US President Barrack Obama, Manny Pacquiao, Justin Bieber,
Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale, TheAbercrombie & Fitch models, Preview Girls:
Solenn Heusaff, Anne Curtis, Georgina Wilson, Liz Uy, Isabelle Daza, Raymond
Gutierrez, Jamich, PBB Teens, LuvU Barkada, and the UAAP Season 75 — What do
they possibly all have in common? — A music video dancing and/or lip synching
to Carly Rae Jepsen’s highly infectious tune, “Call Me Maybe”. If you haven’t
heard this song yet then perhaps you’ve been living under a rock!
Canadian singer/songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen rose to fame
with her single, “Call Me Maybe”, claiming the No. 1 spot in the Digital Chart
— the first song by a Canadian artist to reach the top of the digital chart
since Justin Bieber’s “Baby” in January 2010. It also recently hit No. 1 on the
Billboard Hot 100 Chart and her landing in the cover of Billboard magazine last
June 10, 2012 naming “Call Me Maybe” the song of the summer and the new sound
of top 40.
“Call Me Maybe” has sold over 3.2 million singles and spent
four consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Digital Songs chart. Certified
quintuple-platinum in Carly Rae Jepsen’s native Canada (where it hit No. 1),
the track is also an international sensation, climbing to No. 1 in the iTunes
Singles charts in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Norway and more.
Moreover, it has also dominated Philippine charts, reaching No. 1 in local
radio stations such as Magic 89.9, Love Radio 90.7, Big 91.5, RX 93.1, 93.9
i-FM, Mellow 94.7, 95.5 Pinas FM, 97.1, LS FM, 97.9 Home, 99.5 RT, 101.1 Yes
FM, Tambayan 101.9, 102.7 Star, Wow 103.5, Energy 106.7 and Win 107.5 among
others.
The irresistibly catchy song’s ascent is fueled in part by
its videos. The official video has racked up more than 105 million views on
VEVO, while an unofficial clip — which Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ashley
Tisdale and other young stars filmed of themselves lip-synching and dancing to
the song and posted on Big Time Rush actor and singer Carlos Pena’s YouTube
Channel. It has attracted more than 42 million views and has inspired other
stars get in on the action. Katy Perry, actor James Franco, the Harvard
Baseball team, SMU Women’s Rowing team and more have all posted their own
versions of “Call Me Maybe.” Joining in the fun is a parody of US President
Barrack Obama’s speech which was cleverly edited to look as though he’s singing
the song. At the same time, the video gimmick was picked up locally when
Manila’s ‘IT Girl’ Solenn Heusaff also lip dubbed the song with friends Raymond
Gutierrez, Liz Uy and Anne Curtis among others, making the video go viral
online.
Carly Rae Jepsen may seem like a newcomer in the music biz but she has already scored two previous gold singles and received numerous awards, including 2010 Juno Award nominations for “Songwriter of the Year” and “Best New Artist” as well as a 2010 MuchMusic Video Award nomination for “UR Fave New Artist.” She has sold more than 400,000 singles in her home country. She is set to release her debut album this September. With all these accolades, indeed, “Call Me Maybe” deserves to be hailed as the BIGGEST HIT of 2012.
Also, a new single from Owl City entitled “Good Time” features Carly Rae Jepsen, will be released in the UK on September 9. Its music video already hit 4,350,462 as of this writing since it was uploaded last July 24 at YouTube. You can pre-order the new single from ITunes here.
Carly Rae Jepsen’s debut album will soon be available in CDs exclusively under MCA Music. Her mega hit single “Call Me Maybe” may already be downloaded at www.MyMusicStore.com.ph
