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''Sweet Kisses'' is the debut studio album by American pop singer Jessica Simpson. The album was released on November 23, 1999 in the United States by Columbia Records. The album's lyrical and visual representations maintained the common theme of virginal innocence in the late 1990s teen pop revival. The album was released mainly due to the success of teen artist Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who both released their debut albums earlier in 1999 to commercial success. 'Sweet Kisses' became a hit in the United States, reaching a peak of 25 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, as well as being certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA, for shipments of over 2 million. Worldwide, the album was also met with good commercial reception, selling a total of 2 million copies worldwide, bringing the albums total sales to 4 million copies. The album also spawned three singles, including her debut single "I Wanna Love You Forever", which has become Simpsons biggest hit to date in the United States. The album also includes the "Jack and Diane" sampled dance track "I Think I'm in Love With You". Also included were two duets. The song "Where You Are" with future ex-husband Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees, was released as the album's second official single, while "Woman in Me," featuring Destiny's Child, was not released as a single, but received a generally positive reception. ==Background== Simpson first developed and nurtured her talent in her local Baptist church, where her father also worked as the congregation's youth minister. At age twelve, she unsuccessfully auditioned for ''The Mickey Mouse Club''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jessica Simpson Biography )〕 While attending a church camp, at the age of 13, Simpson sang Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and an arrangement of "Amazing Grace". One of the camp's visitors was launching a Gospel music record label and saw great promise and profits in her voice. It was during this time, while attending J. J. Pearce High School, Simpson signed to Proclaim Records, a minor Gospel music record label. She recorded an album, ''Jessica'', but Proclaim went bankrupt and the album was never officially released except for a small pressing funded by her grandmother. This small pressing gained her minor attention which led her to performing at concerts with other gospel legendary acts such as Kirk Franklin, God's Property, and CeCe Winans. When she was sixteen years old, Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola heard ''Jessica'', he was impressed with Simpson’s musical talent and skill. Mottola instantly thought Simpson sounded like Mariah Carey. Simpson was immediately signed to the label. She dropped out of high school but later earned her GED.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jessica Simpson | Music Videos, News, Photos, Tour Dates, Ringtones, and Lyrics )〕 Due to the mainstream success of teen pop artist Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, the label felt Simpson's debut album would perform just as well, if not better than Spears' and Aguilera's. Simpson immediately began working with producers such as Louis Biancaniello, Robbie Nevil, Evan Rogers, and Cory Rooney. Biancaniello worked with Simpson on three of the albums eleven tracks, including "I Wanna Love You Forever", "Where You Are", and "Heart of Innocence". She also worked with Cory Rooney, who had previously worked with the likes of Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez, among others. Rooney produced the track "I Think I'm in Love with You", which was later released as the album's third single. He also co-wrote the song, along with John Mellencamp, and Dan Shea. Simpson also met up with her then-boyfriend Nick Lachey, who already had a growing fanbase due to his work with boy-band 98 Degrees. Together, the couple recorded a duet, titled "Where You Are", which later became the album's second single. She also worked with Destiny's Child, who had already released two largely successful albums, with their previous album, ''The Writing's on the Wall'', being certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA. Simpson also collaborated with Sam Watters for the album. Watters produced the singles "I Wanna Love You Forever" and "Where You Are", as well as "Heart of Innocence". Watters also co-wrote the track "I Wanna Love You Forever", along with Louis Biancaniello. Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers also produced the tracks "I've Got My Eyes On You" and "Betcha She Don't Love You" together, though neither tracks were released as singles. Simpson's label wanted 'Sweet Kisses' to be different than that of Aguilera's and Spears' debut albums, in that they were sexually risque, especially the lead singles from both albums. For 'Sweet Kisses', the label decided they wanted Simpson to be the "anti-sex appeal", to which Simpson would sing about love and romance rather than sexual themes. Simpson "virgin" image was though as a great idea by the label, who felt that it would draw in listeners by making a girl whom they could relate to. Simpson also announced in an interview that should would be abstinent until marriage, which helped listeners give her the appearance the label was hoping for. Her "non-sexual" image was also carried over to her music videos, which featured simple themes, such as the "I Wanna Love You Forever" video, which consist of Simpson in a simple photo shoot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sweet Kisses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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