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January 23, 2016

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 20, 2016, covering January 23, 2016.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 25 by Adele

    25

    Adele

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for Purpose by Justin Bieber

    Purpose

    Justin Bieber

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for Blurryface by Twenty One Pilots

    Blurryface

    Twenty One Pilots

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    34
  4. 4
    Album cover for Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd

    Beauty Behind The Madness

    The Weeknd

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19
  5. 5
    Album cover for Wildfire by Rachel Platten

    Wildfire

    Rachel Platten

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Jimmy Bain

2016Jimmy Bain, Scottish bassist (born 1947)[†]

James Stewart Bain was a Scottish musician, best known for playing bass guitar in the bands Rainbow and Dio. He also worked with Kate Bush and Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, co-writing on his solo albums.

2016Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (born 1921)[†]

Robert Francis Wanzer was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time NBA All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire professional career for the Rochester Royals of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). He won an NBA championship with the Royals in 1951. During his final two years as a player, he served as the team's player-coach. After he retired from playing in 1957, he remained as a coach with the Royals for one season, before he became the head coach of the St. John Fisher Cardinals college basketball team in 1963. He stayed in the role with the college for 24 years until his retirement in 1987. Wanzer was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the newly formed New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.

Historical Context for January 23, 2016

In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]