{"id":62922,"date":"2021-08-22T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T22:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=62922"},"modified":"2021-08-22T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T22:20:10","slug":"barbra-streisand-sets-another-record-a-top-20-album-in-every-decade-since-the-1960s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/barbra-streisand-sets-another-record-a-top-20-album-in-every-decade-since-the-1960s\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbra Streisand sets another record: A top 20 album in every decade since the 1960s"},"content":{"rendered":"

(JTA) \u2014 Barbra Streisand has become the only woman to record a top 20 album on the Billboard charts in every decade from the 1960s to the 2020s.<\/p>\n

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Streisand\u2019s latest album, \u201cRelease Me 2,\u201d came out Saturday and debuted at number 15 on the Billboard charts, Billboard reported. The album features archival recordings as well as duets with Willie Nelson and Kermit the Frog.<\/p>\n

Her first album to chart in the top 20 was her self-titled \u201cBarbra Streisand Album,\u201d which debuted at the 17th spot 58 years ago, in 1963. Streisand, 79, is also the woman with the most albums to chart in the top 40, with 54. That\u2019s more than twice as many as the runner-up, Aretha Franklin, who had 26. The overall record for top 40 albums is held by Frank Sinatra, who had 58.<\/p>\n

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