Barbra Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand (pronounced /ˈstraɪsænd/; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, fifteen Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award. and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award. She is one of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers in modern entertainment history, with more than 71.5 million albums shipped in the United States and 140 million albums sold worldwide. She is the best-selling female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list, the only female recording artist in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock and roll genre. Along with Frank Sinatra, Cher, and Shirley Jones, she shares the distinction of being awarded an acting Oscar and also recording a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to the RIAA, Streisand holds the record for the most top ten albums of any female recording artist - a total of 31 since 1963.

Also Known As: Barbra Joan Streisand, Barbara Striesand, Babs

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