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Jennifer
Hudson's "I Got This" Book Signing
Barnes
& Noble • Los Angeles, California • Jan. 12,
2012 |
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She
came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third
season of American Idol coming in seventh place.
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Hudson
made her film debut in the 2006 movie Dreamgirls, 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.
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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.
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Additionally, it spawned the hit single "Spotlight."
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Her
second album I Remember Me was released in March 2011,
and has reached number two on the Billboard 200, selling 165,000
copies in its first week of release.
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In
late 2008, after Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were killed
in a shooting, Hudson stepped out of the limelight for three months.
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