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April 21, 2011

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 20, 2011, covering April 21, 2011.

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    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Femme Fatale by Britney Spears

    Femme Fatale

    Britney Spears

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for The King Of Limbs by Radiohead

    The King Of Limbs

    Radiohead

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for American Tragedy by Hollywood Undead

    American Tragedy

    Hollywood Undead

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Rolling Papers by Wiz Khalifa

    Rolling Papers

    Wiz Khalifa

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

Catharina Halkes

2011Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (born 1920)[†]

Catharina Joanna Maria Halkes was a Dutch theologian and feminist, notable for having been the first Dutch professor of feminism and Christianity, at the Radboud University Nijmegen from 1983 to 1986. A Roman Catholic who was originally schooled in Dutch language and literature, she became active in the women's movement within the church, and gained a measure of notoriety when she was forbidden to address Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Netherlands in 1985. She is considered the founding mother of feminist theology in the Netherlands.

Historical Context for April 21, 2011

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