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April 1, 2012

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 28, 2012, covering April 1, 2012.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Up All Night by One Direction

    Up All Night

    One Direction

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    1
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    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    56
  3. 3
    Album cover for Greatest Hits by Guns N' Roses

    Greatest Hits

    Guns N' Roses

    Last week
    31
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    231
  4. 4
    Album cover for Wrecking Ball by Bruce Springsteen

    Wrecking Ball

    Bruce Springsteen

    Last week
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    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Passion: White Flag by Passion

    Passion: White Flag

    Passion

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    Peak
    5
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    1

Notable Deaths

Lionel Bowen

2012Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1922)[†]

Lionel Frost Bowen AC was an Australian politician. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1977 to 1990 and served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Australia in the Hawke government from 1983 to 1990.

Giorgio Chinaglia

2012Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (born 1947)[†]

Giorgio Chinaglia was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He grew up and played his early football in Cardiff, Wales, and began his career with Swansea Town in 1964. He later returned to Italy to play for Massese, Internapoli and S.S. Lazio in 1969. Chinaglia led Lazio to the club's first league championship in the 1973–74 season, during which he was also the league's leading scorer. He played international football for Italy, making 14 appearances and scoring 4 goals between 1972 and 1975, including two appearances at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Chinaglia was the first player in Italian football history to be called up internationally from the second division.

Miguel de la Madrid

2012Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (born 1934)[†]

Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.

Historical Context for April 1, 2012

In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]