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February 3, 2016

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 3, 2016, covering February 3, 2016.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco

    Death Of A Bachelor

    Panic! At The Disco

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for 25 by Adele

    25

    Adele

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  3. 3
    Album cover for Purpose by Justin Bieber

    Purpose

    Justin Bieber

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  4. 4
    Album cover for Blackstar by David Bowie

    Blackstar

    David Bowie

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Blurryface by Twenty One Pilots

    Blurryface

    Twenty One Pilots

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    36

Notable Deaths

Joe Alaskey

2016Joe Alaskey, American actor (born 1952)[†]

Joseph Francis Alaskey III was an American actor and comedian. He was one of Mel Blanc's successors at the Warner Bros. Animation studio until his death. He alternated with Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Jim Cummings, Bob Bergen, Maurice LaMarche and Billy West in voicing Warner Bros. cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner and Taz, among many others. He also voiced Plucky Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures from 1990 to 1995. Alaskey was the second actor to voice Grandpa Lou Pickles on the Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats. He voiced Lou again in the Rugrats spin-off series All Grown Up!.

Balram Jakhar

2016Balram Jakhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Madhya Pradesh (born 1923)[†]

Balram Jakhar was an Indian politician, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha, whose tenure lasted 9 years and 329 days. Jakhar was among the popular faces of Jat politics in Rajasthan during 1980s. He served as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare from 1991 to 1996 in Government of India. He was a member of Indian National Congress.

József Kasza

2016József Kasza, Serbian politician and economist (born 1945)[†]

József Kasza was a Serbian politician, economist, and banker. An ethnic Hungarian, he led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians from 1995 to 2007.

Historical Context for February 3, 2016

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