Ashlee simpson autobiography wiki

American singer and actress (born 1984)

Ashley Nicolle Ross-Næss (néeSimpson; born October 3, 1984), known professionally as Ashlee Simpson, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality. The younger sister of singer and actress Jessica Simpson, she began her career as a back-up dancer for her sister and appeared in television commercials at the age of 15. Simpson later pursued a career as an actress and had a main role on the family drama 7th Heaven. She appeared on the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, broadcast on MTV between 2003 and 2005, which focused on Ashlee's older sister Jessica and Jessica's then-husband Nick Lachey. While working on her debut studio album, Simpson became the star of a spin-off reality series, The Ashlee Simpson Show, which was broadcast on MTV between 2004 and 2005. Like her sister before her, Simpson became the center of considerable media attention.

Her breakout came with her debut single, "Pieces of Me", which was released in 2004, reached the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart based on radio airplay. The success of the single and her reality show helped propel he

Autobiography is the first album by Ashlee Simpson. It was released in the United States by Geffen Records on July 20, 2004, and debuted there at number one in sales. The album is a mixture of pop and rock—its rock elements helping to set Ashlee apart from her sister, Jessica Simpson, who was already a famous pop singer—and includes "Pieces of Me", a hit in many countries in mid to late 2004, as well as the follow-up singles "Shadow" and "La La". The process of making the album was recorded in Simpson's MTV reality series, The Ashlee Simpson Show.

About the album[]

According to Simpson, the songs on Autobiography are, as the title suggests, strongly autobiographical, with lyrics that were inspired by her feelings and experiences—Simpson is credited with co-writing each of the album's twelve songs, and she has described the process as being similar to keeping a diary. As she said just before the album's U.S. release: "My inspiration came from what I have gone through in the past three years. Every single day I was thinking of what I was going through and would write songs about it." [1] The lyrics primarily deal with love and heartbreak; in particular, much of the album's lyrical content was inspired by Simpson's breakup with her boyfriend, Josh Henderson, which featured in the first episode of The Ashlee Simpson Show. "Whenever I'm going through pain and heartbreak," she said in one interview, "I write non-stop from my house or in the studio or wherever I can write. It's a great way for me to express it and get it all out."

Musically, the album incorporates both rock and pop elements, in notable contrast to the more strongly pop-oriented music of her sister Jessica. One review noted that, unlike her sister's music, Autobiography "relies on glitzy guitars and big power-pop riffs." [2] Ashlee has emphasized that she did not want her music to be like that of pop singers such as her sister or Hilary Duff; instead, she cites as i

2004 studio album by Ashlee Simpson

Autobiography is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson. Released in the United States by Geffen Records on July 20, 2004, the album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Musically, it combines elements of rock and pop. Critical reception for the album by critics was mixed. Autobiography has sold more than five million copies worldwide.

Three singles from Autobiography were released: "Pieces of Me"—the first and most successful single—which was a hit in several countries in mid to late 2004, as well as the follow-up singles "Shadow" and "La La". MTV highlighted the process of making the album in the reality seriesThe Ashlee Simpson Show, which drew a large audience and served as an effective promotional vehicle for the album.

Background

Simpson described the process of writing the album's twelve songs as being similar to keeping a diary, and before the album's US release she said that "My inspiration came from what I have gone through in the past three years. Every single day I was thinking of what I was going through and would write songs about it." The lyrics primarily deal with love and heartbreak; in particular, much of the album's lyrical content was inspired by Simpson's breakup with her boyfriend at the time, Josh Henderson. She has described the album as being "very honest" and "very true to my emotions"—"I wasn't afraid to say that I was hurting and how I got over it." Simpson worked closely with a number of experienced songwriters on the album. The album's producer, John Shanks—who won a Grammy in February 2005, in part for his work as producer on Autobiography—receives songwriting credit alongside Simpson on all but two songs. Kara DioGuardi also receives songwriting credit, toget

Ashlee Simpson's 2004 album Autobiography and its singles have received a considerable degree of promotion in the United States—where it has enjoyed the most success—and also in some other countries. Much of the attention Simpson and her music received in 2004 focused on contrasting her with her sister, Jessica Simpson, and making her more rock-oriented image primary—article titles dubbed her "The Rock Sister" and "The Sister Who Rocks". Additionally, Simpson's personal involvement in the writing of her "autobiographical" songs contributed to a perception that she is somewhat more real than many other popular American singers, with more genuine sentiment reflected in her lyrics. Simpson's reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show, displayed these aspects of her image clearly, although some have suggested that the degree of corporate backing for a debut artist—including the unusually high degree of promotion that comes with having the making of an album as the subject of a television show—indicates that her success was "manufactured" and that her father and manager, Joe Simpson, uses reality television to achieve success that might not be possible otherwise.

Even before The Ashlee Simpson Show first aired on June 16, however, the first single, "Pieces of Me", was began picking up significant radio play in May 2004, and it was noted in an article in the Los Angeles Times that it was the most rapidly added song on radio up to that point in the year. [1] Simpson also began making notable television performances of "Pieces of Me", such as at Summer Music Mania, a concert taped on May 20 and aired on June 1. Also in late May, she sang on The Tonight Show, and in the days leading up to her album's release, she sang on The Late Show with David Letterman and Good Morning America. On July 20, the day of Autobiography's U.S. release, she appeared on MTV's music video countdown show Total Request Live—a focal point of t