Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen (2018)

Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985 in Mission , British Columbia ), also known by her acronym CRJ , is a Canadian singer-songwriter . In the summer of 2007 she reached third place in the fifth season of Canadian Idol and then started a solo career. She achieved international fame in 2012 with the single Call Me Maybe .

life and career

Jepsen attended the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria BC before attending Canadian Idol . After the Canadian Idol tour, she returned to British Columbia, where she focused on songwriting and recording. Because of their published demo recordings , Jepsen signed a contract with Simkin Artist Management and Dexter Entertainment. She then signed a recording contract with the music label Fontana / MapleMusic and worked with producer and songwriter Ryan Stewart. She is currently under contract with Scooter Braun, who is also the manager of Justin Bieber .

Jepsen was in a committed relationship with singer-songwriter Matthew Koma from August 2012 to March 2015 .

Tug of War (2008-2011)

On June 16, 2008, Jepsen's debut single Sunshine on My Shoulders , a cover version of the song by John Denver, was released . On June 18, 2008 she released two songs on Myspace, Bucket and Heavy Lifting . On September 30, 2008, their debut album Tug of War was released , from which four songs were released as singles. In the spring of 2009 Jepsen went on tour in Canada with the Canadian pop group Marianas Trench and the Canadian pop singer Shiloh .

Curiosity and Kiss (2012-2013)

On February 14, 2012, Jepsen's first EP Curiosity was released , which reached number six in the Canadian album charts. The first single Call Me Maybe was released on September 19, 2011, but only reached number 1 in the Canadian single charts in January 2012 . With over 320,000 copies sold in Canada, the single went four times platinum . In the Netherlands the song reached number two in the single charts. Call Me Maybe reached number one on the charts in the Danish, British, Finnish, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, Polish, Scottish and US singles charts. The song reached number three in the German charts. In February 2012, Jepsen signed contracts with Interscope and Schoolboy Records in Los Angeles . On June 20, 2012, she released the song Good Time with Owl City .

Their second studio album, Kiss , was released on September 14, 2012 in Germany . The first single from the album was This Kiss and was released on September 10th. On November 25, 2012, could music video for the single release Curiosity on some internet - video portals are considered. However, the video was not officially published because it was too "sexy" for Jepsen's target group . Tonight I'm Getting Over You is the fourth single from Kiss and was released on January 21, 2013. Jepsen also worked on a single from A Friend in London .

On May 23, 2013, her single Take a Picture was released , which she sang live for the first time on American Idol . Their fans could vote on specials for the song and the performance beforehand.

Emotion (2015)

Jepsen released her third studio album Emotion in 2015 , which includes the chart hits I Really Like You and Run Away with Me .

Fuller House

With Everywhere You Look she sang the theme song for the Netflix series Fuller House (2016), the spin-off to Full House (1987-1995).

Appearances on Canadian Idol

Jepsen in May 2015

show	song	Original interpreter
Audition	Sweet talker	Carly Rae Jepsen
Top 40	Breathe (2 AM)	Anna Nalick
Top 22	Put Your Records On	Corinne Bailey Rae
Top 18	Sweet ones	Sarah Slean
Top 14	Waiting in Vain	Annie Lennox
Top 10	Inside and Out	Leslie Feist
Top 9	Georgia on My Mind	Ray Charles
Top 8	Torn	Natalie Imbruglia
Top 7	Killer queen	Queen
Top 6	Come to my window	Melissa Etheridge
Top 5	Chuck E's in Love	Rickie Lee Jones
Top 4	My Heart Belongs to Daddy	Ella Fitzgerald
	I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)	Mel Tormé
Top 3	At seventeen	Janis Ian
	White flag	Dido

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA	CA BB
2008	Tug of War Fontana / MapleMusic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 30, 2008
2012	Kiss 604 / Schoolboy / Interscope	DE22 (5 weeks) DE	AT25th gold (5 weeks)AT	CH18 (7 weeks) CH	UK9 (6 weeks) UK	US6 (21 weeks) US	CA5 gold (3 weeks)CA	CA BB5 (6 weeks) CA BB	First published: September 14, 2012 Sales: + 530,000
2015	Emotion 604 / Schoolboy / Interscope	DE73 (1 week) DE	-	CH93 (1 week) CH	UK21 (2 weeks) UK	US16 (4 weeks) US	CA8 (1 week) CA	CA BB8 (1 week) CA BB	First published: June 24, 2015
2019	Dedicated 604 / Schoolboy / Interscope	-	-	CH71 (1 week) CH	UK26 (1 week) UK	US18 (2 weeks) US	CA7 (... weeks) CA	CA BB16 (... weeks) CA BB	First published: May 17, 2019
2020	Dedicated Side B 604 / Schoolboy / Interscope	-	-	-	UK42 (1 week) UK	-	-	CA BB58 (... weeks) CA BB	First published: May 21, 2020

