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July 12, 2010

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 7, 2010, covering July 12, 2010.

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    Album cover for Recovery by Eminem

    Recovery

    Eminem

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    Album cover for Thank Me Later by Drake

    Thank Me Later

    Drake

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    Peak
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    Album cover for Can't Be Tamed by Miley Cyrus

    Can't Be Tamed

    Miley Cyrus

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    1
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    Album cover for Scream by Ozzy Osbourne

    Scream

    Ozzy Osbourne

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    Album cover for NOW 34 by Various Artists

    NOW 34

    Various Artists

    Last week
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    Peak
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    2

Notable Deaths

Olga Guillot

2010Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (born 1922)[†]

Olga Guillot was a Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Bolero". She was a native of Santiago de Cuba.

James P. Hogan (writer)

2010James P. Hogan, English-American author (born 1941)[†]

James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author. His major works include the Giants series of five novels published between 1977 and 2005.

Paulo Moura

2010Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1932)[†]

Paulo Moura was a Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist.

Pius Njawé

2010Pius NjawĂ©, Cameroonian journalist (born 1957)[†]

Pius Njawé was a Cameroonian journalist and director of Le Messager as well as Le Messager Populi. Arrested over 100 times for his reporting, Njawé won several awards for his work, including the 1991 CPJ International Press Freedom Award and the 1993 Golden Pen of Freedom. In 2000, he was named one of International Press Institute's fifty World Press Freedom Heroes of the previous fifty years. In Njawé's obituary, the New York Times described him as "a symbol of opposition to the autocratic regime of Paul Biya".

Harvey Pekar

2010Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (born 1939)[†]

Harvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a well-received film adaptation of the same name.

Historical Context for July 12, 2010

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