Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After studying musical theatre, in 2007, Jepsen placed third on the fifth season of Canadian Idol. In 2008, Jepsen released her folk music-influenced debut studio album, Tug of War, in Canada.
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Jepsen’s breakthrough came in 2012, with her single “Call Me Maybe”; the song was the best-selling single of that year, selling 18 million copies and reaching number one in at least 19 countries. Jepsen’s second studio album, Kiss, released later that year, included the single “Good Time” with Owl City, and charted in the top ten in Canada and the United States.
In 2016, Jepsen performed in the television special Grease: Live and voiced the animated film Ballerina. Her fourth studio album, Dedicated, which included the single “Party for One”, was released in 2019, along with a follow-up titled Dedicated Side B distributed a year later. The Loneliest Time, which includes the singles “Western Wind” and “Beach House”, was released in October 2022.
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Is Carly Jepsen a One-Hit Wonder?
After the release of her second studio album, “Kiss,” which garnered mixed reviews from critics, “Call Me Maybe” slowly started to fall down the charts until it eventually fell off altogether. Jepsen would keep fans waiting until 2015 for the follow-up, which was “Emotion.”
The lead-up to the release was epic, with the highlight being shooting a video for the lead single with Tom Hanks — the sexiest everyman in the history of the universe. If you can make a video with freaking Forrest Gump, the album you’ve made has to be one of the greatest of all-time, right?
Apparently not, according to the public. The album flopped, and people were quick to write off the lead single “I Really Like You” as a poor man’s “Call Me Maybe” in an awkward attempt to rekindle that magic. What these critics would fail to realize, however, was that they were just judging a book based on its cover.
Who Is Carly Rae Jepsen’s Manager?
Carly Rae Jepsen — Mick Management.
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