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April 9, 2013

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 3, 2013, covering April 9, 2013.

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    Album cover for The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake

    The 20/20 Experience

    Justin Timberlake

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    Peak
    1
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    1
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    Album cover for Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves

    Same Trailer Different Park

    Kacey Musgraves

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    Peak
    2
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    1
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    Album cover for Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars

    Unorthodox Jukebox

    Bruno Mars

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  4. 4
    Album cover for Spring Break... Here To Party by Luke Bryan

    Spring Break... Here To Party

    Luke Bryan

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
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    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Truth About Love by P!nk

    The Truth About Love

    P!nk

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    27

Notable Deaths

David Hayes (sculptor)

2013David Hayes, American sculptor and painter (born 1931)[†]

David Vincent Hayes was an American sculptor.

2013Greg McCrary, American football player (born 1952)[†]

Gregory Alonza McCrary was an American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, and the San Diego Chargers. He played college football at Clark Atlanta University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1975 NFL draft.

Mordechai Mishani

2013Mordechai Mishani, Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1945)[†]

Mordechai "Motti" Mishani was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for One Israel and Gesher between 2001 and 2003.

2013McCandlish Phillips, American journalist and author (born 1927)[†]

John McCandlish Phillips, Jr. was an American journalist and author on religious subjects. He worked at The New York Times from 1952 to 1973 before focusing his career on evangelical Christianity.

Paolo Soleri

2013Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (born 1919)[†]

Paolo Soleri was an American architect and urban planner. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti. Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design Award recipient in 2006. He coined the concept of 'arcology' – a synthesis of architecture and ecology as the philosophy of democratic society. He died at home of natural causes on 9 April 2013 at the age of 93.

Historical Events

2013 Bushehr earthquake

2013A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.[†]

The 2013 Bushehr earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.3 on April 9 in Iran. The shock's epicenter was in the province of Bushehr, near the city of Khvormuj and the towns of Kaki and Shonbeh. At least 37 people were killed, mostly from the town of Shonbeh and villages of Shonbeh-Tasuj district, and an estimated 850 people were injured.

2013At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča.[†]

A spree shooting occurred in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča in the early hours of 9 April 2013. Thirteen people were killed and one, the gunman's wife, was injured. Police identified the gunman as 60-year-old Ljubiơa Bogdanović, a relative of many of the victims. Bogdanović died of his injuries two days later on 11 April 2013.

Historical Context for April 9, 2013

In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]