Nick & Jess Drive Labels Nuts With Same Release Date

The New York Post reports that Jessica Simpson and her 98 Degrees hubby Nick Lachey are driving their respective labels, Columbia and Universal, nuts. “They both want to release their solo albums on the same exact day [Aug. 19],” a spy said. “The labels are going crazy.” A rep for Simpson’s label, Columbia, said, “Nobody is upset as far as I know.” The couple are banking on fans buying both CDs simultaneously, and no doubt would be appearing as a couple to promote both albums simultaneously as well.