Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John (2012)

Lady Olivia Newton-John , AC , DBE (* 26. September 1948 in Cambridge , Cambridgeshire ) is a British - Australian singer , songwriter , actress and breast cancer - activist . The four-time Grammy Award winner was one of the biggest stars of the 1970s and early 1980s. In the course of her long career she made a number of style changes ( country , folk , pop , disco etc.) and changed her image and appearance frequently. According to the sources, she has sold more than 100 million records in her career, making her one of the performers with the highest number of records sold worldwide . The most successful release by Olivia Newton-John is the album Grease with around 14.3 million units sold.

biography

Early years

Olivia Newton-John was on 26 September 1948 English Cambridge born. Her father was from Wales and worked as a German teacher in Cambridge and Melbourne . Her German mother Irene is the daughter of Nobel Prize winner and co-founder of quantum physics Max Born . When Newton-John was five years old, the family moved to Australia . Even as a child she showed great enthusiasm for singing. When she was twelve, she won a competition to look like child star Hayley Mills . At school she started a girl group called Sol Four. At the age of 17 she had an appearance in the movie Funny Things Happen Down Under with the song Christmas Time Down Under . She had her first noticeable romantic connection with co- actor Ian "Turps" Turpie , who would later become an important figure on the Australian television scene himself. A short time later she took part in a talent show and won a trip to England as first prize. There she got a recording deal with Decca and released her first single Till You Say You'll Be Mine in 1966 . With this song and in the following collaboration in a duo with the Australian Pat Carroll, with whom she also appeared in London's Raymond Revuebar , Newton-John was not yet able to achieve any notable successes.

Her love affair with Bruce Welch from the Shadows and her participation in the band Toomorrow - a British response to the Monkees - and a film of the same name, as well as the collaboration with Cliff Richard seemed to advance Newton-John's career from 1970 onwards. She continued to maintain contact with Pat Carroll, whose husband John Farrar was the guitarist of the Shadows and, for years as their producer, was instrumental in the success of Olivia Newton-John. 1971 Farrar produced with Bruce Welch for Olivia Newton-John, the single and Bob Dylan - Composition If Not for You , which at first Top 10 hit in the UK singles charts was. In the USA , too , the song climbed to the top 20. Musically, Olivia Newton-John offered a mixture of folk and typical 70s pop, with a clear focus on ballads . The old Country- Traditional Banks of the Ohio was also her first hit in Germany in the same year (13th place) and took first place in her native Australia. Her German version, sung almost without an accent , was released promptly under the title Lower on the River, which is called Ohio . Successful cover versions of George Harrison ( What Is Life , 1972) and John Denver ( Take Me Home, Country Roads , 1973) let the success curve rise further.

International success as a singer

Their heyday in the USA began in autumn 1973: Let Me Be There sold around a million copies, as did the following hits: If You Love Me, Let Me Know , I Honestly Love You (1974), Have You Never Been Mellow and Please Mr. Please (1975). Her albums also reach millions of copies, concerts were sold out and the awards piled up. The ballad I Honestly Love You received the "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female" awards at the 1975 Grammy Awards. The year before, Olivia Newton-John had been awarded the “Best Country Vocal Performance, Female” award (for Let Me Be There ) - a fact that sparked great controversy. Nashville did not accept the singer as a country artist, and when the coveted CMA Award went to Newton-John in 1974 for best singer of the year, country purists founded the Association of Country Entertainers to protect country music. In 1974 Newton-John represented Great Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest and came fourth with the song Long Live Love .

Grease

Olivia Newton-John in November 1978

In Europe, Olivia Newton-John had far less success at the same time. Their mix of country and folk-pop failed to establish itself commercially. That only changed in 1978 when she accepted the offer to star in the musical film version Grease with John Travolta . The film became a worldwide success. The soundtrack (primarily with rock 'n' roll and doo-wop songs) was also a million-dollar success; the singles You're the One That I Want and Summer Nights with Travolta and Newton-John's Hopelessly Devoted to You solo were in the international charts for months.

Xanadu

1980 Newton-John had a flop with Xanadu , another musical film, at least in the cinema. At the side of the musical legend Gene Kelly (in his last film) and the newcomer Michael Beck , Newton-John was almost unanimously panned by the criticism. The audience also reacted distantly to the mixture of romance films and roller disco events. The soundtrack , which was recorded with the group Electric Light Orchestra , sold very well. In the US, the single Magic was number one for weeks, while Olivia Newton-John topped the charts in Europe with the title song Xanadu . During this time she also celebrated success with duets: Suddenly with Cliff Richard and I Can't Help It with Andy Gibb .

