My Name Is Barbra | ||||
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Studio album by Barbra Streisand | ||||
Released | May 1965 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Robert Mersey | |||
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My Name Is Barbra is the first of two studio album tie-ins to Barbra Streisand's Emmy Award-winning CBS debut My Name Is Barbra television special, which aired on April 28, 1965, directed and choreographed by Joe Layton. Barbra's brother shot the front cover photograph when she was 5.
The album was certified gold and peaked at #2 on the US charts.
A digitally restored / remastered CD was released.
Streisand won a Best Vocal Performance, Female Grammy award for the album, her third in this category and fourth overall.
In NRARS award, Barbra was named best-selling female vocalist of 1965.
Side One
Side Two
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone