Week Ending July 1, 2012. Songs: Jepsen Does Canada Proud

By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – Wed, Jul 4, 2012 11:55 PM EDT

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" this week surpassesNickelback's 2007 smash "Rockstar" to become the best-selling song by a Canadian act in digital history. "Call Me Maybe," which is in its fourth week at #1 on the Hot 100, has sold 4,067,000 copies. "Rockstar," which reached #6 in September 2007, has sold 4,019,000.

Jepsen is one of three female solo artists from Canada on Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the 200 best-selling songs in digital history. The others are Avril Lavigne, whose "Girlfriend" has sold 3,509,000 copies, and Nelly Furtado, whose "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland) has sold 2,833,000. Both of those songs also reached #1.

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