 Barbra
Streisand is one of the most popular all-around performers of the
20th century and is one of the most powerful women in the entertainment
industry. She has sold millions of movie tickets, starred on stage,
screen and TV and has been awarded numerous Tony, Grammy, Emmy
and Academy Awards. Streisand has sold more albums than any other
female performer -- and more albums over all than any other musical
act except for the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
Streisand was born on April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and became
a nightclub singer in New York during the early 1960s. She broke
into the music through a prominent singing part in the 1962 Broadway
show I Can Get It For You Wholesale. Signing to Columbia, Streisand
released her debut album, The Barbra Streisand Album in 1963;
it  quickly
reached the Top 10 and went gold, leading to The Second Album
and The Third Album, issued
within the year. In 1964 Streisand returned to Broadway in Funny
Girl, which led to her next album, People, containing the Top
10 title single drawn from the play. Streisand was now a shining
star.
 Throughout
the late 1960s, Streisand's following expanded through more albums
of traditional pop, more Broadway appearances, and a TV series
called "My Name Is Barbra." By 1967 Streisand had broken
into film, appearing in an adaptation
of Funny Girl, for which she won an Academy Award. After a period
of obscurity, Streisand staged a comeback with Stoney End, whose
title single reached the Top 10. Over the next decade she expanded
her following with No. 1 singles like "The Way We Were,"
"Evergreen," "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
(a duet with Neil Diamond), and "No More Tears (Enough Is
Enough)," a duet with Donna Summer. In 1980 Streisand scored
her biggest seller to date with Guilty, produced by Barry Gibb
of the Bee Gees; it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide
to date.
Streisand's movie directing credits include 1983's Yentl, 1991's
Prince of Tides and 1996's The Mirror Has Two Faces.
 After
a more than 20-year break from live performances, Streisand returned
to the stage in 1994, making tickets to her rare performances
some of the hottest around. Her return to performing was captured
on the live album, The Concert, which broke into the Top 10 and
went platinum.
Streisand's 54th album, Higher Ground, was released on Columbia
in November 1997
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Barbra Streisand--全世界最了不起的女人之一.她荣获过Emmy,Grammy,Oscar奖,这分别是歌唱,电视,电影方面的最高奖项.但她的主要成就还在于演唱方面.那黄莺出谷般的歌喉不仅为她赢得歌坛常青树的美誉,而且几乎成了美国人的骄傲和象征有人说过作一天Barbra是全美国女人的梦想.如今Barbra虽已年逾六旬,但依然活跃在歌坛,歌声越显成熟与沧桑.怀旧与经典理应从Barbra开始.
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Emmy n.艾美奖
issue v.发行
adaptation n.改写本
platinum n.白金销量
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