Barbra Streisand -- Charts & Sales (51st Gold Album - RIAA!!)

[Wayne]

Before Celine, Mariah, Whitney, Beyonce, and every other big voiced female diva, there was one supreme voice that dominated the airwaves and sales charts - Ms Barbra Streisand. You cannot underrate just how successful she actually was, and continues to be. The biggest-selling female recording artist in US history, and a big-seller outside of the US too! Enormously popular in just about every continent, Barbra was the original DIVA. She has maintained her popularity to the present day, and continues to appeal to many sectors of society, including women, gay society, and aspiring singers.

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Much like Cher, she has released an enormous amount of albums (55+ compilation & studio albums). Therefore, I shall chart her sales from continent-to-continent, rather than album-to-album. I shall however, breakdown her biggest-sellers

WORLDWIDE SALES:

[size=7]135,000,000+

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NORTH AMERICAN SALES:

USA: 82,500,000
Canada:4,900,000

TOTAL SALES: 87,400,000

EUROPEAN SALES:

UK: 9,000,000
Germany: 2,500,000
France: 3,500,000
Netherlands: 2,050,000
Italy: 1,500,000
Spain: 1,500,000
OTHER: ---

TOTAL SALES: 26,000,000

Australasia:

Australia: 2,500,000
New Zealand: 530,000

TOTAL SALES: 3,030,000

Asia: at least 2,000,000

[Wayne]

Her biggest-albums:

Guilty

North America: 6,000,000
Europe: 5,500,000
Australasia: 575,000
Rest: 1,000,000+

= 13,000,000

Memories

North America: 6,000,000
Europe: 4,500,000
Australasia: 525,000
Rest: 1,200,000+

= 12,200,000+

A Star Is Born

North America: 5,500,000
Europe: 2,000,000
Australasia: 250,000
Rest: 250,000

= 8,250,000

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Volume 2

North America: 6,300,000
Europe: 1,000,000
Australasia: 250,000
Rest: 500,000

= 8,050,000

[Gillyberto]

How many albums does she have? Like 50... :?

[Wayne]

How many albums does she have? Like 50... :?

Written in the mini-bio I posted above:

"Much like Cher, she has released an enormous amount of albums (55+ compilation & studio albums)..."

;)

[Wayne]

Czech
week 39

29. NEW STREISAND BARBARA Love Is the Answer

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Belgium
3 october

Flanders
32 new 1
Barbra Streisand
Love Is The Answer

Wallony
68 new 1
Barbra Streisand
Love Is The Answer

Thanks Borderwolf!

[Wayne]

4 NEW STREISAND BARBARA Love Is the Answer

The Netherlands

[Wayne]

Ireland - Top 100 Albums

53. (NEW) Love Is The Answer - BARBRA STREISAND

[Wayne]

UK

Album debuts at #4

Her Friday night promo was therefore highly effective!

She missed the Top 3 by only 42 copies.

[Wayne]

Australia:

Album debuts at #22 (1,919 copies.)

[Wayne]

New Zealand


19 new Barbra Streisand
Love Is The Answer

[James]

From Bab's official site...



STREISAND #1
OCTOBER 7, 2009, 12:04 am
Billboard has just announced that Barbra Streisand's album Love is the Answer debuts at #1 on the US charts. More information to follow.

[Wayne]

Barbra Streisand's SoundScan Debuts:

Love Is The Answer Barbra Streisand 180,415 #1 10/17/09
*I'm missing a few albums here*
Guilty Pleasures Barbra Streisand 101,000 #5 10/08/05
The Movie Album Barbra Streisand 162,000 #5 11/01/03
Duets Barbra Streisand #38 12/14/02
The Essential Barbra...(2-CD) Barbra Streisand 51,200 #15 02/16/02
Christmas Memories Barbra Streisand #32^ 11/17/01
Timeless: Live In Concert Barbra Streisand 51,000 #21 10/07/00
A Love Like Ours Barbra Streisand 145,000 #6 10/09/99
Higher Ground Barbra Streisand 207,000 #1 11/29/97
The Concert (Highlights) Barbra Streisand 11,000 #96 05/27/95
The Concert (Double CD) Barbra Streisand 89,000 #10 10/15/94
Back To Broadway Barbra Streisand 121,000 #1 07/17/93
Just For The Record (4-CD) Barbra Streisand 24,000 #38 10/12/91

[James]

I think Babs is the only person to defy the state of the music industry :lol:

Everyone elses debuts are getting lower and lower and hers are on the up.

