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While you’re busy checking out all the new music that dropped today, it never hurts to take a peek back at what happened this week in year’s past. For instance, did you know that this week in 2001 ‘N Sync (pictured above) started a three-week run at Number One on the album chart with Celebrity? Or that this week in 1994, R. Kelly and then-15-year-old Aaliyah were secretly wed? Take a trip back in time and revisit all (good and bad) that’s happened in music during this week.

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This Week in Music History: July 31- August 6
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August 3, 1926 – Legendary singer Tony Bennett is born.
August 1, 1942 – Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia is born.
August 5, 1957 – American Bandstand first airs on US TV. Dick Clark had replaced Bob Horn the previous year when the show was still called Bandstand.
August 1, 1960 – Hip-hop forefather Chuck D is born.
August 1, 1963 - Rapper Coolio is born.
August 3, 1963 - Metallica lead singer James Hetfield is born.
August 1, 1964 – Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz is born.
August 3, 1966 – Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson is born.
August 5, 1967 – Pink Floyd release their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn.
July 31, 1971 - James Taylor goes to Number One on the singles chart with the Carole King song ‘You Got A Friend.”
August 1, 1971 – The Concert For Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangladesh, takes place at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
August 1, 1980 – Def Leppard make their US live debut when they appear in New York as an opener for AC/DC.
August 6, 1981 – Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks releases her first solo album Bella Donna.
August 6, 1982 – Pink Floyd’s The Wall opens in movie theaters.
August 5, 1983 – David Crosby is sentenced to five years in jail for cocaine and firearms offenses.
August 6, 1988 – Appetite For Destruction,  Guns N’ Roses debut album, goes to Number One after spending 57 weeks on the chart and selling over 5 million copies.
August 4, 1990 – Mariah Carey starts a four week run at Number One on the singles chart with “Vision Of Love,” a track on her debut release.
July 31, 1994 –  Aaliyah and R. Kelly secretly marry at the Sheraton Gateway Suites in Rosemont, Illinois. Aaliyah is only 15 at the time,so thus the marriage is later annulled.
August 2, 1998 – Beastie Boys start a three-week run at Number One on the album chart with Hello Nasty, the band’s third Number One album.
July 31, 1999 – Christina Aguilera scores her first Number One single with “Genie In A Bottle.”
August 5, 2001 – ‘N Sync starts a three-week run at Number One on the album chart with Celebrity.
August 6, 2004 – Funk singer Rick James is found dead at his Los Angeles home.
August 3, 2007 – Usher marries Tameka Foster six days after calling off their first ceremony. The couple later divorce.
August 1, 2009 – Daughtry goes to Number One on the album chart with Leave This Town, the band’s second studio album.
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Flashback: This Week’s Number One Singles
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(2010) Eminem feat Rihanna – “Love The Way You Lie”
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(2004) Juvenile feat Soulja Slim – “Slow Motion”
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(1999) Christina Aguilera – “Genie In A Bottle”
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(1996) Los Del Rio – “Macarena” (Bayside Boys Mix)
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(1990) Mariah Careey- “Vision Of Love”

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