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Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)

Higher Ground
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Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released November 11, 1997 (1997-11-11)
Genre Pop, vocal
Length 56:31
Label Columbia
Producer Barbra Streisand, Walter Afanasieff, David Foster, Arif Mardin, Jeremy Lubbock, Mervyn Warren
Barbra Streisand chronology
Back to Broadway
(1993)
Higher Ground
(1997)
A Love Like Ours
(1999)
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Allmusic 2.5/5 stars

Higher Ground is the 27th studio album by Barbra Streisand, her first in four years. The album was inspired by and dedicated to Virginia Clinton Kelley. It was released in North America on November 11, 1997 and a day earlier in Europe. Higher Ground was her eighth #1 album in the US and has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.

^shipments figures based on certification alone

"Tell Him", a duet with Céline Dion, was released worldwide and was top 10 in 12 countries, peaking at #1 in the Netherlands, #2 in Ireland, #3 in Belgium, Europe, France and the United Kingdom, #4 in Italy and Switzerland, and was a top ten hit in many other countries.

"Tell Him" sold well around the world, receiving platinum awards in the Netherlands (75,000), Belgium (50,000), and gold in the United Kingdom (400,000), France (400,000), Australia (35,000), Switzerland (25,000) and Norway (10,000). The single sold 2 million copies worldwide.

"Tell Him" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 1998.

"I Believe" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Instrumental Arrangement in 1999.


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