Spotlight (Jennifer Hudson song)

"Spotlight"
Single by Jennifer Hudson
from the album Jennifer Hudson
ReleasedJune 10, 2008 (2008-06-10)[1]
GenreR&B
Length
  • 4:10 (album version)
  • 3:44 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Jennifer Hudson singles chronology
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
(2006) 		"Spotlight"
(2008) 		"If This Isn't Love"
(2009)

"Spotlight" is an R&B song by Jennifer Hudson, written and produced by Ne-Yo and Norwegian production duo Stargate for Hudson's self-titled debut album.[2] It was released digitally on June 10, 2008, as the album's first single[1][3] and reached the top 30 of the US Billboard Hot 100. Outside the US, the track reached the top 20 in Hungary, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

The song received two Grammy Award nominations at the 2009 ceremony for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The video was voted 12th on BET: Notarized Top 100 videos of 2008.

  1. ^ a b Concepcion, Mariel (June 6, 2008). Jennifer Hudson in "Spotlight" with new single. Reuters. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  2. ^ ASCAP ACE – Search Results Archived January 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  3. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (November 24, 2007). Debut Jennifer Hudson Album Due In September. Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2008.