<P> When Simpson's debut single, "Pieces of Me," was released in 2004, it became a top five hit in the United States, and topped the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart based on radio airplay . The success of the single and her reality show helped propel her debut album, Autobiography, also released in 2004, to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart . The project went on to sell over five million copies worldwide, making it her most successful album to date . Simpson had a leading role in the film Undiscovered (2005), which became a critical and commercial flop . The failure of the film, along with multiple critically panned performances, led to much media scrutiny towards Simpson . Despite this, Simpson's second studio album, I Am Me (2005), debuted atop the Billboard 200, becoming her second album to do so . The album went on to receive a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). </P> <P> In 2006, Simpson began a relationship with Fall Out Boy member Pete Wentz, which gained much media attention . Following her appearance as Roxie Hart in the West End production of Chicago, Simpson announced that she had begun working on her third studio album . The album differed from the pop - rock sound of her previous efforts, featuring a dance - pop and 1980s themed sound . Bittersweet World was released in 2008 to positive critical reception, but it saw a decline in sales for Simpson . The effort reached number 4 on the Billboard 200, and went on to sell 126,000 copies by 2009 . Simpson announced her engagement to Wentz in April 2008, with the pair wedding the following month . Two weeks after the wedding, Simpson announced her pregnancy, thus ending promotion of Bittersweet World . Simpson and Wentz welcomed a son in November 2008 . The following year, Simpson joined the main cast of the Melrose Place revamp, which was met with harsh critical reception . She later portrayed Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway . </P> <P> Simpson announced her separation from Wentz in 2011, citing irreconcilable differences . Despite having taken time to focus on being a mother, Simpson announced a fourth studio album that same year . She independently released the single "Bat for a Heart" (2012), though it failed to have success . Simpson eventually scrapped the album, and focused on her child . She began dating actor Evan Ross in 2013, with the couple marrying in August 2014 . Months later, the two announced that Simpson was expecting a second child, and in July 2015, she gave birth to a baby girl . </P> <P> Ashlee was born Ashley Nicolle Simpson in Waco, Texas . Her parents are Tina Ann (née Drew) and Joseph Truett "Joe" Simpson, a former psychologist and Baptist youth minister . She has one older sister, Jessica Simpson . Both Ashlee and Jessica attended Prairie Creek Elementary and North Junior High, located in Richardson, Texas where the girls were raised . When Ashlee was three years old, she began studying classical ballet . She enrolled at the School of American Ballet in New York City when she was eleven, becoming the youngest person ever to be admitted into the school . Though the age requirement for the school was twelve, Simpson's father admitted to lying about her age . During this time, Simpson suffered from an unnamed eating disorder for about six months, eventually receiving treatment from her parents . The Simpson family relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1999, as Jessica pursued a singing career . While Jessica launched her career, Ashlee began appearing in television commercials . Her father, Joe, served as her agent . </P>

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