Barbra Streisand played the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night, beginning her BARBRA: THE MUSIC...THE MEM'RIES...THE MAGIC! tour. The only recording artist to achieve #1 albums in each of six decades, Streisand began the first half of her show performing one of her hits from each of the six decades. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below!
Streisand was joined by duet partners throughout the show, including Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds for "Evergreen," a song that they performed together on Streisand's most recent album release, "Partners," which went platinum. She was later joined by Seth MacFarlane and Jamie Foxx for "Pure Imagination" and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," respectively. Streisand performs the songs with the two men on her upcoming album, "ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway," set for release August 26th.Streisand follows her LA concert with stops throughout August in San Jose, Las Vegas, Chicago, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Toronto. The concerts were co-directed by Streisand and Richard Jay-Alexander.
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.Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and Barbra Streisand
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and Barbra Streisand
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and Barbra Streisand
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and Barbra Streisand
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and Barbra Streisand
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and Barbra Streisand
Seth MacFarlane and Barbra Streisand
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