The Essential Barbra Streisand
 The Essential Barbra Streisand is a two-disc compilation album of Barbra Streisand (her first career-retrospective) released by Sony BMG as part of their Essentials series. Released in January 2002 and drawing from four decades of her work it includes all but one of her top-ten hits and most of her top-forty hits. The album was particularly well-received as it reviewed most of her career - throughout its 38 songs there are 26 albums represented.