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July 10th, 2007 - Happy Birthday Jessica Simpson!
By Allie | July 10, 2007
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Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American pop singer and actress who rose to fame in the late 1990s.
She’s 27!
1999 saw the arrival of pop princesses Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who each received multi-platinum certificates. Simpson’s label hoped for the same with her. As 1999 came to a close, Simpson released her first single, “I Wanna Love You Forever,” which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Soon afterward her album Sweet Kisses was released. Simpson toured with boy band 98 Degrees to promote her new album. She was given a role in the music video for 98 Degrees’ hit song “My Everything,” playing Nick Lachey’s love interest. At that time she and Lachey began dating. After dating for two years the couple cooled their relationship, stating that the “break” allowed them to concentrate on their music careers. Then on September 11, 2001, Lachey was supposed to be flying out of New York City with his group 98 Degrees. When Simpson heard of the attacks on the nation coming from the airport she immediately phoned Lachey to learn his whereabouts. After this scare the couple rekindled the relationship.
Meanwhile, Simpson’s album Sweet Kisses had gone double platinum thanks to the success of her follow-up singles “Where You Are”, 1999, and “I Think I’m In Love With You, 2001.” The latter became Simpson’s biggest radio hit at that point and was her first release of an up tempo single. But although her debut album sold 2 million copies, sales fell far short of those achieved by Spears and Aguilera, and unlike the two pop princesses, Simpson was not a worldwide household name. Columbia Records officials reportedly decided Simpson needed a change for her second album.
In 2001, Simpson recorded a follow-up album with what Columbia considered more radio-friendly, up-tempo tracks; the studio also encouraged her to lose weight in order to fit in with her competitors. The result in that was Irresistible, released in mid-2001 on the heels of the title-track first single. The new sound and image helped make “Irresistible” one of the biggest hits of her career; it peaked at # 15 on the Hot 100. “Irresistible” debuted at # 6 in June 2001 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, and has sold 825,000 copies to date.
Other July 10th Birthdays:
Mills Watson-Actor -67
Ron Glass-Actor -62
Sue Lyon-Actress -61
Adrian Grenier-Actor -31
Thomas Ian Nicholas-Actor 27
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July 10th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
[...] It’s Jessica Simpson’s 27th birthday (AIW) [...]