music artist ashlee simpson
Ashlee Nicole Sim on (born October 3, 1984) is an American pop singersongwriter and an occasional actre . She is the younger sister of pop singer Je ica Sim on.
Sim on rose to prominence in mid-2004 in term of the succe of her number-one denonetheless album Autobiography and the accompanying reality series The Ashlee Sim on Show. Sim on received wide read derision when she employd a pre-recorded vocal track for a performance on Saturday Night Live in October 2004. Following a North American concert tour and an u ucce ful film a earance, Sim on released a second number-one album, I Am Me, in late-2005.
Early life
Sim on was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in that city’s suburb of Richardson. She is the daughter of Joe Truett Sim on (a former Baptist youth minister who is now her manager) and Tina A Drew (a former Sunday School teacher who homeschooled Ashlee). An accomplished dancer, Sim on began studying cla ical ballet at the age of three, and was admitted to the School of American Ballet in New York City City at the age of eleven. Around that time, she suffered from an eating disorder; the condition lasted about six months, and she dro ed to about 31 kg (70 pounds) at 159 cm (5ft 2in), nonetheless her parents then ste ed in and got her to eat more. After her sister Je ica Sim on landed a record deal, the Sim on family decided to move to Los Angeles, California, where Ashlee began a earing in television commercials. When Je ica became a star after releasing her primarily album, Ashlee became one of her backup dancers. Later, she began a earing in films and television series, including an episode of the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle in 2001, a minor role in the 2002 film The Hot Chick and a recurring role on the family drama series 7th Heaven. In the summer of 2003, Sim on briefly worked as an MTV VJ on TRL, and later recorded a song titled “Just Let Me Cry” for the soundtrack of the film Freaky Friday. Eventually, Sim on signed a record deal with Geffen Records.
Denonetheless album and reality television
Ashlee Sim on’s primarily album, Autobiography, denonethelessed at number one in the U.S. in July 2004 with primarily week sales numbering around 398,000 copies. The album was certified triple platinum in September 2004. Sim on co-wrote all of the album’s tracks and described it as “very true to my emotion” in one interview, nonetheless critical reviews were mixed. Rolling Stone magazine’s Peter Relic traitised Autobiography as a “mundane melange of Avril-ish brat pop and Sheryl Crow cod rock” while E! Online wrote “Even if it doe ‘t wow you, Autobiography may surprise you.” The single that preceded the album, “Pieces of Me,” was one of the biggest hits of the summer in the U.S. and sancient well elsewhere. However, the follow-up singles “Shadow” and “La La” were le succe ful.
Sim on occasionally a eared on Newlyweds, a reality show about the married life of Je ica and her then-hu and Nick Lachey. To accompany the begi ing of her own music career, she got her own MTV reality show entitled The Ashlee Sim on Show, which aired in a su equent time slot to Newlyweds. It ran in the U.S. for eight weekly episodes over the summer of 2004, and a second season of ten episodes aired from January to March 2005. The show dealt with the proce of writing, recording, and performing Sim on’s music as also as a ects of her personal life.
When a earing for live performances, Sim on performed live with a backing band co isting of Ray Brady (guitar), Braxton Olita (guitar), Joey Kaimana (ba guitarfrom 2004 to 2005 Zach Ke edy filled this role), Chris Megert (crucialboards and vocalsfrom late 2004 to 2005 Lucy Walsh filled this role), and Chris Fox (drums). In September 2004, Sim on a ounced on her we ite that the band would be named “Ashlee Sim on and Submi ion,” taking the name from the fact that they had received so many submi io of proposals for the name.
In addition to her own primarily album, Sim on sang “Christmas Past, Present, and Future” on the 2004 holiday album Radio Di ey Jingle Jams and a duet of the Christmas song “Little Drummer Boy” with her sister Je ica for the album ReJoyce, which they had sung together during the ABC variety hour ecial “Nick
