page_title: Emotion (Carly Rae Jepsen album)
section_title: Year-end lists
hierarchical_section_title: Emotion (Carly Rae Jepsen album) / Critical reception / Year-end lists
caption_attribution_description: English: Carly Rae Jepsen performs in Salt Lake City (The Depot) as part of her Gimmie Love Tour
context_page_description: Emotion is the third studio album by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen. It was released on June 24, 2015 in Japan and on August 21, 2015 worldwide through 604, School Boy, and Interscope Records. Looking to transition from the bubblegum pop-oriented nature of her second studio album Kiss, Jepsen found inspiration in 1980s music and alternative styles. She enlisted a team of mainstream and indie collaborators, including Sia, Mattman & Robin, Dev Hynes, Ariel Rechtshaid, Rostam Batmanglij, Greg Kurstin, and Peter Svensson of The Cardigans, culminating in a largely synth-pop-centric effort.
  Emotion received general acclaim from contemporary music critics, who praised its pop escapism, but were divided over its lyrical content. Despite positive reception, the album underperformed worldwide, debuting at number sixteen on the Billboard 200 with 16,153 units and number eight in Canada with 2,600 copies. The album fared better in Japan, debuting at number eight with 12,189 physical copies sold and subsequently being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments exceeding 100,000 copies.
caption: Jepsen during Gimmie Love Tour in San Francisco on February 27, 2016
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