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November 5, 2010

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 3, 2010, covering November 5, 2010.

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    Album cover for The Incredible Machine by Sugarland

    The Incredible Machine

    Sugarland

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    Album cover for Come Around Sundown by Kings of Leon

    Come Around Sundown

    Kings of Leon

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    Album cover for The Union by Elton John / Leon Russell

    The Union

    Elton John / Leon Russell

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    Album cover for Fly Me To The Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V by Rod Stewart

    Fly Me To The Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V

    Rod Stewart

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    Album cover for I Am Not A Human Being by Lil Wayne

    I Am Not A Human Being

    Lil Wayne

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Notable Deaths

Jill Clayburgh

2010Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (born 1944)[†]

Jill Clayburgh was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Paul Mazursky's comedy drama An Unmarried Woman (1978). She received a second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Starting Over (1979) as well as four Golden Globe nominations for her film performances, and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her television work.

Adrian Păunescu

2010Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (born 1943)[†]

Adrian Păunescu was a Romanian writer, publisher, cultural promoter, translator, and politician. A profoundly charismatic personality, a controversial and complex figure, the artist and the man are almost impossible to separate. On the one hand he stands accused of collaboration with the Communist regime, but on the other hand he was persecuted and ostracised by the regime when he started to confront its failures, and when his influence started to be considered dangerous.

Shirley Verrett

2010Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (born 1931)[†]

Shirley Verrett was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles making her a Soprano sfogato. Verrett enjoyed great fame from the late 1960s through the 1990s; she was particularly known for performing works by Giuseppe Verdi and Gaetano Donizetti.

Historical Events

JS Air Flight 201

2010JS Air Flight 201 crashes after takeoff from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing all 21 aboard.[†]

On 5 November 2010, JS Air Flight 201, a Beechcraft 1900 passenger aircraft on a charter service from Karachi to the Bhit Shah gas field in Sindh, Pakistan, crashed near Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, after suffering an engine malfunction at take-off. All 21 people on board were killed.

Historical Context for November 5, 2010

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