Jessica Simpson
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
Seeking to expand her popularity in the secular market, Simpson later signed to Sony and toured in support of boy band sensations 98°. Her 1999 major-label debut, Sweet Kisses, launched the smash I Wanna Love You Forever. A second studio effort, Irresistible, appeared in spring 2001. Despite the MTV coverage of the albums title track, Simpsons sophomore effort didnt fare as well as her first album. The following year, Simpson married her longtime boyfriend, 98° crooner Nick Lachey. She also went on to appear in several episodes of That 70s Show, but it took Simpson until summer 2003 to become a bona fide celebrity. She and Lacheys MTV-produced reality show, Newlyweds, captured countless moments of the couples first year of marriage.
Simpsons third album, the much more mature In This Skin, appeared in July. First single Sweetest Sin was a moderate chart hit, but thanks to the success of Newlyweds, Simpsons teetering career got a second chance. A second single, With You, was a favorite among the MTV crowd, and by spring 2004, In This Skin was re-released. It included reworked versions of Berlins Take My Breath Away and Robbie Williams Angels as well as additional footage from the first season of Newlyweds. Simpson spent the rest of 2004 and early 2005 working on the second season of Newlyweds, as well as on her role as Daisy Duke in the Dukes of Hazard movie. Late that year, she and Lachey separated. Soon after, Simpson got to work on her fourth album and also started shooting the movie Employee of the Month. A Public Affair arrived in summer 2006 and was influenced by everything from 80s
ew wave to contemporary country.
