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March 7, 2009

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 4, 2009, covering March 7, 2009.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Fearless by Taylor Swift

    Fearless

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  2. 2
    Album cover for Uncle Charlie by Charlie Wilson

    Uncle Charlie

    Charlie Wilson

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Fray by The Fray

    The Fray

    The Fray

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Dark Horse by Nickelback

    Dark Horse

    Nickelback

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    14
  5. 5
    Album cover for I Am...Sasha Fierce by Beyonce

    I Am...Sasha Fierce

    Beyonce

    Last week
    12
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14

Historical Events

2009Massereene Barracks shooting: The Real Irish Republican Army kills two British soldiers and injures two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles.[†]

The Massereene Barracks shooting took place at Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland. On 7 March 2009, two off-duty British soldiers of the 38 Engineer Regiment were shot dead outside the barracks. Two other soldiers and two civilian delivery men were also shot and wounded during the attack. A dissident Irish republican paramilitary group, the Real IRA, claimed responsibility.

Historical Context for March 7, 2009

In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]