În lipsa mea
album by Smiley
În lipsa mea (Romanian pronunciation: [ɨn ˈlipsa ˈme̯a]; In my absence) is the debut studio album by Romanian singer Smiley, released on March 1, 2008 by Cat Music. The album peaked at number three in the Romania Top 100 charts with the main single, "În lipsa mea", spending four weeks within the top 10 and ten weeks altogether in the Romanian charts. The album earned a gold certification for shipments in excess of 10,000 copies in Romania.
The album won the 2009 Romanian Music Awards prize for the Best Album. It also featured Marius Moga, Alex Velea, Uzzi, Don Baxter and Smiley's former Simplu band mate CRBL as collaborators. The preponderent language of the songs is Romanian, with a couple of exceptions where the songs are also interpreted in English. From a total of ten songs, the album presents five featuring singles and five single songs.
Smiley, Marius Moga, Don Baxter and Randi were the main composers of the lyrics for all tracks.
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