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June 23, 2011

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 22, 2011, covering June 23, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  2. 2
    Album cover for Born This Way by Lady Gaga

    Born This Way

    Lady Gaga

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Book Of Mormon by Original Broadway Cast Recording

    The Book Of Mormon

    Original Broadway Cast Recording

    Last week
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    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for All 6's & 7's by Tech N9ne

    All 6's & 7's

    Tech N9ne

    Last week
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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Ronnie Dunn by Ronnie Dunn

    Ronnie Dunn

    Ronnie Dunn

    Last week
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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Peter Falk

2011Peter Falk, American actor (born 1927)[†]

Peter Michael Falk was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo, for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award (1973). In 1996, TV Guide ranked Falk No. 21 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. He received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014.

Dennis Marshall (footballer, born 1985)

2011Dennis Marshall, Costa Rican footballer (born 1985)[†]

Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell was a Costa Rica international footballer who played as a left back.

2011Fred Steiner, American composer and conductor (born 1923)[†]

Frederick Steiner was an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film. Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Perry Mason. While Alexander Courage composed the theme music for the original Star Trek TV series (TOS), Steiner's significant contributions to the franchise included composing more of the incidental music for TOS than any other composer, as well as scoring or conducting the music for 29 of the show's 79 episodes. Steiner also composed and orchestrated additional music for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), was part of the team of composers for the 1985 film The Color Purple, which received an Oscar nomination, and was an uncredited composer for Return of the Jedi.

Historical Context for June 23, 2011

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