  Jessica Simpson was born July
10, 1980, and hails from Dallas, Texas. She
began singing at a Baptist church and by age
12 was auditioning (unsuccessfully) for the
Mickey Mouse Club ("I made it all the
way to the end, and I froze in the last
audition"). Jessica spent several years
in her youth working on a recording for a
small gospel label she signed with but the
label folded before Jessica could make any
gains with her music. Jessica did continue
appearing in various Christian events and
performed on the same bill as Kirk
Franklin and Ce Ce Winans.
Jessica's perseverance eventually got her to
meet with Tommy Mottola of Sony Records and a
recording contract with Columbia Records
while still a high school senior.
 # 63
Singles Artist of the Year
 Jessica could be heard on the TV
show Dawson
Creek soundtrack with "Did You
Ever Love Somebody."
Jessica hit the Top 40 for the
first time with "I
Wanna Love You Forever."
Jessica opened for several Ricky
Martin concert dates.
 Jessica released her debut LP, Sweet
Kisses. CDNow said of Jessica and her
new LP: "...Her vocals are the typical
Top 40 combination of breathy wonder mixed
with moments of chest-thumping sincerity, but
Simpson at least seems to mean it more than,
say, Britney
Spears, who never seems to mean
anything."
The single "I
Wanna Love You Forever" was certified
gold.
 Sweet
Kisses was certified gold.
The single "I
Wanna Love You Forever" was certified
platinum.
Jessica hit the Top
10
with "I
Wanna Love You Forever."
"I
Wanna Love You Forever" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 6
weeks.
 # 13
Singles Artist of the Year
Jessica hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"I
Wanna Love You Forever."
 Jessica's second single "Where
You Are"
(a duet with boyfriend Nick
Lachey of 98
Degrees) hit the charts and was
featured in the film Here
On Earth.
Jessica and Nick hit the Top
10
with "Where
You Are"
 Jessica hit the Top 40 with
"I
Think I'm In Love With You."
Sweet
Kisses was certified platinum.
Jessica hit #1 in Canada with
with "I
Think I'm In Love With You."
Jessica won 2 Teen Choice Awards
for Breakout Artist and Love Song of the Year
("Where
You Are").
 Sweet
Kisses was certified 2x platinum.
 # 26
Singles Artist of the Year
 Jessica was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist.
Jessica hit the Top 40 with
"Irresistible."
 Jessica released her 2nd LP, Irresistible.
Jessica hit the Top 10 with "Irresistible."
Irresistible was certified gold.
 Jessica hit the Top 40 with
"A Little Bit."
 This
Is The Remix was released.
Jessica
appeared in 3 episodes of That
'70s Show on FOX.
Jessica married Nick Lachey of 98
Degrees.
 # 75
Singles Artist of the Year
 Jessica was
back guest-starring in a few episodes of That
'70s Show on FOX.
Jessica hit the
book stores with the wedding-themed book I
Do: Achieving Your Dream Wedding.
Jessica hit the
Top 40 with "Sweetest Sin."
Jessica
released her next LP, In
This Skin.
She was seen on
MTV with the hit reality series Newlyweds:
Nick And Jessica.
 Jessica signed a comedy
development deal with ABC.
Jessica appeared on the cover of
Rolling Stone with the caption
'Housewife of the Year.'
Jessica hit the Top 40 with
"With You."
In
This Skin was certified gold.
 # 7
Singles Artist of the Year
 Jessica hit the Top 10 with "With You."
Jessica co-hosted Saturday
Night Live with her husband, Nick Lachey.
The second season of Newlyweds began on MTV.
In
This Skin was certified platinum.
Jessica hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"With You."
 Jessica released a revamped
version of In
This Skin with 2 new songs - the covers
of Robbie Williams' "Angels"
and Berlin's "Take My
Breath Away."
Jessica topped the Billboard
Mainstream Top 40 chart with "With You."
Jessica hit the Top 40 with
"Take My Breath Away."
 Jessica and Nick
Lachey appeared in their first TV
variety special on ABC with The
Nick & Jessie Variety Hour.
In
This Skin was certified 2x platinum.
Jessica hit the Top 10 with "Take My Breath Away."
Jessica was featured on VH1's Divas
Live.
A TV sitcom starring Jessica was
not picked up for the fall schedule.
 Jessica hit the Top 40 with
"Angels."
Jessica had to cancel some
concert performances due to a kidney
infection.
The video for "With You" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Female Video and Best Pop Video. Jessica performed at
the ceremony held in Miami.
The single "With You" was certified
gold.
 Jessica was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album. Jessica also
performed at the ceremony.
Jessica recorded a duet
("Little Drummer Boy") with her
sister Ashlee Simpson for Jessica's holiday
LP, Re-Joyce:
The Christmas Album.
Jessica appeared with her hubby
in their ABC Christmas special, Nick And
Jessica's Family Christmas.
 In
This Skin was certified 3x platinum.
# 87 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 88
Singles Artist of the Year
Re-Joyce:
The Christmas Album was certified gold.
Jessia could be
heard on the Disneymania
3
compilation on the track "A Whole New
World."
(available for download at   )
 Jessica could be heard on the
soundtrack for The
Dukes Of Hazzard with her cover of
"These Boots Are Made
For Walkin'."
Jessica topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Tracks chart with "These Boots Are Made
For Walkin'."
Jessica's video for "These Boots Are Made
For Walkin'" irked a Christian group
that called for it to be cleaned up.
 Jessica could be seen in her
first feature film - The
Dukes Of Hazzard. The movie opened to
poor reviews but over 30 million opening
weekend bucks.
Jessica filed for a divorce from
Nick
Lachey.
The single ""These Boots Are Made
For Walkin'"" was certified gold.
 # 67
Singles Artist of the Year
Jessica won a
People's Choice Award for Favorite Song from
a Movie ("These Boots Are Made
For Walkin'").
Jessica could
be seen in the film Employee
Of The Month.
 Jessica hit the Top 40 with
"A Public Affair."
Jessica won a Teen Choice Award
for Choice Movie Breakout, Female. Jessica
also co-hosted the ceremony.
Jessica released A
Public Affair.
Jessica topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with "A Public Affair."
A
Public Affair was certified gold.
The single "A Public Affair" was certified
gold.
 Jessica could starred in the
film Blonde
Ambition which didn't make it at the
box-office and released on DVD within 2
months.
Jessica hit the Billboard
Country Songs chart with "Come On
Over."
 Jessica released her country LP Do
You Know?
Jessica topped the Billboard
Country Albums chart with Do
You Know?
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