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July 30, 2020

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 29, 2020, covering July 30, 2020.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Legends Never Die by Juice WRLD

    Legends Never Die

    Juice WRLD

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  2. 2
    Album cover for Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon by Pop Smoke

    Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon

    Pop Smoke

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for Gaslighter by The Chicks

    Gaslighter

    The Chicks

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Hamilton: An American Musical by Original Broadway Cast

    Hamilton: An American Musical

    Original Broadway Cast

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    252
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Turn by Lil Baby

    My Turn

    Lil Baby

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21

Notable Deaths

Lee Teng-hui

2020Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978–1981) (born 1923)[†]

Lee Teng-hui was a Taiwanese politician, economist, and agronomist who served as the president of the Republic of China and chairman of the Kuomintang from 1988 to 2000. He was the first president to be born in Taiwan, the last to be indirectly elected, and the first to be directly elected.

Herman Cain

2020Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (born 1945)[†]

Herman Cain was an American businessman and Tea Party movement activist in the Republican Party. Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then earned a master's degree in computer science at Purdue University while also working full-time for the U.S. Department of the Navy. In 1977, he joined the Pillsbury Company where he later became vice president. During the 1980s, Cain's success as a business executive at Burger King prompted Pillsbury to appoint him as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, in which capacity he worked from 1986 to 1996.

Historical Events

Mars 2020

2020NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.[†]

Mars 2020 is a NASA mission that includes the rover Perseverance, the now-retired small robotic helicopter Ingenuity, and associated delivery systems, as part of the Mars Exploration Program. Mars 2020 was launched on an Atlas V rocket at 11:50:01 UTC on July 30, 2020, and landed in the Martian crater Jezero on February 18, 2021, with confirmation received at 20:55 UTC. On March 5, 2021, NASA named the landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing. As of 6 August 2025, Perseverance has been on Mars for 1586 sols. Ingenuity operated on Mars for 1042 sols before sustaining serious damage to its rotor blades, possibly all four, causing NASA to retire the craft on January 25, 2024.

Historical Context for July 30, 2020

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