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UPDATE: Jessica Simpson's New Album Due Sept. 9
Friday July 11, 2008

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Jessica Simpson arrives to LAX international airport in Los Angeles, CA. on May 29, 2008.
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Jessica Simpson's long-awaited country album is due out September 9 – and her debut video from the album premiered on her site Friday.

"It’s going to be a great year," Joe Simpson told Us at a taping of Pete Wentz's new show F'N MTV in Hollywood Thursday.

"It’s 9-9 — she’s into nines this year," he added. "We hope it’s a wonderful joy. It feels really good. She is extremely happy."

The video for "Come on Over," her first single, was posted on her Web site Friday.

"I had so much fun making my video, I'm so glad y'all finally get to see it!" Jessica wrote.

"Next week it’ll be on CMT," Joe told Us.

Joe said his daughter — who turned 28 Thursday — is perfect for country music, calling it "the heartland of America.

"We forget on the East and West coasts that there is a whole country in between," Joe said. "That’s our home, and that’s Jessica’s home."

Look back at Simpson's sexy - and scary! - style over the years.

Asked why she recorded a country album, Jessica told Billboard earlier this year: "I am a country girl. I grew up in Texas, and country music was what I listened to."

Citing Martina McBride, newly single Shania Twain, Faith Hill and Reba McEntire as inspirations, she said, "I think there is a strength in female country artists."

This weekend, Simpson is headed to Lake Tahoe, where beau Tony Romo is playing in a golf tournament.

"We'll probably rent a boat and go out on the lake on Saturday," Romo told Us.

See photos of Simpson licking cake off Romo's face and other extreme celeb PDA.

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