Santa
Monica, California, July 28, 2004 - Marking yet another chapter in the
year's most amazing musical success story, Geffen recording artist
Ashlee Simpson has debuted #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 daugher'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 artists
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 #1 album on iTunes, the single is the #1 track
on AOL Music and the video is #3 on Yahoo!/Launch, and in the top ten at
TRL.
MTV's The Ashlee Simspon Show grows in ratings each week, and has been
seen by over 50 million viewers. The show was the #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 se a new record for Leak
streams.
Produced by John Shanks (Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Alanis
Morrissette), "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.