People_(Barbra_Streisand_album)
People (Barbra Streisand album)
1964 studio album by Barbra Streisand
People is Barbra Streisand's fourth solo studio album, released in September 1964. The title track was a newly recorded version of the hit song from the Broadway musical Funny Girl in which Streisand starred.
The album became the first of Streisand's albums to hit #1 on the Billboard album chart, spending five weeks in the top spot; it was also certified Platinum.[3][4] After hitting #1 on the charts, Barbra received a commemorative plaque from Billboard magazine editor Mike Gross.[5] The album was re-released in the UK on the CBS Hallmark Series label in 1966 with different artwork.[6]
In 2017, the album was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant."[7]