Physical

At the end of 1981, Newton-John was at number one with Physical for ten weeks in the US singles chart, which made it the longest number one single of the 1980s - and that despite isolated radio boycotts, as many of the latently sexual lyrics were granted appeared daring. The accompanying album of the same name completed the new image of Olivia Newton-John, who now sang for lust and against pollution (the video for the song was awarded a Grammy). By 1983 she had regular hits ( Heart Attack , 1982 and Twist of Fate , 1983) in the charts; another film on the side of John Travolta ( Two of a Kind - two of the same kind ) was unsuccessful. Physical was named the "Sexiest Song of All Times" by US magazine Billboard (excerpt: I took you to an intimate restaurant, then to a suggestive movie / There's nothing left to talk about unless it's horizontally ).

Performances and recordings in Germany

After starting her career in the early 1970s, the singer recorded two of her hits in German: Down at the river, which is called Ohio, and Long Live Love . Since Germany is one of the largest music industry markets, the singer was occasionally a guest in her mother's home country. In 1971 she appeared in the opening act for Cliff Richard in Frankfurt. In 1971 and 1972 she was a guest at Ilja Richter's disco and in 1978, after the global success of the music film Grease , she came to Hamburg during her “Totally Hot World Tour” to give her only concert in Germany so far at the CCH Congress Center. 1981 Newton-John met twice in the music store by Manfred Sexauer on to their album Physical to promote. From 1978 to 1982 Olivia Newton-John won several gold, silver and bronze awards in the categories of “best singer of the year” and “best actress of the year” from the youth magazines Bravo and Pop Rocky .

After the great successes

Olivia Newton-John in March 1989

Newton-John at a concert with Guy Sebastian in September 2008

In 1984 Newton-John married the dancer Matt Lattanzi , whom she met while filming the film Xanadu . In 1986 their daughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi was born. A year earlier she had released her first studio album since Physical with Soul Kiss , but with the mix of dance- pop and ballads could not repeat the great success of its predecessor. The single Soul Kiss reached the top 20 in the US charts. The 1988 album The Rumor , the title song by Elton John , was not a great success either. More than before, she was also involved in composing this album.

In the following years she took care of her family intensively and in 1989 brought out the children's song album Warm and Tender . In 1992 she began working on her comeback, including a best-of release, a collaboration with producer Giorgio Moroder (I Need Love) and a planned world tour. During this time her father died and Olivia Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer. She processed the story of her recovery in 1994 on the album Gaia - One Woman's Journey , which was particularly successful in Australia. It was the artist's first independent release after her long-term contract with MCA had expired in 1988 and further contracts with Geffen Records and Mercury Records had not brought the hoped-for success. In addition, Newton-John increasingly went public to report on her cancer. Many benefit projects followed. "Being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992 changed my attitude forever," she said in a 2008 interview with the Guardian . She called her mastectomy “a very emotional thing”, but physically it was “not a big deal”. "A lot of women go nuts when they lose a breast or have to go through surgery because it makes so much of who they are," Newton-John said. "But I've always said that you are not the sum of your breasts."

The 1998 album Back with a Heart not only made a comeback to the charts, it also marked a return to country music and to Nashville. Almost at the same time, Grease came back into the cinemas and was again a success. The soundtrack was still a bestseller anyway - not least because the musical was constantly played on international stages. Newton-John toured the United States regularly, released new records and occasionally appeared in films again. Album 2 from 2002, which was awarded double platinum in Australia, contains duets with various artists, primarily from Australia. In October 2004 the album Indigo: Women of Song was released , on which Newton-John interprets well-known standards. In 2010 Newton-John recorded the duet Amoureuse with Elaine Paige for their album Elaine Paige and Friends .

Newton-John was also the owner of the Koala Blue retail chain, with which she has been selling Australian products worldwide since 1983 in cooperation with her old friend Pat Carroll. The company, which had meanwhile operated up to 62 branches in five countries, filed for bankruptcy in 1991 . Today only the brand name is sold under license .

Between April 2014 and December 2016 she had her own show at Flamingo Las Vegas under the title Summer Nights .

Breast cancer again from 2017

In May 2017, Newton-John canceled a concert tour due to pronounced back pain. A little later, she announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer metastases in the spine and that she was going to undergo radiation therapy as a result . In the same year she also appeared in the TV movie Sharknado 5: Global Swarming together with her daughter Chloe, who these days is mainly engaged in growing marijuana in Oregon ( USA ) . On September 10, 2018, it became public that Newton-John had suffered another recurrence of her breast cancer. In January 2019, she contradicted media rumors about her imminent death.

Her autobiography Don't Stop Believin 'was published in Australia in September 2018 . With the German title Never stop dreaming: The long-awaited autobiography , her memoirs will be published by Hannibal Verlag in March 2019.

