Streisand scores her 55th Top 40 Album on Billboard

[Ali Gator]

Fans were hoping Streisand would score another #1 album with her "Partners 2: The Secret of Life" album, but the album didn't come close. Streisand debuts at #31 on the Billboard Hot 200 Album chart.

However, it extends her chart record of having the most Top 40 albums by a female artist since the chart was published in 1956. This is Streisand's 55th album. In a distant second place is Aretha Franklin and Madonna, tied with 26 each. As far as solo artists on the chart, Streisand is firmly in third place, with Elvis and Sinatra tied for first, with 58 albums each.

Today's metric of determining a #1 album for the week seems to be as confusing as ever, with so many formats available to consumers. Many believe this is what kept Streisand out of the top 10, if not the top spot itself. If Streisand was to hit #1 with this album, it would continue her streak of having a #1 album in every decade since she started in the 1960s, a feat no one has come close to in music history.

Barbra Streisand Extends Billboard Chart Record With Top 40 Debut of ‘The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two’

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Barbra Streisand extends her record for the most top 40-charted albums among women on the Billboard 200 with the debut of her new album.

   

[Ali Gator]

And in week 2 -  Streisand's new album drops from #31 to....................off the Hot 200 Albums Chart. 

 

Remember when a Streisand album would last 26-52 weeks on the Hot 200 ?  I miss those days.