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December 24, 2009

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 23, 2009, covering December 24, 2009.

  1. 1
    Album cover for I Dreamed A Dream by Susan Boyle

    I Dreamed A Dream

    Susan Boyle

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for My Christmas by Andrea Bocelli

    My Christmas

    Andrea Bocelli

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 2 by Soundtrack

    Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 2

    Soundtrack

    Last week
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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Fearless by Taylor Swift

    Fearless

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    57
  5. 5
    Album cover for Play On by Carrie Underwood

    Play On

    Carrie Underwood

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6

Notable Deaths

Marcus Bakker

2009Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and politician (born 1923)[†]

Marcus Bakker was a Dutch politician of the defunct Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) now merged into the GroenLinks (GL) party and journalist.

Rafael Caldera

2009Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (born 1916)[†]

Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was a Venezuelan politician and academician who was the 46th and 51st president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999, thus becoming the longest serving democratically elected politician to govern the country in the twentieth century.

George Michael (sportscaster)

2009George Michael, American sportscaster (born 1939)[†]

George Michael was an American broadcaster best known nationally for The George Michael Sports Machine, his sports highlights television program. Originally named George Michael's Sports Final when it began as a local show in Washington, D.C., in 1980, it was nationally syndicated by NBC from 1984 until its final installment was aired on March 25, 2007. Michael won a Sports Emmy in 1985 for his work on The George Michael Sports Machine.

2009Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (born 1933)[†]

Gero von Wilpert was a German author, a senior lecturer in German at the University of New South Wales and, from 1980, Professor of German at the University of Sydney.

Historical Context for December 24, 2009

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