
Barbara Joan “Barbra” Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer and actress. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers 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 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including People (1964), The Way We Were (1974), Guilty (1980), and The Broadway Album (1985). She also achieved five number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100—”The Way We Were”, “Evergreen”, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”, “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)”, and “Woman in Love”.
Following her established recording success in the 1960s, Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl (1968), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Additional fame followed with films including the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), the screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc? (1972), and the romantic drama The Way We Were (1973). Streisand won a second Academy Award for writing the love theme from A Star Is Born (1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer. With the release of Yentl (1983), Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical. Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. Streisand later directed The Prince of Tides (1991) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the highest-certified female artist in the United States, with 68.5 million certified album units tying with Mariah Carey. Billboard ranked Streisand as the greatest female artist on the Billboard 200 chart and the top Adult Contemporary female artist of all time. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, 10 Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes.
1 – Woman in Love – 1980
2 – You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (with Neil Diamond) – 1978
3 – Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) – 1976
4 – No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (with Donna Summer) – 1979
5 – Guilty (with Barry Gibb) – 1980
6 – I Finally Found Someone (with Bryan Adams) – 1996
7 – Second Hand Rose – 1965
8 – Tell Him (with Celine Dion) – 1997
9 – Till I Loved You (with Don Johnson) – 1988
10 – The Way We Were – 1973
11 – Left in the Dark – 1982
12 – Comin’ In and Out of Your Life – 1981
13 – Stoney End – 1970
14 – The Main Event/Fight – 1979
15 – My Heart Belongs to Me – 1977
16 – People – 1964
17 – Memory – 1982
18 – Songbird – 1978
19 – Where You Lead – 1971
20 – Make No Mistake, He’s Mine (with Kim Carnes) – 1982
21 – What Kind of Fool – 1981
22 – Kiss Me in the Rain – 1979
23 – Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars) – 1978
24 – New York State of Mind (with Billy Joel) – 2014
25 – Promises – 1981
26 – Flim Flam Man – 1971
27 – Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead – 1972
28 – Emotion – 1985
29 – Funny Girl – 1964
30 – Superman – 1978