Jennifer Hudson received 7 nods when nominations for the 40th NAACP awards were announced today. The awards will be handed out February 12 in Los Angeles and will air on FOX.
Jennifer received noms in both the recording and motion picture categories: New Artist, Female Artist, Duo Group or Collaboration (with Fantasia Barrino for their duet “I’m His Only Woman” from Jennifer’s album), Music Video (”Spotlight”), Song (”Spotlight”), Album, and Supporting Actress (Secret Life of Bees)
Jordin Sparks received a nod for “No Air”, competing in an Idol! Smackdown! in the Duo Group or Collaboration category with Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia Barrino.
Simon Cowell X Factor protoge, Leona Lewis, will also battle it out with Jennifer in the New Artist category.
American Idol music director, Rickey Minor is nominated in the Literary Work – Non-Fiction category for his book, From Dreams to Destiny.
And in the not-a-chance-in-hell department, American Idol, Season 7 is nominated for Outstanding Reality Series, and Idol Gives Back for Outstanding Variety Series or Special.
Good luck to all the Idols!
See the list of noms, after the jump…
Outstanding New Artist
• Anthony David (Soulbird/Universal Republic)
• Estelle (Atlantic/Homeschool)
• Jazmine Sullivan (J Records)
• Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• Leona Lewis (J Records/Syco)
Outstanding Female Artist
• Alicia Keys (J Records)
• Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• Mariah Carey (Island Def Jam)
• Rihanna (Island Def Jam)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• Anthony David & India.Arie (Soulbird/Universal Republic)
• Estelle feat. Kanye West (Atlantic/Homeschool)
• Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia (Arista)
• Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown (Jive/Zomba)
• Natalie Cole/ Nat “King†Cole (DMI Records)
Outstanding Music Video
• “If I Were A Boy†– Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• “Single Ladies†– Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• “Spotlight†– Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• “Superwoman†– Alicia Keys (J Records)
• “Yes We Can†– Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope)
Outstanding Song
• “Greenlight†– John Legend (Columbia Records)
• “Single Ladies†– Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records)
• “Spotlight†– Jennifer Hudson (Arista)
• “Superwoman†– Alicia Keys (J Records)
• “Yes We Can†– Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope)
Outstanding Album
• Beyoncé – “I Am…Sasha Fierce†(MusicWorld/ColumbiaRecords)
• Jennifer Hudson – “Jennifer Hudson†(Arista)
• Kanye West – “808 & Heartbreaks†(Island Def Jam)
• Ne-Yo – “Year of the Gentleman†(Island Def Jam)
• Seal – “Soul†(Warner Bros. Records)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Alicia Keys – “The Secret Life of Bees†(Fox Searchlight)
• Beyoncé Knowles – “Cadillac Records†(Sony Music Film/Parkwood Pictures)
• Jennifer Hudson – “The Secret Life of Bees†(Fox Searchlight)
• Sophie Okonedo – “The Secret Life of Bees†(Fox Searchlight)
• Taraji P. Henson – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button†(Paramount)
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
• “Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom†– Cornel West (Smiley Books)
• “Letter to My Daughter†– Maya Angelou (Random House)
• “Moving to Higher Ground†– Wynton Marsalis, Geoffrey Ward (Random House)
• “The Sea is So Wide And My Boat Is So Small†– Marian Wright Edelman (Hyperion)
• “There’s No Traffic on the Extra Mile: Lessons on the Road
• “From Dreams to Destiny†– Rickey Minor (Gotham Books)
Outstanding Reality – (Series)
• “American Idol 7†(FOX)
• “Dancing with the Stars†(ABC)
• “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is†(BET)
• “Project Runway†(Bravo)
Outstanding Variety – (Series or Special)
• “American Idol 7: Idol Gives Back†(FOX)
• “BET Awards ‘08†(BET)
• “Chris Rock – Kill the Messenger†(HBO)
• “Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam†(HBO)
• “Run’s House 5†(MTV)
Please Please Jennifer, if you read blogs….please get out of your funk and start attending some of these award shows…please.
I don’t mean to be rude, (ha - just realized I’m quoting Simon), but I don’t think I’d classify what Jennifer’s been going through as a mere “funk”. Being depressed after a breakup might be referred to as a “funk”, but I think suffering the murders of three members of your immediate family just three months ago is something else entirely. She has to heal in her own time, not ours.
I happen to agree with (tm Simon) tiny…We will see Jennifer again, but to expect her to “get out of her funk” 2 or 3 months after she lost the vast majority of her nuclear family is banal on our part, I think. I pray for her coming to terms with this. And I’m in no way a Jennifer Hudson fan. I just hate for somebody to put a deadline on being able to heal from something like this. I’ve never been through anything close and don’t even want to imagine…
Hey, I meant no disrespect but in my mind, when she (or anybody) starts making public appearances it affirms to me that they have healed or on the road to healing. As long as she’s not making public appearances, it worries me. Some people NEVER go back ….which would be her choice, but I think it would be a shame if she decided to totally drop out. ONce she makes appearances, then I’ll sigh relief because I know she’s on the road again.
Maybe that is exactly why she HASN”T begun making public appearances, because she HASN’T healed?
This is not about her career for her, this is about mourning the death of her family members. She could prolly give a flying fig about appeasing her fans.
She will come back. This is Jennifer Hudson for goodness sakes. She could have given up once booted from idol. Instead she persevered all the way to an Academy Award. We aren’t talking about a quitter, we are talking about a gusty surivivor. Show a little sensitivity and give her time.