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Adele swept the top categories, winning album of the year for â25â and both record of the year and song of the year for âHello.â She dedicated her triumphs to BeyoncĂ©.
As âHamiltonâ heads to London and âHarry Potterâ comes to New York, the two plays are experimenting with measures to limit reselling of their tickets.
Officials say plans are in place for upgrades that should help the New York City system make significant strides. But as ridership soars, complaints are mounting.
Critics say conflicts of interest are far from resolved, but Don Jr. and Eric press on with deals landing Trump-branded properties around the world.
Prompted by President Trumpâs immigration order and in some cases their employerâs own past, workers seek to set limits on cooperation with the administration.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 8, 2017, covering February 12, 2017.
The Weeknd
John Mayer
Soundtrack
Bruno Mars
AFI
2017Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940)[â ]
Alwin Lopez Jarreau was an American singer. His 1981 album Breakin' Away spent two years on the Billboard 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The album won Jarreau the 1982 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In all, he won ten Grammy Awards and was nominated 19 other times during his career.
2017Anna Marguerite McCann, first female American underwater archaeologist (born 1933)[â ]
Anna Marguerite McCann was an American art historian and archaeologist. She is known for being an early influencerâand the first American womanâin the field of underwater archaeology, beginning in the 1960s. McCann authored works pertaining to Roman art and Classical archaeology, and taught both art history and archaeology at various universities in the United States. McCann was an active member of the Archaeological Institute of America, and received its Gold Medal Award in 1998. She also published under the name Anna McCann Taggart.
2017Ren Xinmin, Chinese rocket scientist (born 1915)[â ]
Ren Xinmin was a Chinese aerospace engineer and a specialist in astronautics and liquid rocket engine technology. He was the technical director of the Long March 1 rocket, which launched the Dong Fang Hong I, China's first satellite, and the chief designer of Chinese storable propellant rocket engine. He was also the chief designer for the Long March 3 launch vehicle, Fengyun, and SJ (Shijian) series satellites.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[â ]