VIDEO: Jennifer Hudson's 'Burden Down' Invites Fans to Release Stress Through Music

Giving a nod to her new record 'Burden Down,' Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson recently shared the #BurdenDownChallenge, which asks people to take to their social media pages and share their favorite emotional cover of the track. The song's theme is to release oneself of stress through the power of music. Check out the new music below!

'Burden Down' was released on December 12th and is available at iTunes http://smarturl.it/BurdenDown/itunes Apple Music http://smarturl.it/BurdenDown/applemusic

Hudson's career was launched in 2006, with her film debut portrayal of Effie White in Dreamgirls, the adaptation of the Broadway musical. The Academy Award-winning breakout performance garnered her nearly 30 awards including the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, and NAACP Image awards. On record, Hudson went on to chart three Top 10 albums in Billboard, starting with her RIAA platinum self-titled #2 Soundscan debut of 2008 (which won the Grammy Award® for Best R&B Album); followed by the RIAA gold #2 debut I Remember Me (2011); and JHUD (2014) featuring the Grammy®-nominated "It's Your World." Her film credits include Sex and the City, Secret Life of Bees, Winnie Mandela, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, Black Nativity, ChiRaq, and Monster as well as television appearances on Smash, Empire, and HBO's Confirmation, among others.

She made her Broadway debut in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple, in the role of Shug Avery for which she won a Grammy®. In December 2016, she played Motormouth Maybelle in the television special Hairspray Live.