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Amber Riley vs. Jennifer Hudson: Who Covered Whitney’s “I Will Always Love You” Better?

Posted: February 16, 2012

amber-riley-vs-jennifer-hudson-i-will-always-love-you-coverBoth Glee’s Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones) and former American Idol standout Jennifer Hudson performed beautiful, emotional versions of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” in the last few days.

First, in a tribute to the late singer, Jennifer Hudson took to the Grammy Awards stage – with just 24 hours to prepare – and belted out an incredible rendition of “I Will Always Love You.”

Then, just two days later on an episode of Glee, Amber Riley covered the hit classic as part of that Fox program’s Valentine’s Day episode, shedding tears in the process over her character’s status on the show.

Following Riley’s amazing performance, “Glee’s” musical supervisor P.J. Bloom revealed that Amber’s special tribute was actually a coincidence.

“We chose to do the song and Ryan Murphy chose to do the song to honor one of the great hits of all time,” Bloom said. “Obviously, we could not predict the unfortunately circumstances that happened this weekend but at the same time instead of focusing on the dark stuff, it’s nice to have an opportunity to hear her in this way and celebrate the magic that Whitney brought to this industry.”

Both Riley and Hudson’s covers of the Whitney classic are listed below for you to compare. Did one stand out above the other, or were both equally beautiful?

Jennifer Hudson singing I Will Always Love You at the Grammy Awards:
Amber Riley singing I Will Always Love you on Glee:



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5 Archived Responses to “ Amber Riley vs. Jennifer Hudson: Who Covered Whitney’s “I Will Always Love You” Better? ”

  1. Jenny Acker
    Feb 16, 2012

    Bot were wonderful, though I thought Amber's was better. That being said, Jennifer was live.

  2. Anthony Agpaoa
    Feb 16, 2012

    Comparison unfair, Glee was recorded in a studio with all post processing done. Jennifer's was Live and short notice.

    For the best Liver version, I'ld pick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_LGgrV09Cg.

  3. Chad Johnson
    Feb 16, 2012

    It doesn't matter and it's stupid to even compare these two.

  4. Bonnie O. Binford
    Feb 16, 2012

    I didn't care for JH's version, but in all fairness she was live and maybe should have taped it. Amber sang another WH song on Glee that was just as good "I Look to You" and it was just as fabulous. She is just so very talented I don't think they are comparable. Also I am not really a JH fan to start with. So she would really have had to do the song justice for me to think it was better or even close to AR version. JMO

  5. Ashley Saccamando
    Feb 16, 2012

    Amber! Sheeeee rocks allllllll the way!