Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to an incredibly special 224th episode of Awards chatter, the Hollywood

reporters awards podcast. I'm the host Scott Feinberg and this episode is

brought to you by the Prime Original Series, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.

From executiveducers Amy Sherman

Palladino and Daniel Palladino, starring Rachel Braznihan, Alex Borstein,

and Tony Shalub. Consider it marvelous in all categories including outstanding comedy series.

Marvelous is but one of countless adjulatory adjectives that has been used over the last 60 years

to describe my guest today. The singer, songwriter, actress, producer, writer, and director Barbara Streisand. Not many people are truly worthy of another adjective, legendary, but Shreysan certainly is.

She's one of the top 10 best-selling music artists in history, having sold 145 million

albums.

And if you look over her discography, you'll notice that of her albums, 53 have gone gold, 31 have gone platinum, and 14 have gone multi-platinum, all female performer records.

She has also had the most top 10 albums. all female performer records.

She has also had the most top 10 albums

of any female recording artist in history, 34,

the most number one albums of any female recording

artist in history, 11, and is the only singer in history male or female with at least

one number one album in six consecutive decades. She is also one of only 18 people

of either gender to achieve an EGOT, meaning someone who has won at least

one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. If you count honorary awards, like her special Tony from

1970, along with competitive ones, in her case four Emmys, eight

Grammys, on top of her two special Grammys, and two Oscars, best actress for her big screen

debut in 1968's Funny Girl, and Best Original Song for Evergreen,

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