My Take
Carly Rae Jepsen is one of the most fascinating pop career stories of the past decade, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Sure, most people only know her as the "Call Me Maybe" woman — that absurdly catchy 2012 earworm that Justin Bieber tweeted into the stratosphere — but anyone who actually dug deeper discovered something genuinely special. Her 2015 album Emotion is, without exaggeration, one of the best pure pop records of that era: obsessive, emotionally precise, packed with hooks that somehow never feel cheap. She won the American Music Award for New Artist of the Year in 2012 and landed on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2013, which is all well and good, but her real legacy is the cult she built around meticulous, heartfelt songwriting that most mainstream pop refuses to attempt.
Overview
Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of Canadian Idol in 2007. In 2008, Jepsen released her folk-influenced debut studio album, Tug of War, in Canada before it was internationally released in 2011.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Name (Japanese)
- カーリー・レイ・ジェプセン
- Reading
- かーりー・れい・じぇぷせん
- Born
- November 21, 1985 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Mission, British Columbia, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / singer-songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Canada's Walk of Fame
- 2013 Billboard Music Awards
- 2012 American Music Award for New Artist of the Year
- 2012 Teen Choice Awards
- 2013 NRJ Music Award for International Revelation of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.