Autobiography is the debut studio album by American singer Ashlee Simpson, released on July 20, 2004 via Geffen Records. The album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 398,000 copies in it’s first week. Sonically, the album’s sound infuses both pop and rock together.
A total of three singles were released from the album: “Pieces of Me,” “Shadow” and “La La.” The album’s lead single, “Pieces of Me,” became Simpson’s most commercially successful single release to date after peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Though not released on the standard edition of the album, bonus tracks Harder Everyday, Sorry and Endless Summer were featured on the Japan release of the album.
In 2004, MTV debuted the reality show The Ashlee Simpson Show, which chronicled Simpson during the beginning of her music career and shared with the world a behind the scenes in creating her debut album, Autobiography.
I was talking to John the other day because Evan and I are getting ready to go on tour and I’m getting ready to sing “ Pieces of Me” for everyone. But I had been writing with other people. I had worked with The Matrix on a song. And then I met John and Kara; it was obvious that’s where I was meant to be. It was magic."
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As of May 1, 2008, the album has sold a total 2.9 million copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album mark’s Simpson’s best selling album of all time.