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February 23, 2017

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 22, 2017, covering February 23, 2017.

  1. 1
    Album cover for I Decided. by Big Sean

    I Decided.

    Big Sean

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Joanne by Lady Gaga

    Joanne

    Lady Gaga

    Last week
    66
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  3. 3
    Album cover for Culture by Migos

    Culture

    Migos

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope by Reba McEntire

    Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope

    Reba McEntire

    Last week
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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Starboy by The Weeknd

    Starboy

    The Weeknd

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11

Historical Events

Free Syrian Army

2017The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.[†]

The Free Syrian Army is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces. The officers announced that the immediate priority of the Free Syrian Army was to safeguard the lives of protestors and civilians from the deadly crackdown by Bashar al-Assad's security apparatus; with the ultimate goal of accomplishing the objectives of the Syrian revolution, namely, the end to the decades-long reign of the ruling al-Assad family. In late 2011, the FSA was the main Syrian military defectors group. Initially a formal military organization at its founding, its original command structure dissipated by 2016, and the FSA identity was later used by several different Syrian opposition groups.

Historical Context for February 23, 2017

In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]