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September 8, 2015

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 2, 2015, covering September 8, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Kill The Lights by Luke Bryan

    Kill The Lights

    Luke Bryan

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for x by Ed Sheeran

    x

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    61
  3. 3
    Album cover for Compton by Dr. Dre

    Compton

    Dr. Dre

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A

    Straight Outta Compton

    N.W.A

    Last week
    30
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    85
  5. 5
    Album cover for NOW 55 by Various Artists

    NOW 55

    Various Artists

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

JoaquĂ­n AndĂșjar

2015JoaquĂ­n AndĂșjar, Dominican baseball player (born 1952)[†]

JoaquĂ­n AndĂșjar was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, and Oakland Athletics from 1976 through 1988. AndĂșjar was a four-time MLB All-Star and a Gold Glove Award winner.

Andrew Kohut

2015Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (born 1942)[†]

Andrew Kohut was an American pollster and nonpartisan news commentator about public affairs topics. He was the founding director of the Pew Research Center.

Tyler Sash

2015Tyler Sash, American football player (born 1988)[†]

Tyler Jordan Sash was an American football safety for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Giants in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL draft.

Joost Zwagerman

2015Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (born 1963)[†]

Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.

Historical Context for September 8, 2015

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