Question: What nationality is the performer of song Papa, Can You Hear Me??

Knowledge 1: Papa, Can You Hear Me?
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" is a 1983 song composed by Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, for Barbra Streisand in the title role of "Yentl".The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 56th Academy Awards; Streisand's longtime friend Donna Summer performed it during the ceremonies.The song peaked #26 at Billboard's Adult Contemporary. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker.In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes.She is among a small group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award – though only three were competitive awards – and is one of only two artists in that group who have also won a Peabody.After beginning a successful recording career in the 1960s, Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade.She starred in the critically acclaimed "Funny Girl", for which she won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.Her other films include "The Owl and the PussycatThe WayWe Were", and "A Star Is Born", for which she received her second Academy Award, composing music for the love theme "Evergreen", the first woman to be honored as a composer.With the release of "Yentl" in 1983, Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film.The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe forBest Motion Picture Musical.Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and to date only) woman to win that award.Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with more than 68.5 million albums in the U.S. and with a total of 150 million records sold worldwide making her the best-selling female artist among top-selling artists recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America.The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and "Billboard" recognize Streisand as holding the record for the most top 10 albums of any female recording artist: a total of 34 since 1963.According to "Billboard", Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums (11)."Billboard" also recognizes Streisand as the greatest female of all time on its "Billboard" 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Hot 100 chart.Streisand is the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades, having released 53 gold albums, 31 platinum albums, and 14 multi-platinum albums in the United States.
Knowledge 1: Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker.In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes.She is among a small group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award – though only three were competitive awards – and is one of only two artists in that group who have also won a Peabody.After beginning a successful recording career in the 1960s, Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade.She starred in the critically acclaimed "Funny Girl", for which she won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.Her other films include "The Owl and the PussycatThe WayWe Were", and "A Star Is Born", for which she received her second Academy Award, composing music for the love theme "Evergreen", the first woman to be honored as a composer.With the release of "Yentl" in 1983, Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film.The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe forBest Motion Picture Musical.Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and to date only) woman to win that award.Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with more than 68.5 million albums in the U.S. and with a total of 150 million records sold worldwide making her the best-selling female artist among top-selling artists recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America.The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and "Billboard" recognize Streisand as holding the record for the most top 10 albums of any female recording artist: a total of 34 since 1963.According to "Billboard", Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums (11)."Billboard" also recognizes Streisand as the greatest female of all time on its "Billboard" 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Hot 100 chart.Streisand is the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades, having released 53 gold albums, 31 platinum albums, and 14 multi-platinum albums in the United States. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Can You Hear Me? (David Bowie song)
" Can You Hear Me?" is a ballad by David Bowie from his 1974 album" The Gouster", released in 2016, and his 1975 album" Young Americans", released in March that year.Bowie called it a" real love song", written with someone in mind, but he did not identify them.It was released as a single in November 1975 on the B side of Golden Years.Chris O' Leary writes that" Can You Hear Me?", with it s guilt and" studied unease", is" sumptuous, it s intro alone masterfulOnce we were lovers/ Can they understand?/ Closer than others, I was your/ I was your man."The alto sax, played by David Sanborn and introduced in the third verse," becomes a competing vocal line".The arrangement and" small cathedral of voices" obscure the" pathetic man at the heart of the song".The song was written by Bowie, produced by Bowie, Tony Visconti, and Harry Maslin, and engineered by Carl Paruolo.The backing vocalists included the 24- year- old Luther Vandross at the very beginning of his career.
Knowledge 1: Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker.In a career spanning six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards, ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, four Peabody Awards, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and nine Golden Globes.She is among a small group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award – though only three were competitive awards – and is one of only two artists in that group who have also won a Peabody.After beginning a successful recording career in the 1960s, Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade.She starred in the critically acclaimed "Funny Girl", for which she won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.Her other films include "The Owl and the PussycatThe WayWe Were", and "A Star Is Born", for which she received her second Academy Award, composing music for the love theme "Evergreen", the first woman to be honored as a composer.With the release of "Yentl" in 1983, Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film.The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe forBest Motion Picture Musical.Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, becoming the first (and to date only) woman to win that award.Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with more than 68.5 million albums in the U.S. and with a total of 150 million records sold worldwide making her the best-selling female artist among top-selling artists recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America.The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and "Billboard" recognize Streisand as holding the record for the most top 10 albums of any female recording artist: a total of 34 since 1963.According to "Billboard", Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums (11)."Billboard" also recognizes Streisand as the greatest female of all time on its "Billboard" 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Hot 100 chart.Streisand is the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades, having released 53 gold albums, 31 platinum albums, and 14 multi-platinum albums in the United States. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Ashley Gearing
Ashley Gearing( born May 15, 1991 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American country music artist.Ashley Gearing made her chart debut in 2003 with the song" Can You Hear Me When I Talk to You?", which peaked at No. 36 on the U.S." Billboard" Hot Country Singles& Tracks charts.Eleven years old at the time, she became the youngest solo artist to enter the country charts, breaking a record held by Brenda Lee." Can You Hear Me When I Talk to You?" was released as a single on Lyric Street Records.It was followed by" Ribbons of Love", which failed to chart.Neither single was included on an album.At the age of twelve, Gearing sang" When You Wish upon a Star" on" Disneymania 2".Her first full- length album," Maybe It's Time", was released on the independent label Squeeze Records in 2006.This album included the single" I Found It in You".In 2007, she moved to Curb Records, charting again with the single" Out the Window" in mid-2008.A second Curb single," What You Think About Us," was given a release of July 2010.In July 2016 it was announced that Gearing had parted ways with Curb Records after 9 years together.

Answer: America