Jessica Simpson

by Steven Mumma

Jessica Simpson is one of America’s most famous female pop singers today. She rose to her celebrity status during the late 1990’s with the release of her first full length pop album, ‘Sweet Kisses’, and has since starred in television shows, made appearances in several movies, and has started her own line of beauty products.

Born in 1980 in Abilene, Texas, Jessica Ann Simpson is the first of two daughters to her parents Joe Truett Simpson, a Baptist minister, and Tina Ann Drew, a Sunday school teacher. She was raised in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, and began her singing career in a Baptist choir at the age of 12. Also at age 12 she unsuccessfully attempted to join the ‘New Mickey Mouse Club’, whose members included Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake, amongst several others that would eventually become celebrities today.

Jessica Simpson was stumbled upon by a Christian record label while she was singing at a church camp. With their support, she began recording her first album throughout high school, but the label went bankrupt before it was ever released. Instead of finishing high school, Jessica left during her senior year and went on a tour to promote a demo album that was produced by her grandmother. She never returned to high school, but rather earned a GED equivalent.

Jessica went on a tour with the Christian Youth Conference circuit, the album of which peaked the interest of Tommy Mottola, from Colombia Records. Jessica Simpson was signed on as a pop signer, and with Colombias help launched her first album, ‘Sweet Kisses’, in 1999. She has since release two more albums, all of which have topped charts around the world, her third album being her most successful in sales, selling three million copies in the United States.

Jessica Simpson married Nick Lachey in 2002, and began her career as an actress by starring with her husband in a reality show called ‘Newlyweds’, which showed on MTV. For three seasons, the show had a large viewing across the states, as fans seemed drawn into the ‘dumb blonde’ antics Simpson was soon known for displaying. She has made several appearance in other television shows, though has yet to star in another reality show since the last since of Newlyweds in 2005. Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey filed for a divorce in Los Angeles on December 16th, 2005.

Jessica made her first serious movie appearance starring as Daisy Duke in the summer of 2005, and is reportedly involved in a number of movies being produced now, including one by Quentin Tarantino. She also intends to release a fourth album in the spring of 2006.

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