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January 14, 2011

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

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Headlines from January 14, 2011

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 12, 2011, covering January 14, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Speak Now by Taylor Swift

    Speak Now

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Recovery by Eminem

    Recovery

    Eminem

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    28
  3. 3
    Album cover for Loud by Rihanna

    Loud

    Rihanna

    Last week
    10
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    7
  4. 4
    Album cover for Pink Friday by Nicki Minaj

    Pink Friday

    Nicki Minaj

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

    Kanye West

    Last week
    19
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6

Notable Deaths

Georgia Carroll

2011Georgia Carroll, American singer, model and actress (born 1919)[†]

Georgia Carroll was an American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985.

Historical Events

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

2011President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered to be the birth of the Arab Spring.[†]

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tunisian revolution, he was overthrown and fled to Saudi Arabia.

Historical Context for January 14, 2011

In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]