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February 20, 2010

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 17, 2010, covering February 20, 2010.

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    Album cover for Need You Now by Lady Antebellum

    Need You Now

    Lady Antebellum

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Rebirth by Lil Wayne

    Rebirth

    Lil Wayne

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for Who I Am by Nick Jonas & The Administration

    Who I Am

    Nick Jonas & The Administration

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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for The Fame by Lady Gaga

    The Fame

    Lady Gaga

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    67
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    Album cover for 2010 Grammy Nominees by Various Artists

    2010 Grammy Nominees

    Various Artists

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    3

Notable Deaths

Alexander Haig

2010Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (born 1924)[†]

Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. was United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, he was a general in the U.S. Army, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In 1973, Haig became the youngest four-star general in the Army's history.

Historical Events

2010 Madeira floods and mudslides

2010In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.[†]

An extreme weather event affected Madeira Island in Portugal's autonomous Madeira archipelago on 20 February 2010. The resulting flash floods and mudslides killed 51 people, of whom 6 are still to be found, and injured 250. Around 600 people were left homeless.

Historical Context for February 20, 2010

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