Barbra Streisand [ tickets ]'s fans apparently were hungry for the iconic singer's first new album in four years, as they propelled "Love is the Answer" to the top of the US album chart.

Facing stiff competition from new sets by Paramore [ tickets ] and Mariah Carey [ tickets ], Streisand's latest moved 180,000 copies during its first week in stores, enough to claim the No. 1 slot on The Billboard 200, according to Nielsen SoundScan retail figures as reported by Billboard. The set brings Streisand's total count of chart-topping albums to nine, making her the female artist with the most No. 1s in the history of Billboard's flagship chart.

Paramore and Carey weren't far behind, with Paramore's "Brand New Eyes" debuting at No. 2 on first-week sales of 175,000 copies, and Carey's "Memoirs" at No. 3 with sales of 168,000 copies. Breaking Benjamin [ tickets ]'s "Dear Agony" moved 134,000 copies during its first week out to land at No. 4, and Alice in Chains [ tickets ]' "Black Gives Way to Blue"--the group's first album in more than a decade, and the first with new singer William DuVall, who takes the place of late AIC frontman Layne Staley--enters the chart at No. 5 with sales of 126,000 copies.

Rounding out the Top 10 are Jay-Z [ tickets ]'s "The Blueprint 3" at No. 6 with 89,000 copies; Madonna [ tickets ]'s "Celebration" best-of set at No. 7 with 72,000 copies; Miranda Lambert [ tickets ]'s "Revolution" at No. 8 with 66,000 copies; Selena Gomez [ tickets ] and the Scene's "Kiss and Tell" at No. 9 with just shy of Lambert's total; and Pearl Jam [ tickets ]'s "Backspacer," which debuted in the top spot last week, down to No. 10 with 58,000 copies.