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Jennifer Hudson Gives Fans Early Christmas Present With Seismic Rendition Of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’

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Meeting widespread fan demand for holiday music, Academy® Award-winning actress and GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist Jennifer Hudson presents a showstopping take on “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).Get it HERE via Epic Records.

Hudson’s instantly recognizable vocals lift this Christmas classic to heavenly heights backed by church bells, piano, and gospel-style harmonies. She adds a soulful touch to the Darlene Love original.

Christmas has come early thanks to Jennifer Hudson!

Earlier this year, she portrayed the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin on the big screen in the hit film, Respect. She recently sat down with The Ringer for an in-depth interview, while Variety hailed the original soundtrack standout “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” as “an end-credits capper that has Jennifer Hudson, who plays Franklin, singing a gospel-influenced original song that takes the film to church one last time.American Songwriter noted, “who better to bring Franklin’s life to the silver screen than the beautiful-voiced, supremely skilled Hudson.”

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Be on the lookout for more from Jennifer Hudson soon.

One of the biggest, boldest, and brightest voices in contemporary music, Jennifer Hudson stands alone. Not only is she a two-time GRAMMY® Award winner and best-selling author, but she has received an Academy® Award, a Golden Globe®, and countless other honors as an actress. Her self-titled 2008 debut Jennifer Hudson earned a platinum certification, the 2011 follow-up I Remember Me went gold, and 2014’s JHUDdrew a GRAMMY® nod. She has starred in films ranging from Dreamgirls and Sex and the City to Chi-Raq and Sing, in addition to taking over Broadway in The Color Purple, for which the soundtrack garnered Hudson another Grammy win. Along the way, she became a best-selling author and served as a coach on The Voice UK and U.S.  In 2019, she appeared as Grizabella in the big-screen adaptation of Cats, and she also contributed “I’ll Fight” to the critically acclaimed documentary RBG, garnering an Academy® Award nomination. In 2021, she stars as Aretha Franklin in director Liesl Tommy’s highly anticipated biopic Respect, of which she is also an executive producer. Franklin personally chose Hudson to star. She will be releasing new music soon.

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