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June 11, 2015

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 10, 2015, covering June 11, 2015.

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    Album cover for AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP by A$AP Rocky

    AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP

    A$AP Rocky

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    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

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    Album cover for Touch Down 2 Cause Hell by Boosie Badazz

    Touch Down 2 Cause Hell

    Boosie Badazz

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    Album cover for Pitch Perfect 2 by Soundtrack

    Pitch Perfect 2

    Soundtrack

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    Album cover for Empires by Hillsong United

    Empires

    Hillsong United

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Notable Deaths

Jim Ed Brown

2015Jim Ed Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)[†]

James Edward Brown was an American country singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with fellow country music vocalist Helen Cornelius, through 1981. Brown was also the host of the Country Music Greats Radio Show, a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee.

Ornette Coleman

2015Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1930)[†]

Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation. His pioneering works often abandoned the harmony-based composition, tonality, chord changes, and fixed rhythm found in earlier jazz idioms. Instead, Coleman emphasized an experimental approach to improvisation rooted in ensemble playing and blues phrasing. Thom Jurek of AllMusic called him "one of the most beloved and polarizing figures in jazz history," noting that while "now celebrated as a fearless innovator and a genius, he was initially regarded by peers and critics as rebellious, disruptive, and even a fraud."

2015Ian McKechnie, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1941)[†]

Ian Hector McKechnie was a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Ron Moody

2015Ron Moody, English actor and singer (born 1924)[†]

Ron Moody was an English actor, composer, singer and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination for the stage production. Other notable projects include The Mouse on the Moon (1963), Mel Brooks' The Twelve Chairs (1970) and Flight of the Doves (1971), in which Moody shared the screen with Oliver! co-star Jack Wild.

Dusty Rhodes

2015Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (born 1945)[†]

Virgil Riley Runnels Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wrestling Federation, later known as WWE. Rhodes was considered a star wrestler and presented the persona of an American everyman, the American Dream personified. Rhodes is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.

Historical Context for June 11, 2015

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