Barbra Pulls An Upset!

After early sales numbers showed Barbra Streisand and Mariah Carey neck-and-neck for the #2 spot on the Billboard album charts this week, Barbra actually pulled off the unexpected.
She came in at #1 spot, beating not only Mariah but Paramore as well!
Congrats, Babs!
You're still #1 after all these years!
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A Very Important Message From…





NOW THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A DIVA.
BARBARA IS LEGEND.
MOOSERIAH IS SO OVER IT ISN'T EVEN FUNNY LOL.
I'm thinking that's bc older people listen to her - alot of them probably don't know how to get her music off the internet so they have to buy the cd if they wanted only one song!
Go, Babs!! Now most of us are too young to understand Streisand's appeal and range of talent, but if you take a look at her early movies… most notably for me, her break through Funny Girl… you will see a woman of tremendous talent and sweet vulnerability. She's also a very private person, not at all the media-hungry divas that have become today's norm.
Re: rptbnsh – Good point! Also, it ain't over til it's over and Mariah might still pull it out! Her new CD is great! Oh, and Perez she sold out both October concerts in Las Vegas so suck it!!!!
Amazing. She is simply divine.
NEXT…
Barbra Streisand's first #1 album was PEOPLE over 40 years ago! She's a true living legend. Thanks Perez for being so kind w/ your coverage of this amazing feat!
Can I puke? Raaaaaalphh. Aaaah, better now.
who's this woman?
No one is even going to know or remember Paramore in 20 years. I don't even know who they are NOW, but you can bet Mariah will go down as a legend!
Good for you girl. She's still got it. Nice pic too.
LOL! Congratulations, whoever the old woman is. I'm just happy that Moo-riah flopped and Hagdonna didn't even make it to the charts!
barbra at n1 in us , madonna n1 in europe , woriah won t be n1 in any couNTry , BECAUSE IS SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT, ONLY A POOR PROSTITUTE
Re: nermend –
HOW DOES THE SAYING GO?
IT'S AIN'T OVER 'TIL THE FAT LADY SINGS?
WELL, MARIAH HAS SUNG, AND IT'S OVER.
Re: nermend – that's true. paraBore's music sounds like thousand have before and they're gonna be gone as soon as the vamp-flick-hype's over
BARBARA-LEGEND
MADONNA-LEGEND
WHORIAH-FLOP
Read it and weep all you wanna be divas
What an amazing feat for BABS!!! When Mariah thought she could pull a #1 by moving her release date when Whitney released her album. Little does she know that her music is so irrelevant ! Please reinvent yourself, Mariah and get new producers for the next album!! The two albums since Emancipation has been so predictable and BORING!!
Wow, amazing
What do you think the chances are she had her people go out and buy up every CD of hers in a few cities to put her over the top and are just sitting in a warehouse some where. This is equivalant to Cher putting out a CD and it becoming #1. It just isn't going to happen!
Ha ha Lambs!!!! Your precious Mariah only managed a pathetic #3 debut and sold less than 1/2 than her last album in the opening week. Hmmmm, can you say FLOP??? Meanwhile Madonna (who was never expected to hit #1 with a greatest hits collection) matched her #7 debut from her last greatest hits album and actually EXCEEDED expectations with over 70,000 copies sold
in the first week. AND, it's #1 in several European Countries. Sorry, but your bitch is OVER.
Babs is a legend. Mariah is over.
Re: WHORE1 – Madonna=QUEEN of Flops. Her Greatest Flops CD didn't even make it to the charts.
BTW: How come even her fans doesn't buy her garbage?
There is some competition between Barbra and whatserface? Please. Barbra is God.
MARIAH IS OVER
Re: jesyrene –
MADONNA IS THE BEST SELLING FEMALE ARTIST OF ALL TIME
MADONNA IS HUGE EVERYWHERE,MARIAH IS NOBODY OUTSIDE USA.
MADONNAS LAST ALBUM HARD CANDY IS NO1 IN 30COUNTRIES
ITS NO1 IN USA ,UK, GERMAN ,FRANCE,JAPAN……
madonnas hard candy sold 3.5 millions copy worldwide when mariahs e=mc only
sold 2m worldwide
Madonna Celebration Album Charts
Australia – 8-6
Belgium (Flanders) – 2-1
Belgium (Wallonia) – 7-2
Czech Republic – 1-
Denmark – 1-
Finland – 2-
France (C) – 1-
Germany – 1-1
Hungary – 2-4
Ireland – 1-2
Italy – 1-2
Japan – 3-
Mexico – 2-
Netherlands – 2-2
New Zealand – 2-3
Norway – 1-
Poland – 3-
Portugal – 2-
Spain – 2-
Sweden – 2-
Switzerland – 3-
UK – 1-2
Europe – 1-
Re: mvp – Who cares? It's the USA that matters. If you're not in Billboard USA, you're simply nothing. Third World countries don't count.
so her sales were #1 this week, big deal. mariah is off crying in her mega millions that her rereleased album
Re: jesyrene –
Ignorant racist, UK , Japan, Germany, Australia…. are not third world countries.
