Jonas Altberg was born and raised in Halmstad, Sweden and lived with his parents, Karl Goran Altberg and Gunhild Elisabet Altberg, and younger brother, Joakim, near Tylosand beach. His mother was a teacher and head of a secondary school in Sweden. His father worked in a construction company. Basshunter first went to Kattegattgymnasiet lyceum, a technical school.

Basshunter's debut studio album, LOL <(^^,)> was released on 28 August 2006. He worked on an album through the three and half weeks. Ali Payami helped him with three songs. A red cover version was released on 1 January 2008, with the same Swedish songs from the original album, but with lyrics or just titles translated into English. The new release also included new tracks, including the "Now You're Gone", "Russia Privjet", "The Beat", "Jingle Bells (Bass)", "Beer in the Bar" and Club Mix of "DotA". Special version of album released in 2008 has included German version of "Boten Anna" and three music videos. The album peaking at number 5 in Sweden and reached number three on the Danish albums chart, and was certified gold and number 4 on the Finnish chart.  The second single "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" was released on 13 September of the same year. The single peaked at number two in Finland number six in Sweden and number seven in Norway and Denmark. It was certified gold in Denmark. Next single "Halla dar" was charted at number 51 on Swedish singles chart. The single "Vifta med handerna" is featured by Patrik & Lillen duo and peaked on Finnish chart at number seven and was charted in Sweden at number 25. Fifth single, a remake of "Jingle Bells" was released on 13 November and peaked at number nine in Norway, number 13 in Sweden. The single was charted also in Dutch and United Kingdom.  On 5 November 2007, a new version of the "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" was released under the title "DotA". It was charted in Germany's singles chart. "DotA" is also shorter name for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" from 2006.

Answer the following question by taking a quote from the article: What were some of the songs on the album?
"Now You're Gone", "Russia Privjet", "The Beat", "Jingle Bells (Bass)", "Beer in the Bar" and Club Mix of "DotA".