Barbra Streisand - I Can Get It for You Wholesale (2019)

With her highly resonant and sophisticated vocal prowess, charismatic personality, and strongly independent spirit, Barbra Streisand rose to fame as one of the most creatively and commercially-successful performers of her lifetime. As a singer, Streisand's rise was remarkable not only because her popularity was achieved in the face of a dominant musical trend rock & roll which she did not follow, but also because she used her vocal skills as a mere stepping stone to other careers, as a stage and film actress and as a film director. From the start, she was a lauded performer, earning a Tony nomination and New York Drama Critic's prize for Best Supporting Actress for her Broadway debut in the 1962 musical comedy I Can Get It for You Wholesale. Multiple Grammy and Academy Awards followed, including winning two Grammys for her 1963 debut album The Barbra Streisand Album, a best actress Oscar for her film debut in 1968's Funny Girl, and Grammy and Oscar for her work in 1976's A Star Is Born. Her film work has had an equal cultural impact, and includes classics like the aforementioned Funny Girl, 1972's What's Up, Doc?, and 1973's The Way We Were with Robert Redford. She is also the first woman to win best director at the Golden Globes for 1984's Yentl, in which she also starred and supplied the soundtrack. Nonetheless, her singing remains dominant, with 11 number one albums, the most for any woman, including for 1964's People, 1980's Guilty with Barry Gibb, 1997's Higher Ground, and 2014's Partners. Among her other accolades are five Emmy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes. Away from performing, Streisand is an outspoken civil rights and environmental activist having founded her own Streisand Foundation.