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July 26, 2017

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 26, 2017, covering July 26, 2017.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 4:44 by Jay-Z

    4:44

    Jay-Z

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Issa Album by 21 Savage

    Issa Album

    21 Savage

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

    DAMN.

    Kendrick Lamar

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  4. 4
    Album cover for Grateful by DJ Khaled

    Grateful

    DJ Khaled

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  5. 5
    Album cover for Ă· (Divide) by Ed Sheeran

    Ă· (Divide)

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19

Notable Deaths

Patti Deutsch

2017Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (born 1943)[†]

Patricia Deutsch Ross was an American actress who was known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows Match Game and Tattletales.

Ronald Phillips (murderer)

2017Ronald Phillips, American criminal (born 1973)[†]

Ronald Ray Phillips was an Ohio death row inmate who was sentenced to death and executed for the 1993 rape and murder of Sheila Evans, the 3-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, Fae Amanda Evans, after an extended period of physical and sexual abuse against the child. Evans was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and child endangering for her involvement and sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison. She died of leukemia on July 8, 2008, aged 41, at the state prison hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Historical Context for July 26, 2017

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