Barbra Streisand has cancelled her concert in Rome, Italy. You may have noticed in the news last week that there was a loud outrage in Italy about the prices of tickets to the concert. Consumer groups were making attempts to prevent Streisand from using the stadium, stating that it "cannot be used for immoral deals that are shameful to a civilized country.Streisand's tour promoter claims that...
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It looks like Barbra Streisand will miss topping the charts with her new album, Love is the Answer, by a slim amount. Paramour's Brand New Eyes appears to be the winner of the race with Streisand and Mariah Carey for sales in the just completed week, selling somewhere in the area of 185,000 copies to Streisand's 177,000 and Carey's 173,000. Final numbers will be announced Wednesday and the ...
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Barbra Streisand "Love Is The Answer" Official Album Cover Here's the official album cover for Love Is The Answer in stores September 29th. Comments/Thoughts Share and Enjoy:
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Barbra Streisand's jazz influenced album, Love is the Answer, hits stores on September 29 and the final track line-up has been announced.The album features Diana Krall's quartet as the basis for all the tracks, with orchestrations added by multi-Grammy winner Johnny Mandel. In a unique twist, a deluxe 2-CD version of the album will include a disc with all of the songs with Streisand backed onl...
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Columbia Records announced the September 29 release of Barbra Streisand's new album Love is the Answer. This is Streisand's first new studio album since 2005's Guilty Pleasures.The album will be based around jazz and pop standards although a track list has not been announced. Streisand worked with Diana Krall and her quartet "who brought a refined and sensual poignancy to the album's spare an...
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Barbara Streisand gets ready for the release of her new album, Love is the Answer, with an intimate performance at New York's Village Vanguard on Saturday, September 26. She last performed at the venue in 1961 as opening act for Miles Davis.Tickets for the event will be free but only available to those who have pre-ordered the new CD or have registered at Streisand's website.Then, on October 1...
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Sometimes sales projections are just that, a best guess as to the outcome of something based on a subset of information and a knowledge of the market. Yesterday we reported that projections showed Paramour winning the sales war against new releases by Barbra Streisand and Mariah Carey with projected sales for the rockers at 185,000 vs. 177,000 and 173,000 for the two vocalists.Now that final f...
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So...grandmothers are apparently the only demographic who still haven't figured out fliesharing. Barbra Streisand Surprises With Ninth No. 1 On Billboard 200: 1. Barbra Streisand - "Love Is the Answer" - 180,000 2. Paramore - "Brand New Eyes" - 175,000...
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Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current Canadian music charts. Chart highlights:For the second week in a row, Barbra Streisand has the top album by a veteran artist in Canada as Love is the Answer moves from 4 to 3. Madonna's Celebration sticks at number 5.New to the Album chart this week is Bob Dylan's Christmas in the Heart, debuting at 33, and the Flaming Lips' Embryonic which p...
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Julien's Auctions ran a two-day auction at the Beverly Hilton over the weekend to sell over 300 items from the collection of Barbra Streisand. The singer offered the items up to benefit a number of charities served by the Streisand Foundation including City Year, the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation and the Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Health Center.The majority of items came from her househ...
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Forget the politics. It doesn't matter if you're not a fan of pop music or musicals. There is no denying that one of the great voices of the last fifty years is Barbra Streisand. Unfortunately, that voice hasn't been coming out very much over the last decade or two.On April 28, Hip-O/Universal Music Enterprises will release a 3-DVD set combining two of Streisand's best recent concerts with ...
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Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current Canadian music charts. Chart highlights:It's now three weeks for Barbra Streisand as the top album by a veteran artist. Love is the Answer falls 3 to 9, keeping two spots ahead of Madonna who falls 5 to 11.The biggest debut for a veteran goes to Loreena McKennitt whose Mediterranean Odyssey debuts at 11 in a tie with Madonna.Also debuting thi...
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Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current Canadian music charts. Chart highlights:Barbra Streisand takes over the top Canadian Album by a veteran artist as her Love is the Answer moves 2 to 4. Last week's number 1, Madonna's Celebration, goes to number 5Only one new album by a veteran enters the top 100 albums as Roseanne Cash's The List debuts at 68. On the country albums, it start...
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