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June 24, 2015

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 24, 2015, covering June 24, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Drones by Muse

    Drones

    Muse

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    33
  3. 3
    Album cover for Beneath The Skin by Of Monsters and Men

    Beneath The Skin

    Of Monsters and Men

    Last week
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for How Big How Blue How Beautiful by Florence + the Machine

    How Big How Blue How Beautiful

    Florence + the Machine

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

    Sticky Fingers

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    63

Notable Deaths

Cristiano Araújo

2015Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1986)[†]

Cristiano de Melo Araújo was a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

Mario Biaggi

2015Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (born 1917)[†]

Mario Biaggi was an American politician, attorney, and police officer. He served ten terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1969 to 1988.

Marva Collins

2015Marva Collins, American author and educator (born 1936)[†]

Marva Delores Collins was an American educator. Collins is best known for creating Westside Preparatory School, a widely acclaimed private elementary school in the impoverished Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, which opened in 1975.

Susan Ahn Cuddy

2015Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (born 1915)[†]

Susan Ahn Cuddy was the first female gunnery officer in the United States Navy. She was the eldest daughter of Korean independence activist Ahn Chang-ho and Helen Ahn, the first married Korean couple to immigrate to the United States in 1902. She joined the Navy in 1942 and served until 1946, reaching the rank of lieutenant. She was the first Asian-American woman to join the U.S. Navy and the first Korean-American in U.S. Naval Intelligence.

Historical Context for June 24, 2015

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