Partners (Barbra Streisand album)


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, from an earlier recording, Elvis Presley. 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.
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 and "Lost Inside of You", newly performed with Babyface. The deluxe edition features an additional duet with Babyface along with previously released material featuring Frank Sinatra, Bryan Adams, Barry Manilow, and Barry Gibb.
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 six different decades It was also certified gold in November 2014 and platinum in January 2015, thus becoming Streisand's 52nd gold and 31st Platinum album, more than any other female artist in history.
The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal album at the 57th Grammy Awards.

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. It tops 1 million in traditional album sales in the week of August 14, 2017.
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, Denmark, Italy and Switzerland.

Track listing

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Information is based on the Album’s Liner Notes

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications and sales