SANTA MONICA, CA. (Geffen Records) - Marking yet another chapter in the year's most amazing musical success story, Geffen recording artist
Ashlee Simpson has debuted No 1 for the week ending July 25, 2004 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart selling over 398,000 copies of her newly-released CD
Autobiography. This comes on the heels of her Top 10 smash single Pieces of Me which continues to climb the Top 40 charts.
Said Ashlee,
"This is beyond my wildest dreams. I'm so excited for what's happened and what's to come. I am so thankful for everyone's support." Added manager Joe Simpson, "A father's dream is seeing his daughter's dream come true, and it happened this week." Commented Ashlee's mother, Tina Simpson, "It is overwhelming. I am so proud of her and we are all so blessed. She is making her own shadows now. It took a lot for Ashlee to make this record and step outside of expectations."
Geffen President Jordan Schur commented, "Every once in a while an artist comes along with an album that demands notice. When that artist cares as much as her record company, and has a work ethic that challenges everyone involved to give 100%, you find the result that has occurred here - a new voice on the musical landscape that cannot be denied in its impact or significance.
Everyone at Geffen Records takes great pride in the incredible success of Ashlee Simpson and we all have been touched and inspired by her energy, humility and amazing talent."
Geffen co-President Polly Anthony added, "The entire Geffen staff focused and rallied together for Ashlee, and this tremendous effort is certainly reflected in this fantastic debut."
Even before the release of Autobiography last week, Ashlee was becoming a household name with her highly rated MTV reality series "The Ashlee Simpson Show." The new album has already received retails orders topping a million units! It's the No 1 album on iTunes, the single is the No 1 track on AOL Music and the video is No 3 on Yahoo!/Launch, and in the top ten at TRL.
MTV's The Ashlee Simpson Show grows in ratings each week, and has been seen by over 50 million viewers. The show was the No 1 highest rated show on cable TV last week with a 3.5 rating.
From July 13 - 20, Ashlee's Autobiography was featured on The Leak, an exclusive full album stream on MTV.com. There were over 2.66 million requested streams, surpassing the top ranked Britney Spears "In The Zone" to set a new record for Leak streams.
Produced by John Shanks (Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Alanis Morissette), Autobiography was entirely co-written by Ashlee. The 19-year-old Waco, TX, born singer/actress is already well known for her recurring role as Cecilia on the WB's hit series Seventh Heaven.
