Şans (Chance) is the second studio album by Turkish singer Murat Boz. It was released on 25 February 2009 by Dokuz Sekiz Müzik. The album contains eleven new songs plus the singles of Boz's previous EP Uçurum. The release of the album marked Boz's second major work since Maximum (2007). Boz worked with Soner Sarıkabadayı, Ersay Üner, Fettah Can and Mustafa Ceceli for the album, and wrote some of the songs by himself. The first music video from Şans was released for the song "Para Yok" on 9 January 2009. The music video for "Özledim", written by Fettah Can, was released on 16 April 2009. On 15 June, the music video for "Her Şeyi Yak" was released, followed by "Sallana Sallana" on 12 August, and "Gümbür Gümbür" on 15 December. The album's sixth music video was released for the song "İki Medeni İnsan", on which Soner Sarıkabadayı was featured. The album's last video was released on 9 September 2010 for the song "Buralardan Giderim". Şans is a pop and R&B album. It generally received positive reviews from critics and won the Best Album award at the İstanbul FM Golden Awards. Background and recording In Murat Boz's opinion, Şans was a more successful work compared to his previous album Maximum. The album was recorded in 2008. Boz discussed the album in an interview: "I'm very assertive because it's not an individual business; teamwork is very important. My team has been very solid on this album. I renewed the whole team. I'm a man who loves innovations and I'm growing more with innovations, and I've done what I needed to do in this album." He also stated the songs in the album contained a general meaning. Composition Music and lyrics The main songwriter for Şans is Soner Sarıkabadayı. Murat Boz also wrote three songs for the album. According to some critics, Boz was influenced by Tarkan in writing the songs. Music videos The song "Para Yok" was chosen as the lead single of Şans, and its music video was released on 9 January 2009, two months before the album's release. In March 2009, it was announced that the song "Özledim", Fettah Can, would also be turned into a music video. It was directed by Murad Küçük and released on 16 April 2009. The third music video was made for the album's most outstanding song, "Her Şeyi Yak". It was directed by Emir