Jennifer Hudson

Spotlight 9/30

Hudson, who was a 2005 American Idol finalist and went on to big-screen glory in Dreamgirls and Sex and the City, worked with Robin Thicke, Diane Warren, Timbaland, Missy Elliott and the Underdogs on her debut — and the list of special guests includes T-Pain, Ludacris and 2004 Idol winner Fantasia Barrino. "I'm extremely excited about it because I get to show and display Jennifer," she says. "It's some R&B, I even have a gospel song, a couple of pop tunes," she says, adding that she strove to be eclectic. "Because Dreamgirls and Sex and the City have a broad audience, I have all types of people walking up to me, 'I can't wait for the album!' God, what am I gonna have for all these people? I can't just expect one genre to cater to everyone so it's a bit of everything."

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