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April 27, 2015

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 22, 2015, covering April 27, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Furious 7 by Soundtrack

    Furious 7

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Future Hearts by All Time Low

    Future Hearts

    All Time Low

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

    Fifty Shades Of Grey

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for V by Maroon 5

    V

    Maroon 5

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    32
  5. 5
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    24

Notable Deaths

Gene Fullmer

2015Gene Fullmer, American boxer (born 1931)[†]

Lawrence Gene Fullmer was an American professional boxer and World Middleweight champion. He was known as The Utah Cyclone, The Mormon Mauler, and as "Cyclone" Gene Fullmer.

Verne Gagne

2015Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (born 1926)[†]

Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association (AWA), the predominant promotion throughout the Midwest and Manitoba for many years. He remained in this position until 1991, when the company folded.

2015Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (born 1924)[†]

Alexander Rich was an American biologist and biophysicist. He was the William Thompson Sedgwick Professor of Biophysics at MIT and Harvard Medical School. Rich earned an A.B. and an M.D. from Harvard University. He was a post-doc of Linus Pauling. During this time he was a member of the RNA Tie Club, a social and discussion group which attacked the question of how DNA encodes proteins. He has over 600 publications to his name.

Historical Context for April 27, 2015

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