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June 22, 2015

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 17, 2015, covering June 22, 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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    1
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    1
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    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
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    Peak
    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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    Peak
    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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    1
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    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    50

Notable Deaths

James Horner

2015James Horner, American composer and conductor (born 1953)[†]

James Roy Horner was an American film composer. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations, and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music.

Historical Events

National Assembly (Afghanistan)

2015The Afghan National Assembly building is attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.[†]

The National Assembly, also known as the Parliament of Afghanistan or simply as the Afghan Parliament, was the legislature of Afghanistan in various forms from the monarchy, republican, communist and liberal democratic periods between 1931 and 2021. It was a bicameral body, comprising two chambers:Meshrano Jirga or the House of Elders: an upper house with 102 seats. Wolesi Jirga or the House of the People: a lower house with 250 seats

Historical Context for June 22, 2015

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