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March 4, 2019

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 27, 2019, covering March 4, 2019.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Thank U; Next by Ariana Grande

    Thank U; Next

    Ariana Grande

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack) by Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack)

    Queen

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    18
  3. 3
    Album cover for A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)

    Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    20
  4. 4
    Album cover for Can't Say I Ain't Country by Florida Georgia Line

    Can't Say I Ain't Country

    Florida Georgia Line

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for So Far Gone by Drake

    So Far Gone

    Drake

    Last week
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Keith Flint

2019Keith Flint, English singer (The Prodigy) (born 1969)[†]

Keith Charles Flint was an English singer, motorcyclist, dancer and a vocalist of the electronic dance act The Prodigy. Starting out as a dancer for the group, he became the vocalist and performed on the group's two UK number-one singles, "Firestarter" and "Breathe", both released in 1996. He was also the singer of his own band, Flint.

Luke Perry

2019Luke Perry, American actor (born 1966)[†]

Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. Perry also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale. He had guest roles on shows such as Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, and Will & Grace, as well as a recurring role voicing Rick Jones in The Incredible Hulk (1996–1997) from Marvel Comics, and also appeared in various films, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), 8 Seconds (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Final Storm, The Beat Beneath My Feet (2016), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which was his final feature performance and earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Historical Context for March 4, 2019

In 2019, the world population was approximately 7,811,293,698 people[†]