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April 8, 2014

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 2, 2014, covering April 8, 2014.

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    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

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    1
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    17
  2. 2
    Album cover for My Krazy Life by YG

    My Krazy Life

    YG

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    2
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    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Supermodel by Foster the People

    Supermodel

    Foster the People

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    3
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    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Recess by Skrillex

    Recess

    Skrillex

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    4
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    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Going To Hell by The Pretty Reckless

    Going To Hell

    The Pretty Reckless

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    5
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    1

Notable Deaths

Emmanuel III Delly

2014Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (born 1927)[†]

Mar Emmanuel III Delly was an Iraqi Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Baghdad and primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church of the Catholic Church.

Karlheinz Deschner

2014Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (born 1924)[†]

Karl Heinrich Leopold Deschner was a German researcher and writer who achieved public attention in Europe for his trenchant and fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular, as expressed in several articles and books, culminating in his 10 volume Christianity's Criminal History.

Ivan Mercep

2014Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (born 1930)[†]

Ivan Mercep was a New Zealand architect. He received the NZIA Gold Medal in 2008.

Historical Events

Windows XP

2014Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.[†]

Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct successor to Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users.

Historical Context for April 8, 2014

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