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Barbra Streisand Discography
Barbra Streisand is an American actress and singer. Her discography consists of 117 singles, 36 studio albums, 11 compilations, 11 live albums, and 15 soundtracks. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Streisand is the second-best-selling female album artist in the United States with 68.5 million certified albums in the country, (the only female in the top ten and only artist outside the rock 'n' roll genre) and a total of 150 million records sold worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists With 52 gold and 31 platinum albums, Streisand exceeds all other female singers and all other recording artists other than Elvis Presley. She is the only female artist to have achieved fourteen multi-platinum albums, including the soundtrack for her film '' A Star Is Born''. Her recordings have earned her eight Grammy Awards and the Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award and Legend Award. According to ''Billboard'', Streisand holds the record for the female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards, awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Streisand began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut ''The Barbra Streisand Album'' (1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including ''People (Barbra Streisand album), People'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partners (Barbra Streisand Album)
''Partners'' is the thirty-fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Barbra Streisand, released on September 16, 2014, by Columbia Records. The album features Streisand singing duets with an all-male lineup including Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé, Billy Joel, John Legend, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Lionel Richie, and, from an earlier recording, Elvis Presley. The collection also features Streisand's first studio-recorded duet with her now 47-year-old son, Jason Gould. The album release was promoted on ''The Tonight Show'', where Streisand was the evening's sole guest and sang a medley with host Jimmy Fallon. While the recordings are new, most of the songs have a previous history as Streisand releases. Two classic Streisand duets are updated with new partners: "What Kind of Fool", newly performed with John Legend (originally with Barry Gibb) and " Lost Inside of You", newly performed with Kenny Edmonds (originally with Kris Kristofferson). The deluxe edition featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)
"Evergreen" (also called "Love Theme from ''A Star Is Born''") is the theme song from the 1976 film '' A Star Is Born''. It was composed and performed by American singer, songwriter, actress and director Barbra Streisand with lyrics by Paul Williams, and arranged by Ian Freebairn-Smith. The song was released on the soundtrack album to ''A Star Is Born''. Background As composers, Streisand and Williams earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song, making Streisand the first woman to be so honored as a composer. She also earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Streisand and Williams also won Golden Globes for Best Original Song. The song's opening couplet, "Love, soft as an easy chair; love, fresh as the morning air", almost did not appear that way. Williams wrote the "morning air" line first, but told Streisand to "flip those two first lines, because it sings better". In 1997, the track appeared on the tribute album '' Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute''. Chart perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Star Is Born (1976 Soundtrack)
''A Star Is Born'' is the soundtrack album to the 1976 musical film of the same name, performed by its stars Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. The album was very successful, holding the number-one spot on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart for six weeks and eventually was certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA for more than four million units shipped and has sold a total of eight million copies worldwide. " Evergreen (Love Theme from ''A Star Is Born'')" was released as the album's lead single and became Streisand's second US number one single, spending three weeks at the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and six weeks atop the easy listening chart. According to the liner notes of Streisand's compilation box set ''Just for the Record'', the album also received a record certification in New Zealand, Brazil, the Netherlands, Italy and Mexico.Liner notes, C4K 44111. Columbia Records, 1991 The import version of the CD adds the Spanish version of "Evergreen" as a bonus track. Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories (Barbra Streisand Album)
''Memories'' is a compilation album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in 1981. It is primarily a compilation of previously released material, but includes three newly recorded songs. The album was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA, reaching number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. First released on Columbia, it was re-released under the CBS imprint in 1981 with four additional tracks. In the UK, where it was released as ''Love Songs'', it reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart for nine weeks (seven of them consecutively and it became the best-selling album of 1982 there, the first album by a female performer to achieve it). The album was certified platinum in the UK (prior to multi-platinum awards being given), and 6× platinum in Australia. According to the liner notes of Streisand's retrospective box set, ''Just for the Record'', the album also received a record certification in the Netherlands and in Switzerland.Liner notes, C4K 44111. Columbia Records, 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston influenced many singers in popular music, and was known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, from "Saving All My Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in 1988. Houston enhanced her popularity upon entering the movie industry. Her recordings and films generated both great success and controversy. She received numerous accolades throughout her career and posthumously, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records, as well as induction into the Grammy, Rhythm and Blues Music, and Rock and Roll halls of fame. Houston began singing in chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Best-selling Singles In France
Best-selling singles in France Over 5 million copies 2 million or more copies 1,200,000 copies to 1,800,000 copies 1,000,000 to 1,190,000 copies 900,000 to 990,000 copies References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Best-Selling Singles (France) France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ... French music industry French music-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty (Barbra Streisand Album)
''Guilty'' is the twenty-second studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand released on September 23, 1980, by Columbia Records. It was produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and his group's regular production team of Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. Streisand released a sequel to this album, '' Guilty Pleasures'', in 2005, also produced and largely written by Gibb. Both albums can also be considered partial- collaboration albums, since Streisand not only did two duets with Gibb, but Gibb could also be heard as a background vocalist in a few other songs solely by the artist herself, along with the fact that both singers were on the cover for both albums issued. The album sold over 12 million copies worldwide. Background and production After the huge success of the Bee Gees in the late 1970s, Gibb began to focus on writing and producing songs. Streisand approached Gibb to write songs for her new album—initially he was going to write or co-write only half the album, but th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles Of 1974
This is a list of ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine's Top Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100 singles of 1974 in music, 1974. The Top 100, as revealed in the Talent In Action section of ''Billboard'' dated December 28, 1974, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 24, 1973, through October 26, 1974. See also *1974 in music *List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1974 *List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1974 References {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1974 1974 record charts Billboard charts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way We Were (song)
"The Way We Were" is a song by American singer Barbra Streisand from her fifteenth studio album of the same name. It was released as the album's lead single on September 27, 1973 through Columbia Records. The 7" single was distributed in two different formats, with the standard edition featuring B-side track "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"; the Mexico release instead included an instrumental B-side. The song was written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, and Marvin Hamlisch, while production was solely handled by Marty Paich. "The Way We Were" was specifically produced for the record, in addition to three other tracks, including her then-upcoming single "All in Love Is Fair" (1974). Its lyrics detail the melancholic relationship between the two main characters in the 1973 film of the same name. Its appeal was noted by several music critics, who felt its impact helped revive Streisand's career. The song also won two Academy Awards, which were credited to the songwrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movie Partners Sing Broadway
''Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway'' is the thirty-fifth studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released on August 26, 2016 by Columbia Records. ''Encore'' debuted at the top of the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, extending Streisand's record as the woman with the most number-one albums in chart history., and the oldest woman to have a No. 1 album in the Billboard 200. The album also reached number one in Australia and the United Kingdom, where it became her third and seventh chart-topper respectively. ''Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway'' received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards held in February 2017. Commercial performance The first leg of Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic concert tour preceded the album release, helping promote the duets collection. ''Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway'' debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 149,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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