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September 16, 2010

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 15, 2010, covering September 16, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Asylum by Disturbed

    Asylum

    Disturbed

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for NOW 35 by Various Artists

    NOW 35

    Various Artists

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Recovery by Eminem

    Recovery

    Eminem

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  4. 4
    Album cover for Teenage Dream by Katy Perry

    Teenage Dream

    Katy Perry

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Back To Me by Fantasia

    Back To Me

    Fantasia

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

George N. Parks

2010George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (born 1953)[†]

George N. Parks was the director of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band at University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1977 until 2010. He also led the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy, a summer workshop program for high school drum majors that he founded in 1978.

2010Jim Towers, English footballer (born 1933)[†]

Edwin James Towers was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a centre forward in the Football League with Brentford. He is the club's all-time leading goalscorer and in 2013 was voted the club's greatest ever player.

Historical Context for September 16, 2010

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