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July 15, 2015

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 15, 2015, covering July 15, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Dreams Worth More Than Money by Meek Mill

    Dreams Worth More Than Money

    Meek Mill

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Wildheart by Miguel

    Wildheart

    Miguel

    Last week
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    36
  4. 4
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    54
  5. 5
    Album cover for Before This World by James Taylor

    Before This World

    James Taylor

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3

Notable Deaths

2015Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (born 1938)[†]

Masahiko Aoki was a Japanese economist, Tomoye and Henri Takahashi Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies in the Economics Department, and Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Aoki was known for his work in comparative institutional analysis, corporate governance, the theory of the firm, and comparative East Asian development.

Wan Li

2015Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1916)[†]

Wan Li was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who served as First Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988 and the 5th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1988 to 1993.

Aubrey Morris

2015Aubrey Morris, British actor (born 1926)[†]

Aubrey Morris was a British actor known for his appearances in the films A Clockwork Orange and The Wicker Man.

2015Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (born 1933)[†]

David Troy Somerville was a Canadian singer best known as the co-founder, and original lead singer, of The Diamonds, one of the most popular vocal groups of the 1950s.

Historical Context for July 15, 2015

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