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June 17, 2007

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 13, 2007, covering June 17, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Double Up by R. Kelly

    Double Up

    R. Kelly

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    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for It Won't Be Soon Before Long by Maroon 5

    It Won't Be Soon Before Long

    Maroon 5

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
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    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Minutes To Midnight by Linkin Park

    Minutes To Midnight

    Linkin Park

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Relentless by Jason Aldean

    Relentless

    Jason Aldean

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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for Daughtry by Daughtry

    Daughtry

    Daughtry

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    28

Notable Deaths

Gianfranco Ferré

2007Gianfranco FerrĂ©, Italian fashion designer (born 1944)[†]

Gianfranco Ferré was an Italian fashion designer also known as "the architect of fashion" for his background and his original attitude toward creating fashion design.

2007Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1933)[†]

Serena Wilson, often known just as "Serena", was a well-known dancer, choreographer, and teacher who helped popularize belly dance in the United States. Serena's work also helped legitimize the dance form and helped it to be perceived as more than burlesque or stripping. Serena danced in clubs in her younger years, opened her own studio, hosted her own television show, founded her own dance troupe, and was the author of several books about belly dance.

Historical Context for June 17, 2007

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