Highly-Anticipated Debut Album Set for September Release on Arista records
NEW YORK, May 19 -- After her critically-acclaimed
performance in Dreamgirls, Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson makes her
long-awaited foray into the music scene with "Spotlight," her official
first single from her self-titled debut album, set for release in September
on Arista Records. "Spotlight" impacts radio June 9 and will be digitally
available at iTunes on June 10.
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Written and co-produced by Ne-Yo and produced by Stargate, "Spotlight,"
which addresses insecurities within a relationship, is one of many stellar
songs which showcases Hudson's amazing powerhouse vocals. An all-star team
of writers and producers have been assembled to contribute their talents to
Hudson's highly-anticipated debut album, including Timbaland, Robin Thicke,
The Underdogs, Diane Warren, Tricky Stewart and more.
"I'm beyond ecstatic about my new album," says Hudson. "I think people
will be pleasantly surprised, because it shows a side of my work that no
one has heard before. This album has a huge variety of sounds and one of my
favorite songs is 'Spotlight' because it has this great infectious groove.
This is completely new territory for me and I can't wait for people to hear
it."
Clive Davis, Chief Creative Officer, SonyBMG Worldwide states: "With
Jennifer's debut album we will be introducing a major new recording star.
She takes on every genre of music and makes each her own. She's pure and
simple a great natural talent and her album will very excitingly reflect
that."
In addition to her debut album, Hudson continues with her burgeoning
acting career in the much-buzzed about New Line Cinema version of the HBO
hit series Sex and the City, in theatres May 30. On October 17, Hudson
returns to the silver screen in the film adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's
best-selling novel The Secret Life of Bees.
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