And stop the competition between Mariah and Madonna it's comon knowledge that thew both SUCK.
…with an aggressive advertising campaign and a more mature audience who still buys CD's, this is still a remarkable feat. Will I download it, no. But I think Babs will survive without my $10.99.
Re: mvp –
Madonna is annoying.
Ummm, who cares about Madonna? This isn't a post about Madonna, its about Barbra. Barbra is now the first, and thus far, only artist to have #1 albums in 5 consecutive decades! Congrats Barbra
that's because she can sing
I'm happy that Mariah is happy. "cause you know, no matter who or what you are there is always going to be someone saying youre not good enough. It takes real strength and courage to do what YOU believe in, regardless of naysayers.
Yes, she's in the game but at the same time, she is now more into the creative side of making music, the music she knows and loves, not letting money and fame dictate how she will make her music.
We're all so hard on her, i feel bad for the woman. Even when she's trying to tell us that she's NOT perfect we still can't accept less. It's aweful being in that position.
Love you Mariah, mistakes, flaws, and all.
What do you mean unexpected? She has had the lead on Amazon for weeks. She's the woman with the most #1 albums on the Billboard Charts. Now she's the only woman who's had a #1 album in each decade from the 60s to the 00s.
Re: mvp –
Let's see Madonna do that in 25 more years.
Re: Moluver –
Yeah, they were telling her she was over too after the whole GLITTER episode.
Love the sneaky upset. Everyone had their eyes on Mariah & Paramore. No one thought "the old lady with the old fans" could do it. Gotta love the underdog.
She looks more like #2.
Good for her! I love her, she is perfection.
I love how 188,000 copies of Babs cd is considered a success and Mariah's Cd sold 168,000 just 20,000 difference from each other is considered a failure. They Both sold almost similiar amounts. Lets see out of the 2 who remains in the top ten the longest. Mariah's latest single Obsessed continues climbing up the charts.
Barbara is amazing, so is Mariah, never heard of Paramore but all top 3 cds really didnt sell much. Album sells are down every year. I didn't see a point of another Madonna greatest hits album, arent there like 3 of them already. Madonna just put out that album to end her contract with record label. That song celebration sucks too.
Re: jesyrene –
# 28
Please, do yourself (and the rest of us) a favor.
Visit the library, enroll in classes, and read everthing you can get your hands on. At the very least, read more than PerezHilton.com
Does James felch the dog cum out of her ass?
The voice.
Good for her Mariah is over!
Madonna Celebration Album Charts
Australia – 8-6
Belgium (Flanders) – 2-1
Belgium (Wallonia) – 7-2
Czech Republic – 1-
Denmark – 1-
Finland – 2-
France (C) – 1-
Germany – 1-1
Hungary – 2-4
Ireland – 1-2
Italy – 1-2
Japan – 3-
Mexico – 2-
Netherlands – 2-2
New Zealand – 2-3
Norway – 1-
Poland – 3-
Portugal – 2-
Spain – 2-
Sweden – 2-
Switzerland – 3-
UK – 1-2
USA- 7-
Europe – 1-
Babs kicked Mariah's ass - bad!
Hey Mariah fans, how does it feel to know that that bitch got crushed? First Eminem clowns her on record, then she pulls an ABYSMAL performance at MJ's funeral, then Eminem destroys her AGAIN, then her new single fails to go top 5, then Whitney gets all the press and impressive sales, now Streisand kicks her ass. Bad year for Carey, huh?
Re: jesyrene – Oh fuck you. It's NOT just the USA that counts. It's MORONS like you that make me embarrassed for the US sometimes. Get a fucking clue.
Re: YoungTaurus – Um, she's rehashed the same shit ever since and just because her stupid lambs buy multiple copies and pool their resources on a website to buy her a #1 doesn't mean her shit has gotten any better. Obviously people are tired of the same old crap that she puts out.
Believe me, now that she's 40 and she won't have the record buying teenyboppers that bought her crap before, she'll have the same challenges that Madonna has faced with sales. It's about time. the difference is, Madonna can make money through her kick-ass concerts, while Mariah simply cannot sell out like madonna can. Mariah just isn't that exciting to watch, I'm afraid. And why is she going to re-release this TIRED album with remixes? Can you say PATHETIC??
