Barbra Streisand extends her recording contract with Columbia – a 12-disc DVD set is also planned!

It’s just been announced that the great Barbra Streisand is extending her recording contract with Columbia Records.

It’s a professional relationship that began with The Barbra Streisand Album in 1963 through the most recent, her 2012 Grammy nominated What Matters Most- Barbra Streisand sings the lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

“From the day Goddard Lieberson signed me almost 50 years ago, Columbia Records has been my recording home, and I am thrilled to continue that partnership for many years to come,” Streisand said in a statement.

She has released 62 albums with the music label, including number one albums: People, The Way We Were, A Star Is Born, Barbra Streisand’s Greatest Hits, Volume 2, Guilty, The Broadway Album, Back To Broadway, Higher Ground, and Love Is The Answer.

Columbia Records will release a 12 DVD set, giving unprecedented access into her professional and personal life.  The DVD set will consist of never before seen footage directly from Barbra’s archives, as well as milestones from her illustrious career.

Streisand is the only recording artist to have number one albums in five consecutive decades.  Her 51 gold albums, 30 platinum and 18 multi-platinum each of which, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, exceeds all other female singers.

Her most recent Grammy nominated album, What Matters Most, was her 31st to reach the Top Ten in the ratings charts, with which she passed The Beatles to become the third highest achiever in that significant statistic, exceeded only by the Rolling Stones and Frank Sinatra.  She is the only female among the top ten album-selling recording artists.