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June 4, 2014

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 4, 2014, covering June 4, 2014.

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    Album cover for Ghost Stories by Coldplay

    Ghost Stories

    Coldplay

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    Album cover for Just As I Am by Brantley Gilbert

    Just As I Am

    Brantley Gilbert

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    2
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    1
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    Album cover for Xscape by Michael Jackson

    Xscape

    Michael Jackson

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    Peak
    2
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    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
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    26
  5. 5
    Album cover for Turn Blue by The Black Keys

    Turn Blue

    The Black Keys

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    2

Notable Deaths

2014George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (born 1919)[†]

George Ho Cho-chi, GBS, OBE, JP was a Hong Kong media mogul. The fifth son of the influential businessman Robert Hotung, George Ho was the founder of the Commercial Radio Hong Kong and Commercial Television.

2014Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)[†]

Nathan Shamuyarira was a Zimbabwean nationalist who at different times fought on behalf of and helped lead FROLIZI, ZANU, and ZAPU. He later served as the Information Minister of Zimbabwe and as the Information Secretary of ZANU PF. He was writing President Robert Mugabe's biography at the time of his death.

Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman

2014Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (born 1920)[†]

Sydney William Templeman, Baron Templeman, MBE, PC was a British judge. He served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1982 to 1995.

Don Zimmer

2014Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)[†]

Donald William Zimmer was an American infielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). Zimmer was involved in professional baseball from 1949 until his death, a span of 65 years, across 8 decades.

Historical Context for June 4, 2014

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