On this day

January 18, 2010

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

Historical Context for January 18, 2010

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

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 13, 2010, covering January 18, 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
  6. 6
    Album cover for My World (EP) by Justin Bieber

    My World (EP)

    Justin Bieber

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    6
    Weeks
    7
  7. 7
    Album cover for Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel by Soundtrack

    Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    20
    Peak
    7
    Weeks
    5
  8. 8
    Album cover for The E.N.D. by The Black Eyed Peas

    The E.N.D.

    The Black Eyed Peas

    Last week
    15
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    30
  9. 9
    Album cover for The Fame Monster (EP) by Lady Gaga

    The Fame Monster (EP)

    Lady Gaga

    Last week
    12
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    6
  10. 10
    Album cover for Ocean Eyes by Owl City

    Ocean Eyes

    Owl City

    Last week
    14
    Peak
    8
    Weeks
    25

Notable Births

2010Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Canadian actress and dancer[†]

Sophia Reid-Gantzert is a Canadian actress and dancer. She began dancing at age two and won a competition in Austria at age six. In 2017, she made her acting debut in the television film The Sweetest Christmas. Reid-Gantzert received critical praise for her performance as Karen Brewer in Netflix's The Baby-Sitters Club (2020–2021). She later played lead roles in the comedy series Scaredy Cats (2021) and the coming-of-age film Popular Theory (2024).

Notable Deaths

Kate McGarrigle

2010Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (born 1946)[†]

Kate McGarrigle was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle.

Robert B. Parker

2010Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (born 1932)[†]

Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. In the mid-1980s, based on the character of detective Spenser, ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire. A series of TV movies was also produced based on the same character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors, including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.

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Headlines from January 18, 2010

In Recall, a Role Model Stumbles

By Natasha Singer

Johnson & Johnson, historically adept at crisis management, lost its footing last week over a recall of several hundred batches of popular medicines, including Tylenol.

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