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January 17, 2015

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 14, 2015, covering January 17, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Pinkprint by Nicki Minaj

    The Pinkprint

    Nicki Minaj

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    28
  4. 4
    Album cover for In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith

    In The Lonely Hour

    Sam Smith

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    29
  5. 5
    Album cover for Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 by Soundtrack

    Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    23

Notable Deaths

2015Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (born 1931)[†]

Kenneth Furphy was an English football player and manager.

Faten Hamama

2015Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (born 1931)[†]

Faten Ahmed Hamama was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was only seven years old. Her earliest roles were minor, but her activity and gradual success helped to establish her as a distinguished Egyptian actress. Later revered as an icon in Egyptian cinema. In 1996, nine of the films she starred in were included in the Top hundred films in the history of Egyptian cinema by the cinema critics of Cairo International Film Festival. She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.

Don Harron

2015Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1924)[†]

Donald Hugh Harron, was a Canadian comedian, actor, director, journalist, author, playwright, and composer. Harron is best remembered by American audiences as a member of the cast of the long-running country music series Hee Haw, on which he played his signature character of Charlie Farquharson.

Historical Context for January 17, 2015

In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]