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December 6, 2012

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 5, 2012, covering December 6, 2012.

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    Album cover for Unapologetic by Rihanna

    Unapologetic

    Rihanna

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  2. 2
    Album cover for Red by Taylor Swift

    Red

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
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    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Take Me Home by One Direction

    Take Me Home

    One Direction

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    2
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    Album cover for The World From The Side Of The Moon by Phillip Phillips

    The World From The Side Of The Moon

    Phillip Phillips

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    1
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    Album cover for Rebel Soul by Kid Rock

    Rebel Soul

    Kid Rock

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    1

Notable Deaths

2012Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (born 1961)[†]

Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó was an Equatoguinean politician. He was the 5th Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea having served from 11 July 2004 to 14 August 2006. He was a member of the Bubi ethnic group.

2012Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)[†]

Jan Rynveld Carew was a Guyana-born novelist, playwright, poet and educator, who lived at various times in The Netherlands, Mexico, the UK, France, Spain, Ghana, Jamaica, Canada and the United States.

Jeffrey Koo Sr.

2012Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (born 1933)[†]

Jeffrey Koo Sr. was a Taiwanese billionaire banker and the third-generation of the Koo Family who served as honorary chairman and governor of CTBC Financial Holding, and co founded Koos Group.

Huw Lloyd-Langton

2012Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (born 1951)[†]

Richard Hugh "Huw" Lloyd-Langton was an English musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band Hawkwind at various times. He also had his own band, The Lloyd Langton Group, and was the session lead guitarist for The Meads of Asphodel.

Pedro Vaz (diplomat)

2012Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (born 1963)[†]

Pedro Humberto Vaz Ramela was a Uruguayan diplomat, politician, and lawyer. Vaz served as the Minister of Foreign Relations of Uruguay from August 31, 2009 until March 1, 2010. In 2010, President José Mujica appointed him Ambassador to Chile.

Historical Context for December 6, 2012

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