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Jessica Ann Simpson (born 1980) is an American pop/country singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s. She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, and has three gold and two multi-platinum RIAA-certified albums.
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| Jessica Simpson
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| Birth name
| Jessica Ann Simpson
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| Born
| July 10, 1980 (aged 29)
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| Origin
| Abilene, Texas, United States
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| Genre(s)
| Country, Pop, R&B, dance-pop, adult contemporary
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| Occupation(s)
| Singer-songwriter, actress
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| Known for
| • Irresistible
• the reality show, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
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| Years active
| 1999–present
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| Label(s)
| Columbia, Epic
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| Website
| JessicaSimpson.com
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2. Simpson's album Sweet Kisses had gone double platinum, thanks to the success of her follow-up singles, Where You Are (1999), and I Think I'm In Love With You (2001). The latter became Simpson's biggest radio hit at that point and was her first release of an uptempo single. But although her debut album sold 2 million copies, sales fell far short of those achieved by Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. And unlike the two pop princesses, Simpson was not a worldwide household name. Columbia Records officials reportedly decided that Simpson needed a change for her second album.
3. In mid-2001, Columbia released Simpson's Irresistible, a follow-up album which Columbia considered to be more radio-friendly, up-tempo tracks. The studio also encouraged her to lose weight in order to fit in with her competitors. The new sound and image helped make Irresistible one of the biggest hits of her career. It peaked at # 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and debuted at # 6 in June 2001 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart,. The album has sold 825,000 copies to date.
4. During the summer of 2003, the reality show, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, starring Simpson and her new husband, Nick Lachey, began airing on MTV. The show quickly became a pop culture phenomenon and is credited with making her a household name. “I never knew that just doing the show would give me that pedestal to step on,” Simpson told Blender magazine in a March 2004 feature. In the summer of 2004, Simpson won three Teen Choice Awards:
- Female Fashion Icon;
- Choice Hottie Female; and
- Female Reality/Variety TV Star for Newlyweds.
In 2005, Newlyweds won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Reality Show before wrapping shortly after.
5. At age 25 in the summer of 2005, Simpson made her first appearance in a motion picture as Daisy Duke in the movie remake of The Dukes of Hazzard. The film was #1 at the box office during its opening weekend. It eventually collected US$110.5 million worldwide, although it was much less financially successful outside the U.S. Her divorce with Nick Lachey was reportedly finalized on June 30, 2005, three years after her marriage on October 26, 2002 at age 22, due to "irreconcilable differences".
6. Following in the footsteps of other female musicians such as Cher and Patti LaBelle, Simpson launched a line of hair and beauty products on the Home Shopping Network. Teaming with celebrity stylist, Ken Pavés, and trained by HSN's first-ever home shopping host Bob Circosta, Simpson sells clip-in hair extensions (Hairdo-brand Salon Clip-In Hair from Simpson and Ken Paves) over the air. Simpson also did many commercials, mainly with Pizza Hut and Proactiv Solution. more... at Wikipedia
