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January 16, 2014

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 15, 2014, covering January 16, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Beyonce by Beyonce

    Beyonce

    Beyonce

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem

    The Marshall Mathers LP 2

    Eminem

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for PRISM by Katy Perry

    PRISM

    Katy Perry

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Pure Heroine by Lorde

    Pure Heroine

    Lorde

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    14

Notable Deaths

2014Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (born 1938)[†]

Gary Edson Arlington was an American retailer, artist, editor, and publisher, who became a key figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s and 1970s. As owner of one of America's first comic book stores, the San Francisco Comic Book Company, located in San Francisco's Mission District, Arlington's establishment became a focal point for the Bay Area's underground artists. He published comics under the name San Francisco Comic Book Company, as well as publishing and distributing comics under the name Eric Fromm. Cartoonist Robert Crumb has noted, "Gary made a cultural contribution in San Francisco in the late 1960s, through the '70s, '80s & '90s that was more significant than he realizes."

Ruth Duccini

2014Ruth Duccini, American actress (born 1918)[†]

Ruth Leone Duccini was an American actress.

Dave Madden

2014Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (born 1931)[†]

David Joseph Madden was a Canadian-born American actor. His most famous role came on the 1970s sitcom The Partridge Family, in which he played the group's manager, Reuben Kincaid, opposite Shirley Jones' character. Madden later had a recurring role as diner customer Earl Hicks on the mid-1970s to mid-1980s sitcom Alice.

Hiroo Onoda

2014Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (born 1922)[†]

Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese soldier who served as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. One of the last Japanese holdouts, Onoda continued fighting for nearly 29 years after the war's end in 1945, carrying out guerrilla warfare on Lubang Island in the Philippines until 1974.

Historical Context for January 16, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]