Private

The marriage to Matt Lattanzi was divorced in 1996. After that, Newton-John lived with the cameraman Patrick McDermott. On August 23, 2005, it became known that the then 48-year-old had been missing since June 30 of that year. He had left the port of San Pedro on the California coast by boat on a fishing trip. There have been numerous sightings since then, although evidence is pending. Olivia Newton-John has been married to businessman John Easterling since June 2008.

Awards (selection)

Grammys

• 1973: Best Female Country Singer
• 1974: Best female pop singer
• 1974: Best Record of the Year (I honestly love you)
• 1982: Best Video (Physical)

American Music Awards

• 1973: Best Country Album (Let Me be There)
• 1974: Best Female Singer - Pop / Rock
• 1974: Best Country Single (I Honestly Love You)
• 1974: Best Female Singer - Country
• 1975: Best Female Singer - Country
• 1975: Best Female Singer - Pop / Rock
• 1975: Best Pop / Rock Album (Have You Never Been Mellow)
• 1976: Best Female Singer - Pop / Rock
• 1983: Best Female Singer - Pop / Rock

Billboard

• 1974: 1st prize for LPs and singles
• 1975: Best Female Country Single Singer
• 1975: Best Female Country Album Singer
• 1975: Best Female Pop Single Singer
• 1975: Best Female Pop Album Singer
• 1982: Best Singer of the Year
• 1982: Single of the year (Physical)
• 1982: Best single singer of the year

People's Choice Award

• 1974: Best female singer
• 1976: Best female singer
• 1979: Best female singer
• 1979: Best Female Actress

Other awards

• 1979: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• 1981: Star on the " Hollywood Walk of Fame "
• 1982: Scotty Award
• 1989: Business Woman of the year (Association of Woman Business Owners) [Koala Blue]
• 1998: Cadillac Concept Humanitarian Award
• 1999: Daytime Emmy (Love Is a Gift)
• 1999: Red Cross Humanitarian Award
• 1999: Women's Guild of Cedar-Sinai Woman of the 21st Century Award
• 2000: Environmental Media Association, Ermenegildo Zegna International Environmental Award
• 2002: ARIA Hall of Fame
• 2006: Lifetime Achievement Award (Australia Day)
• 2006: Officer of the Order of Australia
• 2007: Lifetime Achievement Award (American "Australia Association")
• 2007: Valor Award (Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia USA)
• 2008: Angel Award (Project Angel Food, LA USA)
• 2010: Radio Regenbogen Charity & Entertainment Award 2009 (Karlsruhe, Germany)

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1971	If not for you	-	-	-	-	US158 (4 weeks) US	First published: November 1971
1973	Music Makes My Day (US title: Let Me Be There)	-	-	-	UK37 (3 weeks) UK	US54 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: December 1973
1974	Long Live Love	-	-	-	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1974
1975	Have You Never Been Mellow	-	-	-	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	US1 gold (31 weeks)US	First published: March 1975
	Clearly Love	-	-	-	-	US12 gold (22 weeks)US	First published: September 1975
1976	Come on over	-	-	-	UK49 (4 weeks) UK	US13 gold (24 weeks)US	First published: March 1976
	Don't Stop Believin '	-	-	-	-	US30th gold (28 weeks)US	First published: October 1976
1977	Making a Good Thing Better	-	-	-	UK60 (1 week) UK	US34 (16 weeks) US	First published: July 1977
1978	Totally hot	-	-	-	UK30th gold (14 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (39 weeks)US	First published: October 1978
1981	Physical	DE30 (19 weeks) DE	-	-	UK11 gold (22 weeks)UK	US6th × 2 Double platinum (57 weeks)US	First published: October 1981
1985	Soul Kiss	DE54 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK66 (3 weeks) UK	US29 gold (16 weeks)US	First published: October 1985
1988	The Rumor	-	-	-	-	US67 (9 weeks) US	First published: September 1988
1989	Warm and tender	-	-	-	-	US124 (13 weeks) US	First published: January 1989
1995	Gaia: One Woman's Journey	-	-	-	UK33 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 1995
1998	Back with a heart	-	-	-	-	US59 (6 weeks) US	First published: May 1998
2005	Indigo - Women of Song	-	-	-	UK27 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 2005
2007	Christmas Wish	-	-	-	-	US187 (1 week) US	First published: November 2007

