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May 26, 2013

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 22, 2013, covering May 26, 2013.

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    Album cover for Golden by Lady Antebellum

    Golden

    Lady Antebellum

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    Album cover for The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film by Soundtrack

    The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film

    Soundtrack

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    Album cover for NOW 46 by Various Artists

    NOW 46

    Various Artists

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    Album cover for To Be Loved by Michael Buble

    To Be Loved

    Michael Buble

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    Album cover for Annie Up by Pistol Annies

    Annie Up

    Pistol Annies

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Notable Deaths

Ray Barnhart

2013Ray Barnhart, American businessman and politician (born 1928)[†]

Ray Anderson Barnhart was an American businessman and politician who served as Federal Highway Administrator from 1981 to 1987. He started his career as City Councilman in Pasadena, Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives 100th district from and served from January 9, 1973 to January 14, 1975. He was an Eagle Scout. He also served as Chairman of the Texas State Republican Party.

2013John Bierwirth, American lawyer and businessman (born 1924)[†]

John Cocks (Jack) Bierwirth was an American lawyer and businessman. Bierwirth was an attorney by education, and a banking and financial expert by trade. He was best known as the CEO of Grumman during the 1970s and 1980s, a period of considerable reduction and downsizing in defense- and space-related industries.

2013Roberto Civita, Italian-Brazilian businessman (born 1936)[†]

Roberto F. Civita was a Brazilian businessman and publisher. Born in Italy, he emigrated at the age of two with his family to New York in 1938 to escape effects of the Race Laws. They moved again to Brazil in 1949, where his father Victor Civita founded Editora Abril, a publishing house.

2013Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (born 1940)[†]

Thomas Lichtenberg was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach also at Morehead State University (1979–1980), the University of Maine (1989), and Ohio University (1990–1994), compiling a career college football coaching record of 26–59–3. He was also an assistant coach at Ohio State University and the University of Notre Dame.

Otto Muehl

2013Otto Muehl, Austrian painter (born 1925)[†]

Otto Muehl was an Austrian artist and convicted sex criminal, who was known as one of the co-founders as well as a main participant of Viennese Actionism and for founding the Friedrichshof Commune.

Jack Vance

2013Jack Vance, American author (born 1916)[†]

John Holbrook Vance was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. He also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.

Historical Context for May 26, 2013

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