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September 18, 2014

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 17, 2014, covering September 18, 2014.

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    Album cover for V by Maroon 5

    V

    Maroon 5

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    1
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    1
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    Album cover for Seen It All: The Autobiography by Jeezy

    Seen It All: The Autobiography

    Jeezy

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    Peak
    2
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    1
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    Album cover for Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 by Soundtrack

    Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
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    Album cover for My Everything by Ariana Grande

    My Everything

    Ariana Grande

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
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    Album cover for Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers by Bob Marley And The Wailers

    Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers

    Bob Marley And The Wailers

    Last week
    100
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    329

Notable Deaths

2014Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1936)[†]

Milan Marcetta was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 54 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Minnesota North Stars between 1967 and 1969. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1956 to 1973, was spent in the minor leagues. He only played three games in the finals in 1967 for Toronto, but earned the right to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup. He died the day before his 78th birthday, on September 18, 2014.

2014Earl Ross, Canadian racing driver (born 1941)[†]

Earl Ross was a Canadian race car driver who competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from 1973 to 1976 driving the Carling Red Cap #52.

Hirofumi Uzawa

2014Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (born 1928)[†]

Hirofumi Uzawa was a Japanese economist.

Kenny Wheeler

2014Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (born 1930)[†]

Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards.

Historical Events

2014 Scottish independence referendum

2014Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.[†]

A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered with "Yes" or "No". The "No" side won with 2,001,926 (55.3%) voting against independence and 1,617,989 (44.7%) voting in favour. The turnout of 84.6% was the highest recorded for an election or referendum in the United Kingdom since the January 1910 general election, which was held before the introduction of universal suffrage.

Historical Context for September 18, 2014

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