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August 13, 2011

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 10, 2011, covering August 13, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Chief by Eric Church

    Chief

    Eric Church

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    Peak
    1
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    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

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    1
    Peak
    1
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    23
  3. 3
    Album cover for Here I Am by Kelly Rowland

    Here I Am

    Kelly Rowland

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    Peak
    3
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    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for My Kinda Party by Jason Aldean

    My Kinda Party

    Jason Aldean

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    39
  5. 5
    Album cover for 4 by Beyonce

    4

    Beyonce

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5

Notable Deaths

Tareque Masud

2011Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1957)[†]

Tareque Masud was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He first found success with the films Muktir Gaan (1995) and Matir Moina (2002), for which he won three international awards, including the International Critics' FIPRESCI Prize, in the Directors' Fortnight at 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The film became Bangladesh's first film to compete for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Mishuk Munier

2011Mishuk Munier, Bangladeshi journalist and cinematographer (born 1959)[†]

Ashfaque Munier was a Bangladeshi media specialist and broadcast journalist. He was known for his photography direction and for being the cofounder of the global news channel The Real News Network. He was one of three sons of Munier Chowdhury. Mishuk served as the chief executive officer and chief editor of satellite TV channel ATN News. He died in a road accident, along with Tareque Masud, on August 13, 2011. He was awarded Ekushey Padak for his contribution to journalism in 2012 by the Bangladeshi government.

Historical Context for August 13, 2011

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