Top40-Charts.com
Support our efforts,
sign up for our $5 membership!
(Start for free)
Register or login with just your e-mail address
RnB 30 May, 2019

Jennifer Hudson Performs Aretha Franklin Tribute At Pulitzer Prize Ceremony

Hot Songs Around The World

Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
796 entries in 30 charts
APT.
Rose & Bruno Mars
570 entries in 29 charts
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
422 entries in 26 charts
Camino Por La Selva
Luli Pampin
177 entries in 3 charts
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
830 entries in 22 charts
Stargazing
Myles Smith
479 entries in 20 charts
Messy
Lola Young
273 entries in 24 charts
That's So True
Gracie Abrams
420 entries in 22 charts
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
1119 entries in 27 charts
All Of Me
John Legend
1064 entries in 29 charts
Happy
Pharrell Williams
1291 entries in 35 charts
Tu Falta De Querer
Mon Laferte
217 entries in 3 charts
The Emptiness Machine
Linkin Park
259 entries in 21 charts
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga
143 entries in 26 charts
Jennifer Hudson Performs Aretha Franklin Tribute At Pulitzer Prize Ceremony
New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On Tuesday night, Jennifer Hudson made a surprise performance at the Pulitzer Prize luncheon, to honor the late Aretha Franklin. Franklin received a posthumous special citation at the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Arts, Drama, and Music "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades."

Hudson sang "Amazing Grace" as she closed out the Pulitzer luncheon at Columbia University. Watch the performance below!
Hudson was chosen by Franklin herself to star in the biopic of her life, titled Respect. Acclaimed stage director Liesl Tommy, the first black woman to earn a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play the feature film based on the life of music icon Aretha Franklin.

Respect is the remarkable true story of Aretha Franklin's journey to find her voice in the midst of the turbulent social and political landscape of 1960s America. Ms. Franklin landed over 100 singles in the Billboard charts, including 17 Top 10 pop singles and 20 No. 1 R&B hits, winning 18 GRAMMY AWARDS and was the first female to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Franklin's reinvention of Otis Redding's "Respect" as a feminist anthem transformed her into an icon of the civil rights and women's movements. Her cultural impact was felt throughout her career, from her singing at Dr. Martin LUTHER King's memorial service to performing at three presidential inaugurations. In addition to "Respect," her countless hits including "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Do Right Woman - Do Right Man," and "Think" were beloved around the world and will be featured in the motion picture.






Most read news of the week


© 2001-2025
top40-charts.com (S6)
about | site map
contact | privacy
Page gen. in 0.0051949 secs // 5 () queries in 0.0063652992248535 secs