Released September 16, 2014 | Release date 16 September 2014 | |
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Partners(2014) Encore Movie Partners Sing Broadway(2016) Genres Vocal music, Traditional pop music Nominations Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Similar Barbra Streisand albums, Traditional pop music albums |
Barbra streisand with michael bubl it had to be you
Partners is the thirty-fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Barbra Streisand, released on September 16, 2014 by Columbia Records. The album features Streisand singing duets with an all-male lineup including Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Billy Joel, John Legend, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Lionel Richie, and Elvis Presley from an earlier recording. The collection also features Streisand's first studio-recorded duet with her now 47-year-old son, Jason Gould. The album release was promoted on The Tonight Show, where Streisand was the evening's sole guest and sang a medley with host Jimmy Fallon.
Contents
- Barbra streisand with michael bubl it had to be you
- Barbra streisand 50 years and still 1
- Commercial performance
- Track listing
- Songs
- References
While the recordings are new, most of the songs have a previous history as Streisand releases. Two classic Streisand duets are updated with new partners: "What Kind of Fool", newly performed with John Legend (originally with Barry Gibb) and "Lost Inside of You", newly performed with Babyface (originally with Kris Kristofferson). The deluxe edition features an additional duet with Babyface along with previously released material featuring Frank Sinatra (who died in 1998), Bryan Adams, Barry Manilow, and Barry Gibb (from The Bee Gees).
Partners is one of 2014's best-selling albums in the US, having sold 856,000 copies. Partners topped the Billboard 200 with sales of 196,000 copies in the first week, making Streisand the only recording artist to have a number-one album in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. It was also certified gold in November 2014 and platinum in January 2015, thus becoming Streisand's 52nd gold and 31st Platinum album (she also has 7 Gold-certified singles to her credit), more than any other female artist in history. The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal album at the 57th Grammy Awards.
Barbra streisand 50 years and still 1
Commercial performance
In its debut week, the album topped US Billboard 200 sales charts, selling over 196,000 copies. It fell to number three the following week, selling 127,000 copies, the lowest second-week decline for a number one-debuting non-compilation album in nearly four years. After just six weeks on sale, the album crossed half a million in US sales, having sold 526,000 copies total in the country. Partners was 2014's seventh best-selling album in the US, having sold 856,000 copies. As of September 2015, the album has sold 955,000 copies in the US.
In Canada and Australia the album also reached number one, selling 13,000 copies in each country. In the Netherlands, New Zealand, and UK the album reached the number two spot on national sales charts, becoming Streisand's highest charting album in the Netherlands since One Voice peaked at the same position in 1987. In Ireland the album reached the number six position, becoming Streisand's highest charting album since Guilty Pleasures in 2005. The album debuted in the Top 10 in Austria, Germany, Spain and Poland, and reached Top 40 positions in Belgium (both regions), Denmark, Italy and Switzerland.
Track listing
Songs
1It Had to Be YouWilliam Ross4:22
2PeopleWilliam Ross4:15
3Come Rain or Come ShineWilliam Ross4:10