Academy and Grammy Award winning Jennifer Hudson releases ‘RESPECT’ original motion picture soundtrack.

As the world awaits her highly anticipated portrayal of Aretha Franklin in the upcoming film RESPECT, Academy Award-winning actress and GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist Jennifer Hudson today releases the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to RESPECT which includes her take on 17 Aretha classics.

Hudson has helped set the stage for the Soundtrack with multiple tracks thus far, including the original song “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)”—written by Hudson along with 4-time GRAMMY Award winner, Kennedy Center Honoree, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee Carole King and Jamie Hartman [Lewis Capaldi, Christina Aguilera], as well as a beautiful rendition of the iconic “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman.”

Hudson was notably handpicked by Franklin to portray her in the film from MGM, which opens in Belgian theaters on September 8th.

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 JHUD drew 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.

ABOUT RESPECT

From MGM, Respect follows the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom, Respect is the remarkable true story of Franklin’s journey to find her voice.