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September 24, 2010

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 22, 2010, covering September 24, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Kaleidoscope Heart by Sara Bareilles

    Kaleidoscope Heart

    Sara Bareilles

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

    Recovery

    Eminem

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for NOW 35 by Various Artists

    NOW 35

    Various Artists

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Teenage Dream by Katy Perry

    Teenage Dream

    Katy Perry

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Asylum by Disturbed

    Asylum

    Disturbed

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

Gennady Yanayev

2010Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937)[†]

Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev was a Soviet politician and disputed President of the Soviet Union for three days. Yanayev's political career spanned the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko, and culminated during the Gorbachev years. Yanayev was born in Perevoz, Gorky Oblast. After years in local politics, he rose to prominence as Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, but he also held other lesser posts such as deputy of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.

Historical Context for September 24, 2010

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