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April 17, 2019

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 17, 2019, covering April 17, 2019.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Free Spirit by Khalid

    Free Spirit

    Khalid

    Last week
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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for When We All Fall Asleep; Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish

    When We All Fall Asleep; Where Do We Go?

    Billie Eilish

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Victory Lap by Nipsey Hussle

    Victory Lap

    Nipsey Hussle

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    12
  4. 4
    Album cover for Thank U; Next by Ariana Grande

    Thank U; Next

    Ariana Grande

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for Death Race For Love by Juice WRLD

    Death Race For Love

    Juice WRLD

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5

Notable Deaths

Alan GarcĂ­a

2019Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (born 1949)[†]

Alan Gabriel Ludwig GarcĂ­a PĂ©rez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), and was its only member to have served as President. Mentored by the founder of the APRA, VĂ­ctor RaĂșl Haya de la Torre, he served in the Constituent Assembly of 1978–1979. Elected to the Peruvian Congress in 1980, he rose to the position of General Secretary of the APRA in 1982, and was elected to the presidency in 1985 in a landslide.

Gwen Marston

2019Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (born 1936)[†]

Gwendolyn Joy Marston was an American quilter, quilt teacher, lecturer, and author who championed a style of quilting she called "liberated quiltmaking". She encouraged modern quilt makers to break away from using commercial patterns and to learn to design their own unique pieces of quilt art.

Historical Context for April 17, 2019

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