CSPC: Barbra Streisand Popularity Analysis
Physical Singles Sales – Part 1
As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single.
The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) – 15,000 equivalent albums
Happy Days Are Here Again – 30,000
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf – 20,000
The Second Barbra Streisand Album (1963) – 12,000 equivalent albums
My Coloring Book – 30,000
Love, Come Back to Me – 10,000
The Third Album (1964) – 3,000 equivalent albums
Barbra Streisand – 10,000
People (1964) – 375,000 equivalent albums
People – 1,250,000
My Name Is Barbra (1965) – 114,000 equivalent albums
Why Did I Choose You? – 180,000
My Man – 200,000
My Name Is Barbra, Two… (1965) – 222,000 equivalent albums
He Touched Me – 240,000
Second Hand Rose – 500,000
Color Me Barbra (1966) – 42,000 equivalent albums
The Minute Waltz – 10,000
Non C’est Rien – 10,000
Where Am I Going? – 120,000
Je m’appelle Barbra (1966) – 60,000 equivalent albums
Free Again – 200,000
Simply Streisand (1967) – ,000 equivalent albums
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) – 120,000
Stout-Hearted Men – 30,000
A Christmas Album (1967) – 126,000 equivalent albums
Silent Night / Ave Maria – 240,000
My Favorite Things / The Christmas Song – 30,000
White Christmas / Jingle Bells – 140,000
The Lord’s Prayer / I Wonder As I Wander – 10,000
Funny Girl (Soundtrack) (1968) – 120,000 equivalent albums
My Man / Don’t Rain On My Parade – 50,000
Funny Girl – 350,000
What About Today? (1969) – 6,000 equivalent albums
Honey Pie – 10,000
Frank Mills / Punky’s Dilemma – 10,000
Hello, Dolly! (1969) – 18,000 equivalent albums
Before The Parade Passes By – 60,000
Ironically, during the golden age of singles Streisand sold mostly albums. Her only hit as a single was People from 1964, it sold over a million units. This was her only Top 30 hit in the US of the decade, it went as high as #5. At half a million sales comes Second Hand Rose, a hit in the UK and in the Netherlands. The remaining songs are all very moderate sellers.