In the United States, Ashlee Simpson's album Autobiography was 2004's biggest debut by a female artist; [1] it quickly went platinum and was certified triple platinum in September 2004. [2] Following its July 20 release, it was number one in sales on the Billboard 200 chart in its first week, selling over 398,000 copies.1 In its second week on the chart, it was displaced by Now That's What I Call Music! 16, a compilation of popular songs (including, coincidentally, a cover of "Take My Breath Away" by Simpson's sister Jessica), and sold about 269,000 copies. [3] In the album's third week, however, it returned to number one, [4] where it remained in its fourth week, at the same time crossing the one million mark in total U.S. sales, with about 1.2 million, [5] but it dropped back to number t