Babs is a living legend! Mooriah better take notes.
Re: Moluver –
YOU LAMBS DIDN'T TREAT ME KINNNNDDD
YOU DIDN'T BUY MY CDDDDDDDDDDDDD
LETTING BARBRA BEAT ME
WHEN I NEEDED YOU TO VALIDATE ME
THEY'RE THE SAME TIRED OLD SONGGGGSSS
STILL I BELIEVED
THAT SOMEHOW I WOULD TRICK YOU
INTO BUYING THIS CRAPPPPYYYY CD
I WANTED VISIONS OF TIMES GONE
THAT'S ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO ME
VISIONS OF TIMES DEAD AND GONE
THAT'S ALL THAT
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
I REALIZE THAT I SUCK
OHHHH YYEAHHHH
LADY GAGA, MADONNA, BEYONCEE & MILEY
I WANT DESTROYED
TO FEEL AGAIN SO ALIVE
YOU LAMBS SHOULD DO THIS FOR MEEEEEE
BUY MY CRAPPPPYYYY CDDD
THERE'S NO TRL
FOR ME TO STRIP NAKED AGAINNNNNNN
Re: nermend –
YOU LAMBS DIDN'T TREAT ME KINDDDD
YOU DIDN'T BUY MY CDDDDDD
LETTING BARBRA BEAT ME
WHEN I WANTED YOU
TO VALIDATE ME
I WAS DELUSIONAL
STILL I BELIEVED
THAT SOMEHOW I WOULD TRICK YOU
INTO BUYING MY CRAPPY CD
TERRIBLE SHITTY DUMB SONGS
THEY'RE A REFLECTION OF ME
TERRIBLE SHITTY DUMB SONGS
I THOUGHT THE LAMBS WOULD BUY THEM FROM ME
I REALIZE THAT I SUCK
OH YEAHHHHH
LADY GAGA, MADONNA & BEYONCEE I WANT DESTROYED
MY LAMBS
YOU CAN DO THIS FOR ME
TO FEEL AGAIN SO ALIVE
I WILL LET YOU ALL SEE
THAT I'M NOT CRAZY, THAT I CAN SING LIVE
TRL GOT CANCELED
MTV WON'T INVITE ME TO STRIP NAKED AGGGGAIINNNNN
LAMBS YOU DIDN'T TREAT ME KINNNDDD
YOU DIDN'T-BUY-MY-CD
LETTING BARBRA BEAT ME
WHEN I WANTED YOU TO VALIDATE ME!!!!!
OH YEAHHHHHHHH(PIG SQUEAL)
She will always be #1. Love Babs!
BABS AND PARAMORE WILL QUICKLY FALL OFF THE CHARTS, WHILST MARIAH CAREY WILL DOMINATE AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS FOR MONTHS TO COME…AS HAS HISTORY HAS REPEATEDLY SHOWN ITSELF !!
ok, first: nermand, just because you have no clue who paramore is does not mean that people will not STILL listen to them in 20 years. Paramore has alot of fans. Honestly, your pathetic.
Two:KidKoala ParaMORE's music is not boring. it doesn't sound like thousandS before, and they have been around for WAYYYYYY longer than twilight (the vamp-flick). they won't be "gone" as soon as the hype over twilight is over.they will still be around and people will still love to listen to them. they didn't become a band just for twilight. oh and they aren't doing a song for new moon because they don't want to be known as the "vampire house band" so that totally just destroyes your comment.
People, believe whatever you want. its fine by me. but before you put it on here, at least back yourself up with some facts.
paramore forever and always
WHISPERIAH SUCKS
Only nelly bottom boys still care about Mandonna. She hasn't put out good music since "Ray of Light". Mooriah won't achieve the same success she's had in the past until she drops the tired R&B/Urban vibe. Go Babs!
Good for Barbra. I bought her last cd and its amazing,it deserves to be number one !
That's because Barbra can actually sing well and make good music, unlike Paramore.
Re: LeTs_StArT_A_RiOt! –
I don't really think that you can be all high and mighty and tell her to back herself up with facts when you only have two, both of which are subjective.
dangit! i really wanted paramore to debut at #1!
No offence I respect Barbara and her music, but I previed the album on Amazon WTF music is that sounds like orchestra crap u hear at opera house LMAO who would buy this, Im guessing people 50+ ??
Re: Madonna_#1fan_4ever! – Why are u on Mariah's page giving us info about your saggy old wrinkly idol that can't sing? No one cares go home!!!
