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July 21, 2010

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 21, 2010, covering July 21, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Recovery by Eminem

    Recovery

    Eminem

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Thank Me Later by Drake

    Thank Me Later

    Drake

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty by Big Boi

    Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

    Big Boi

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Soundtrack

    The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for My World 2.0 by Justin Bieber

    My World 2.0

    Justin Bieber

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16

Notable Deaths

Luis CorvalĂĄn

2010Luis Corvalán, Chilean educator and politician (born 1916)[†]

Luis NicolĂĄs CorvalĂĄn Lepe was a Chilean politician, teacher, and writer. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) for more than three decades and was twice elected to the Senate of Chile.

Ralph Houk

2010Ralph Houk, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1919)[†]

Ralph George Houk, nicknamed "the Major", was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1963, when his teams won three consecutive American League pennants and the 1961 and 1962 World Series championships. In 1961 he became the second rookie manager to win 100 games in a season and third rookie manager to win a World Series. He was the first manager to win World Series titles in his first two seasons and the first manager since Hughie Jennings to win three pennants in his first three seasons.

2010John E. Irving, Canadian businessman (born 1932)[†]

John Ernest Irving CM was a Canadian businessman, the youngest son of the industrialist K. C. Irving and his wife, Harriet Lila Irving.

Historical Events

Barack Obama

2010President Barack Obama signs the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.[†]

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Historical Context for July 21, 2010

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