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April 15, 2012

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 11, 2012, covering April 15, 2012.

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    Album cover for MDNA by Madonna

    MDNA

    Madonna

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    Album cover for Tuskegee by Lionel Richie

    Tuskegee

    Lionel Richie

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    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

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    Album cover for Amaryllis by Shinedown

    Amaryllis

    Shinedown

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    Album cover for The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond by Soundtrack

    The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond

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Notable Deaths

2012Paul Bogart, American director and producer (born 1919)[†]

Paul Bogart was an American television director and producer. Bogart directed episodes of the television series 'Way Out in 1961, Coronet Blue in 1967, Get Smart, The Dumplings in 1976, All In The Family from 1975 to 1979, Mama Malone in 1982, and four episodes of the first season of The Golden Girls in 1985. Among his films are Oh, God! You Devil, Torch Song Trilogy, Halls of Anger, Marlowe, Skin Game, and Class of '44. He won five Primetime Emmy Awards during his long career, from sixteen nominations. In 1991, he was awarded the French Festival Internationelle Programmes Audiovisuelle at the Cannes Film Festival.

Dwayne Schintzius

2012Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (born 1968)[†]

Dwayne Kenneth Schintzius was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player. He was born in Brandon, Florida and attended the University of Florida, where he helped lead the Florida Gators men's basketball program to its first three NCAA tournament appearances as an all-conference center. Schintzius was selected in the first round of the 1990 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs, but chronic back problems reduced his effectiveness, and he played for six different NBA teams over ten seasons in the league, mainly as a reserve player.

Historical Context for April 15, 2012

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