Jessica Simpson Scores!

February 2nd, 2006 // 24 Comments

It’s good to see that the swelling has gone down. Now that she has her lip controversy out of the way, she can focus on her singing career.

Jessica Simpson has signed an astounding $35 million deal to remain with Columbia Records, the label she’s been with since 1998.

“Jessica Simpson is one of the most consistent, hard-working artists we have on our roster,” a spokesman for the label tells the Hollywood Reporter. “She really has earned this deal. But this wasn’t an exchange of money for guaranteed anything.”

“I am so excited with this new deal and I’m looking forward to finishing my upcoming album,” Jessica Simpson said in a statement. “Columbia has
been my home since the beginning of my career. I am happy to be continuing the relationship and I look forward to working on new things with my extended family.”

Jessica Simpson’s gigantic contract makes her the youngest artist ever to have such an earning.

Jessica Simpson will release four new albums and one greatest-hits compilation, and according to the contract, will get $8 million up front. However, since her divorce with Nick Lachey is not finalized yet, he may end up with half of that money.

Jessica Simpson has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide. Her album “In This Skin”(2003) became her biggest selling album ever.

Let’s hope that she doesn’t spend of those millions on having more “work.”

Jessica Simpson Landed Huge Contract – Will Nick Step In? [Fashion Monitor Toronto]

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  1. Girly Girl

    There is quite a scuttlebutt on a few other un-named gossip blogs (Ted Casablanca with E!) that hints Nick and Jessica may have been into a little more than the traditional marital coupling… apparently Nick had a penchant for threesomes- not unusual- except he liked it with another man. REALLY liked it with another man. And sources are saying Simpson is getting ready to file a suit that will make their sexual proclivities quite public knowledge within weeks… I just read this so it could be total bullshit. So far though- most of what is coming out about these two is correct…

    So the gal who marketed herself as the Last American Virgin was having wicked threesomes with 2 men. Huh. She strikes me as the type of girl who would lay there and bitch the whole time: ‘Owwww, get off my hair. Don’t do that. Move here.’ Whine, whine, whine…

    And for the record- I think she sucks as a singer. Totally blows. Her vibratto is irritating as hell. And she’s getting 35 million.

    I say we pay her $5.25 an hour and take the remaining 34.5 million dollars and give America’s teachers a raise.

  2. ilostmyshoe

    Pardon me while I go stick my head in the oven.

  3. lordoftheorcs

    “Greatest Hits” album? WTF? are they talking about her “hit” songs?

  4. otsi

    what’s up with her irritating head shaking?
    makes me want to punch her head off.

  5. Kelsey

    Does she have a neckbrace on or is that her hideous shirt?

  6. Z

    I don’t understand…she’s one of the least successful singers her age and they’re giving her more money? I bet if you ask 10 people to sing a Jessica Simpson song, 9 of them won’t even know she was a singer!

    -ez

  7. ThrillKill

    Thank you, Girly Girl! That is the first news regarding Jessica Simpson that I have really found the least bit interesting! Most of the time I scroll by the Nick/Jessica items pretty quickly, but now… Jessica being Over/Undered by her hubby and friend? Fingercuffs? Man train? Oh the fun of speculation! …now I shall be waiting for all the moist and steamy details!

  8. martin

    This is too funny. The papers have an article on how the public is over all the crap music that has been coming out in the past few years. How people aren’t willing to pay the high price of owning a CD by a crap singer. I’m guessing that the industry doesn’t read. While beautiful, Jessica has the voice of a cat being skinned alive. The only thing worse than her voice is fucked up lips.

  9. Blindqueen

    girlygirl you are my new best friend!
    does she have one single hit? did I miss something?

  10. Mariana

    It seems that most of the time when a record company gives a singer one of these huge deals, the records that come from that deal tank. Case in point: Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey. Sure, Mimi made a comeback, but 5 years later.

    Jessica’s gonna look like a gremlin by the time she’s 30 if she keeps getting surgery.

  11. doofus

    hey martin…

    you hit the nail on the head. who wants to pay $13.99 for a lousy album from a mediocre singer? and that’s just Simpson.

    a LOT of albums that come out today (even from artists that I like) have only one or two good songs on them. That’s why people download illegally or buy ONE song from the album on iTunes or some place like it.

    And the music industry wonders why sales are down? put out something worth listening to and maybe people will buy the whole album.

    I long for the days of albums like Mother’s Milk or Purple Rain.

  12. Fugly Girl

    Right on Girly Girl.

    Now I’m no record label expert and I have no idea who the hell is on Columbia’s roster, but as I read this I thought, “Man, they must have one sh*tty roster if they are willing to pay HER this kind of money.” She has got to have one of the WORST singing voices of anyone out there with a record deal. My grandma sounds better than her!

  13. gossipwhore

    She really loves rocking those jeans and that white bag… with all her money I would think she would be in a different outfit every second of the day.

  14. Nikki

    Why would they give her 35 million when she has only sold 12 million records, when Britney and Christina like both sold that of their first albums let alone their 2nd and 3rd

  15. anona

    Yeah, but unlike Britney and Xtina, she used to carry a little bit of class with her.

  16. hmmmm

    This story has Daddy Simpson written all over it… there is no way she would be paid that amount, no artist is paid that much, not even the big sellers. In fact, the year Newlyweds came out, I heard Jessica admit in an interview that her last record sold so poorly that she owed her record company 1-2 million and was in debt to them. So this makes absolutely no sense. It’s just another lame attempt for Daddy Simpson to make Jessica seem like a legit singer when in fact she schelps pizza and zit cream.

  17. Missbrowneyes

    Okay I’m lost on the whole Columbia thing. There was an 80′s band that came back a few years ago. Very popular back in the day sold over 80 million records and they only got 10 million when they came back. Wow! As long as the general public keeps buying Jessica’s stuff I guess Columbia can justify it.

  18. IfITypeItLooksLikeImWorking

    18 million world wide? where did the “world wide” bit come from? im from London (that is in the UK Ms Hilton if you happen to be reading this) and i didnt even know she is supposed to be a singer-12 million? are you sure? naaaaaaaaaaa

  19. Kelsey

    goinmg along the theme of columbia losing money…
    File sharing is still legal in Canada…so she ain’t making any sales here…good luck with that columbia…

  20. IfITypeItLooksLikeImWorking

    file sharing is legal in canada! i love your country!

  21. sillysam

    Does anyone know what kind of bag she is carrying??? It’s kind of cute!!!

  22. Springtime

    I can not believe this mess! I guess now that she is divorcing Nick, they can whore her up enough now to sell records. Something that she claimed she would never do, what a sell out hussy!

  23. amber

    thats good that jessica found someone good

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