Back to Broadway

Back to Broadway
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released June 29, 1993
Genre Pop
Length 49:41
Label Columbia
Producer David Foster, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Barbra Streisand chronology
Just for the Record...
(1991)		 Back to Broadway
(1993)		 Higher Ground
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]

Back to Broadway is the twenty-sixth studio album by Barbra Streisand, released in 1993. The album was Streisand's second collection of songs from Broadway musicals, after 1985's The Broadway Album. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and gave her the title of "only female artist to have a number one album in four different decades." The album sold 189,000 copies in the first week, and has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, her fifth album to do so. The album was another smash hit for Streisand, also reaching the top 10 in Canada, the UK and Australia.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Some Enchanted Evening"  
 3:52
2. "Everybody Says Don't"  Stephen Sondheim 2:34
3. "The Music of the Night" (duet with Michael Crawford)
 5:35
4. "Speak Low"  
 4:08
5. "As If We Never Said Goodbye"  
 4:44
6. "Children Will Listen"  Sondheim 4:09
7. "I Have a Love/One Hand, One Heart" (duet with Johnny Mathis)
 4:44
8. "I've Never Been in Love Before"  Frank Loesser 3:49
9. "Luck Be a Lady"  Loesser 3:31
10. "With One Look"  
  • Black
  • Hampton
  • Webber
 3:32
11. "The Man I Love"  
 3:39
12. "Move On"  Sondheim 5:24

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 37
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[5] 38
Canadian Albums Chart 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 81
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 32
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 6
US Billboard 200[10] 1

Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[13] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Award nominations

The album was nominated for two Grammy Awards for:

Preceded by
janet. by Janet Jackson		 Billboard 200 number-one album
July 17–23, 1993 		Succeeded by
Zooropa by U2

References

  1. ↑ Back to Broadway at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Greg Sandow (25 June 1993). "Back to Broadway (Entertainment Weekly Review)". www.ew.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Barbra Streisand | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Barbra Streisand – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Barbra Streisand. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". Music Canada.
  12. ↑ "British album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Back to Broadway in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  13. ↑ "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH


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