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Barbra Streisand To Release - ENCORE, Movie Partners Sing Broadway - Album

To be released on August 26, 2016


"ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY" (Source: Columbia Records)
"ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY"
(Source: Columbia Records)
USPA NEWS - On the heels of her first appearance at The Tonys since 1970, Columbia Records has announced Barbra Streisand's 'ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway' album will debut on August 26th, 2016, featuring 10 new Streisand duets of Broadway classics with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood....
On the heels of her first appearance at The Tonys since 1970, Columbia Records has announced Barbra Streisand's 'ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway' album will debut on August 26th, 2016, featuring 10 new Streisand duets of Broadway classics with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.: Movie Partners Sing Broadway' include Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Seth MacFarlane, Melissa McCarthy, Chris Pine, Daisy Ridley, Patrick Wilson, and a spectacular virtual duet with Anthony Newley.
The release of 'ENCORE : Movie Partners Sing Broadway' follows the recording artist's nine-city August North American concert tour: THE MUSIC“¦THE MEM'RIES“¦THE MAGIC! during which she will perform hits from her ground-breaking career.

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 Légion d'Honneur. She is also the first female film director to receive the Kennedy Center Honors.

Source : Columbia Records

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