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September 19, 2018

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

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 19, 2018, covering September 19, 2018.

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    Album cover for Egypt Station by Paul McCartney

    Egypt Station

    Paul McCartney

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    1
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    Album cover for Kamikaze by Eminem

    Kamikaze

    Eminem

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    Peak
    1
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    2
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    Album cover for Look Up Child by Lauren Daigle

    Look Up Child

    Lauren Daigle

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    3
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    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Zoo by Russ

    Zoo

    Russ

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    Peak
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    1
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    Album cover for Scorpion by Drake

    Scorpion

    Drake

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
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    11

Notable Deaths

Arthur Mitchell (dancer)

2018Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934)[†]

Arthur Mitchell was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer the following year and danced in major roles until 1966. He then founded ballet companies in Spoleto, Washington, D.C., and Brazil. In 1969, he founded a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem. Among other awards, Mitchell was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow, inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame, and received the United States National Medal of Arts and a Fletcher Foundation fellowship.

2018Bernard "Bunny" Carr, Irish TV presenter (born 1927)[†]

Bernard "Bunny" Carr was an Irish television presenter. He presented shows such as Quicksilver, Teen Talk and Going Strong on RTÉ. He later set up his own communications and public relations company.

Historical Context for September 19, 2018

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