I am loving me some Babs at the moment, she rocks my world

[Neil]

So this was her first #1 album in 12 years?

[Wayne]

Thanks so much to carlos06

BARBRA STREISAND
FIVE DECADES OF #1 ALBUMS
ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS


1964
PEOPLE
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#1 for 5 weeks (October 31-December 4 1964)
It kepf-off the top spot two albums: Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody" and The Beach Boys' "The Beach Boys Concert"
Hit singles: "People" (#5)
RIAA Certification: Platinum

1974
THE WAY WE WERE
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#1 for 2 weeks (March 16-March 29 1974)
It kepf-off the top spot one album: Joni Mitchell's "Court And Spark"
Hit singles: "The Way We Were" (#1), "All In Love Is Fair" (#63)
RIAA Certification: 2xPlatinum

1976
A STAR IS BORN
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#1 for 5 weeks (February 12-March 25 1977)
Hit singles: "Evergreen" (#1)
RIAA Certification: 4xPlatinum

1978
BARBRA STREISAND'S GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2
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#1 for 3 weeks (January 6-January 26 1977)
It kepf-off the top spot one album: Steve Martin's "Wild And Crazy Guy"
Hit singles: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Duet with Neil Diamond) (#1)
RIAA Certification: 5xPlatinum

1980
GUILTY
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#1 for 3 weeks (October 25-November 7 1980 & December 6-December 12 1980)
Hit singles: "Woman In Love" (#1), "Guilty" (Duet with Barry Gibb) (#3), "What Kind Of Fool" (Duet with Barry Gibb) (#10), "Promises" (#48)
RIAA Certification: 5xPlatinum

1985
THE BROADWAY ALBUM
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#1 for 4 weeks (January 15-February 14 1986)
Hit singles: "Somewhere" (#43)
RIAA Certification: 4xPlatinum

1993
BACK TO BROADWAY
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#1 for 1 week (July 17-July 23 1993)
RIAA Certification: 2xPlatinum
Barbra's first #1 debut ever and her first achieved since the SoundScan Era began. It debuted at the top with 121,000 copies sold.

1997
HIGHER GROUND
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#1 for 1 week (November 29-December 6 1997)
It kept-off the top spot one album: Shania Twain's "Come On Over"
RIAA Certification: 3xPlatinum
It debuted at the top with 207,000 copies sold, against the 170,000 copies sold by Shania Twain's awaited "Come On Over" album. The album included Barbra's duet with Celine Dion in "Tell Him", which was also included on Celine's album "Let's Talk About Love" which was released one week after Streisand's "Higher Ground". Surprisingly, Streisand's album debuted at #1, while Dion's album debuted at #2 the following week.

2009
LOVE IS THE ANSWER
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#1 for 1 week (October 17-October 23 2009)
It kept-off the top spot one album: Paramore's "brand new eyes"
RIAA Certification: to be announced
It debuted at #1 with 180,000 copies sold.

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THE ONES THAT ALMOST MADE IT
Streisand's albums that were stucked at the #2 position

1963 THE SECOND BARBRA STREISAND ALBUM
It was kept-off the top spot by Peter, Paul & Mary's "In The Wind".

1964 FUNNY GIRL
It was kept-off the top spot by Louis Armstrong's "Hello Dolly".

1965 MY NAME IS BARBRA
It was kept-off the top spot by the "Mary Poppins Soundtrack".

1965 MY NAME IS BARBRA, TWO...
It was kept-off the top spot by Herb Alpert's "Whipped Cream And Other Delights".

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ARTISTS WITH THE MOST #1 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

