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by Alex Cosper (9/24/14) Barbra Streisand made history on September 24, 2014 when Billboard announced that her album Partners hit number one. That makes her the first artist in history to have a number one album every decade for six straight decades. It's her 10th top seller if you count compilations and soundtracks. She is now tied with Elvis Presley at number three for most top albums of all time, behind The Beatles (19) and Jay Z (13). The album Partners sold about 196,000 units its opening week, far ahead of the runner-up, Chris Brown. The album is a collection of duets on Columbia, the label she has been with throughout her career since the 1960s. Here is the album's track listing along with singing partners: 1. It Had To Be You (Michael Buble) 2. People (Steve Wonder) 3. Come Rain Or Come Shine (John Mayer) 4. Evergreen (Babyface) 5. New York State of Mind (Billy Joel) 6. I'd Want It To Be You (Blake Shelton) 7. The Way We Were (Lionel Richie) 8. I Still Can See Your Face (Andrea Bocelli) 9. How Deep Is The Ocean (Jason Gould) 10. What Kind of Fool (John Legend) 11. Somewhere (Josh Groban) 12. Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley) Additional tracks on deluxe edition Lost Inside of You (Babyface) I've Got a Crush On You (Frank Sinatra) I've Finally Found Someone (Bryan Adams) I Won't Be the One to Let Go (Barry Manilow) Guilty (Barry Gibb) TIMELINE 1942 - Born April 24 in Brooklyn, New York 1955 - Made her first demo recordings at age 13 1959 - Appeared in the play Driftwood with Joan Rivers in New York City 1961 - Made her TV debut on The Tonight Show with Jack Parr 1961 - Began making regular appearances on the variety TV talk show PM East/PM West 1962 - Made her Broadway debut in musical I Can Get It From You Wholesale 1962 - First singe is the radio only promo "Miss Marmelstein" from I Can Get It From You Wholesale 1962 - Made several appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson 1962 - Signed by Goddard Lieberson at Columbia Records with clause she could pick her material 1962 - Recorded and released single of cover "Happy Days are Here Again" 1963 - Released her debut The Barbra Streisand Album in February 1963 - Released The Second Barbra Streisand Album 1964 - Released The Third Album 1964 - Scored her first number one album with People 1964 - Sang on Funny Girl album 1964 - Released top 5 single "People" from the musical Funny Girl 1964 - Released single "Funny Girl," which was not from the musical 1965 - Hit top three with album My Name Is Barbra 1965 - Released single "Why Did I Choose You" from the musical The Yearling 1965 - Released cover of Fanny Brice hit "My Man" 1965 - Reelased single "He Touched Me" from the musical Drat! The Cat 1965 - Released cover single of Fanny Brice hit "Second Hand Rose" 1965 - Released single "Where Am I Going" from the musical Sweet Charity 1965 - Hit top three with album My Name Is Barbra, Two ... 1966 - Released single "Free Again" 1966 - Hit top three with album Color Me Barbra 1966 - Hit top five with album Je m'appelle Barbra 1967 - Released cover single of "Stout-hearted Man" 1967 - Released album Simply Barbra 1967 - Released Billie Holiday cover single of "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) 1967 - Released album A Christmas Album 1968 - Starred as Fanny Brice in the film Funny Girl 1968 - Sang on Funny Girl original soundtrack 1968 - Released Fanny Brice cover single "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You" 1968 - Released single "Funny Girl" from film, a different song from 1964 single 1968 - Released live album A Happening in Central Park 1969 - Released Beatles cover single "Honey Pie" 1969 - Starred as Dolly Levi in the film Hello, Dolly! 1969 - Sang on Hello, Dolly! soundtrack 1969 - Released album What About Today? 1969 - Released single "Before the Parade Passes By" from film Hello, Dolly! 1970 - Starred in the film On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970 - Sang on soundtrack On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970 - Starred in the film The Owl and the Pussycat 1970 - Sang on The Owl and the Pussycat soundtrack 1970 - Released Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits album 1971 - Hit top ten with album Stoney End 1971 - Released Laura Nyro cover single "Stoney End," which makes top 20 1971 - Released Laura Nyro cover single "Time and Love" 1971 - Released Laura Nyro cover single "Flim Flam Man" 1971 - Released Carole King and Toni Stern composition single "Where You Lead" 1971 - Released John Lennon cover single "Mother" 1971 - Hit top 20 with album Barbra Joan Streisand 1972 - Released live album Live Concert at the Forum 1972 - Released live single "Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead" 1972 - Starred in the film What's Up, Doc? 1972 - Starred in the film Up the Sandbox 1972 - Released live single "Sing a Song/Make Your Own Kind of Music" 1973 - Released live single "Didn't We" 