Compilations

year	title	Remarks
2013	Kiss: The Remix	First published: June 12, 2013
2016	Emotion Remixed +	First published: March 18, 2016

Extended plays

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA	CA BB
2012	Curiosity 604	-	-	-	-	-	CA7 (22 weeks) CA	CA BB6 (10 weeks) CA BB	First published: February 14, 2012
2016	Emotion: Side B + 604 / Schoolboy / Interscope	-	-	-	-	US62 (1 week) US	-	CA BB55 (1 week) CA BB	First published: August 26, 2016

More EPs

• 2004: Dear You (independent publication)

Singles

Chart placements as a lead singer

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA	CA BB
2008	Tug of War Tug of War	-	-	-	-	-	CA68 gold (4 weeks)CA	CA BB36 (22 weeks) CA BB	First published: September 16, 2008 Sales: + 40,000
2009	Bucket Tug of War	-	-	-	-	-	CA45 gold (11 weeks)CA	CA BB32 (19 weeks) CA BB	First published: April 4th, 2009 Sales: + 40,000
2011	Call Me Maybe Curiosity / Kiss	DE3 × 5 Quintuple gold (54 weeks)DE	AT3 platinum (50 weeks)AT	CH1 × 3 Triple platinum (60 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (54 weeks)UK	US1 diamond (50 weeks)US	CA1 × 8 Eight times platinum (71 weeks)CA	CA BB1 (74 weeks) CA BB	First published: September 20, 2011 Sales: + 18,000,000
2012	Curiosity Curiosity	-	-	-	-	-	CA28 gold (22 weeks)CA	CA BB18 (23 weeks) CA BB	First published: May 1st, 2012 Sales: + 40,000
	Good time kiss	DE11 gold (23 weeks)DE	AT4 (21 weeks) AT	CH4 (23 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (20 weeks)UK	US8th × 2 Double platinum (24 weeks)US	CA3 (30 weeks) CA	CA BB1 (31 weeks) CA BB	First published: June 26, 2012 Sales: + 4,400,500; with Owl City
	This kiss kiss	DE64 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US86 (1 week) US	CA11 (9 weeks) CA	CA BB23 (16 weeks) CA BB	First published: September 10, 2012
2013	Tonight I'm Getting Over You Kiss	-	-	CH74 (1 week) CH	UK33 (6 weeks) UK	US90 (1 week) US	CA71 (3 weeks) CA	CA BB88 (3 weeks) CA BB	First published: Jan 21, 2013 Sales: + 30,000
2015	I Really Like You Emotion	DE15th gold (25 weeks)DE	AT11 (23 weeks) AT	CH15 (21 weeks) CH	UK3 platinum (21 weeks)UK	US39 platinum (20 weeks)US	CA11 gold (11 weeks)CA	CA BB14 (20 weeks) CA BB	First published: March 2nd, 2015 Sales: + 2,290,000
	Run Away with Me Emotion	-	-	-	UK58 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	CA BB83 (1 week) CA BB	First published: July 17, 2015
2017	Cut to the Feeling Emotion: Side B +	-	-	-	-	-	CA33 (1 week) CA	-	First published: May 26, 2017 Sales: + 100,000
2018	Party for One Dedicated	-	-	-	-	-	CA27 (1 week) CA	CA BB100 (1 week) CA BB	First published: November 1st, 2018
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2012	Beautiful kiss	-	-	-	UK68 (1 week) UK	US87 (1 week) US	CA14 (1 week) CA	CA BB37 (1 week) CA BB	Chart entry: September 29, 2012 with Justin Bieber

More singles

• 2008: Sunshine on My Shoulders
• 2009: Sour Candy (feat. Josh Ramsay)
• 2012: Almost Said It
• 2013: Take a Picture
• 2015: Your Type
• 2015: Last Christmas
• 2017: It Takes Two (with Mike Will Made It & Lil Yachty )
• 2019: Now That I Found You / No Drug Like Me
• 2019: Julien
• 2019: Too Much
• 2019: Lalala (Remix) (with Y2K, bbno $ & Enrique Iglesias )
• 2020: Let's Be Friends

Guest Posts

• 2013: Rest from the Streets ( A Friend in London feat. Carly Rae Jepsen)
• 2016: Super Natural (Danny L Harle feat. Carly Rae Jepsen)

