Barbra Streisand

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Barbra Streisand's status as one of the most successful singers of her generation was remarkable not only because her popularity was achieved in the face of a dominant musical trend -- rock & roll -- which she did not follow, but also because she used her vocal skills as a mere stepping stone to other careers, as a stage and film actress and as a film director. Born in 1942 and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she struggled briefly as an actress and nightclub singer in New York during the early '60s before landing her first part in a Broadway show, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, in 1962. The cast album for that show, as well as a subsequent appearance on a studio revival of Pins and Needles, were her first recordings. Signed to Columbia Records, she released her first album, The Barbra Streisand Album, in 1963. It became a Top Ten, gold-selling record, thus paving the way for Streisand's status as one of the best-selling recording artists of the early '60s.

But despite three successful albums by early 1964, Streisand turned her back on potentially lucrative concert bookings in favor of a starring role in the Broadway show Funny Girl, in which she appeared for more than two years. "People" from that show became her first Top Ten single, and the People album her first chart-topping LP. She turned to television in 1965 with My Name Is Barbra, the first of five network specials. In 1967, Streisand went to Hollywood to film Funny Girl, for which she would win an Academy Award. But by 1970, with her second and third films flops and her recording career flagging in the face of rock, she seemed consigned to Las Vegas before turning 30. Instead, she returned to hit-making with a Top Ten cover of Laura Nyro's "Stoney End" and a successful non-singing performance in the comedy The Owl and the Pussycat.

In the '70s, Streisand successfully married her musical and film acting interests, first in The Way We Were, a hit film with a theme song that became her first number one single, and then with A Star Is Born, which featured her second number one single, "Evergreen," a song she co-wrote. From that point on, every album she released sold at least a million copies. In the late '70s, she found recording success in collaboration: her duet with Neil Diamond, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," hit number one, as did "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," a dance record sung with Donna Summer. She had her biggest-selling album in 1980 with Guilty, which was written and produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and contained the number one hit "Woman in Love." In 1983, Streisand's first directorial effort, Yentl, became a successful film with a Top Ten soundtrack album. In 1985, The Broadway Album returned her to the top of the charts. 1991 saw the release of Just for the Record..., a boxed set retrospective, and her second film as a director, The Prince of Tides. Streisand returned to the concert stage in 1994, resulting in the Top Ten, million-selling album The Concert. In 1996, she directed her third film, The Mirror Has Two Faces, and in 1999 she released A Love Like Ours.

Timeless: Live in Concert, which was recorded at her Las Vegas show on New Year's Eve 1999, was released on both CD and DVD in 2000. A year later, the new holiday album Christmas Memories arrived, followed in 2003 by a sequel to The Broadway Album entitled The Movie Album. A deluxe CD/DVD reissue of the original Guilty appeared in 2005 and was followed a month later by Guilty Pleasures, a new album that reunited Streisand with Gibb. She returned to the concert stage in 2006, a move that was documented in the 2007 Sony release Live in Concert. For her final release of the decade, Streisand turned her attention to jazz standards, and Love Is the Answer found her singing such songs as "Here's to Life" and "In the Wee Small Hours." 2011’s What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, featured ten Bergman tracks that the singer had never tackled, including “The Windmill of Your Mind” and “So Many Stars.” In 2012, a collection of previously unreleased material came to light, featuring tracks collated from hundreds of hours of ‘60s acetates and 48-track tapes by Streisand and co-producer Jay Landers. Titled Release Me, the compilation includes recordings from 1967-2011 that provide a wonderful representation of her varied career. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi

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  • Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born")
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    • The Way We Were
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    • I Finally Found Someone (with Bryan Adams)
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    • Guilty (with Barry Gibb)
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    • What Kind Of Fool (with Barry Gibb)
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    • You Don't Bring Me Flowers (with Neil Diamond)
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    • Tell Him (with Celine Dion)
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  • American singer and actress Barbra Streisand at the 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1977
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    American singer and actress Barbra Streisand at the 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1977
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Tour Dates

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  • Jun 1 Saturday
    London, UK The O2 Arena
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  • Jun 3 Monday
    London, UK The O2 Arena
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  • Jun 6 Thursday
    Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome
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  • Jun 10 Monday
    Paris, France Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy
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  • Jun 10 Monday
    Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome
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  • Jun 12 Wednesday
    Cologne, Germany LANXESS Arena
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  • Jun 15 Saturday
    Berlin, Germany O2 World
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  • Jun 16 Sunday
    Berlin, Germany O2 World
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  • Jun 20 Thursday
    Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel Bloomfield Stadium
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  • Jun 22 Saturday
    Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel Bloomfield Stadium
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Discography

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  • What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman (2011)
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    What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman (2011)
    Sony Music Entertainment
  • One Night Only (Live) (2010)
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    One Night Only (Live) (2010)
  • Love Is the Answer (2009)
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    Love Is the Answer (2009)
    Columbia
  • Live in Concert 2006 (2007)
    Barbra Streisand
    Live in Concert 2006 (2007)
    Sony Music Distribution
  • Guilty Pleasures (2005)
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    Guilty Pleasures (2005)
    Sony Music Distribution
  • The Movie Album (2003)
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    The Movie Album (2003)
    Columbia
  • Christmas Memories (2001)
    Barbra Streisand
    Christmas Memories (2001)
    Columbia
  • Timeless: Live in Concert (2000)
    Barbra Streisand
    Timeless: Live in Concert (2000)
    Columbia
  • A Love Like Ours (1999)
    Barbra Streisand
    A Love Like Ours (1999)
    Columbia
  • Higher Ground (1997)
    Barbra Streisand
    Higher Ground (1997)
    Columbia
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