60/70 Barbra Streisand ( Barbara Joan Streisand ) • 60's
Barbra Streisand (born Barbara Joan Streisand, April 24, 1942) is an American singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and director. Barbra Streisand has won Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Golden Globe Awards. 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 in the US, with RIAA-certified shipments of over 71 million albums. Barbra Streisand is the highest ranking female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list. Streisand is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.