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March 7, 2015

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 4, 2015, covering March 7, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Smoke + Mirrors by Imagine Dragons

    Smoke + Mirrors

    Imagine Dragons

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for If You're Reading This It's Too Late by Drake

    If You're Reading This It's Too Late

    Drake

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Fifty Shades Of Grey by Soundtrack

    Fifty Shades Of Grey

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  5. 5
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    35

Notable Deaths

G. Karthikeyan

2015G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949)[†]

G. Karthikeyan was an Indian politician and former speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Aruvikkara constituency, who represented the Indian National Congress.

F. Ray Keyser Jr.

2015F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (born 1927)[†]

Frank Ray Keyser Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. He served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961, and the 72nd governor of Vermont from 1961 to 1963.

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

2015Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1935)[†]

Yoshihiro Tatsumi was a Japanese manga artist whose work was first published in his teens, and continued through the rest of his life. He is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative manga in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957. His work frequently illustrated the darker elements of life.

Historical Context for March 7, 2015

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