Pop-star papa Joe Simpson, or someone in his employ, is being eyed by at least one “record industry source” for having leaked a copy of Mariah Carey’s upcoming E=MC2 CD onto internet file sharing sites according to a report at MSNBC.com.
“Someone from the Simpson camp,” including the reportedly overbearing father of Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson, would have been motivated to leak the tracks “hoping to dilute the impact of Carey’s release” according to the unnamed source.
Ashlee Simpson’s new album, “Bittersweet World,” has had anything but a sweet start. The release date first had to be pushed from fall of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008 at the last minute. And now that the April 22 release date is fast approaching, Simpson faces competition she hadn’t been counting on —Mariah Carey.
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“Ashlee needs to hit a home run with this album,” said a source close to the pop star. “She really had great success with her early work, but ever since the lip synching on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ she’s had something to prove. Her career literally depends on this album being successful.”
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“Joe Simpson has every right to be nervous about Ashlee going up against Mariah. They (the Simpson camp) are backed into a corner with this release date since they already changed it once. Their only option in fighting the Mariah machine would be to create a way to make the album’s release less newsworthy.”
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