Re: jesyrene – madonna is going to sell more than barbra worldwide idiot , but congra to barbra
Re: YoungTaurus – IDIOT IDIOT ,MADONNA SOLD MORE ALBUMS AND RECORDS THAN BARBRA WORLDWIDE , ANS SHE HAS LESS TIME THAN BARBRA , AND MADONNA SOLD MORE ALBUMS IN EUROPE THAN BARBRA IN US
Re: jesyrene – US IS THE THIRD WORLD
Re: jesyrene – POOR IDIOT EUROPE IS BETER AND BIGGER THAN USM EVEN UK IS MORERELEVANT THAN US , US IS POOR NOW ,IDIOT
Re: jesyrene – MADONNA IS 100% MORE SUCCESFULL THAN BRABRA ,WORIAH , AND WITHNEY TOGETHER HHAHHAH , EUROPE-us hahahhahahahhaha
Re: madonna n1 –
NOT IN THE US.
BABS IS THE BIGGEST SELLING FEMALE ARTIST IN THE US.
MADONNA IS NUMBER 2. GET IT? NUMBER 2…..
Re: madonna n1 –
Oh, now you're going to go after Barbra? Britney, Gaga, and Mariah are no longer good enough for you trash talk? That'll be a fight you'll lose. No one gives a crap how many albums Madonna sold, or how big she is in Europe, or how much money her last sorry tour made. Streisand has accomplished a lot more in the entertainment industry than Madonna ever will. She's won nearly every major entertainment award, including Grammys, Oscars, Emmys, and a Tony award, most on her first ever nomination. She's also been a successful film director, unlike Madonna, whose directorial debut was a major flop. It took Madonna 15 years into her career to finally win a real Grammy (not including the 1991 win for best long form video that no one including Madonna gives a shit about), and the Golden Globe award that she won was merely a fluke. My friend, you are the idiot.
Re: YoungTaurus – YOU ARE RIGHT , BARBRA AS AN ACTRESS GOT AMAZING THINGS , but as a music entretainent BARBRA IS NOTHING NEXT TO MADONNA, madonna is the most succesful female artist all time , she has more records than any other artist worldwide , madonna has a grammy as a compouser , madonna has 13 ascap awards more than brabra , and sorry but madonna was amxçzing on evita ,. she deserved te golden globe , YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT , BUT MADONNA IS MORE THAN BARBRA , maybe mariah is shity next to brabra , but madonna is beter and bigger than her , IDIOT
Re: WHORE1 – WHO SOLD MORE SINGLES THAN MADONNA IN US , WORIAH , BRABRA , WHO HAS 37 TOP TENS , 40 N1 ON THE HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY CHART , WHO HAS THE CLASSICS ,, WHO WON 20 VMAS , 40 BILBOARD AWARDS , WHO HAS 12 ROLLING STONE COVERS , SORRY BARBRA IS COOL BUT SO FAR FROM MADONA IN US , AND WORLDWIDE IS NOTHING
Re: madonna n1 –
"madonna has a grammy as a compouser ,"
Big deal. Barbra has an Oscar for composing a song.
"madonna has 13 ascap awards more than brabra "
So what. Who cares about ASCAP awards? .Barbra has more awards, period, than Madonna.
"she deserved te golden globe"
Yeah, she deserved it..for not opening her mouth and speaking in that obnoxious voice she does in the rest of her movies
"BUT MADONNA IS MORE THAN BARBRA"
More what? More annoying? Barbra has done more and still continues do more than Madonna.
Let Madonna have her shitty sold out tour and best selling records…no one but you Madonna phags care.
PS. Why do you even continue coming on this site and responding to me? You can't stand the success of other female artists. You must be an unhappy gay boy, always trying to put down others.
"
Re: YoungTaurus – poor idiot barbra is nothing next madonna IN MUSIC , as a worldwide legend , madonna is more loved than barbra , and who cares ascap ? , hahhah por ignorant IDIOT , AND OF COURSE MADONNA HAS GUINESS RECORDS , BARBRA what ?
according blender magazine madonna is at n 10 of the most amzaing genious all time in music, babra 0
according roling stone , madonna is one of the immortals of music , barbra ?
ray of light is one of the best song eve according the grammys
madonna opened 3 times the grammys , barbra?
madonna was called the legend of grammys
madonna is considered an american symbol , brabra not
madonna was inducted on the roc k and roll hall music in us and uk, brabra?
sorry idiot madonna is more than brabra in music
Re: madonna n1 –
"according blender magazine madonna is at n 10 of the most amzaing genious all time in music, babra 0"
Hate to break it to you, but no one takes Blender seriously in this country.
