Barbra Streisand Shocks Mariah Carey And Debuts At No.1 On Billboard Charts!

Barbra Streisand shocked Mariah Carey by debuting at the number one position in on the billboard top 200 charts.  Streisand also has the most number one ever on the billboard charts for a female artist at a grand total of nine. Streisand is the first woman to have a number one album in five different decades.

According to the RIAA, Streisand has also sold 71 million records in the United States more than any other female artist.

Streisand jazz album Love Is The Answer sold over 180,000 copies. Carey debut at a disappointing number three and the sales of Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel was only 168,000 copies. Last year,Carey album E=MC2 was her highest debut ever selling 463,000 so the drop is significant.