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June 18, 2015

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 17, 2015, covering June 18, 2015.

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    Album cover for How Big How Blue How Beautiful by Florence + the Machine

    How Big How Blue How Beautiful

    Florence + the Machine

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    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

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    1
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    32
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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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    1
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    2
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    Album cover for Everything Is 4 by Jason Derulo

    Everything Is 4

    Jason Derulo

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    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

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    1
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    50

Notable Deaths

Phil Austin

2015Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1941)[†]

Philip Baine Austin was an American comedian and writer, best known as a member of the Firesign Theatre.

Ralph J. Roberts

2015Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (born 1920)[†]

Ralph Joel Roberts was an American businessman who was the founder of Comcast, serving as its CEO for 46 years and as its chairman emeritus until his death in 2015.

2015Danny Villanueva, American football player and broadcaster, co-founded Univision (born 1937)[†]

Daniel Dario Villanueva was an American football professional player, television and Major League Soccer executive. Villanueva was a placekicker and punter who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. Villanueva, who was of Mexican American descent, played college football at New Mexico State University.

Allen Weinstein

2015Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic (born 1937)[†]

Allen Weinstein was an American historian, educator, and federal official who served in several different offices. Under the Reagan administration, he was cofounder of the National Endowment for Democracy in 1983. He served as the Archivist of the United States from February 16, 2005, until his resignation on December 19, 2008. After his resignation, he returned to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems as a senior strategist and was a visiting faculty member at the University of Maryland.

Historical Context for June 18, 2015

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