Barbara Joan “Barbra” Streisand is an American singer, actor, and director who was born on April 24, 1942. She has had a fruitful career in the entertainment industry spanning more than six decades and is one of the select few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT).
Streisand launched her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters at the beginning of the 1960s. She earned a record deal with Columbia Records after making guest appearances on television.
Her debut, The Barbra Streisand Album, which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1963, was released. Throughout her career, she insisted on maintaining total artistic control while accepting lower income in exchange.
Barbra Streisand top songs
- Woman in Love
- People
- The Way We Were
- Somewhere
- My Heart Belongs to Me
- You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
- My Man
- Free Again
- No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
- Tell Him
- Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long
- Guilty
- Happy Days Are Here Again
- People
- The Main Event / Fight
- Why Did I Choose You
- Gotta Move
- Prisoner (Love Theme from, “The Eyes of Laura Mars”)
- Stoney End
- Memory
- Evergreen
- Yentl – Papa, Can You Hear Me?
- Left in the Dark
- It Had To Be You
- Comin’ In and Out of Your Life
- Songbird
- Second Hand Rose
- My Father’s Song
- The Way He Makes Me Feel
- No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Barbra Streisand awards
- Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1969 · Funny Girl - Kennedy Center Honors
2008 - Academy Award for Best Music (Original Song)
1977 · Evergreen - Grammy Award for Album of the Year
1964 · The Barbra Streisand Album - Grammy Award for Song of the Year
1978 · Evergreen - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1995 - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1977, 1969 · A Star Is Born, Funny Girl - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1984 · Yentl - AFI Life Achievement Award
2001 - Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
1987, 1978, 1966, … · The Broadway Album, Evergreen, My Name Is Barbra, … - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
1977, 1973 · Evergreen, The Way We Were - Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
1981 · Guilty - Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
2000
And others.
