Carly Rae Jepsen
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Carly Rae Jepsen is a Juno-nominated Canadian singer/songwriter from Mission, B.C..
In the summer of 2007 she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol
. She was also a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.
/Maple Music
quickly followed, leading Jepsen into the studio with producer/writer Ryan Stewart.
On June 16, 2008, Jepsen released her debut single, a cover of John Denver
's song "Sunshine On My Shoulders
". It is the only cover song on her debut album. On July 21, 2008, Jepsen added two new songs from the album to her MySpace page: "Bucket" and "Heavy Lifting".
In August 2008, Jepsen's MySpace page announced that the album's title would be Tug of War
, and it was released on September 30, 2008. The page also mentioned two more songs that were included on the album: "Tug of War" and "Sweet Talker". The former was released as a single on iTunes on September 16, 2008, and has been receiving radio airplay on various stations across Canada. She performed the latter as her Canadian Idol audition.
A music video for "Tug of War" was released in January 2009. "Bucket", her second single, was released in May 2009, and the video for "Sour Candy", a duet with Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench has also been released. All of Jepsen's music videos have been directed by Ben Knechtel.
In spring 2009, she toured western Canada with Marianas Trench and Shiloh
. She then went on a cross-Canada tour with Marianas Trench
, The New Cities
and Mission District.
It has been reported that Jepsen has done a number of tracks for her new album with producer Kevin James Maher
.
The lead single, Call Me Maybe from her second studio album Curiosity was released on September 21, 2011. Her second album is scheduled to be released in 2012.
In the summer of 2007 she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol (season 5)
The fifth season of Canadian Idol is the fifth installation of the Idol series in Canada. It was again hosted by Ben Mulroney, with Farley Flex, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan and Zack Werner all returning as judges. The show premiered on June 5, 2007 with a 90-minute episode. Voting began during the...
. She was also a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.
Career
After completing the tour, Jepsen retreated to B.C. to focus on writing, recording and completing her band. Her demos attracted a flurry of attention, and she was eventually signed a joint management deal with Simkin Artist Management and Dexter Entertainment. A deal with FontanaFontana Records
Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label....
/Maple Music
MapleMusic Recordings
MapleMusic Recordings is a Toronto based record label.The MapleMusic Recordings label is a project of Canadian roots rock band Skydiggers and entrepreneur Grant Dexter...
quickly followed, leading Jepsen into the studio with producer/writer Ryan Stewart.
On June 16, 2008, Jepsen released her debut single, a cover of John Denver
John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...
's song "Sunshine On My Shoulders
Sunshine on My Shoulders
"Sunshine on My Shoulders" is the title of a song recorded and co-written by American singer/songwriter John Denver. It was released as a single in 1973 and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. in early 1974.- Song history :...
". It is the only cover song on her debut album. On July 21, 2008, Jepsen added two new songs from the album to her MySpace page: "Bucket" and "Heavy Lifting".
In August 2008, Jepsen's MySpace page announced that the album's title would be Tug of War
Tug of War (Carly Rae Jepsen album)
Tug of War is the debut album by Canadian singer/songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, who came in third on the fifth season of Canadian Idol . The album was released in Canada on September 30, 2008 and was produced by Canadian producer/writer Ryan Stewart....
, and it was released on September 30, 2008. The page also mentioned two more songs that were included on the album: "Tug of War" and "Sweet Talker". The former was released as a single on iTunes on September 16, 2008, and has been receiving radio airplay on various stations across Canada. She performed the latter as her Canadian Idol audition.
A music video for "Tug of War" was released in January 2009. "Bucket", her second single, was released in May 2009, and the video for "Sour Candy", a duet with Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench has also been released. All of Jepsen's music videos have been directed by Ben Knechtel.
In spring 2009, she toured western Canada with Marianas Trench and Shiloh
Shiloh (singer)
Shiloh Hoganson , known by her stage name as Shiloh, is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Shiloh has performed with Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Stereos, Hedley, Theory of a Deadman, Marianas Trench, and Faber Drive.-Early life:...
. She then went on a cross-Canada tour with Marianas Trench
Marianas Trench (band)
Marianas Trench is a Juno-nominated Canadian pop punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2001. They have released three full length albums, the most recent titled Ever After, released on November 21, 2011...
, The New Cities
The New Cities
The New Cities is a Juno Award and ADISQ Award nominated band originating from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and currently based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The current members of The New Cities are David Brown, Christian Bergeron, Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, and Julien...
and Mission District.
It has been reported that Jepsen has done a number of tracks for her new album with producer Kevin James Maher
Kevin James Maher
Kevin “Kevvy Mental” Maher is a Canadian musician, film composer, remix artist and music producer, most notable for his work in Fake Shark - Real Zombie! as lead vocalist and programmer.-Early life:...
.
The lead single, Call Me Maybe from her second studio album Curiosity was released on September 21, 2011. Her second album is scheduled to be released in 2012.
Canadian Idol performances
- Audition - Sweet Talker (Carly Rae Jepsen)
- Top 40 - Breathe (2 AM)Breathe (2 AM)"Breathe " is a 2005 single from singer-songwriter Anna Nalick. The single was re-released in 2006 and charted at #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks in the United States, as well as #79 on the Australian singles charts. Breathe has been certified Gold by RIAA...
(Anna NalickAnna NalickAnna Christine Nalick is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Wreck of the Day, featuring her first radio hit, "Breathe ", was released on April 19, 2005. Nalick left her label under Sony in 2009 after a falling-out surrounding the release of her second album...
