Several award-winning singer and actress, Jennifer Kate Hudson, is set to become the next act to Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival from 24-30 January, 2010 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Turnkey production president and festival producer, Walter Elmore, made the disclosure recently when he celebrated the first official media kick-off for the event in Toronto, Canada.

Jennifer has a magic that surrounds him and the audience loved Jamaica. We feel he is an excellent addition to marching, `said Elmore to host media and travel professionals who came out to greet Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival debut in Canada on one of Toronto` s largest hotel, the Delta Chelsea, on October 15.

Hudson became famous in 2004 as one of the finalists in the third season of Fox’s reality television series American Idol. He made his film debut in the film Dreamgirls in 2006 and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, as well as Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award, among many others.

He won a Grammy Award for her eponymous debut album, Jennifer Hudson, who was released in 2008 on Arista Records and was soon certified gold by the RIAA to send more than 500,000 copies, spawning the hit single `Spotlight.`

Albums debut at # 2 on the Billboard 200 with 217,000 copies in the United States and opened to positive reviews. In August 2009, the album has sold 739,000 copies in the United States, received Gold certification for sales exceeding 500,000.

Her debut album, Hudson collected three Grammy Award nominations in 2008; Best Female R & B Vocal Performance for Spotlight `,` Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for `I` m His Only Woman with Fantasia Barrino, and Best R & B Album for Jennifer Hudson. He last won this and appear on the awards.

Hudson is said to work on a second album and fans of Jamaican music can taste his new job.

Also in the law, Elmore said, would Billy Ocean, Joe Roy Jackson, Kelly Price, Tamia, Deborah Cox, Hall and Oats, Jon Secada, Monty Alexander, Roy Ayers, Third World, BMarion Hall, Max and Sam Milby, an Jazz band who polish Polish government has arranged for the event. Some Headliners are still to be confirmed.

Festival, which since it was introduced in 1996 known as the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, has attracted thousands of visitors from the United States, Europe, the Caribbean and Jamaica. International artists who have performed at the festival include Alicia Keys, Kenny Rogers, Norah Jones, Julio Iglesias, Roberta Flack, Lou Rawls, Dionne Warwick, India Arie, Nancy Wilson, Earth Wind and Fire, Kenny G., Michael McDonald, Gladys Knight, Kool & The Gang, Al Jarreau, Branford Marsalis, Brian McKnight Harry Belafonte, Babyface, Stephanie Mills, George Benson, Erykah Badu, Gladys Knight, Michael Bolton, and many more. And to bring a sense of Jamaica, famous names such as Ziggy Marley, Morgan Heritage, Third World, Toots Hibbert, Shaggy, Sean Paul Maxi Priest, Beres Hammond, Monty Alexander, Ritchie Stephens and many other Jamaican talents have made their mark on Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues stage.