Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson | The US Trends | Jessica Simpson or Jessica Ann Simpson was born on July 10, 1980. She 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 movies, television shows, and commercials, launched a line of hair and beauty products, and designed fragrances, shoes, and handbags for women. Simpson has devoted time to philanthropic efforts including Operation Smile and a USO-hosted tour for troops stationed overseas.

Simpson has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, three gold and two multi-platinum Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified studio albums, four of which have reached the top 10 on the US Billboard 200. Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. She ventured into the country music market in 2008 and released Do You Know.

Jessica Simpson has a total of records sales in Australia of more than 426,000 copies and was ranked No. 113 on the 1000 artists chart of Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Decade Charts (1980–2010). In 2009, Billboard named Simpson as the 95th overall best Artists of the Decade. Simpson also was ranked at number 86 on Billboard 200 Artists, based on album sales.

Jessica Simpson got her start singing on the Christian youth conference circuit, then became a mainstream hit with the 1999 pop album Sweet Kisses. That album featured her first hit single, "I Wanna Love You Forever." At the time Simpson was often compared (or confused) with fellow singing teen heartthrobs Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Mandy Moore. In 2003 she starred in her own MTV reality show, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, which documented her first year of marriage to fellow pop star Nick Lachey. In 2005 she played the voluptuous Daisy Duke in a feature film remake of the 1970s TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. Her younger sister, Ashlee Simpson, is also a singer who appeared in her own reality show on MTV.

Extra credit: Simpson and Lachey were married on 26 October 2002; the couple announced their separation in November 2005. She has since been romantically linked with pro football player Tony Romo... Lachey became a star with the pop group 98 Degrees... Besides Sweet Kisses, Simpson's other albums include Irresistible (2001) and In This Skin (2003). - The US Trends

Jessica Simpson