Barbra Streisand discography

Barbra Streisand discography
Studio albums36
Soundtrack albums15
Live albums11
Compilation albums12
Singles118
Video albums10
Music videos24

Barbra Streisand is an American actress and singer. Her discography consists of 118 singles, 36 studio albums, 12 compilations, 11 live albums, and 15 soundtracks. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Streisand is the second-best-selling female album artist in the United States with 68.5 million certified albums in the country,[1][2] and a career total ranging from 150 to 200 million[3][4] making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

With 52 gold and 31 platinum albums, Streisand exceeds all other female singers and all other recording artists other than Elvis Presley. She is the only female artist to have achieved fourteen multi-platinum albums, including the soundtrack for her film A Star Is Born. Her recordings have earned her eight Grammy Awards and the Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award and Legend Award.[5] According to Billboard, till 2021 Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums (11).[6] Billboard also recognizes Streisand as the greatest female of all time on its Billboard 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Billboard Hot 100 chart.[7][8] She has had No. 1 albums in each of the last six decades, a record not matched by any other artist. Her 2014 Columbia Records album, Partners became her tenth No. 1 album. With a total of 34 Billboard Top 10 albums to her credit since 1963, Streisand holds the records for the most Top 10 albums by a female artist and for the widest span (52 years) between first and latest Top 10 albums by a female recording artist.[9] Her albums Higher Ground (1997), Back to Broadway (1993), Love Is the Answer (2009), Partners (2014) and Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (2016) all entered the Billboard 200 album chart at No. 1.

She has achieved five No. 1 singles in the US, and is also one of the few acts with top 10 hits in four different decades. In 1974, "The Way We Were" became the first original single by a female artist to achieve the No. 1 song of the year in US.[10] "Woman in Love" from Guilty is one of the best-selling singles of all time in France.[11]

In 1964, Streisand became the first and only female artist to place three albums in the top 10 on Billboard's annual albums chart.[12] Five Streisand albums appeared on the Billboard 200 album chart on October 31, 1964, Streisand held the record for the female with the most albums in the Top 200 simultaneously for nearly half a century, until Whitney Houston had ten albums place in the Billboard 200 chart at the same time after fans learned of her death. In 1982, "Memories" became the UK's best-selling album of the year (where it was released as Love Songs), the first album by a female performer to achieve it.[13] During March 5–19, 1977, Streisand became the first female singer to have a No. 1 album (A Star Is Born) and single (“Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”) in the same week in the US. Streisand's biggest-selling album, Guilty (1980), was a collaboration with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and sold over 15 million copies worldwide as well as spawning several hit singles.[14] In the UK, she became the first female solo artist to have a No. 1 album (Guilty) and single ("Woman in Love") in the same week. 25 years later, Streisand and Gibb teamed up again to create Guilty Pleasures, known as Guilty Too in some countries.[15]

  1. ^ "Top Selling Artists (albums)". RIAA. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Barbra Streisand, O2 Arena, review". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Eden Park CEO hints Barbra Streisand may be next after Six60 to play at Auckland stadium". The New Zealand Herald. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Barbra Streisand, the 80-year-old star who did not 'fix' her nose and who sets her own rules". El País. April 25, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  5. ^ "Barbra Streisand: The Way She Is, Part One". Grammy.com. February 10, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "Chart Watch Extra: The Acts With The Most Top 10 Albums, Ever – Chart Watch". Yahoo! Music. October 17, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  7. ^ N/A, N/A. "Greatest of All Time (Billboard 200 Artists)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  8. ^ "Greatest Of All Time (Hot 100 Artists)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  9. ^ "Barbra Streisand Extends Historic Billboard 200 Albums Chart Resume". Billboard. October 18, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  10. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1974
  11. ^ List of best-selling singles in France
  12. ^ "It's Official: Taylor Swift Has 2014's Best-Selling Album". Yahoo. January 1, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  13. ^ "1980s Albums Chart Archive". everyHit.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Guiltysales was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ "Biography | The Official Barbra Streisand Site". Barbrastreisand.com. Retrieved January 7, 2012.