CARLY RAE JEPSEN TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ‘KISS’ ON SEPTEMBER 18
CARLY RAE JEPSEN TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ‘KISS’ ON SEPTEMBER 18
CANADIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER WROTE OR CO-WROTE SONGS WITH SONGWRITERS/PRODUCERS MAX MARTIN, DALLAS AUSTIN, REDFOO, MATTHEW KOMA, TOBY GAD AND MORE
~ JEPSEN TO HIT THE ROAD THIS FALL WITH JUSTIN BIEBER ~
(07 August 2012 – Toronto, ON) - This year’s breakout pop sensation Carly Rae Jepsen will release her eagerly anticipated debut album, Kiss on September 18 (604 Records/Schoolboy Records/Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada). The Canadian singer/songwriter wrote or co-wrote songs on the album, collaborating with songwriters and producers Max Martin, Dallas Austin, LMFAO’s Redfoo, Toby Gad, Marianas Trench singer Josh Ramsay and Matthew Koma. Jepsen’s latest single “Good Time”, a duet with Owl City is currently No. 2 on the iTunes Singles chart while the video, featuring Jepsen and Young, has racked up more than six million views on VEVO. "These are lyric and song ideas that I have been collecting over the years,” Jepsen says of Kiss. “I can't tell you how lucky I feel to be able to collaborate with some of my dream producers. It has been the most fulfilling experience. The record is pop. It’s inspired by Robyn, The Cars, Madonna, and believe it or not, James Taylor. I can't wait to share it with everyone! Kiss." Jepsen has been riding high with the success of her smash single “Call Me Maybe”, which is 5x platinum in Canada while selling more than 7.3 million singles worldwide and has spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 so far, tying Goyte’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” for most weeks atop the chart this year. Certified quintuple-platinum in Jepsen’s native Canada (where it also hit No. 1), the track is an international sensation, climbing to No. 1 in the iTunes Singles charts in over 37 countries including the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and more. It also earned her three 2012 MMVAs (UR FAVE Video, Video of the Year and MuchMusic.com Most Streamed Video) and a 2012 MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best New Artist. To celebrate the upcoming release of Kiss, Jepsen will make a series of high-profile TV appearances in August. She will perform “Call Me Maybe” and “Good Time” with Owl City on The Today Show on August 23 and at the Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the U.S. Open on CBS on August 26. She will also perform “Good Time” with Owl City on America’s Got Talent on August 22, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 28 and on Conan on August 29. Jepsen has already performed at the 2012 MuchMusic Awards, Billboard Music Awards and the Teen Choice Awards and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Live! With Kelly, and The View, and was featured as “Person of the Week” on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. This fall, Jepsen hits the road with Justin Bieber as a very special guest on the multi-platinum Pop/R&B star’s 2012 headlining tour of North America.Watch Carly’s video for “Good Time” with Owl City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HmzwI67ec
Watch Carly’s video for “Call Me Maybe”
http://www.vevo.com/watch/carly-rae-jepsen/call-me-maybe/CAB401100094?charts-top-videos
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