I didn't even know I was considered plus-size until I was on the red carpet here in L.A. one day and a lady said, 'How do you feel about being a plus-sized girl in Hollywood?' I was like, 'What's she talking about?'

After the release of "If This Isn't Love" the single eventually peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. [citation needed] "Love You I Do" was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original Song and won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture Television or Other Visual Media. During her acceptance speech Hudson said: "Oh my God I have to just take this moment in.

[citation needed] Additionally it spawned the hit single "Spotlight". She made her film debut in Dreamgirls (2006) which won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress a Golden Globe Award a BAFTA Award an NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In late 2008 after Hudson's mother brother and nephew were killed in a shooting Hudson stepped out of the limelight for three months.