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April 9, 1965

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 7, 1965, covering April 9, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    28
  2. 2
    Album cover for Goldfinger by Soundtrack

    Goldfinger

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  3. 3
    Album cover for Beatles '65 by The Beatles

    Beatles '65

    The Beatles

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  4. 4
    Album cover for L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole

    L-O-V-E

    Nat King Cole

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Introducing Herman's Hermits by Herman's Hermits

    Introducing Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits

    Last week
    20
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Helen Alfredsson

1965Helen Alfredsson, Swedish golfer[†]

Helen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who played primarily on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She won the LPGA major Nabisco Dinah Shore and twice finished second in the U.S. Women's Open. She also won the Women's British Open once and the Evian Masters three times before those events were designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour. In 2019, she won a "senior slam" by winning both of the senior women's major championships.

Paulina Porizkova

1965Paulina Porizkova, Czech-born Swedish-American model and actress[†]

Paulina Porizkova is a fashion model and author. Born in Czechoslovakia, she moved to Sweden in 1973 and began modelling in France at the age of 15. In 1984, Porizkova became the first Central European woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

Jeff Zucker

1965Jeff Zucker, American businessman[†]

Jeffrey Adam Zucker is an American businessman and media executive. Zucker was the president of CNN Worldwide from 2013 to 2022. He oversaw CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital. He was previously CEO of NBCUniversal.

Mark Pellegrino

1965Mark Pellegrino, American actor[†]

Mark Ross Pellegrino is an American actor of film and television. He is best known for his work as Lucifer in Supernatural, Paul Bennett in Dexter, Jacob in Lost, James Bishop in Being Human, Clayton Haas in Quantico, Joe Messing in Mulholland Drive, and Deputy Bill Standall in 13 Reasons Why.

Historical Context for April 9, 1965

In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]