Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen shot to fame with 2012’s “Call Me Maybe,”This is the lead single that she can’t miss from her second studio album. “Kiss.”The pop hit spent nine weeks at No. The Billboard Hot 100 reached No. 1 for nine weeks, and the song spawned lip-sync videos from Justin Bieber (and Selena Gomez), the United States Olympic swimmer team, and much more. The single was a huge success, however. “Kiss”Its first week of sales saw it sell only 46,000 copies.
It is a challenge to recreate the success. “Call Me Maybe” — and, beyond that, craft an album that reinforced her place in the pop landscape — was surely daunting. But Jepsen’s follow-up, 2015’s underrated yet critically acclaimed “Emotion,”This earned her a cult-following and probably saved her from the fate of other one-hit wonders. The album attests to the singer’s ability to convey feelings in a significant fashion, even if they seem obvious on paper. She spins through a maze of unidentified suitors, and promotes the notion of love as something that flows without end. You want to give up everything and jump into a relationship? Jepsen’s music gives her listeners the license to do so. In her world, the feeling takes the cake — and eats it, too.
Following 2019’s “Dedicated” and 2020’s “Dedicated Side B,” Jepsen’s sixth studio album “The Loneliest Time”Friday’s release was her last. Below are her top 14 songs.