The Singer is the seventh studio album by American singer and actress Liza Minnelli, released in 1973. It marked her first release under Columbia Records and was highly anticipated by the public. Liza Minnelli signed with Columbia in March 1972 and began recording The Singer that September. The album was created during a peak in her career, following her Academy Award for Best Actress for Cabaret and the critical and commercial success of her Emmy-winning television special Liza with a Z. The project features songs by prominent singer-songwriters of the early 1970s, including James Taylor, Stevie Wonder and Carly Simon.