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January 31, 2018

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 31, 2018, covering January 31, 2018.

  1. 1
    Album cover for M A N I A by Fall Out Boy

    M A N I A

    Fall Out Boy

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Greatest Showman by Soundtrack

    The Greatest Showman

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for ÷ (Divide) by Ed Sheeran

    ÷ (Divide)

    Ed Sheeran

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    47
  4. 4
    Album cover for Camila by Camila Cabello

    Camila

    Camila Cabello

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Stoney by Post Malone

    Stoney

    Post Malone

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    59

Notable Deaths

Rasual Butler

2018Rasual Butler, American professional basketball player (born 1979)[†]

Rasual Butler was an American professional basketball player. In his 14-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he played for the Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards and San Antonio Spurs. Butler was born in Philadelphia, and raised in the Point Breeze area of South Philadelphia. After playing college basketball with the La Salle Explorers, he was drafted in the second round of the 2002 NBA draft by the Heat. On January 31, 2018, Butler was behind the wheel when he and his girlfriend, Leah LaBelle, died in a single vehicle car crash in Los Angeles.

Leah LaBelle

2018Leah LaBelle, American singer (born 1986)[†]

Leah LaBelle Vladowski was an American singer. She rose to prominence in 2004 as a contestant on the third season of American Idol, placing twelfth in the season finals. In 2007, LaBelle began recording covers of R&B and soul music for her YouTube channel. These videos led to work as a backing vocalist starting in 2008 and a record deal in 2011 with Epic in partnership with I Am Other and So So Def Recordings. LaBelle released a sampler, three singles, and a posthumous extended play (EP).

Historical Context for January 31, 2018

In 2018, the world population was approximately 7,729,902,781 people[†]