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July 26, 2014

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 23, 2014, covering July 26, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 1000 Forms Of Fear by Sia

    1000 Forms Of Fear

    Sia

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    33
  3. 3
    Album cover for In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith

    In The Lonely Hour

    Sam Smith

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Trigga by Trey Songz

    Trigga

    Trey Songz

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3

Notable Deaths

Oleh Babaiev

2014Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian businessman and politician (born 1965)[†]

Oleh Meydanovych Babaiev was a Ukrainian politician and an owner of two professional football clubs in the Poltava Oblast. In 2010, he was elected Mayor of Kremenchuk. He was assassinated in his car in front of his house on July 26, 2014.

Charles R. Larson

2014Charles R. Larson, American admiral (born 1936)[†]

Charles Robert Larson was an Admiral of the United States Navy.

Richard MacCormac

2014Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (born 1938)[†]

Sir Richard Cornelius MacCormac CBE, PPRIBA, FRSA, RA, was a modernist English architect and the founder of MJP Architects.

2014Sergei O. Prokofieff, Russian anthropologist and author (born 1954)[†]

Sergei Olegovich Prokofieff was a Russian anthroposophist. He was the grandson of the composer Sergei Prokofiev and his first wife Lina Prokofiev, and the son of Oleg Prokofiev and his first wife Sofia Feinberg (1928—2025). Born in Moscow, he studied fine arts and painting at the Moscow School of Art. He encountered anthroposophy in his youth, and soon made the decision to devote his life to it.

Roland Verhavert

2014Roland Verhavert, Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)[†]

Roland Verhavert was a Belgian film director. He directed 44 films between 1955 and 1993. He co-directed the 1955 film Seagulls Die in the Harbour, which was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. His 1974 film The Conscript was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.

Historical Context for July 26, 2014

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