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Barbra Streisand: Records
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NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Barbra Streisand has broken records at all 5 venues she has played to date on her 2006 Streisand Tour. Her latest top grossing records were set at the Verizon Center in Washington and Bell Centre in Montreal, coming on the heels of those she recently set in Philadelphia and Columbus. Additionally, .....
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Streisand sued Kenneth Adelman, an aerial photographer who displayed a photo of her Malibu home (amongst photos of the entire California coast) on the website of the California Coastal Records Project. Her suit was dismissed under the anti-SLAPP provisions of California law. Streisand v. Adelman Et al, in California Superior Court; Case SC077257 [11][12] The publicity generated by her efforts to suppress the photograph has given rise to the term Streisand effect.
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Though more than a decade has passed since Streisand began to record, her voice sounds as fresh as it did in the Sixties. More important, she has softened the camp edge of emotional hysteria enough to serve the music she sings, rather than to accentuate an insecure star persona.
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In 1991, a four-disc box set, Just for the Record, was released, spanning Streisand's entire career. It featured over 70 tracks, including live material, greatest hits, and rarities, from her early recordings up to 1991.
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