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Jessica Simpson feat. Nick Lachey
12+ albums
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002–2005: Marriage, In this Skin, film career and divorce Simpson and then-husband Nick Lachey at a publicity shoot for the MTV Video Music Awards in 2004. Despite the pair splitting up when Jessica began recording Irresistible, she later began dating Nick Lachey once again. Simpson married Nick Lachey on October 26, 2002.[47] She famously announced she had remained a virgin until her marriage.[48] Following the announcement of their wedding, it was confirmed Simpson and Lachey would star in the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, which began airing on MTV. The show was originally intended for Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley, but the couple decided not to continue with the project after the start of pre-production. It was shelved until 2002, when Jessica's father and manager, Joe Simpson, contacted MTV about producing a show starring his daughter and her new husband. Newlyweds quickly became a pop culture phenomenon and is credited with making her a household name. "I never knew that just doing the show would give me that pedestal to step on," Simpson told Blender magazine.[49] On February 1, 2004, Simpson opened the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. On July 22, Simpson released the lead single from her upcoming third studio album. The single, "Sweetest Sin", dealt with the topic of Simpson losing her virginity to then husband Nick Lachey. The recording process of "Sweetest Sin" was documented in an episode of Simpson's reality series, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessi