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December 19, 2015

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 16, 2015, covering December 19, 2015.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 25 by Adele

    25

    Adele

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Purpose by Justin Bieber

    Purpose

    Justin Bieber

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for That's Christmas To Me by Pentatonix

    That's Christmas To Me

    Pentatonix

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    18
  4. 4
    Album cover for Made In The A.M. by One Direction

    Made In The A.M.

    One Direction

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for 1989 by Taylor Swift

    1989

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    58

Notable Deaths

Jimmy Hill

2015Jimmy Hill, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1928)[†]

James William Thomas Hill, OBE was an English footballer and later a television personality. His career included almost every role in the sport, including player, trade union leader, coach, manager, director, chairman, television executive, presenter, pundit, analyst and assistant referee.

Greville Janner

2015Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (born 1928)[†]

Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, was a British politician, barrister and writer. He became a Labour Party Member of Parliament for Leicester in the 1970 general election as a last-minute candidate, succeeding his father. He was an MP until 1997, and then elevated to the House of Lords. Never a frontbencher, Janner was particularly known for his work on Select Committees; he chaired the Select Committee on Employment for a time. He was associated with a number of Jewish organisations including the Board of Deputies of British Jews, of which he was chairman from 1978 to 1984, and was later prominent in the field of education about the Holocaust.

Karin Söder

2015Karin Söder, Swedish educator and politician, 33rd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1928)[†]

Karin Ann-Marie Söder was a Swedish Centre politician. She was the first woman in Sweden to be elected the leader of a major political party. She headed the Swedish Centre Party from 1985 to 1987. She was also one of the first female foreign ministers in the world.

Historical Context for December 19, 2015

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