Barbra Streisand

Artist:  Barbra Streisand
Birth Name:  Barbara Joan Streisand
Born:  April 24, 1942.  Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genre:  Pop, Traditional Pop, Adult Contemporary, Standards, Broadway, Jazz
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter,  Actress, Author, Producer, Director


Barbra Streisand is a Jewish-American Singer and Songwriter, Author, Actress.  She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards.  She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, wit more than 75 million albums in U.S. and 245 million records sold worldwide.  She is the best-selling female artist on the RIAA, Top Selling Album Artists List and she won the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.  According to the RIAA, she holds the record for the most top ten albums of any female recording artist, 51 Gold Albums, 30 Platinum Albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum Albums in U.S.

Title:  Partners  (2014)
Genre:  Pop, Traditional Pop, Adult Contemporary, Standards, Broadway, Jazz
Label:  Columbia Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  It Had To Be You (with Michael Buble) 4:23)
 2.  People (with Stevie Wonder) (4:14)
 3.  Come Rain Or Come Shine (with John Mayer) (4:11)
 4.  Evergreen (with Babyface) (3:14)
 5.  New York State Of Mind  (with Billy Joel) (4:47)
 6.  I'd Want It To Be You (with Blake Shelton) (4:05)
 7.  The Way We Were (with Lionel Richie) (4:29)
 8.  I Still Can See Your Face (with Andrea Bocelli) (4:13)
 9.  How Deep Is The Ocean (with Jason Gould) (4:18)
10. What Kind Of Fool (with John Legend) (4:43)
11. Somewhere (with Josh Groban) (4:05)
12. Love Me Tender (with Elvis Presley) (3:31)

Personnel:

Barbra Streisand:   Vocals

Partners:

Michael Buble:  Vocals on Track 1
Stevie Wonder:  Vocals, Harmonica on Track 2
John Mayer:  Vocals, Guitar on Track 3 
Babyface:  Vocals on Track 4, Background Vocals on Tracks:  2, 4, 7, 10
Billy Joel:  Vocals on Track 5
Blake Shelton:  Vocals on Track 6
Lionel Richie:  Vocals on Track 7
Andrea Bocelli:  Vocals on Track 8
Jason Gould:  Vocals on Track 9
John Legend:  Vocals on Track 10
Josh Groban:  Vocals on Track 11
Elvis Presley:  Vocals on Track 12

Musicians:


Randy Waldman:  Piano on  Track 1
Chuck Berghoffer:  Bass on  Tracks:  1, 3
Dean Parks:  Guitar on  Tracks: 1, 3, Pedal Steel Guitar on Track 6
Peter Erskine:  Drums on  Tracks: 1, 3
Walter Afanasieff:  Piano on Tracks:  2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, Synths, Rhythm Programming on Tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 Bass on Tracks: 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12
Rickey Minor:  Bass on Track 2
Michael Ripoll:  Guitar on Tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
Teddy Campbell:   Drums on Track 2
Bernie Herms:  Piano, Synths & Rhythm Programming, Orchestra Arranged on Track 8
William A. Ross:  Conductor

Partners is the thirty-fourth studio album by Barbra Streisand, was released on September 16, 2014 by Columbia Records, features Barbra Streisand singing Duets with an all male lineup including Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Babyface, Billy Joel, John Legend, Andrea Bocelli, Lionel Richie, Blake Shelton, Jason Gould, Josh Groban, Elvis Presley.  The album topped No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 196,000 copies in the first week.  It was also certified Gold in November 2014, becoming Barbra Streisand's 52nd Gold Record more than any other Female Artist in History.