Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter (born November 21, 1985).She was first discovered on the 5th season of Canadian Idol, placing 3rd. Her 2011 single "Call Me Maybe" became a worldwide hit. In the US she became the first Canadian female to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart since "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne in 2007. Jepsen subsequently signed with Scott "Scooter" Braun's School Boy Records, which released her second full-length album "Kiss" in September 2012 in cooperation with 604 Records and Interscope Records.