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Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, actress, television personality and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and beauty products, and designed fragrances, shoes, and handbags for women. She has devoted time to philanthropic efforts including Operation Smile and a USO-hosted tour for troops stationed overseas.
She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, three gold and twomulti-platinum Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)certified studio albums, four of which have reached the top 10 on the USBillboard 200.Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in theMTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. She ventured into thecountry music market in 2008 and released Do You Know.
Simpsonhas a total of records sales in Australia of more than 426,000 copiesand was ranked No. 113 on the 1000 artists chart of Australian RecordingIndustry Association (ARIA) Music Decade Charts (1980–2010). In 2009,Billboard named Simpson as the 95th overall best Artists of theDecade.Simpson also was ranked at number 86 on Billboard 200 Artists,based on album sales.
Early life
Jessica Ann Simpsonwas born in Abilene, Texas, as the daughter of Tina Ann (née Drew), ahomemaker, and Joe Truett Simpson, a minister and psychologist. She has ayounger sister Ashlee, who is also a singer. As a child, Simpson begansinging at her local Baptist church. At age twelve, she unsuccessfullyauditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club.While attending J.J. Pearce HighSchool, she signed to Proclaim Records, a minor Gospel music recordlabel.
She recorded an album, Jessica, but Proclaim went bankrupt and the album was never officially released except for a small pressing funded by her grandmother. This small pressing gained her minor attention and she gave concerts with other acts such as Kirk Franklin, God's Property, and CeCe Winans. Simpson left high school at age sixteen (she later earned her GED), and after Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola heard Jessica, she was signed to the label.
Personal life
Marriage to Nick Lachey
Shebegan dating 98 Degrees group member Nick Lachey in 1999. After datingfor two years, the couple cooled their relationship. After the September11 attacks, the couple reconciled. Simpson stated, "After 9/11, I knewthat I never ever wanted to be away from Nick ever for the rest of mylife." On October 26, 2002, Simpson married Nick Lachey.
She famously announced she had remained a virgin until her marriage.InNovember 2005, after months of tabloid speculation, Simpson and Lacheyannounced they were separating. Simpson filed for divorce on December16, 2005, citing "irreconcilable differences."The couple's divorce waspublicized worldwide and was reportedly finalized on June 30, 2006.
Simpson told Jane magazine in October 2006 that she knew her marriage to Lachey was over when he refused to join her on a charity trip to Africa, even though it was on their third wedding anniversary.
The couple sold their Calabasas mansion, in which Newlyweds was filmed, to Malcolm in the Middle star Justin Berfield for an undisclosed amount. On February 6, 2007, the Associated Press reported that Simpson said she was stung when her ex-husband jumped back into dating after their high-profile breakup. "Oh, it hurt me," the 26-year-old singer-actress says in an interview in the March issue of Elle. "Two or three weeks later? Yeah, I'd say it kind of hurt me.
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Kesha then signed with David Sonenberg's management company, DAS Communications Inc., in 2006, hardly interacting with Dr. Luke after that. DAS was tasked with obtaining a major label record deal for Kesha in a year’s time in exchange for 20 percent of her music income, with her having the option of ending the relationship if they failed.She worked with several writers and producers while at the company and ended up co-writing The Veronicas' single, "This Love" alongside Toby Gad. While furthering her career in studio, Kesha earned her living as a waitress.She appeared in the video for Katy Perry's single, "I Kissed a Girl" and sang background vocals for the Dr. Luke produced song, "Lace and Leather" by Britney Spears in 2008.DAS soon attracted the attention of Kara DioGuardi, who wanted to sign Kesha to Warner Bros. Records. The deal fell through due to her existing contract with Dr. Luke's label. Soon after, she terminated her contract with DAS, reuniting with Dr. Luke.

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