1973 - Starred in the film The Way We Were 1873 - Released album Barbra Streisand ... And Other Musical Instruments 1974 - Scored her first number one single "The Way We Were" 1974 - Hit number one with album The Way We Were 1974 - Released Stevie Wonder penned single "All In Love Is Fair 1974 - Released album Butterfly 1974 - Starred in the film For Pete's Sake 1975 - Starred in the film Funny Lady 1975 - Sang on Funny Lady soundtrack 1975 - Released single "How Lucky Can You Get" from the film Funny Lady 1975 - Released Rupert Holmes penned song "My Father's Song" 1975 - Released album Lazy Afternoon 1976 - Co-Produced and Starred in the film A Star Is Born 1976 - Released album Classical Barbra 1976 - Sang on number one album, A Star Is Born soundtrack 1977 - Scored her second number one single with "Evergreen" from the film A Star Is Born 1977 - Released top 5 single "My Heart Belongs To Me" 1977 - Hit top three with album Streisand Superman 1978 - Released single "Songbird" 1978 - Released album Songbird 1978 - Released single "Prisoner" from the film Eyes of Laura Mars 1978 - Scored third number one single "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" in duet with Neil Diamond 1978 - Hit number one with Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 album 1979 - Hit top ten with album Wet 1979 - Sang on The Main Event soundtrack 1979 - Starred in the film The Main Event 1979 - Released top three single "The Main Even/Fight" from the film The Main Event 1979 - Scored fourth number one single "No More Tears" in duet with Donna Summer 1980 - Released single "Kiss Me In The Rain" 1980 - Scored fifth number one single "Woman In Love" 1980 - Released single "Guilty," a duet with Barry Gibb 1980 - Hit number one with album Guilty 1981 - Released single "What Kind of Fool," a duet with Barry Gibb 1981 - Starred in the film All Night Long 1981 - Hit top ten with Memories album 1982 - Released top 20 single "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" 1982 - Released single "Memory" from the musical Cats 1983 - Sang on the top ten Yentl soundtrack 1983 - Directed, Produced, Wrote Screenplay and Co-Starred in the film Yentl 1983 - Released single "The Way He Makes Me Feel" from the film Yentl 1984 - Released single "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" in duet with Kim Carnes 1984 - Released album Emotion 1985 - Released single "Somewhere" from the musical West Side Story 1985 - Hit number one with The Broadway Album 1985 - Released cover single "Send In The Clowns" from the musical A Little Night Music 1987 - Released live top ten album One Voice 1987 - Produced and Starred in the film Nuts 1987 - Sang on the Nuts soundtrack 1988 - Released single "'Till I Loved You" in duet with Don Johnson from the musical Goya 1988 - Hit top ten with album 'Till I Loved You 1988 - Released single "All I Ask of You" from the musical Phantom of the Opera 1989 - Released single "We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" 1989 - Released cover single of "Someone That I Used To Love" 1991 - Directed, Produced and Co-Starred in the film The Prince of Tides 1991 - Sang on the The Prince of Tides soundtrack 1991 - Released single "Places That Belong To You" from the film The Prince of Tides 1993 - Hit number one with album Back to Broadway 1994 - Released live top ten album The Concert 1994 - Released single "The Music of the Night" from the film Phantom of the Opera 1995 - Released live album The Concert: Highlight 1996 - Directed, Produced and Starred in the film The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 - Sang on the The Mirror Has Two Faces soundtrack 1996 - Released top 10 single "I Finally Found Someone," a duet with Bryan Adams 1997 - Gains airplay from unreleased single "Tell Him," a duet with Celine Dion 1997 - Hit number one with album Higher Ground 1999 - Released single "If You Ever Leave Me," a duet with Vince Gill 1999 - Hit number one with album A Love Like Ours 2000 - Released live album Timeless: Live In Concert 2001 - Released Christmas single "It Must Have Been the Mistletoe" 2001 - Released top 20 album Christmas Memories 2002 - Released Duets album 2003 - Hit top five with The Movie Album 2004 - Appeared in the film Meet the Fockers 2005 - Achieved top three dance single "Night of My Life 2005 - Released single "Stranger In a Strange Land," a duet with Barry Gibb 2005 - Hit top five with Guilty Pleasures album 2007 - Released live top ten album Live in Concert 2006 2009 - Released single "In The Wee Small Hours of Morning" 2009 - Hit number one with Love Is The Answer album 2010 - Sung on top three single "We Are the World 25 for Haiti," featuring various artists 2010 - Appeared in the film Little Fockers 2011 - Hit top five with What Matters Most album 2012 - Starred in the film The Guilt Trip 2012 - Hit top ten with Release Me album 2013 - Released live album Back to Brooklyn 2014 - Hit number one with Partners album |
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