1. Mr Hudson formed the band Mr Hudson and the Library in 2006, for which he served as lead vocalist, and signed with American rapper Kanye West's record label, GOOD Music through a joint venture with Mercury Records as a solo act two years later.
26 Facts About Mr Hudson
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That same year, Hudson guest performed on Jay-Z's 2010 single "Young Forever," which peaked within the top ten of both the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart.
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Mr Hudson featured on Jay-Z and Kanye West's album Watch The Throne, appearing on "Why I Love You".
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Mr Hudson then began writing and producing for other acts including Paloma Faith and Duran Duran on the 2014 album Paper Gods.
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In 2016 Mr Hudson collaborated with JP Cooper to write "September Song" and "She's On My Mind".
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Mr Hudson won a Grammy Award for his work on John Legend's 2020 album Bigger Love.
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Mr Hudson attended Oxford University, where he read English Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford.
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Mr Hudson was first featured on Later with Jools Holland on 8 December 2006.
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In 2008, Mr Hudson began recording as a solo artist.
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Ed Deegan who had previously worked at Toe Rag Studios near by was acting as engineer, but Mr Hudson received an offer from Kanye West to produce his album.
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Kanye West has stated: "I believe Mr Hudson has the potential to be bigger than me, to be one of the most important artists of his generation".
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Mr Hudson said, 'Let's see if we can make you a popstar'.
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In 2009, Mr Hudson guested on Playing with Fire by N-Dubz.
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In 2010, Mr Hudson collaborated with British dubstep artist Caspa on the track "Love Never Dies ", which is a new version of a previous Caspa track known simply as "Back for the First Time".
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Mr Hudson was featured on Jay-Z and Kanye West's album Watch the Throne, appearing on "Why I Love You".
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In 2012 Mr Hudson was featured on the UK Top 10 single "Charge", by Sway.
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In March 2013, Mr Hudson debuted the new single "Fred Astaire" via SoundCloud.
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Mr Hudson spent most of 2014 writing and producing Paper Gods by Duran Duran, released 11 September 2015.
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Mr Hudson gave us the confidence to leave each other's space, and this is the first time we have got this on an album.
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Mr Hudson sang with Bowie's band, Mike Garson, Gail Ann Dorsey, Earl Slick and more for the 'Celebrating David Bowie' shows in London, New York and Los Angeles.
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Mr Hudson has continued to tour with the line up in 2018 in the UK, Europe and the USA.
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Mr Hudson released two of his own tracks late in 2017.
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Mr Hudson appeared on Kanye West and Kid Cudi's collaboration album "Kids See Ghosts" where he sang the outro to the final song, "Cudi Montage".
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On 19 April 2019 Mr Hudson revealed his first new original song in 10 years, titled "Antidote", written and produced with Jon Hume.
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Mr Hudson later confirmed that both "Antidote" and "Chicago" would feature on his album When the Machine Stops, released 21 June 2019.
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June 2020 saw Mr Hudson's writing and production work featured on John Legend's album Bigger Love for track "Never Break".