Jessica Simpson Biography
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Dance-pop singer Jessica Simpson was born and raised in Dallas, TX, She has sold 20 million records Worldwide. In 2009, Billboard named Simpson as the 95th overall best Artists of the Decade. Also was ranked at number 86 on Billboard 200 Artists, solely based on album sales.
Beginning her performing career as a member of her church choir; at 12, she also auditioned unsuccessfully for The Mickey Mouse Club. While attending church camp the following summer, Simpson was discovered by the head of a tiny CCM label, spending the next three years recording her debut album; the label folded before the record could be released, however, although a small pressing was eventually funded by her grandmother.
The teen nevertheless became a hit on the Christian Youth Conference circuit, also sharing bills with Kirk Franklin, God’s Property, and Ce Ce Winans; seeking to expand her popularity in the secular market, Simpson signed to Sony, touring in support of boy-band sensations 98° prior to releasing her 1999 major label debut Sweet Kisses, which launched the smash “I Wanna Love You Forever.” A second studio effort, Irresistible, appeared in spring 2001.
Despite the MTV coverage of the album’s title track, Simpson’s sophomore effort didn’t fare as well as her first album. The following year, Simpson married her longtime boyfriend, 98° crooner Nick Lachey. She also went on to appear in several episodes of That 70s Show, but it took Simpson until summer 2003 to become a bona fide celebrity.
She and Lachey’s MTV-produced reality show, Newlyweds, captured countless moments of the couple’s first year of marriage. Simpson’s third album, the much more mature In This Skin appeared in July.
First single “Sweetest Sin” was a moderate chart hit, but thanks to the success of Newlyweds, Simpson’s teetering career got a second chance. A second single “With You” was a favorite among the MTV crowd and by spring 2004, In This Skin was rereleased. It included reworked versions of Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away” and Robbie Williams’ “Angels” as well as additional footage from the first season of Newlyweds.
From contemporary Christian starlet to mainstream MTV darling, singer-turned-actress Jessica Simpson has seen her popularity spread like a firestorm following the success of her 1999 major-label debut, Sweet Kisses. In the years that followed, Simpson’s fledgling career would continue to gain momentum with a series of television appearances including a recurring role in the popular sitcom That ’70s Show.
After starring alongside husband Nick Lachey in the popular MTV reality series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, it seemed that the stage diva might finally be setting her sights on Hollywood when it was announced that Simpson beat out teen-idol rival Britney Spears to land the coveted role of Daisy Duke in the eagerly anticipated feature-film version of The Dukes of Hazzard.
Born and raised in Dallas, TX, the future superstar realized her calling early on in life, and after making a strong impression on her church choir, Simpson soon gathered the courage to audition for a featured role on The Mickey Mouse Club revival show MMC.
Though Simpson was turned down for the role that was eventually filled by Spears and later Christina Aguilera, the determined songstress was discovered the following summer by the head of a Contemporary Christian music label and spent the next three years crafting her debut album. When the small label folded before Simpson’s freshman effort was released, the young singer’s grandmother showed faith in her granddaughter’s talent by putting up the funding needed for a small pressing, and Simpson’s popularity on the CCM scene boomed.
Signing to Sony shortly thereafter, Simpson found strong crossover appeal with the release of her major label debut, Sweet Kisses in 1999. Released the same year as both Spears’ and Aguilera’s wildly successful debut albums, Sweet Kisses allowed Simpson to finally achieved pop superstardom alongside two of the biggest rising stars on the pop music scene.
After Simpson married 98° singer Nick Lachey in the fall of 2002, her star continued to rise when the couple appeared in MTV’s Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica the following year. Coming on the heels of a series of successful television guest appearances, Simpson’s lovably ditzy onscreen persona and conventional beauty in Newlyweds showed remarkable potential for a successful career in film and television in addition to her already established role as a pop superstar.
By the time Simpson was signed to appear in the big-screen adaptation of the popular 1980s television series The Dukes of Hazzard, audiences were already familiar with her likeable onscreen presence, and her winning combination of blonde beauty and playful innocence made her the perfect choice to fill the Daisy Dukes of the character whose name has since become synonymous with the popular cutoff jean shorts of that era.
In September 2007, Simpson’s father Joe Simpson stated to People magazine that Simpson was considering doing a country album. Joe Simpson told People that she is “talking about doing a country record and going back to her roots, being from Texas.”
“Come On Over”, first leaked onto the internet on May 27, 2008. Shortly after country radio stations around the country began giving the single radio play. In the United States, “Come on Over” became the most-added song to country radio for the week of June 6, 2008, debuting at number 41 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It broke a record held by Miranda Lambert (“Me and Charlie Talking”) and Brad Cotter (“I Meant To”) for highest-debuting first chart entry by a solo artist; both artists debuted at number 42 on that same chart. The video for the first single, “Come On Over”, premiered on Simpson’s official website in July 2008.
The single peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. Prior to the albums release Simpson performed at select state fairs and visited various country music radio stations in order to promote the album. The country album, entitled Do You Know, was released on September 9, 2008, The album fully leaked onto the internet on August 28, 2008. The album debuted #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in both the US and Canada. Giving Simpson her first #1 album of her career.
She opened for Rascal Flatts on their “Bob That Head Tour” from January 17 through March 14, 2009. The album’s second single “Remember That” was released to country radio on September 29, 2008. The single peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and dropped off the chart by the end of December 2008. The album’s third single was “Pray Out Loud”, which failed to chart. On April 7, 2009 Simpson’s rep confirmed with Us Weekly that she and label Sony Nashville were parting ways.
Simpson hosts a VH1 series, The Price of Beauty, which began airing March 15, 2010 on. Simpson and her father Joe Simpson are the executive producers. Simpson also guest starred on the hit show Entourage on Aug. 1, 2010. In an interview for the March 2010 issue of Allure Magazine, Simpson said that she is looking for edgier, more intellectual roles.[
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