Awards for music sales

Silver record  Japan 2020: for the streaming Call Me Maybe 2020: for streaming Good Time Golden record  Belgium 2012: for the single Good Time  Denmark 2013: for Streaming Tonight I'm Getting Over You  Finland 2012: for the single Call Me Maybe  France 2012: for the single Call Me Maybe  Japan 2016: for the album E • MO • TION 2018: for the single Cut to the Feeling  Poland 2013: for the album Kiss  Spain 2012: for the single Call Me Maybe Platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single I Really Like You  Belgium 2012: for the single Call Me Maybe  Denmark 2012: for the single Call Me Maybe 2015: for the single I Really Like You  Italy 2016: for the single I Really Like You 2019: for the single Good Time  Japan 2012: for the album Kiss 2015: for the single I Really Like You  Poland 2016: for the single I Really Like You

2 × platinum record  Italy 2012: for the single Call Me Maybe  Japan 2017: for the single Good Time  New Zealand 2012: for the single Good Time  Netherlands 2012: for the single Call Me Maybe  Sweden 2015: for the single I Really Like You 3 × platinum record  New Zealand 2012: for the single Call Me Maybe

4 × platinum record  Denmark 2013: for the streaming call Me Maybe  Sweden 2013: for the single Call Me Maybe 5 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single Good Time 13 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Call Me Maybe Diamond record  Japan 2018: for the single Call Me Maybe

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	19 × platinum19th	-	1,350,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	45,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	90,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	1,100,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	5,876	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	-	150,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	160,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × silver2	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	diamond1	2,150,000	riaj.or.jp JP2 JP3
Canada (MC)	-	5 × gold5	8 × platinum8th	-	840,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	5 × platinum5	-	75,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	40,000	nu.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	40,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	30,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	-	240,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	90,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	-	-	20,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	-	3 × platinum3	diamond1	13,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	4 × platinum4th	-	2,600,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	17 × gold17th	69 × platinum69	2 × diamond2

Artist awards and nominations

year	event	category	Nominated for	result
2010	Canadian Radio Music Awards	Song of the Year	"Tug of War"	Won
	Western Canadian Music Awards			Nominated
	Juno Award	New Artist of the Year	Carly Rae Jepsen	Nominated
		Songwriter of the Year	"Tug of War", "Bucket", "Money And The Ego" *	Nominated
	Much Music Video Awards	UR FAVE New Artist	"Bucket"	Nominated
2012		UR Fave Artist	Carly Rae Jepsen	Nominated
		Pop Video of the Year	" Call Me Maybe "	Nominated
		Most Streamed Video of the Year		Won
		Video of the Year		Won
		UR fave video		Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice: Summer Song		Won
		Choice: Breakout Artist	Carly Rae Jepsen	Won
		Choice: Music Star Female		Nominated
	MTV Video Music Awards	Best New Artist	"Call Me Maybe"	Nominated
		Most Share-Worthy Video		Nominated
	Western Canadian Music Awards	Pop Recording of the Year	"Curiosity"	Won
	VEVOCertified Awards	100,000,000 views	"Call Me Maybe"	Won
	Irresistible Fanta Awards	Most Irresistible Dance Song		Won
	Billboard Music Awards	Rising Star	Carly Rae Jepsen	Won
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best song	"Call Me Maybe"	Won
		Best Push Act	Carly Rae Jepsen	Won
		Best New Act		Nominated
		Best North American Act		Nominated
	American Music Awards	Old Navy New Artist of the Year		Won
	Capricho Awards	Hit Internacional	"Call Me Maybe"	Nominated
		Melhor Instagram (Best Instagram )	@Carlyraejepsen	Nominated
		Revelação Internacional (Breakthrough Internacional)	Carly Rae Jepsen	Won
	Billboard Japan Music Awards	Hot Top Airplay of the Year	"Good Time" **	Won
		Digital & Airplay Overseas of the Year		Won
	Premios 40 principales	Best International Song	"Call Me Maybe"	Nominated
		Best International New Artist	Carly Rae Jepsen	Nominated
	Los Premios 40 Principales 2012	Best International Song	"Call Me Maybe"	Won
		Best International New Artist	Carly Rae Jepsen	Nominated
2013	People's Choice Award	Favorite Song of the Year	"Call Me Maybe"	Nominated
		Favorite Music Video		Nominated
		Favorite breakout artist	Carly Rae Jepsen	Nominated
	Grammy Awards	Song of the Year	"Call Me Maybe"	Nominated
		Best pop solo performance		Nominated
	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite song		Nominated
	NRJ Music Awards	International Song of the Year		Nominated
		International Group / Duo of the Year	"Good Time" **	Nominated
		International Breakthrough of the Year	Carly Rae Jepsen	Won
	VEVOCertified Awards	100,000,000 views	"Good Time" **	Won
	SiriusXM Indies Awards	Single of the year	"Call Me Maybe"	Won
		Artist of the Year	Carly Rae Jepsen	Won
		Most Played Independent Artist or Group of the Year		Won
		Video of the Year	"Call Me Maybe"	Nominated
		Best-Selling Independent Release of the Year	Kiss	Nominated
		Female Artist of the Year	Carly Rae Jepsen	Nominated
		Pop Artist or Group of the Year		Nominated
		Most Follow Artist of the Year		Nominated
	Shorty Awards	Best Singer		Nominated
		Best Celebrity		Nominated
	Juno Award	Single of the year	"Call Me Maybe"	Won
		Album of the Year	Kiss	Won
		Pop Album of the Year		Won
		Artist of the Year	Carly Rae Jepsen	Nominated
		Fan Choice Award		Nominated
	MTV Video Music Awards Japan	Best New Artist	"Call Me Maybe"	Won
		Album of the Year	Kiss	Nominated
2014	World Music Awards	World's Best Video	"Call Me Maybe"	Nominated
		World's Best Entertainer of the Year	Carly Rae Jepsen	Nominated

