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December 11, 2007

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 5, 2007, covering December 11, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Noel by Josh Groban

    Noel

    Josh Groban

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for As I Am by Alicia Keys

    As I Am

    Alicia Keys

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for NOW 26 by Various Artists

    NOW 26

    Various Artists

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Ultimate Hits by Garth Brooks

    The Ultimate Hits

    Garth Brooks

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Long Road Out Of Eden by Eagles

    Long Road Out Of Eden

    Eagles

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4

Historical Events

Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)

2007Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.[†]

An Islamist insurgency is taking place in the Maghreb region of North Africa, followed on from the end of the Algerian Civil War in 2002. The Algerian militant group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) allied itself with al-Qaeda to eventually become al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The Algerian and other Maghreb governments fighting the militants have worked with the United States and the United Kingdom since 2007, when Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara began.

Historical Context for December 11, 2007

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