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July 31, 2013

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 31, 2013, covering July 31, 2013.

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    Album cover for Magna Carta... Holy Grail by Jay-Z

    Magna Carta... Holy Grail

    Jay-Z

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    Peak
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    Album cover for The Blessed Unrest by Sara Bareilles

    The Blessed Unrest

    Sara Bareilles

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    1
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    Album cover for Kidz Bop 24 by Kidz Bop Kids

    Kidz Bop 24

    Kidz Bop Kids

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    3
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for Trials & Tribulations by Ace Hood

    Trials & Tribulations

    Ace Hood

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    1
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    Album cover for Here's To The Good Times by Florida Georgia Line

    Here's To The Good Times

    Florida Georgia Line

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
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    33

Notable Deaths

Michael Ansara

2013Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (born 1922)[†]

Michael George Ansara was an American actor. A Syrian-American, he was often cast in Arabic and American Indian roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres including historical epics, Westerns, and science fiction.

2013Michel Donnet, English-Belgian general and pilot (born 1917)[†]

Michel G. L. "Mike" Donnet, was a Belgian pilot who served in the Belgian Army and British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He shot down four enemy aircraft confirmed, and achieved the RAF rank of wing commander. After the war, he returned to the Belgian Air Force, and held several important commands before retiring in 1975.

John Graves (author)

2013John Graves, American captain and author (born 1920)[†]

John Alexander Graves III was an American writer known for his book Goodbye to a River.

2013Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (born 1930)[†]

Trevor Storer was a British businessman and founder of the Pukka Pies company in 1963, which was originally called Trevor Storer's Home Made Pies. He was the author of Bread Salesmanship, which became the training manual for Allied Bakeries in the 1960s. Originally making his pies in his own home, he built the company up until retiring at the age of 65, but remained chairman until his death. As of his time of his death, the company turned over £40 million a year.

Historical Context for July 31, 2013

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