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June 21, 2011

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 15, 2011, covering June 21, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Born This Way by Lady Gaga

    Born This Way

    Lady Gaga

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    1
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    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

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    1
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    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Codes And Keys by Death Cab for Cutie

    Codes And Keys

    Death Cab for Cutie

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    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Ukulele Songs by Eddie Vedder

    Ukulele Songs

    Eddie Vedder

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    Album cover for Circuital by My Morning Jacket

    Circuital

    My Morning Jacket

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Notable Births

Lil Bub

2011Lil Bub, American celebrity cat (died 2019)[†]

Lil Bub, officially Lil BUB, was an American celebrity cat known for her unique physical appearance. Her photos were first posted to Tumblr in November 2011, before taking off after being featured on the social news website Reddit. "Lil Bub" on Facebook has over three million likes. Lil Bub starred in Lil Bub & Friendz, a documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013, and won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film.

Notable Deaths

2011Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (born 1927)[†]

Robert Paul Kroetsch was a Canadian novelist, poet and nonfiction writer. In his fiction and critical essays, as well as in the journal he co-founded, boundary 2, he was an influential figure in Canada in introducing ideas about postmodernism.

Historical Context for June 21, 2011

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