"madonna was called the legend of grammys"
Barbra has WON a Legend Award and a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award, you third world dumbass!
"madonna opened 3 times the grammys , barbra?"
Who cares? What's so great about opening up the Grammys?
"madonna is considered an american symbol , brabra not"
Madonna is a symbol, alright, but Barbra is a LEGEND…don't foget it either. All the shit you think Madonna has done first. Barbra has done it before her.
"madonna was inducted on the roc k and roll hall music in us and uk, brabra?"
Why would Barbra waste her time with such an award? She's not even Rock and Roll. She still has more awards than Madonna, including 3 Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. Ever since Madonna has been inducted in the R&R Hall of Fame before REAL rock bands like Kiss and many others, it has since become a joke.
"ray of light is one of the best song eve according the grammys
They actually GAVE Barbra an award for one of the best songs ever for "The Way We Were."
Re: YoungTaurus – poor idiot , madonna isn t rock and roll , aretha franklin isnt rock ,and was inducted , barbra isn t inducted because she is not so much to music history , 3 stars hahah ,o gosh she must pay alot of money to keep her 3 stars hahahah , MADONNA IS THE LEGEND IN US , EUROPE , AND THE WHOLE WORLD, barbra only a legend i us , and so far from madonna here in us , its the true , SORRY WHEN BARBRA WILL BE INDUCTED IN THE 2 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ,WHEN BARBRA WILL BE CALLED THE LEGEND OF GRAMMYS , WHEN BARBRA WILL BE A WORLDWIDE LEGEND , WHEN BRABRA WILL BE THE QUEEN OF MUSIC INDUSTRY, PLEASE SAY ME HELLO….idiotttttttttttttttttttt
i hope you are going to realize that MOORIAH is shit next to barbra and MADONNA , of course brabra is amazing ,BUT MADONNA IS THE BEST ,
in us the only place where brabra can be called legend, the true is like this
1 ARETHA, 2 MADONNA , 3 barbra , they are the 3 most loved ladies in music
by critics i us , but we know that madonna is the most succesful and powerful female artist in us, the queen of classics here in us ,the only one that is called QUEEN ,MADGESTY , and worldwide madonna is ALONE , IS THE MOST LOVED ,FEMALE ARTIST BY CRITICS , aND THE MOST POWERFUL AND SUCCESFUL FEMALE ARTIST ALL TIME IN THE WORLD
queen of moviEs and actreces GRETA GARBO
queEn of music industry MADONNA
queen of tv ophra
tel me barbra is queen of what ?
Re: madonna n1 –
"madonna isn t rock and roll"
You're right..Madonna isn't rock and roll..that's why her induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke. However, Aretha and Madonna are mainstream artists, Barbra isn't; that's why they were considered. The Rock and Roll Hall fame isn't the biggest honor in the world, you know.
"SORRY WHEN BARBRA WILL BE INDUCTED IN THE 2 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ,WHEN BARBRA WILL BE CALLED THE LEGEND OF GRAMMYS ,
Read what I wrote in my last post, you Euro-phag. The Grammy called Madonna a legend, but they actually gave a Grammy Legend Award to Barbra. I would think that qualifies as being called a Legend.
tel me barbra is queen of what ?
Well, she's successfully conquered TV, Music, Broadway, and Movies, and won awards in each category, so I would say she's the queen of Everything.
Re: YoungTaurus – madonna and barbra re legends , but brabra only in us , MADONNA WORLDWIDE , and you are so idiot , sorry but madonna WAS INDUCTED ON THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME , sorry brabra not , madonna is more in music industry and music history than brabra as an actress , she is more than magde ok , but isnt a legendary actress , like greta , liz , katerine hepburn , grace kelly , barbra is an amazing singer , but she hasn t the infuence than aetha and madonna has , and about music industry MADONNA IS THE QUEEN , brabra only hugde in us
Re: madonna n1 –
Barbra doesn't need the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has enough awards as it is. She has 2 Oscars, 1 Tony, and a bunch of Grammys, and Emmys. Only one other female has all those. Keep fooling yourself that Barbra isn't influential worldwide. A lot of female singers have been insipred by her and wish to sing like her. People like Celine, Whitney, Sinead O'Connor, Diana Ross, Judy Garland, Kathie Lee Gifford, Liza Minelli, Bette Midler, Michael Jackson, and even Madonna have admired her and/or been influenced by her. Women try hard to sing like her and can't..no one tries to sing like Madonna, because it wouldn't be challenging. Madonna may sell more records than her and may be more popular among people today, but that's all she'll ever have on her.