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November 4, 2019

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 October 30, 2019, covering November 4, 2019.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Hollywood's Bleeding by Post Malone

    Hollywood's Bleeding

    Post Malone

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  2. 2
    Album cover for AI YoungBoy 2 by YoungBoy Never Broke Again

    AI YoungBoy 2

    YoungBoy Never Broke Again

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  3. 3
    Album cover for Over It by Summer Walker

    Over It

    Summer Walker

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  4. 4
    Album cover for KIRK by DaBaby

    KIRK

    DaBaby

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  5. 5
    Album cover for Lover by Taylor Swift

    Lover

    Taylor Swift

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9

Notable Deaths

Gay Byrne

2019Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (born 1934)[†]

Gabriel Mary Byrne was an Irish presenter and host of radio and television. His most notable role was as the first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999. The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running live chat show. He was affectionately known as "Uncle Gay", "Gaybo" or "Uncle Gaybo". His time working in Britain with Granada Television saw him become the first person to introduce the Beatles on-screen, and Byrne was later the first to introduce Boyzone on-screen in 1993. According to Byrne, Paul McCartney asked him to be the Beatles' agent during a sound check for his show but he declined the offer.

Historical Context for November 4, 2019

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