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January 17, 2010

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 13, 2010, covering January 17, 2010.

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

    I Dreamed A Dream

    Susan Boyle

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Fame by Lady Gaga

    The Fame

    Lady Gaga

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    62
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Element Of Freedom by Alicia Keys

    The Element Of Freedom

    Alicia Keys

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for STRONGER withEach Tear by Mary J. Blige

    STRONGER withEach Tear

    Mary J. Blige

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Fearless by Taylor Swift

    Fearless

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    60

Notable Deaths

Gaines Adams

2010Gaines Adams, American football player (born 1983)[†]

Gaines Adams was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons. He played college football for Clemson University, and was recognized as a unanimous All-American. He was drafted in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft, and played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears of the NFL. Adams died unexpectedly in 2010 from a previously undetected heart condition.

Jyoti Basu

2010Jyoti Basu, Indian politician and 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1914)[†]

Jyoti Basu was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the member of Politburo of the party since its formation in 1964 till 2008. He was also the member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly 11 times. In his political career, spanning over seven decades, he was noted to have been the India's longest serving chief minister in an elected democracy, at the time of his resignation. He declined the post of Prime Minister after the 1996 Indian general election after the CPM refused to let him head a multi-party coalition as would not be able to implement Marxist programs and relinquished the prime ministership to Deve Gowda.

2010Michalis Papakonstantinou, Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (born 1919)[†]

Michalis Papakonstantinou was a Greek politician and author. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Papakonstantinou served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 7 August 1992 until 13 October 1993, as a member of the New Democracy Party.

Erich Segal

2010Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (born 1937)[†]

Erich Wolf Segal was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and its film adaptation.

Historical Events

2010 Jos riots

2010Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, results in at least 200 deaths.[†]

The 2010 Jos riots were clashes between Muslim and Christian ethnic groups in central Nigeria in and near the city of Jos. The first spate of violence of 2010 started on 17 January in Jos and spread to surrounding communities. Houses, churches, mosques and vehicles were set ablaze, during at least four days of fighting. At least 326 people, and possibly more than a thousand, were killed.

Historical Context for January 17, 2010

In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]