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January 16, 1988

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 13, 1988, covering January 16, 1988.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Faith by George Michael

    Faith

    George Michael

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  3. 3
    Album cover for Tiffany by Tiffany

    Tiffany

    Tiffany

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    17
  4. 4
    Album cover for Bad by Michael Jackson

    Bad

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  5. 5
    Album cover for Whitesnake by Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    40

Notable Births

Nicklas Bendtner

1988Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer[†]

Nicklas Bendtner is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. His preferred position was centre-forward, but he has also played on the right side of attack, and occasionally on the left. A large, tall, and physically strong player, he was known for his ability in the air and possessed a powerful header.

Jorge Torres Nilo

1988Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer[†]

Jorge Emmanuel Torres Nilo, also known as Pechu, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

FKA Twigs

1988FKA Twigs, English singer-songwriter and actress[†]

Tahliah Debrett Barnett, known professionally as FKA Twigs, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and dancer. She was a backup dancer for numerous musicians, and made her musical debut with EP1 (2012). Barnett's debut studio album, LP1 (2014), reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and number 30 on the US Billboard 200. It was nominated for that year's Mercury Prize. She then released the EP M3LL155X (2015).

Notable Deaths

Andrija Artuković

1988Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, first Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (born 1899)[†]

Andrija Artuković was a Croatian lawyer, politician, and senior member of the fascist Ustaše movement, who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Justice in the Government of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II in Yugoslavia. He signed into law several racial laws against Serbs, Jews, and Roma, and was responsible for a string of concentration camps in which over 100,000 civilians were tortured and murdered. He escaped to the United States after the war, where he lived until he was extradited to Yugoslavia in 1986. He was tried and found guilty of several mass killings in the NDH and was sentenced to death, but the sentence was not carried out due to his age and health. He died in custody in 1988.

Historical Context for January 16, 1988

In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]