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September 16, 2015

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 16, 2015, covering September 16, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd

    Beauty Behind The Madness

    The Weeknd

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Badlands by Halsey

    Badlands

    Halsey

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Kill The Lights by Luke Bryan

    Kill The Lights

    Luke Bryan

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    45
  5. 5
    Album cover for Compton by Dr. Dre

    Compton

    Dr. Dre

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4

Notable Deaths

Guy Béart

2015Guy BĂ©art, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930)[†]

Guy Béhart-Hasson, known as Guy Béart, was a French singer and songwriter.

2015Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942)[†]

Julio A. Brady was an American Virgin Islander judge, politician and attorney. Brady served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1983 to 1987 during the second term of former Governor Juan Francisco Luis. Prior to his death, Brady served as a U.S. Virgin Islands Superior Court judge since 2006.

2015Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932)[†]

Kurt Oppelt was an Austrian figure skater who is best known for his career in pair skating. With Sissy Schwarz, he is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1956 World champion, the 1956 European champion, and a five-time Austrian national champion (1952–56).

Allan Wright

2015Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (born 1920)[†]

Group Captain Allan Richard Wright, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. Wright scored 11 kills, three shared kills, five probable kills and seven damaged against the German Luftwaffe, and was one of the last surviving airmen called The Few who served in the Battle of Britain.

Historical Events

2015 Illapel earthquake

2015A 8.3 Mw  earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.[†]

The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred 46 km (29 mi) offshore from Illapel on September 16 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 8.3–8.4. The initial quake lasted between three and five minutes; it was followed by several aftershocks greater than magnitude six and two that exceeded 7.0 moment magnitude. The Chilean government reported 15 deaths, 6 missing and thousands of people affected. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, a man died from a stroke while he was evacuating a building.

Historical Context for September 16, 2015

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