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June 16, 2014

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 11, 2014, covering June 16, 2014.

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    Album cover for Ghost Stories by Coldplay

    Ghost Stories

    Coldplay

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    1
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    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Just As I Am by Brantley Gilbert

    Just As I Am

    Brantley Gilbert

    Last week
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    2
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    2
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    Album cover for Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse by Mariah Carey

    Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse

    Mariah Carey

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    3
    Weeks
    1
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    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
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    27
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    Album cover for The Secret (EP) by Austin Mahone

    The Secret (EP)

    Austin Mahone

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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Tony Gwynn

2014Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (born 1960)[†]

Anthony Keith Gwynn Sr., nicknamed "Mr. Padre", was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played 20 seasons (1982–2001) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres. The left-handed hitting Gwynn won eight batting titles in his career, which is tied for the most in National League (NL) history. He was a 15-time All-Star and won seven Silver Slugger Awards and five Gold Glove Awards. Gwynn stayed with the Padres his entire career, and played in the only two World Series appearances in San Diego franchise history. Having hit over .300 for 19 straight seasons, Gwynn retired with a .338 career batting average, the highest mark since Ted Williams retired in 1960; Gwynn also holds the highest adjusted batting average of all time at .342. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 in his first year of eligibility, and is widely considered the best pure hitter of his generation.

2014Cándido Muatetema Rivas (born 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea[†]

Cándido Muatetema Rivas was a political figure in Equatorial Guinea who was Prime Minister from 2001 to 2004.

Historical Context for June 16, 2014

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