Partners (Barbra Streisand album)

Partners
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released September 16, 2014
Genre Traditional pop, vocal music
Label Columbia
Producer Walter Afanasieff, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Bernie Herms, Jay Landers (exec.), Barbra Streisand (also exec.)
Barbra Streisand chronology
Back to Brooklyn
(2013)		 Partners
(2014)		 Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic55/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
New York Daily News[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The New York TimesNegative[5]
The Telegraph (UK)[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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 album in the US, having sold 856,000 copies.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal album at the 57th Grammy Awards.

Chart performance

In its debut week, the album topped US Billboard 200 sales charts, selling over 196,000 copies.[12] 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.[13] After just six weeks on sale, the album crossed half a million in US sales, having sold 526,000 copies total in the country.[14] Partners was 2014's seventh best-selling album in the US, having sold 856,000 copies.[9] As of September 2015, the album has sold 955,000 copies in the US.[15]

In Canada and Australia the album also reached number one, selling 13,000 copies in each country.[16][17] 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.[18] In Ireland the album reached the number six position, becoming Streisand's highest charting album since Guilty Pleasures in 2005.[19] 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

Standard edition[21]
No. TitleWriter(s)Duet partner Length
1. "It Had to Be You"  Gus Kahn, Isham JonesMichael Bublé 4:23
2. "People"  Bob Merrill, Jule StyneStevie Wonder 4:14
3. "Come Rain or Come Shine"  Johnny Mercer, Harold ArlenJohn Mayer 4:11
4. "Evergreen"  Paul Williams, Barbra StreisandBabyface 3:14
5. "New York State of Mind"  Billy JoelBilly Joel 4:47
6. "I'd Want It to Be You"  Steve Dorff, Jay Landers, Bobby TomberlinBlake Shelton 4:05
7. "The Way We Were"  Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Marvin HamlischLionel Richie 4:29
8. "I Still Can See Your Face"  Bernie Herms, Charlie Midnight, Jay LandersAndrea Bocelli 4:13
9. "How Deep Is the Ocean"  Irving BerlinJason Gould 4:18
10. "What Kind of Fool"  Barry Gibb, Albhy GalutenJohn Legend 4:43
11. "Somewhere"  Stephen Sondheim, Leonard BernsteinJosh Groban 4:05
12. "Love Me Tender"  Ken Darby, W. W. Fosdick, George R. Poulton Elvis PresleyElvis Presley (vocal sample of original 1956 recording) 3:31

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 26
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27] 1
Croatian Albums[28] 16
Czech Albums (IFPI)[29] 14
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[30] 29
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[18] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[31] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 9
Greek Albums (IFPI)[33] 34
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[34] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[35] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[36] 18
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[37] 104
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON[38] 59
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[39] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[40] 25
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[41] 6
South African Albums (RISA)[42] 15
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[43] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[44] 16
South Korean Albums (Gaon Chart) 11
UK Albums (OCC)[45] 2
US Billboard 200[46] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[47] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Australian Albums Chart[48] 17
US Billboard 200[49] 20
New Zealand Albums Chart[50] 25
UK Albums Chart[51] 14

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[52] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[53] Gold 40,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[54] Gold 3,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[55] Gold 7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[56] Platinum 20,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[57] Platinum 371,252[58]
United States (RIAA)[59] Platinum 955,000[15]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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