Jennifer Hudson has been nominated for a Grammy.
Jennifer Hudson . The record was nominated for four Grammy Awards , winning the 2009 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album . Her third and most recent album JHUD peaked in the top ten and featured the Grammy-nominated track `` It 's Your World '' . She also became the principal singer of The Color Purple musical album , which earned her the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program ( shared with the cast of The Color Purple ) .