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'''Barbara Joan''' "'''Barbra'''" '''Streisand''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|r|aɪ|s|æ|n|d}} {{respell|STRY|sand}}; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being among the first performers [[List of EGOT winners|awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony]] (EGOT).
Streisand's career began in the early 1960s performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters. Following guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to [[Columbia Records]]—retaining full artistic control in exchange for accepting lower pay, an arrangement that continued throughout her career.<ref name=control/> Her studio debut ''[[The Barbra Streisand Album]]'' (1963) won the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart with 11 albums (the record for a woman until 2023),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/taylor-swift-billboard-records-speak-now-taylors-version.html|title=Taylor Swift Breaks Billboard Records With Speak Now (Taylor's Version)|date=July 16, 2023|access-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref> including ''[[People (Barbra Streisand album)|People]]'' (1964), ''[[The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand album)|The Way We Were]]'' (1974), ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]'' (1980), and ''[[The Broadway Album]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6259282/barbra-streisand-no-1-partners|title=Chart Watch Extra: The Acts With The Most Top 10 Albums, Ever – Chart Watch|publisher=Yahoo! Music|date=October 17, 2008|access-date=December 9, 2009}}</ref> She also topped the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with five singles: "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]", "[[Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)|Evergreen]]", "[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers]]", "[[No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)]]", and "[[Woman in Love]]".
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== Early life ==
=== Family ===
In August 1943, a few months after Streisand's first birthday, her father died at age 34 from complications from an [[epileptic seizure]], possibly the result of a head injury years earlier.<ref name= Nickens>{{cite book | first1= Christopher | last1= Nickens| last2= Swensen| first2= Karen| title= The Films of Barbra Streisand| publisher = Citadel Press | year= 2000}}</ref>{{rp|3}} The family fell into near poverty, with her mother working as a low-paid bookkeeper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/barbra_beginnings.html|title=Barbra Streisand Archives | Childhood, Brooklyn, 1942, Diana Kind|publisher= | website = Barbra-archives.com|access-date= December 4, 2013|archive-date= December 6, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206095459/http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/barbra_beginnings.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> As an adult, Streisand remembered those early years as always feeling like an "outcast", explaining, "Everybody else's father came home from work at the end of the day. Mine didn't."<ref name= Nickens />{{rp|3}} Her mother tried to pay their bills but could not give her daughter the attention she craved: "When I wanted love from my mother, she gave me food," Streisand says.<ref name=Nickens />{{rp|3}}
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