Surprise! Barbara Streisand outsold Mariah Carey to score #1 album on Billboard

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited October 2009 in Music & Movies
Didn't think this could happen when these 2 released albums on same date....

Barbara Streisand scores chart topper over Mariah Carey
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2009
    i guess this is surprising... but Babs has staying power.. has had a long, long career and people still love her. Mariah is still new to the scene compared to Babs.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited October 2009
    Interesting.... on the one hand, I can look at Mariah all day long but cannot stand her voice, and on the other I cannot look at Barbara for ten seconds, but could listen to her sing for hours.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited October 2009
    This sure is very surprising!! I guess majority has different taste for music style, voice strenght/quality and the appearance of their singers...
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2009
    I wonder if this also comes into play... Barbara's fans for the most part are older.. the vinyl album and CD generation. so when she releases a CD, her fans are more likely to go purchase a CD. whereby Mariah being younger.. her fans are more likely to download her music.

    just a thought. and a weird one at that. ;)
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited October 2009
    danger boy wrote: »
    I wonder if this also comes into play... Barbara's fans for the most part are older.. the vinyl album and CD generation. so when she releases a CD, her fans are more likely to go purchase a CD. whereby Mariah being younger.. her fans are more likely to download her music.

    just a thought. and a weird one at that. ;)
    Hummm, so older folks more faithfull and honest, younger folks, get the product without caring about the author/rights/effort of the singer/industry? Somehow makes more sense to me know!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2009
    I think older folks are also more loyal to a singer/product/show than some younger ones are. I think though that younger people like to sample more singers/products/shows then older people. both are good.. but after you've been loyal to one singer for 30 or 40 yrs, don't you think it's time to branch out? LOL
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2009
    danger boy wrote: »
    I wonder if this also comes into play... Barbara's fans for the most part are older.. the vinyl album and CD generation. so when she releases a CD, her fans are more likely to go purchase a CD. whereby Mariah being younger.. her fans are more likely to download her music.

    just a thought. and a weird one at that. ;)

    I think it makes all the sense in the world Al, and is probably the main reason.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited October 2009
    Good for her!
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited October 2009
    Where contemporary and pop female vocalists are concerned, only one woman bests Mariah Carey's range and talent: Celine Dion.

    Barb is good (and was great earlier in her career), but what Mariah can do with her voice isn't human.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited October 2009
    Considering how horrible Mariah's voice is, I'm not surprised.
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