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February 6, 2007

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 31, 2007, covering February 6, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Daughtry by Daughtry

    Daughtry

    Daughtry

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Dreamgirls by Soundtrack

    Dreamgirls

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Jump In! by Soundtrack

    Jump In!

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Corinne Bailey Rae by Corinne Bailey Rae

    Corinne Bailey Rae

    Corinne Bailey Rae

    Last week
    32
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    31
  5. 5
    Album cover for Konvicted by Akon

    Konvicted

    Akon

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10

Notable Deaths

Lew Burdette

2007Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (born 1926)[†]

Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Boston / Milwaukee Braves. The team's top right-hander during its years in Milwaukee, he was the Most Valuable Player of the 1957 World Series, leading the franchise to its first championship in 43 years, and the only title in Milwaukee history. An outstanding control pitcher, his career average of 1.84 walks per nine innings pitched places him behind only Robin Roberts (1.73), Greg Maddux (1.80), Carl Hubbell, (1.82) and Juan Marichal (1.82) among pitchers with at least 3,000 innings since 1920.

Frankie Laine

2007Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1913)[†]

Frankie Laine was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Steel Tonsils". His hits included "That's My Desire", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Mule Train", "Jezebel", "High Noon", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Rawhide", and "You Gave Me a Mountain".

Willye White

2007Willye White, American runner and long jumper (born 1939)[†]

Willye Brown White was an American track and field athlete who took part in five Olympics from 1956 to 1972. She was America's best female long jumper of the time and also competed in the 100 meters sprint. White was a Tennessee State University Tigerbelle under Coach Ed Temple. An African-American, White was the first U.S. athlete to compete in track in five Olympics.

Historical Context for February 6, 2007

In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]