Kate Hudson has already won several accolades in her career, including an Oscar nomination for her role as Penny Lane in Almost famousbut now she has something else to add to her resume: Advertising sign-to make charts by herself.
Hudson's debut studio album Gloriouswhich was released on May 17th on HK Music/Virgin Records, and debuts on each of the following charts this week (dated June 1st):
- Heatseekers Album: No. 3
- Top selling album: No. 10
- Top Current Album Sales: No. 10
- Vinyl Album: No. 19
- Independent Album: No. 41
The 12-track set debuts with 8,000 equivalent album units earned in the US in its first week (May 17-23), according to Luminate. Of that amount, 7,000 were in album sales, with 2,000 on vinyl.
Hudson collaborated with Grammy Award-winning and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Linda Perry for much of the album, along with Johan Carlsson and Danny Fujikawa. The latter is Hudson's fiance and lead singer-guitarist in the band Chief. Carlsson was a member of the band Carolina Liar and has written and produced songs for Flo Rida, Ariana Grande, One Direction and Katy Perry, among others.
In a recent interview with Advertising sign, Hudson said most of the songs in the set were written over the course of two weeks. “At one point, we wrote three songs in one day and Linda said, 'I think we should stop. I think we have two albums.' We could write forever.”
Hudson, who is managed by Sandbox Entertainment, signed to Virgin Music Group in February and released her first single under the deal, “Talk About Love,” on January 30.
Glorious earns Hudson her first solo entry Advertising signhis charts, after a successful collaboration. In September 2012, her role as dance teacher Cassandra July in the fourth season of Joy resulted in a Advertising sign chart placement after that season's premiere episode. The cast of Glee's “Americano/Dance Again,” featuring Hudson, reached No. 25 on Pop Digital Song Sales and No. 61 on Digital Song Sales. The song, in which Hudson performs in character, is a mashup of Lady Gaga's “Americano” and Jennifer Lopez's “Dance Again,” featuring Pitbull.
Together with Almost famoushudson has also starred in box office hits including Bride Wars, Glass onion and How to lose a guy in 10 days.
