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Jessica Simpson's country album will be released sometime in 2008 on Columbia Nashville, according to Billboard. She tells the magazine she's been collaborating with Nashville songwriters, and that because she's from Texas, she grew up listening to country music and has always wanted to make a country album. In the article, she cites Martina McBride, Shania Twain, Faith Hill and Reba McEntire as inspirations.
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Dance-pop singer Jessica Simpson was born and raised in Dallas, TX, beginning her performing career as a member of her church choir; at 12, she ... auditioned unsuccessfully for The Mickey Mouse Club. While attending church camp the following summer, Simpson was discovered by the head of a tiny CCM label, spending the next three years recording her debut album; the label folded before the record could be released, however, although a small pressing was eventually funded by her grandmother.
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Jessica Ann Simpson was born July 10th, 1980 in Dallas, Texas to Joe and Tina Simpson. Her father Joe was a minister as well as her manager and her younger sister, Ashlee, is ... a singer and actor. In her early days, she auditioned for the Mickey Mouse Club, but lost out to fellow superstars like Britney Spears and Christine Aguilera. Jessica originally signed with an independent record label that folded prior to signing with Columbia Records. She hit the charts in 1999 with her album "Sweet Kisses" and has followed with three other albums. She has also made a name for herself in the TV and film industries.
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Simpson's religious upbringing shaped her early career, which began when she signed to a gospel label, recorded her first album, Jessica, and went out on the Christian youth-conference circuit. Other Christian labels passed on her, though, since they deemed her too "sexy" (she developed early). Then, when she was 17, Jessica went secular, signing to Columbia Records, which didn't object to her sexy girl-next-door image. She even became a more visible proponent of abstinence.
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Simpson then returned to the recording studio, switching labels from Columbia to Epic Records. Her fourth album, A Public Affair, was released on August 29, 2006 via Epic Records. The album debuted at # 5 on the Billboard 200 with 101,000 copies sold in its first week. The first single, "A Public Affair" (# 14, 2006), reached the Top 20 of the Hot 100 but quickly fell off the charts. The music video for "A Public Affair" featured Eva Longoria, Christina Applegate, Christina Milian, Maria Menounos, Andy Dick and Ryan Seacrest. A second single, "I Belong To Me," was ... released through her website and is now included on the CD itself.
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Simpson released a holiday album in late 2004 entitled ReJoyce: The Christmas Album, which sold moderately. During the summer of 2005, 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 Simpson. The track won a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Song from a Movie in early 2006. Her performance ... was lambasted by film critics, and she was nominated for worst supporting actress in the Razzie Awards; Simpson’s sister Ashlee was also nominated for her role in the film Undiscovered.
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