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April 19, 2020

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 15, 2020, covering April 19, 2020.

  1. 1
    Album cover for After Hours by The Weeknd

    After Hours

    The Weeknd

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Pray 4 Love by Rod Wave

    Pray 4 Love

    Rod Wave

    Last week
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    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Eternal Atake by Lil Uzi Vert

    Eternal Atake

    Lil Uzi Vert

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for My Turn by Lil Baby

    My Turn

    Lil Baby

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for SOUTHSIDE by Sam Hunt

    SOUTHSIDE

    Sam Hunt

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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    1

Notable Deaths

Ian Whitcomb

2020Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter (born 1941)[†]

Ian Timothy Whitcomb was an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song "You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965.

Historical Events

2020 Nova Scotia attacks

2020A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.[†]

On April 18 and 19, 2020, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman committed multiple shootings and set fires at 16 locations in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people, and injuring three others before he was shot and killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the community of Enfield. The attacks are the deadliest shooting rampage in Canadian history.

Historical Context for April 19, 2020

In 2020, the world population was approximately 7,887,001,292 people[†]