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May 2, 2012

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 2, 2012, covering May 2, 2012.

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    Album cover for Tuskegee by Lionel Richie

    Tuskegee

    Lionel Richie

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    1
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    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Love Is A Four Letter Word by Jason Mraz

    Love Is A Four Letter Word

    Jason Mraz

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    2
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    1
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    Album cover for 21 by Adele

    21

    Adele

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    Peak
    1
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    61
  4. 4
    Album cover for California 37 by Train

    California 37

    Train

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    4
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    1
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    Album cover for Up All Night by One Direction

    Up All Night

    One Direction

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
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    6

Notable Deaths

2012Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)[†]

Fernando Lopes, GCIH was a Portuguese film director. He was a Film teacher at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He died, aged 76, in Lisbon due to throat cancer.

2012Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (born 1932)[†]

Zenaida Elvira González Manfugás was a Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist, considered to be one of the best Cuban pianists in history.

Tufan Miñnullin

2012Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (born 1936)[†]

Miñnullin Tufan Ğabdulla ulı aka Tufan Miñnullin was a famous Tatar writer, playwright, publicist, Tatarstan State Council deputy and honorary citizen of Kazan. He was a permanent member of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan since 1990. International PEN club member.

Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih

2012Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician and politician, Indonesian Minister of Health (born 1955)[†]

Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih was an Indonesian physician, researcher, and author. She served as Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia from 22 October 2009 until 30 April 2012.

Akira Tonomura

2012Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist, author, and academic (born 1942)[†]

Akira Tonomura was a Japanese physicist, best known for his development of electron holography and his experimental verification of the Aharonov–Bohm effect.

2012Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress (born 1963)[†]

Lourdes del Valle Valera Galvis was a Venezuelan actress who took part in over twenty film and television productions during her career, particularly known for her acting in many telenovelas.

Historical Events

Pastel

2012A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.[†]

A pastel is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those used to produce some other colored visual arts media, such as oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation. The color effect of pastels is closer to the natural dry pigments than that of any other process.

Historical Context for May 2, 2012

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