Smiling with No Teeth
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| Released | 5 March 2021 | |||
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| Length | 53:54 | |||
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Smiling with No Teeth is the debut studio album by Australian musician Genesis Owusu. It was released through Ourness on 5 March 2021. The album features a guest appearance from Kirin J. Callinan, while its production was handled from Callinan, alongside other record producers such as Andrew Klippel, Dave Hammer, Harvey Sutherland, Joe LaPorta, and Matt Corby. Preceded by five singles—"Don't Need You", "Whip Cracker", "The Other Black Dog", "Gold Chains", and "Drown" (featuring Kirin J. Callinan)—Smiling with No Teeth debuted at number 27 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album won Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release and Best Independent Release while Andrew Klippel and Dave Hammer won Producer of the Year. Owusu was nominated for Best Artist and Kofi Anash & Bailey Howard were nominated for Best Cover Art.
At the J Awards of 2021, the album won the Australian Album of the Year and in March 2022, won the Australian Music Prize and Best Record at the 2022 Rolling Stone Australia Awards. at the AIR Awards of 2022, it won Independent Album of the Year.