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Barbra Streisand Reveals Title of Her Trump-Era Inspired Album, Dispute with Weinstein, Future of GYPSY & More!

By: Feb. 27, 2018
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Living legend Barbra Streisand is already at work on her next album. When asked in a recent interview whether the Trump presidency would inspire new music, she told Variety: "Absolutely. As a matter of fact, I'm doing an album. The next one I'm doing is called "What's on My Mind." I have to express myself in these ways, lyrically and melodically."

Will she channel what's on her mind into a live stage performance? Probably not. "I still have stage fright," she told Variety. "I'm not going to sing live again. Scott Rudin and Barry Diller wanted me to do 'Gypsy' on Broadway and film it. I thought, 'Are you kidding me?'"

Streisand also revealed a recent dispute that she had with infamous producer Harvey Weinstein on the opening night of Finding Neverland in 2015. "I thought he was vulgar. He wanted me to come there on his arm and sing a song on the album. I said, 'No. I can't do that.'"

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With the longest span of number one albums in history, 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, an honor which includes fellow duet partners Elvis Presley and Billy Joel. Streisand also has the longest span of number one albums in history, just under 50 years. She made her Broadway debut in in 1962's I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE and returned to the Great white Way for 1964's FUNNY GIRL.

The best-selling female recording artist in history, Streisand partnered with some of Hollywood's biggest stars to sing Broadway classics on her latest album "Encore". Following the release of her 2014 record-breaking "Partners," "ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway" is Streisand's third and long-awaited Broadway album. Streisand released "The Broadway Album" and "Back to Broadway" in 1985 and 1993, respectfully, both of which went multi-platinum.




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