Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer and songwriter born in 1985. She first gained recognition after finishing third on Canadian Idol in 2007. Her debut album Tug of War was released in Canada in 2008 and later internationally. Jepsen achieved global fame with her 2012 single Call Me Maybe, which topped charts worldwide and sold over 18 million copies. That same year, she released her second album, Kiss, featuring the hit Good Time with Owl City. Jepsen made her Broadway debut as Cinderella in 2014, then released Emotion in 2015, a record inspired by 1980s pop featuring songs like I Really Like You and Run Away with Me. She continued her career with albums Dedicated in 2019 and The Loneliest Time in 2022, which further solidified her reputation for catchy, emotional pop music. Throughout her career, Jepsen has collected several awards, including Juno and Billboard Music Awards, and has been recognized as one of Billboard’s top women artists of the 21st century.