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Academy success actor and singer Jennifer Hudson gave a show-stopping performance at the 2021 CMA Awards, teaming up with multiple winner Chris Stapleton for a emotional piece of music of “Night Life” and “You unit My Sunshine.”
Hudson, World Health Organization plays Aretha Franklin among the new biopic Respect, gave her initial performance at the CMA Awards with Franklin’s arrangement of Willie Nelson’s “Night Life,” starting the song off low and slow before ramping it up with brassy horn hits and explosive vocal runs. Stapleton joined in behind Hudson on musical instrument.
After a brief interlude, the half of the performance featured Stapleton’s smoldering wrestle “You unit My Sunshine,” that he and spousal equivalent Morgane recorded for Dave Cobb’s multi-artist Southern Family project. Hudson chimed in with some soaring ad libs of her own before the song shifted from a blues shuffle to a full gallop.
Stapleton began the evening tied with Eric Church for the event’s most nominations, in conjunction with human of the Year, Album of the Year (which he won), and Male player of the Year. He’s presently headlining shows on his All-American show tour, in conjunction with a attempt of capital of Tennessee dates Dec. 10 and 11.
Earlier among the CMA Awards show, Stapleton and a strings performed his song “Cold,” off his CMA Album of the Year winner starting Over.