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December 28, 2010

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 22, 2010, covering December 28, 2010.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Gift by Susan Boyle

    The Gift

    Susan Boyle

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Speak Now by Taylor Swift

    Speak Now

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Glee: The Music; The Christmas Album by Soundtrack

    Glee: The Music; The Christmas Album

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for No Mercy by T.I.

    No Mercy

    T.I.

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for O Holy Night (EP) by Jackie Evancho

    O Holy Night (EP)

    Jackie Evancho

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4

Notable Deaths

Billy Taylor

2010Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (born 1921)[†]

Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Terry Peder Rasmussen

2010Terry Peder Rasmussen, American serial killer (born 1943)[†]

Terry Peder Rasmussen was an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who was convicted of one murder, and linked to at least five more in a series of crimes that stretched across the contiguous United States between 1978 and 2002. Due to his use of many aliases, most notably "Bob Evans", Rasmussen is known as the Chameleon Killer.

Historical Context for December 28, 2010

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