Jennifer Hudson Wins First Grammy of the Night

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Jennifer Hudson took home the first award of the night, and her first Grammy, at Sunday's Grammy Awards.

The singer took home the prize for Best R&B Album for her self-titled album. After accepting her award from music legend Whitney Houston, she thanked God and then added: "I would like to thank my family in heaven and those who are here today."

The acceptance speech marked among the first words in public for the singer and Academy Award-winning actress, whose mother, brother and nephew were murdered last fall in her home city of Chicago.

Published 2/8/09 by the Insider

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  • First I would like to thank God that she had the strength to perform after all that she has had to endure. When she sang the song "You Pulled Me Through", my heart went out to her. I could feel her hurt and see her pain and it touched my heart so...
    Anonymous 2/9/09 Reply
  • im so happy for her she deserve it and i still pray for her and her family
    lavern 2/9/09 Reply
  • Congratulations Jennifer! You looked and sounded GREAT!
    Anonymous 2/9/09 Reply
  • she became a lot thinner . Anyone noticed tht??
    Anonymous 2/9/09 Reply
  • Keep it up ma'am . All are thoughts ae with u and ur're family
    nina 2/9/09 Reply
  • Her dress was appalling. I thought she had a napkin on her chest as some sort of joke. When she got on stage and made no joke I realized that was how the dress was designed. Was her sense of style murdered?
    Anonymous 2/8/09 Reply
  • congratulations Jennifer!! You deserve it!!
    Anonymous 2/8/09 Reply
  • she is beautiful as well as talented god bless u mrs.hudson ur family is looking down on u and protecticg u love cleo
    Anonymous 2/8/09 Reply
  • She sang and looked wonderful. . . .
    AngeliO 2/8/09 Reply