) - Top 22 - Put Your Records OnPut Your Records On"Put Your Records On" is a song by English soul singer–songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae from her debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae . Written by Rae, John Beck, and Steve Chrisanthou, it was released as the album's second single in February and early March 2006 throughout Europe and as the lead single in...
(Corinne Bailey RaeCorinne Bailey RaeCorinne Bailey Rae is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist from Leeds, who released her debut album Corinne Bailey Rae in February 2006....
) - Top 18 - Sweet OnesNight Bugs- Track listing :# "Eliot" - 4:22# "Weight" - 3:16# "Duncan" - 4:08# "St. Francis" - 4:12# "Drastic Measures" - 5:42# "Book Smart, Street Stupid" - 4:49# "Dark Room" - 2:27# "Sweet Ones" - 3:13# "Me, I'm A Thief" - 6:09# "My Invitation" - 3:34...
(Sarah SleanSarah SleanSarah Hope Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occasional actress from Pickering, Ontario. She has released eleven albums to date .-Major recordings:...
) - Top 14 - Waiting in VainWaiting in Vain"Waiting in Vain" is a song written by reggae musician Bob Marley and recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers, for his 1977 album Exodus. Released as a single, it hit number twenty-seven in the UK Singles Chart.-Annie Lennox version:...
(Annie LennoxAnnie LennoxAnnie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
) - Top 10 - Inside and OutInside and Out"Inside and Out" is a single released in 2005 by Canadian singer Feist. It is the third single from her 2004 album Let It Die. The song is a cover of the Bee Gees' 1979 hit "Love You Inside Out".-Song information:...
(Leslie FeistLeslie FeistLeslie Feist , known professionally as simply Feist, is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene....
) (Bottom Three July 17, 2007) - Top 9 - Georgia on My MindGeorgia on My Mind"Georgia on My Mind" is a song written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell . It is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia. Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael. However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or...
(Ray CharlesRay CharlesRay Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
) - Top 8 - Torn (Natalie ImbrugliaNatalie ImbrugliaNatalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
) - Top 7 - Killer Queen (QueenQueen (band)Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
) (Bottom Three August 7, 2007) - Top 6 - Come To My WindowCome to My Window"Come to My Window" is a Grammy Award-winning song by Melissa Etheridge released in 1994 on her 1993 album Yes I Am. This was the first song to be released after Etheridge publicly announced her sexual orientation of being a lesbian. With the driving force of gay rights, the song gained a lot of...
(Melissa EtheridgeMelissa EtheridgeMelissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.Etheridge is known for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals...
) (Bottom Three August 14, 2007) - Top 5 - Chuck E's in LoveRickie Lee Jones (album)Rickie Lee Jones is the eponymous debut album of singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. After arriving in California in the mid-70s, Jones started taking songwriting more seriously, and by 1977 had met singer-songwriters Chuck E...
(Rickie Lee JonesRickie Lee JonesRickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...
) - Top 4 - My Heart Belongs to DaddyMy Heart Belongs to Daddy"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" is a song written by Cole Porter, for the 1938 musical Leave It to Me! which premiered on Nov 9, 1938. It was performed by Mary Martin who played Dolly Winslow, the young protégée of an elderly ambassador, Alonzo P. Goodhue...
(Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldElla Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
), I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"I Got It Bad " is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941...
(Mel TorméMel TorméMelvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
) - Top 3 - At SeventeenAt Seventeen"At Seventeen" is a song by Janis Ian, released in 1975 on Between the Lines and as a single. Ian's most successful recording, the song is a commentary on adolescent cruelty, the illusion of popularity, and teenage angst, as reflected upon from the maturity of adulthood...
(Janis IanJanis IanJanis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-sixties; most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century...
), White FlagWhite Flag (song)"White Flag" is a song by English singer-songwriter Dido, released as the lead single from her second album Life for Rent on 1 September 2003. "White Flag" is the biggest hit of Dido's career. It is considered one of her signature songs, and helped Life for Rent sell over ten million copies worldwide...
(DidoDido (singer)Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong , known as Dido, is an English singer-songwriter.Dido shot to worldwide success with her debut album, No Angel...
) (Eliminated September 4, 2007)
Albums
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Tug of War Tug of War (Carly Rae Jepsen album) Tug of War is the debut album by Canadian singer/songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, who came in third on the fifth season of Canadian Idol . The album was released in Canada on September 30, 2008 and was produced by Canadian producer/writer Ryan Stewart.... |
| 2012 | Curiosity |
Singles
| Year | Single | CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Sunshine On My Shoulders" | — | Tug of War |
| "Tug of War" | 36 | ||
| 2009 | "Bucket" | 32 | |
| "Sour Candy" (feat. Josh Ramsay) | — | ||
| 2011 | "Call Me Maybe" | 35 | Curiosity |
Awards and nominations
- Canadian Radio Music AwardsCanadian Radio Music AwardsThe Canadian Radio Music Awards are an annual series of awards presented by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters that are part of Canadian Music Week....
- 2010, Song of the Year, "Tug of War" – Won
- Western Canadian Music AwardsWestern Canadian Music AwardsThe Western Canadian Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony for music in the western portion of Canada, that originated in its current form in 2003...
- Western Canadian Music Awards
- 2010, Song of the Year, "Tug of War" – Nominated
- Juno Awards
- 2010, New Artist of the Year – Nominated
- 2010, Songwriter of the Year (with Ryan Stewart) – Nominated
- Much Music Video Awards
- 2010, UR FAVE New Artist - Nominated