Note: * Shared with Ryan Stewart / ** Shared with Owl City .

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1. ^ Carly Rae Jepsen ( English ) Myspace . Retrieved February 6, 2012.
2. ↑ Ampya News ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Western Canadian Tour !!! ( English ) Myspace. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
4. ↑ Brennan Carley: Carly Rae Jepsen & Owl City Team Up for 'Good Time' Summer Anthem: Listen ( English ) Billboard . June 20, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
5. ↑ Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss ( German ) Amazon. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
6. ^ Sarah Maloy: Carly Rae Jepsen Releases 'This Kiss' Single: Listen ( English ) Billboard . September 10, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
7. ↑ Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Curiosity' (Music Video) ( English ) directlyrics.com. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
8. ↑ http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Carly-Rae-Jepsen/news-83912.html
9. ↑ http://www.lyricshall.com/lyrics/A+Friend+In+London/Rest+From+The+Streets/
10. ↑ Carly Rae Jepsen Enlists Fans' Help For New Song 'Take A Picture' . May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 1, 2013. 
11. ↑ Carly Rae Jepsen remade the original Full House theme for Netflix's spinoff
12. ↑ Joe Coscarelli: Carly Rae Jepsen, With a New Album, Is Definitely Changing Her Number. In: The New York Times . July 31, 2015, accessed May 9, 2019 . 
13. ^ Canadian Music Week - 2010 CRMA Nominees ( Memento April 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). cmw.net
14. ↑ Jepsen's MySpace Blog January 27, 2010 . Blogs.myspace.com (January 27, 2010). Retrieved April 16, 2012.
15. ↑ Michael Bublé, Drake, Justin Bieber, AND 'premier rock legends' as Junos announce 2010 nominees, performers ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . newsodrome.com  
16. ↑ Marianas Trench leads with seven nominations at the 2012 MMVAs | 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards . Mmva.muchmusic.com. May 15, 2012. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 21, 2012. 
17. ↑ Teen Choice Awards 2012 - Signin v1 . Teenchoiceawards.com. Retrieved on July 11, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Best New Artist 2012 MTV Video Music Awards . MTV. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
19. ↑ BreakOut West • Western Canadian Music Awards 2012 . Breakoutwest approx. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 2, 2012. 
20. ^ Marie Palma F .: Lista de nominados a los Premios Irresistible Fanta Awards 2012 . Entretenimiento.starmedia.com. July 19, 2012. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 17, 2015. 
21. ↑ Capricho Awards 2012
22. ↑ AKB48, Carly Rae Jepsen Win Big at Billboard Japan Music Awards
23. ↑ Winners for 'Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2012 ′ announced
24. ↑ Lot 40 Principales - Premios 40 2012 - Votaciones . Los40.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
25. ^ Winners List 2012 Premios 40 Principales America . Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 1, 2013. 
26. ↑ 2013 SIRIUSXM INDIE AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Web links

Commons : Carly Rae Jepsen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Carly Rae Jepsen on MusicBrainz
• Carly Rae Jepsen at Allmusic (English)
• Carly Rae Jepsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Carly Rae Jepsen on www.universal-music.de
• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US & CA BB1 BB2 BB3