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January 21, 2011

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

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 19, 2011, covering January 21, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Speak Now by Taylor Swift

    Speak Now

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for Pink Friday by Nicki Minaj

    Pink Friday

    Nicki Minaj

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars

    Doo-Wops & Hooligans

    Bruno Mars

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for Tron: Legacy (Soundtrack) by Daft Punk

    Tron: Legacy (Soundtrack)

    Daft Punk

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for Recovery by Eminem

    Recovery

    Eminem

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    29

Notable Deaths

2011Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (born 1922)[†]

Theoni V. Aldredge was a Greek-American stage and screen costume designer.

Dennis Oppenheim

2011Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (born 1938)[†]

Dennis Oppenheim was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer. Dennis Oppenheim's early artistic practice is an epistemological questioning about the nature of art, the making of art and the definition of art: a meta-art that arose when strategies of the Minimalists were expanded to focus on site and context. As well as an aesthetic agenda, the work progressed from perceptions of the physical properties of the gallery to the social and political context, largely taking the form of permanent public sculpture in the last two decades of a highly prolific career, whose diversity could exasperate his critics.

2011E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1958)[†]

Eedara Veera Venkata Satyanarayana was an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed a total of 51 films in Telugu films and introduced many actors to Telugu cinema. He was well known for making comedy and melodrama films. In 2000, he established his own production company, E. V. V. Cinema. He died in 2011.

Historical Events

2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations

2011Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.[†]

The 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations were a series of anti-government protests in cities around Albania following 18 months of political conflict over alleged electoral fraud by the opposition. A video surfaced which portrayed the deputy prime minister arranging a corrupt deal with the minister of economy. The public outcry over the video resulted in the resignation of the deputy prime minister, Ilir Meta. A demonstration was called by parliamentary opposition parties, which include the Socialist Party and the Unity for Human Rights Party. These were called on 21 January in order to protest the alleged corruption of the Albanian government as well as widespread unemployment and poverty in the country.

Historical Context for January 21, 2011

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