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Carly Rae Jepsen's obvious brilliance has been rewarded in Japan

  • December 11, 2015
  • Brad O'Mance

Carly

Carly 'Carly' Rae 'Jeppo' Jepsen's unequi­voc­ally tri­umphant 'I Really Like You' was the biggest-selling song by an inter­na­tional act on — wait for it — Billboard's end-of-year Japan Hot Overseas chart!

It's the one they all wanted!

The legit­im­ate classic beat off Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off', 'Uptown Funk' and all the usual suspects.

Here's the full Top Ten:

1. I Really Like You — Carly Rae Jepsen
2. Shake It Off — Taylor Swift
3. Uptown Funk feat. Bruno Mars — Mark Ronson
4. See you Again — Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
5. Sugar — Maroon 5
6. Happy — Pharrell Williams
7.  Stay With Me — Sam Smith
8.  We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together — Taylor Swift <<< ?
9. Break Free feat. Zedd — Ariana Grande
10. All About That Bass — Meghan Trainor

'I Really Like You' also made it to Number 6 in the Japan Hot 100 singles chart of the year, so well done all involved.

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