One of the highest-selling female recording artists of all time, Barbra Streisand, has sold a total of 71.5 million albums in the United States of America alone and 140 million albums worldwide. Regarded as one the most commercially successful entertainers, she won the Academy Award for her debut movie, ‘Funny Girl’. The movie earned her great fame and helped her carve a place in Hollywood. Recipient of eight Grammy Awards, she is the only performer whose albums reached the number one position for five consecutive decades. Popularly nicknamed ‘queen of firsts’, she is one of the most versatile entertainers who has donned many hats and has received immense success be it in Broadway, television, direction or even music. She shot to fame with her debut recording album, ‘The Barbra Streisand Album’ and through her sheer hard work and talent became a household name in America. Some of her memorable performances were for the films, ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’, ‘The Way We Were’ and ‘A Star Is Born’. She was identified as the most favourite singer of the twentieth century by the Reuter’s News Agency.