Today, 21:00 on BBC One One of the biggest and best-loved superstars in the world, Barbra Streisand, joins Jonathan Ross for a world-exclusive appearance. In her first British TV interview this century, she is in the UK for a unique edition of Jonathan's Friday night talk show, Friday Night With Streisand and Ross, entirely devoted to a celebration of her legendary life as a performing icon. As well as discussing her extraordinary career as a double Oscar-winning artist, actress of stage and screen, concert performer, film director, movie producer, screenwriter, songwriter and best album-selling female recording artist ever, Streisand performs live in the studio intimate material from her eagerly-awaited new album Love is the Answer, as well as one of her all-time classic hits. Born 24 April 1942. Barbra Streisand is a performance name for the person Barbara Joan Streisand. Barbra Joan Streisand (pronounced /ˈstraɪsænd/ STRY-sand; born Barbara Joan Streisand, April 24, 1942) is an American singer, film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, liberal political activist, film producer, and film director. She has won two Academy Awards, nine Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, and is one of the very few entertainers to have won all of these honors, although she has yet to win a competitive Tony Award. In 2008 she was inducted as a Kennedy Centre Honoree. Streisand received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2001. She is one of the most commercially and critically successful female entertainers in modern entertainment history and one of the best-selling solo recording artists with more than 71 millon albums sold in the US and 140 million albums sold worldwide. She is the highest ranking female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list. According to the RIAA, Streisand has a total of 29 Top Ten albums to her credit since 1963. Streisand has the widest span (34 years) between first and latest Top 10 albums of any female recording artist. Streisand also holds the record for most Top 10 albums of any female recording artist. Her RIAA tally shows she has released 50 Gold albums, 30 Platinum albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum albums. Currently, Streisand appears at #7 on the RIAA list of Top Selling Artists, with over 70 million albums sold, right behind Billy Joel and Pink Floyd. She is currently #1 in all-time sales among female artists. REVIEWED BY ADRIAN EDWARDS REVIEWED BY MORAG REAVLEY REVIEWED BY MICHAEL QUINN Barbra Streisand, joins Jonathan Ross for a world-exclusive interview.Friday Night with Streisand and Ross
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Love is the Answer 2009
This double album celebrates Streisand’s enduring star quality.
Duets 2002
Compilation of Barbra collaborating with a host of star vocalists. Including new...
Live In Concert 2006
Babs is back, and how!
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ROLE ARTIST RELEASE Performer Nelson Riddle On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) Vocal Jule Styne Funny Girl (1968) Vocal Jule Styne Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast) (1964) Credits comes from MusicBrainz. You can add or edit information about Barbra Streisand at musicbrainz.org. Find out more about our use of this data . Now On The BBC
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