accolades in her big-screen debut in “The Bodyguard.”) And, like Houston, Hudson was signed by Clive Davis, the legendary music man credited with making Whitney’s career; the two women were labelmates on his J Records imprint. As he tirelessly was for Houston — even in her declining years — Davis has been an outspoken and steady champion of Hudson ever since.

Jennifer Hudson Grammys

February 12, 2012 by · Comments Off on Jennifer Hudson Grammys 

Jennifer Hudson Grammys, Jennifer Hudson will pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, producers for the telecast announced late Saturday.

“We are all pretty devastated. It hit us pretty hard,” Grammy Awards executive producer Ken Ehrlich said in an interview that was fed to CBS affiliates Saturday. “A lot of us who worked on the show worked with her a number of times, so it’s a very sad day for us and it’s going to be tough to recover from.”

Ehrlich said many received news of Houston’s death during rehearsal for Sunday’s ceremony. However, he said the show will go on – now with a tribute planned for Houston by singer-actress Jennifer Hudson.

“She’s a good friend of the Grammys,” Ehrlich said. “She’s had some very significant appearances on the show. It felt right to ask to her to come and help us honor Whitney, which she will do musically.”

This will be the 30-year-old Hudson’s third performance at the Grammys. She received a standing ovation for her moving rendition of “You Pulled Me Through” in 2009, in what was one of her first performances after the murder of her mother and brother. That same year, Houston presented Hudson with her Grammy for Best R&B Album. In 2011, Hudson joined Christina Aguilera, Florence Welch, Martina McBride and Yolanda Adams onstage to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin.

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