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February 21, 2015

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 18, 2015, covering February 21, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  2. 2
    Album cover for NOW 53 by Various Artists

    NOW 53

    Various Artists

    Last week
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    33
  4. 4
    Album cover for In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith

    In The Lonely Hour

    Sam Smith

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    34
  5. 5
    Album cover for Reflection by Fifth Harmony

    Reflection

    Fifth Harmony

    Last week
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Aleksei Gubarev

2015Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1931)[†]

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights: Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28.

Sadeq Tabatabaei

2015Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (born 1943)[†]

Sadeq Tabatabaei was an Iranian writer, journalist, TV host, university professor at the University of Tehran and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1979 to 1980. He was also Deputy Minister of the Interior and oversaw the referendum on establishing an Islamic Republic in March 1979. He was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1982 until 1986.

Clark Terry

2015Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (born 1920)[†]

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.

Historical Context for February 21, 2015

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