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January 20, 2014

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 15, 2014, covering January 20, 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

Claudio Abbado

2014Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (born 1933)[†]

Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, founder and director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, founder and director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, founding artistic director of the Orchestra Mozart and music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra.

Otis G. Pike

2014Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (born 1921)[†]

Otis Grey Pike was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, from 1961 to 1979.

Jonas Trinkūnas

2014Jonas Trinkūnas, Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (born 1939)[†]

Jonas Trinkūnas was the founder of Lithuania's pagan revival Romuva, as well as being an ethnologist and folklorist.

Historical Context for January 20, 2014

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