Playing My Game

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Playing My Game
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Studio album by
Lene Marlin
Released22 March 1999
Recorded1998–1999
Genre Pop [1]
Length44:19
Label Virgin
Producer
  • Hans G
  • Jørn Dahl
Lene Marlin chronology
Playing My Game
(1999)		 Another Day
(2003)
Singles from Playing My Game
  1. "Unforgivable Sinner"
    Released: 12 October 1998 [2]
  2. "Sitting Down Here"
    Released: 22 February 1999 [2]
  3. "Where I'm Headed"
    Released: 1999
No.TitleLength
1."Sitting Down Here"3:55
2."Playing My Game"5:34
3."Unforgivable Sinner"4:00
4."Flown Away"4:08
5."The Way We Are"4:00
6."So I See"4:49
7."Maybe I'll Go"4:37
8."Where I'm Headed"4:11
9."One Year Ago"4:27
10."A Place Nearby"4:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [3]

Musicians
Technical
Design

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Playing My Game
Chart (1999–2000)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [4] 49
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 65
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [6] 35
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 76
Irish Albums (IRMA) [9] 44
Italian Albums (FIMI) [10] 9
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] 8
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [12] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 22
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [14] 43
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 45
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 18

Year-end charts

1999 year-end chart performance for Playing My Game
Chart (1999)Position
Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 62
2000 year-end chart performance for Playing My Game
Chart (2000)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [19] 79
2001 year-end chart performance for Playing My Game
Chart (2001)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 174

Certifications

Certifications for Playing My Game
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [21] Platinum300,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [22] Gold100,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [23] 3× Platinum150,000*
Sweden (GLF) [24] Gold40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [25] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Platinum300,000^
Summaries
Worldwide
sales outside of Norway 		—1,000,000 [27]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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