01. The Beatles (19)
02. Jay-Z (11)
03. Elvis Presley (10)
04. Bruce Springsteen (9) (tie)
04. The Rolling Stones (9) (tie)
04. Barbra Streisand (9) (tie)
07. Elton John (7) (tie)
07. Led Zeppelin (7) (tie)
07. Madonna (7) (tie)
07. U2 (7) (tie)

ARTISTS WITH THE MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

01. The Rolling Stones (36)
02. Frank Sinatra (32)
03. The Beatles (31)
04. Barbra Streisand (30)
05. Elvis Presley (28)

[HeatSeeker]

From Billboard:

While many were focused on a battle between Paramore’s “Brand New Eyes” and Mariah Carey’s “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” for the top slot on the Billboard 200 this week, Barbra Streisand trumps them both. “Love Is the Answer” earns Streisand her ninth No. 1 on the chart, opening with 180,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The debut extends Streisand’s lead as the female act with the most No. 1s in the history of the Billboard 200. It’s also the her best sales week and highest charting album since 1997, when “Higher Ground” started at No. 1 with 207,000.

“Answer” beats the arrivals of Paramore’s “Brand New Eyes,” which enters at No. 2 with 175,000, and Mariah Carey’s “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” arriving at No. 3 with 168,000. First-week sales projections had estimated that Paramore would finish ahead of the two divas. As it turns out, Streisand surprised many with how well her album sold in non-traditional ways — such as through Starbucks, QVC and via her Web site — and that likely threw a wrench into forecasting sales.
“Brand New Eyes” gives Paramore its best sales week and highest charting album ever. The band’s sophomore album, “Riot!,” peaked at No. 15 in 2007. “Eyes” also starts at No. 1 on the Top Digital Albums tally with a whopping 73,000 downloads.

Carey’s “Memoirs” begins its Billboard 200 life with 168,000 — off quite a bit from the opening of her last set, 2008’s “E=MC2.” The latter effort bowed at No. 1 with 463,000, her biggest first-week sum ever.

[Wayne]

UK Mids:
Albums

1 Barbra Striesand 16k
2 Madonna 13.9k
3 Paramore 10.8k
4 Mumford & Sons 10.2k
5 Muse 9.7k

:cheer: :cheer:

[Wayne]

United World Chart - Mediatraffic

TOP ALBUM SALES

03 (NE) Barbra Streisand - Love Is The Answer (244,000)

For the complete chart, please click here (http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm)!

[Wayne]

YOUR WEAKEND TOP 10(ISH) CHART PREVIEW: Here’s the prospective leader board for next Tuesday—minus the X-factor, Michael Buble, whose new LP comes out today in conjunction with his Oprah appearance. Next week’s double-dippers appear at this point to be Hollywood and Jive/JLG; otherwise, things are spread out pretty evenly.
* Kiss (Kiss) 150-160k
* Toby Keith (Showdog) 80-90k
Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 65-70k
Jay-Z (Roc Nation/Atlantic) 55-60k
Mariah Carey (Island/IDJ) 55-60k
* Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 40-45k
Paramore (Fueled by Ramen) 40-45k
Miley Cyrus (Hollywood) 40-45k
* Backstreet Boys (Jive/JLG) 40-45k
Breaking Benjamin (Hollywood) 40-45k
* Relient K (Jive/JLG) 40-45k
Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench) 35-40k
Alice in Chains (Virgin) 35-40k
* Denotes debut
We’ll give you a preliminary idea how Buble fits into this picture later today. (10/9a)

[Wayne]

Hits Daily Double prediction

* Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 150-175k
Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 55-60k
Jay-Z (Roc Nation/Atlantic) 55-60k
Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 35-40k
Miley Cyrus (Hollywood) 35-40k
Mariah Carey (Island/IDJ) 30-35k
Toby Keith (Showdog) 30-35k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 30-35k
KISS (KISS) 25-30k
* Mario (J/RMG) 25-30k

She is holding up REALLY well! :D

[Wayne]

And here's the news I wanted:

Barbra's 63rd album, "Love Is The Answer" has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), just months after debuting at #1 on the Billboard Charts.

This brings the number of gold albums awarded to Barbra to 51. Additionally, Barbra is the recipient of 30 platinum albums and 13 multi-platinum albums. (her official site)

YAY!

