Barbra Streisand scores her fifty fifth prime 40-charted album on the Billboard 200, because the star-studded The Secret of Life: Companions, Quantity Two debuts at No. 31 on the July 12-dated chart. With the arrival, she extends her file for probably the most prime 40 albums amongst ladies within the historical past of the chart (because it started publishing on a daily, weekly foundation in March 1956).
Amongst ladies, Aretha Franklin and Madonna have the second-most prime 40 albums, with 26 every. Amongst soloists, Streisand continues to have the second-most prime 40 albums, with Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra every within the lead with 58. Amongst all acts, Grateful Lifeless has probably the most prime 40 albums, with 64.
Streisand additionally continues to be the one girl with prime 40-charted albums on the Billboard 200 in each decade from the Sixties by means of the 2020s. She notched her first prime 40 set of the present decade in 2021 with the archival venture Launch Me 2, which peaked at No. 15.
The Secret of Life: Companions, Quantity Two is an all-collaborations venture, and is a sequel to Streisand’s chart-topping 2014 duets album Companions. On the brand new effort, she is joined by stars together with Mariah Carey, Bob Dylan, Ariana Grande, Paul McCartney and Sting.
The brand new album additionally takes a bow at No. 4 on Billboard’s Prime Album Gross sales chart.
Streisand made her Billboard 200 debut 62 years in the past, when her first album, the aptly-titled The Barbra Streisand Album, debuted on the chart dated April 13, 1963. It peaked at No. 8 and have become her first of 34 prime 10-charted albums for Streisand — a file amongst soloists.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. based mostly on multi-metric consumption as measured in equal album items, compiled by Luminate. The brand new July 12, 2025-dated chart might be posted in full on Billboard‘s web site on July 8.