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November 5, 2014

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 5, 2014, covering November 5, 2014.

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    Album cover for .5: The Gray Chapter by Slipknot

    .5: The Gray Chapter

    Slipknot

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    Album cover for Paperwork by T.I.

    Paperwork

    T.I.

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    Album cover for Melody Road by Neil Diamond

    Melody Road

    Neil Diamond

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    Album cover for Under Pressure by Logic

    Under Pressure

    Logic

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    Album cover for Anything Goes by Florida Georgia Line

    Anything Goes

    Florida Georgia Line

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Notable Deaths

Manitas de Plata

2014Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (born 1921)[†]

Ricardo Baliardo, better known as Manitas de Plata, was a French flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France. Despite achieving worldwide fame, he has been criticized for not following certain rhythmic rules, such as compás, that are traditional in flamenco.

Lane Evans

2014Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (born 1951)[†]

Lane Allen Evans was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th District of Illinois. Evans announced that he would not seek reelection in November 2006 and retired at the end of the 109th Congress, due to the increasingly debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease.

2014Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (born 1927)[†]

Wallace Daniel Grant was an American ice hockey player. Grant helped the University of Michigan win the first NCAA National Championship in 1948. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1987 and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1994.

Abdelwahab Meddeb

2014Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (born 1946)[†]

Abdelwahab Meddeb was a French-language writer and cultural critic, and a professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre.

Historical Context for November 5, 2014

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