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March 30, 2014

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Headlines from March 30, 2014

Pied Piper Bonds With the Faithful

By Jon Caramanica

Though Lady Gaga’s “Artpop” album was considered a commercial flop, her audience seemed to embrace her on the first night of her “artRAVE: the ARTPOP ball” tour at Roseland Ballroom.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 26, 2014, covering March 30, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  2. 2
    Album cover for Spring Break 6 ...Like We Ain't Ever (EP) by Luke Bryan

    Spring Break 6 ...Like We Ain't Ever (EP)

    Luke Bryan

    Last week
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Mastermind by Rick Ross

    Mastermind

    Rick Ross

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Lift Your Spirit by Aloe Blacc

    Lift Your Spirit

    Aloe Blacc

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for G I R L by Pharrell Williams

    G I R L

    Pharrell Williams

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

Kate O'Mara

2014Kate O'Mara, English actress (born 1939)[†]

Kate O'Mara was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. O'Mara made her stage debut in a 1963 production of The Merchant of Venice. Her other stage roles included Elvira in Blithe Spirit (1974), Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (1982), Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (1982), Goneril in King Lear (1987), and Marlene Dietrich in Lunch with Marlene (2008).

Alice Raftary

2014Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (born 1927)[†]

Alice Geisler Raftary was an American educator, based in Detroit, who specialized in education and rehabilitation for newly blind adults.

Historical Context for March 30, 2014

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