Carly Rae Jepsen at Spring Lawnparties?

After an extensive analysis of potential acts, we think "Call Me Maybe" singer Carly Rae Jepsen could be headlining Spring Lawnparties.On Wednesday evening, USG President Ella Cheng '16 sent an email to all undergraduates with a link to a promotional video for the spring concert that revealed the headliner is Grammy-nominated, won a Billboard Music Award, and is currently played on the radio.We first put together a list of all 217 Billboard Music Award winners and then checked if the artists were nominated for a Grammy but had not won. We then looked at radio airplay and narrowed the list down to eleven possible performers that included stars like Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj.To narrow the list, we cross-checked artists' touring schedules with the May 3rd concert date and alleged booking fees with USG's $79,000 Lawnparties budget. According to USG Social Chair Simon Wu '17, $67,000 will be spent on artists and the remaining $12,000 on food.Jepsen is the only performer to meet every piece of criteria. She won three Billboard Music Awards in 2013, and 'Maybe' was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2013 Grammy Awards. According to a posting by Mainstage Productions, a booking agency that USG used to book Lawnparties acts in previous years, Jepsen is available this spring for $50,000, leaving roughly $17,000 for the two openers.When asked for comment, Wu only wrote back "Haha." Wu is evidently a fan of Jepsen though: he has a two-year-old playlist on Spotify dedicated to her 2012 album Kiss.Booking agents and managers for Jepsen did not respond to requests for comment.Our shortlist of somewhat weaker possibilities included Nickelback, the recipient of seven Billboard Awards, six Grammy Nominations, and recent radio play due to their late 2014 release No Fixed Address. Nickelback was also the subject of last year's USG April Fool's Joke, in which Shawon Jackson '15 announced that the band and JoJo were performing at Lawnparties.Jepsen rose to prominence in 2012 off the strength of her single "Call Me Maybe." She released her latest single "I Really Like You" on March 2, and its music video features actor Tom Hanks and fellow Canadian Justin Bieber.Watch Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" video:"I Really Like You" video: