Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson was born in Abilene, Texas and was raised by a Baptist youth minister and a Sunday school teacher. Jessica Simpson started singing at the age of 12 in her Baptist church choir. At the same age, she made an unsuccessful application for The New Mickey Mouse Club, which starred many future pop singers.

Jessica Simpson was discovered singing at a church camp by the head of a small contemporary Christian record label and recorded a demo album over the next three years; however, the label folded before the record could be released. During her senior year of high school, Jessica Simpson toured with the Christian Youth Conference circuit performing selling copies of her demo album after her performances. Tommy Mottola of Columbia Records happened to get a hold of a copy of the album and, gave her a contract.

In late 1999, Jessica Simpson released her debut album Sweet Kisses, which reached a peak of number 25 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and also made the top 40 of the UK charts. Her second single from the album, was a duet with then-boyfriend Nick Lachey, "Where You Are", was a modest radio hit.

Jessica Simpson released her second album Irresistible during the summer of 2001. This effort reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 and top 20 of the Canadian album chart. Despite this improvement over her debut album, sales were less than satisfactory.

On October 26, 2002, Jessica Simpson married Nick Lachey. She famously announced that she remained a virgin until her wedding night. During the summer of 2003, Jessica Simpson and Lachey's reality show Newlyweds began airing on MTV. Although Simpson was moderately famous before the series began, the show became a pop cultural phenomenon and made her famous even among those who did not follow pop music or MTV; it is considered by many to be Jessica Simpson’s crowning glory of her career.

Throughout the run of four seasons Jessica Simpson epitomized the stereotypical dumb blonde, notably when she asked Lachey whether the Chicken of the Sea tuna she was eating was chicken or fish. She also indicated that she believed that buffalo wings were made from actual buffalo. Jessica’s ignorance helped turn the show into a huge hit, making the average rating for each episode about 1.4 million viewers and reaching a series peak of 4 million viewers.

Banking on the success of her new popularity, Jessica Simpson stared in The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour in 2004. During that summer, Jessica Simpson won three Teen Choice Awards for Female Fashion Icon, Hottie Female, and Female Reality/Variety TV Star for Newlyweds. In 2005, the series won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Reality Show and wrapped shortly after.

During the summer of 2005, Jessica Simpson made her first major film appearance as Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. The film debuted at number one on the U.S. box-office chart, grossing more than thirty million USD. One of the songs from the film's soundtrack, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", was sung by Jessica Simpson. During the filming of Dukes, well publicized rumors abound concerning an alleged affair Simpson had with co-star Johnny Knoxville.

In November 2005, after months of speculation, Jessica Simpson and her husband Nick Lachey officially announced that they had split. Simpson filed for divorce on December 16, 2005, citing "irreconcilable differences". She has asked the courts not to grant Lachey spousal support. The couple's divorce has been highly publicized worldwide. On July 1, 2006, it was announced that the divorce had been finalized on June 30.

Currently, Jessica Simpson is releasing her next album, A Public Affair, with Epic Records. She also finished filming her second movie Employee of the Month, with Dane Cook, in New Mexico. Jessica Simpson also launched a shoe collection  set to be released in department stores across the U.S.

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