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April 25, 2007

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 25, 2007, covering April 25, 2007.

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    Album cover for NOW 24 by Various Artists

    NOW 24

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for Let It Go by Tim McGraw

    Let It Go

    Tim McGraw

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    Album cover for Konvicted by Akon

    Konvicted

    Akon

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    22
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    Album cover for Cassadaga by Bright Eyes

    Cassadaga

    Bright Eyes

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    Album cover for Timbaland Presents Shock Value by Timbaland

    Timbaland Presents Shock Value

    Timbaland

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Notable Deaths

Alan Ball Jr.

2007Alan Ball Jr., English footballer and manager (born 1945)[†]

Alan James Ball was an English professional football player and manager. Often regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, he won the 1966 World Cup with England and played for various clubs, scoring more than 180 league goals in a career spanning 22 years. After retiring as a player, he had a 15-year career as a manager which included spells in the top flight of English football with Portsmouth, Southampton and Manchester City. He was inducted in the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

Arthur Milton

2007Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (born 1928)[†]

Clement Arthur Milton was an English cricketer and footballer. He played County cricket for Gloucestershire from 1948 to 1974, playing six Test matches for England in 1958 and 1959. He also played domestic football for Arsenal between 1951 and 1955, and then for a brief period for Bristol City. He played one match for England in 1951, against Austria at Wembley. He was the last man, and the last survivor, of the twelve people to have played at the highest international level for both England's football and cricket teams.

Bobby Pickett

2007Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)[†]

Robert George Pickett, better known as Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for co-writing and performing the 1962 smash hit novelty song "Monster Mash".

Historical Events

Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin

2007Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.[†]

Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, died of cardiac arrest on 23 April 2007, twelve days after being admitted to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. Yeltsin was the first Russian head of state to be buried in a church ceremony since Emperor Alexander III, 113 years prior.

Historical Context for April 25, 2007

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