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November 6, 2011

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 2, 2011, covering November 6, 2011.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    35
  2. 2
    Album cover for Come To The Well by Casting Crowns

    Come To The Well

    Casting Crowns

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Clear As Day by Scotty McCreery

    Clear As Day

    Scotty McCreery

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for Evanescence by Evanescence

    Evanescence

    Evanescence

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Duets II by Tony Bennett

    Duets II

    Tony Bennett

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5

Notable Deaths

Roger Faulques

2011Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)[†]

Roger Louis Faulques, also known as RenĂ© Faulques, was a French military officer and mercenary. A graduate of the École spĂ©ciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, he served as a paratrooper officer in the French Foreign Legion, and later as a mercenary in conflicts in Africa and the Middle East. He fought in the Second World War, the First Indochina War, the Suez Crisis, the Algerian War, the Congo Crisis, the North Yemen Civil War and the Nigerian Civil War. He was one of France's most decorated soldiers.

Historical Context for November 6, 2011

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