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October 11, 2006

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 11, 2006, covering October 11, 2006.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Release Therapy by Ludacris

    Release Therapy

    Ludacris

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    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for 20 Y.O. by Janet Jackson

    20 Y.O.

    Janet Jackson

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    2
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    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Duets: An American Classic by Tony Bennett

    Duets: An American Classic

    Tony Bennett

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    3
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    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Like Red On A Rose by Alan Jackson

    Like Red On A Rose

    Alan Jackson

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    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake

    FutureSex/LoveSounds

    Justin Timberlake

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    1
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    3

Notable Deaths

Cory Lidle

2006Cory Lidle, American baseball player (born 1972)[†]

Cory Fulton Lidle was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle played in Major League Baseball with the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees from 1997 to 2006. Lidle was killed when the small aircraft he owned was blown by a strong gust of wind and slammed nose first into a residential building in New York City.

Historical Context for October 11, 2006

In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]