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November 8, 2010

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 3, 2010, covering November 8, 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

2010Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (born 1961)[†]

Quintin "Q" Dailey was an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard who played collegiately at the University of San Francisco, he later went on to a career in the NBA, playing for the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, and Seattle SuperSonics over the course of his 10-year tenure in the league.

Jack Levine

2010Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (born 1915)[†]

Jack Levine was an American Social Realist painter and printmaker best known for his satires on modern life, political corruption, and biblical narratives. Levine is considered one of the key artists of the Boston Expressionist movement.

Emilio Eduardo Massera

2010Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (born 1925)[†]

Emilio Eduardo Massera was an Argentine Naval military officer and a leading participant in the Argentine coup d'état of 1976. In 1981, he was found to be a member of P2, a clandestine Masonic lodge involved in Italy's strategy of tension. Many considered Massera to have masterminded the junta's Dirty War against political opponents, which resulted in over 30,000 deaths and disappearances.

Historical Context for November 8, 2010

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