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Barbra Streisand became the first musical artist to have a number-one album on the Billboard 200 in six different decades. Her 34th studio album, Partners, reached the top of the chart and became her tenth Billboard 200 number-one album.
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- Barbra Streisand extended her U.S. record for the most No. 1 albums by a female artist when "Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway" debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. It was her 11th No. 1 album, surpassing Elvis Presley with ten and tying Bruce Springsteen.
- The opening concert of the Barbra Streisand tour at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center set a record for the highest one-day gross in the arena's ten-year history: $5,265,600 from an attendance of 16,510.
- “My Heart Belongs to Me” spent its third week at No. 1 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.
- Barbra Streisand spent her fourth week at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with “My Heart Belongs to Me”. The Emotions reached No. 1 with “Best of My Love”, ending Andy Gibb's three-week reign with “I Just Want To Be Your Everything”. Rita Coolidge was climbing with “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher”, while Peter Frampton was falling from its peak at No. 2 with “I'm In You”. The Commodores were at No. 5 with “Easy”, Pablo Cruise at No. 6 with “Whatcha' Gonna' Do?”, Peter McCann at No. 7, Crosby, Stills & Nash at No. 8 with “Just a Song Before I Go”, Alice Cooper at No. 9 with “You and Me”, and Bay City Rollers at No. 10 with “You Made Me Believe In Magic”.
- Barbra Streisand signed a recording contract with Columbia Records. Although financially modest, the contract gave her creative control over her music.