Washington DC, Nov. 11 -- Jennifer Hudson's 2024 album, 'The Gift of Love', was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for the 2026 Grammy Awards. This marks Hudson's ninth Grammy nomination and her first in the pop album category. She spoke about the nomination and said that she feels "blessed" about it, according to People.

"I'm still living a dream, it's blessed me," Hudson said. "I'm a holiday fanatic, so to be able to be acknowledged in that way with the album ... that is just so dear to my heart, is beyond a dream."

"And it was on my late mother's birthday as well, which made it even more special," she added.

Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, was murdered in October 2008 in a fatal shooting in Chicago. Hudson's brother-i...