Simpson and Lachey Wed

Twenty-two-year-old pop singer Jessica Simpson married 98 Degrees' Nick Lachey, twenty-eight, Saturday in Austin, Texas.

After a couple years of dating, the two split briefly in 2001, but reconciled after September 11th. They became engaged last February, when Lachey popped the question in Hawaii. "I knew that I never wanted to be away from Nick for the rest of my life," Simpson said at the time. "I have dreamt of this moment my entire life, and now my prince charming has come."

Simpson and Lachey's respective career plans are far murkier than their personal lives: 98 Degrees has been on an extended break since the 2000 release of Revelation, and Simpson's last release was the lukewarm Irresistable in May 2001.

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Song Stories

“The A Team”

Ed Sheeran | 2011

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.

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