Based on the charts, Barry Manilow is the undisputed number one adult contemporary artist of all time. His record sales exceed 50 million worldwide. He has written hundreds of songs and performed around the world, thrilling millions of fans, picking up a Grammy, an Emmy, Tony Awards, and an Oscar nomination along the way. Barry began his solo career in 1974, which started an unprecedented string of 25 consecutive Top 40 hits, including “Mandy,” “I Write the Songs” and “Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again.” In a dramatic departure in 1984, Barry fulfilled a lifelong dream of recording an original collection of “saloon tunes” with a classic all-star jazz ensemble. The 2:00 A.M. Paradise Café album was universally heralded as his most important body of work. Barry has consistently been one of the most successful touring artists in the music industry. His return to Broadway in 1989 for “Barry Manilow at the Gershwin” produced the Barry Manilow: Live on Broadway album, which stayed eight weeks at the number one spot on Billboard. Manilow’s 30th album, Manilow Sings Sinatra, was released in 1998 and was nominated for two Grammys. Manilow went back to the studio in 2005 to record a collection of tracks from the 1950s with music mogul Clive Davis. The resulting Greatest Songs of the Fifties became a surprise hit and topped the charts in 2006. A sequel, Greatest Songs of the Sixties, arrived at the end of that year. He released My Dream Duets in 2014. Manilow continues to tour and remains very popular on the road.