[Wayne]

Poland

BARBRA STREISAND
LOVE IS THE ANSWER


certified Gold

This equates to at least 10,000 copies shipped nationally! :D

[Wayne]

Barbra Streisand made her album chart debut in 1966, more than 23 years before Swift was born, and scores the 29th chart entry of her career at the age of 68 with new compilation, The Ultimate Collection arriving at number eight (24,736 sales).

Very happy, another hits collection of Babs secures a top 10 position! What a vast difference to her US trajectory though, where she has scored 51 gold albums LOL!

[Wayne]

Found this really cute write up @ Digital Spy!


Barbra Streisand! It's not just Duck Sauce who can't get enough of the Grammy, Oscar, Tony, every-award-going winner these days. After a return to the top of the album charts in both the UK and US last year, fans have now been treated to the release of Barbra - The Ultimate Collection. While we're all celebrating - you may also want to check out what is an offer over on Gay Spy (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gayspy/gayspy/a285815/gay-spys-great-barbra-streisand-giveaway.html). This week we take a look back at the many achievements of one of the most successful entertainers in modern entertainment history...

1. Born on April 24 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, Barbra Joan Streisand was the second of the three children for parents Emmanuel and Diana. However, her father died of a cerebral hemorrhage when she was just fifteen months old.

2. Barbra has been married twice - to Elliott Gould, (Jack Geller in Friends) from 1963 to 1971. They had one child together. She then wed James Brolin in 1998. Although they don't have any children together, Brolin's son from a previous marriage is actor Josh Brolin. Coincidentally both Gould and Brolin starred in 1977 film Capricorn One.

3. Barbra dropped an 'a' from the original spelling of her name when she was 18. She has admitted that she "hated" the spelling but refused to change her name. "Well, I was 18 and I wanted to be unique, but I didn't want to change my name because that was too false," she once said. "You know, people were saying you could be Joanie Sands, or something like that. And I said, 'No, let's see, if I take out the 'a,' it's still 'Barbara,' but it's unique."

4. Streisand is the only artist to have had Billboard #1 albums in five decades from the sixties to the noughties. She has earned 51 gold, 30 platinum and 18 multi-platinum albums. Her 1964 LP People was the first of her eight to top the charts. She also holds the record for the longest gap between a first and last chart-topping album - which currently stands at 46 years.

5. She has received countless honours and is the only person to have scooped Oscar, Grammy, Tony, Emmy, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, National Medal of Arts, and Peabody awards. Barbra is the only person to have won Oscars for both acting and songwriting.

6. Streisand was director Ken Russell's first choice to play Eva Peron in 1996 film Evita. She declined the role, which was eventually taken by Madonna.

7. She founded The Streisand Foundation in 1986. It has contributed over $16million, through grants, to "national organizations working on preservation of the environment, voter education, the protection of civil liberties and civil rights, women’s issues and nuclear disarmament".

8. Streisand made her British TV performance debut last year in a special edition of Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. The performance saw LP Love Is The Answer become Streisand's third album to top the UK charts.

9. She made her return to film acting in 2004's Meet The Fockers. The role of Roz Focker was her first since she directed, wrote and starred in 1996 flick The Mirror Has Two Faces. She will reprise her role as Focker in upcoming sequel Little Fockers.

10. Barbra has a rose named after - one she says is a "very bigger seller." However, not just any rose gets the honour of being a Barbra Streisand rose. "It had to be very healthy, a disease-resistant rose. It had to have fabulous fragrance and the colour had to be - I'm very particular: There's not an orange thing in my house or in my garden. If this rose is in bloom, it's lavender. And as it blossoms, it actually goes through many colours, like a chameleon, which represents me in a sense, because I have a lot of facets to my personality."

She is very underrated when it comes to worldwide best-sellers. With global sales of over 140m albums, only Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Madonna have sold more!

[HeatSeeker]

I still have yet to hear one of her albums. I only know her because she beat out Mimi last year, and because Fran in the series The Nanny is obsessed with her xD

[DionmyheartBarbra]

Hi I think the figure of Guilty and total sales should be updated.Guilty have sold more and Barbra has sold more isn't it?