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ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY is the new album from Barbra
Streisand. This Deluxe expanded edition of the albumfeatures 4
bonus tracks in addition to the 10 new Streisand duets of Broadway
classics with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The inspired
new musical pairings include Anne Hathaway, Daisy Ridley, Patrick
Wilson, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Antonio Banderas,
Jamie Foxx, Seth MacFarlane, and a spectacular virtual duet with
Anthony Newley. This album follows 2014 s Partners , which debuted
at # 1 on the Billboard Top 200, and received Platinum
Certification. The greatest star to ever come out of Broadway,
Streisand returns to her roots with ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing
Broadway. The legendary performer rose to unprecedented fame while
starring on Broadway beginning with her stage debut in I Can Get It
For You Wholesale in 1962 and then as comedienne Fanny Brice in the
Broadway production of Funny Girl in 1964, earning Tony nominations
for both turns. Streisand s vey first record album, 1963 s The
Barbra Streisand album, which earned Grammys for Album of the Year
and Best Female Vocal Performances, featured several Broadway
standards. In 1985 Streisand released The Broadway Album and in
1993 Back to Broadway; both albums went multi-platinum. With the
longest span of number one albums in history - six decades -
Streisand has recorded 52 gold, 31 platinum and 13 multi-platinum
albums in her career. She is the only woman to make the All-Time
Top 10 Best Selling Artists list. With the release of her last
album, Partners, Streisand has had 33 albums make the Top 10 on the
US charts. She is the only female artist to have achieved this
milestone, tying her with Frank Sinatra. With ten, Streisand is the
female artist with the most number one albums in Billboard's
history. Widely recognized as an icon in multiple entertainment
fields, Streisand has attained unprecedented achievements as a
recording artist, actor, concert performer, producer, director,
author and songwriter. Streisand has been awarded two Oscars, five
Emmys, ten Golden Globes, eight Grammys plus two special Grammys, a
special Tony award in 1970, and two CableACE Awards the only artist
to receive honors in all of those fields of endeavor. Streisand
received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack
Obama this past November. Her many other honors include the
American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, the National
Endowment for the Arts Medal, three Peabody Awards and the French L
gion d'Honneur. She is also the first female film director to
receive the Kennedy Center Honors. Streisand is a devoted
philanthropist who works tirelessly to fight for what she believes
in. A woman of action, Streisand founded The Barbra Streisand Women
s Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai and co-founded the Women s Heart
Alliance, helping to raise awareness and push for more research
into women s heart disease, the leading cause of death among women.
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