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July 9, 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 July 8, 2015, covering July 9, 2015.

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    Album cover for Dark Before Dawn by Breaking Benjamin

    Dark Before Dawn

    Breaking Benjamin

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    Album cover for Unbreakable Smile by Tori Kelly

    Unbreakable Smile

    Tori Kelly

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    2
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    1
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    Album cover for Pageant Material by Kacey Musgraves

    Pageant Material

    Kacey Musgraves

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    3
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    1
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    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

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    35
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    Album cover for Before This World by James Taylor

    Before This World

    James Taylor

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    2

Notable Deaths

Christian Audigier

2015Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (born 1958)[†]

Christian Audigier was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.

Saud bin Faisal Al Saud

2015Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)[†]

Saud bin Faisal Al Saud, also known as Saud Al Faisal, was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 2015. He was a member of the Saudi royal family, a son of King Faisal, and one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He was the longest-serving foreign minister in world history.

Historical Context for July 9, 2015

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