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More albums

• 1972: Olivia
• 1972: Cliff Goes East ( Cliff Richard with Hank Marvin , John Farrar, Brian Bennett , Alan Hawkshaw and Olivia Newton-John) (2 LPs)
• 1981: Love Performance (Live)
• 1998: The Christmas Angel - A Family Story ( Mannheim Steamroller as Told by Olivia Newton-John and Chip Davis)
• 1998: Highlights from the Main Event (with John Farnham and Anthony Warlow)
• 2000: 'Tis the Season ( Vince Gill and Olivia Newton-John feat. The London Symphony Orchestra )
• 2000: One Woman's Live Journe
• 2002: Olivia (2) (duets)
• 2005: Stronger Than Before
• 2006: Grace and Gratitude
• 2008: A Celebration in Song
• 2008: Olivia's Live Hits
• 2010: Grace and Gratitude Renewed
• 2012: A Few Best Men Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Remixes
• 2012: This Christmas (with John Travolta)
• 2015: Summer Nights Live in Las Vegas
• 2015: Two Strong Hearts Live (with John Farnham)
• 2016: Liv On (with Amy Sky & Beth Nielsen Chapman )
• 2016: Friends for Christmas (with John Farnham)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	If you love me, let me know	-	-	-	-	US1 gold (61 weeks)US	First release: May 1974 (US, CA only) a compilation of the first three albums except for the title track
1978	Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK19th gold (9 weeks)UK	US13 × 2 Double platinum (19 weeks)US	First published: December 1977
1982	Olivia's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	DE33 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK8th platinum (38 weeks)UK	US16 × 2 Double platinum (86 weeks)US	First published: September 3, 1982
1992	Back to Basics - The Essential Collection	-	-	-	UK12 (6 weeks) UK	US121 gold (8 weeks)US	First published: July 1992
2001	Magic: The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John	-	-	-	-	US150 (2 weeks) US	First published: September 2001
2002	The Definitive Collection	-	-	-	UK11 gold (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 2002

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More compilations

1973: Olivia Newton-John 1974: First Impressions 1975: I Love You, I Honestly Love You 1976: Best Now 1976: Crystal Lady (2 LPs) 1978: Best Now Vol. 2 1981: Retrato 1982: Angel of the Morning 1982: Tom & Olivia (with Tom Jones ) 1982: Superstars (with Tom Jones) 1983: Heart Attack 1983: Olivia Newton-John - Box (incl. 10 LPs, photo album, songbook and interview single) 1985: Love Songs 1989: Early Olivia 1989: Greatest Hits - Big Artist Flash 1990: The Best of Olivia Newton-John 1990: Best Now 1990: Banks of the Ohio 1990: Best of the Best

1991: Country Roads 1991: Take Me Home Country Roads 1992: Olivia Newton John II 1992: Twin Best Now (2 CDs) 1994: Olivia Newton-John: 48 Original Tracks (1971–1975) (2 CDs) 1995: Simply the Best - I Honestly Love You - Her Greatest Hits 1995: Greatest Hits - Double Gold (2 CDs) 1996: World Tour in Concert 1998: Olivia - The Singles - Australasian Tour Souvenir 1998: Legend (2 CDs) 1998: Country Girl 2001: Olivia Newton-John with John Travolta (with John Travolta) 2005: The Platinum Collection - The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John - 17 Original Greatest Hits 2005: gold 2009: Christmas Carols 2010: 40/40 〜 The Best Selection 2010: 40th Anniversary Collection (box with 10 CDs + DVD) 2012: Olivia - My Country 2013: Icon

Soundtracks

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1978	Grease	DE1 × 5 Quintuple gold (50 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (52 weeks)AT	CH- gold CH	UK1 × 8 Eight times platinum (47 weeks)UK	US1 × 8 Eight times platinum (77 weeks)US	First release: May 1978 with John Travolta soundtrack for the film of the same name
1980	Xanadu	DE1 gold (30 weeks)DE	AT1 (24 weeks) AT	-	UK2 gold (17 weeks)UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)US	First published: June 1980 Soundtrack for the film Xanadu with Electric Light Orchestra
	Number one albums	DE2DE	AT2AT	CH-CH	UK1UK	US3US
	Top 10 albums	DE2DE	AT2AT	CH-CH	UK3UK	US6thUS
	Albums in the charts	DE5DE	AT2AT	CH-CH	UK16UK	US21stUS

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More soundtracks

• 1970: Toomorrow
• 1975: The Other Side of the Mountain
• 1983: Two of a Kind (US:platinum)
• 2001: Sordid Lives
• 2008: Sordid Lives - The Series
• 2010: Glee - Showstoppers Vol.3
• 2010: Score - A Hockey Musical
• 2012: A Few Best Men

EPs

• 1973: Let Me Be There
• 1974: If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
• 1976: A Window to the Sky
• 1977: 4 Successos - Olivia Newton-John
• 1980: No puedo Evitarlo (with Andy Gibb)
• 1983: Hopelessly Devoted to You
• 1989: Warm and Tender Is My Prayer for Our World
• 1992: DGC Sales Guide (with Rich Mullins) (Promo)
• 1998: Grease (The Remix EP) (with John Travolta)
• 1998: Back with a Heart - Interview CD
• 1998: Grease Is Still the Word (Radio PressKit) (with John Travolta)
• 2002: 1 on (2) - Special + Promo’s (Interview)
• 2003: Take Charge of Your Health with the LIV KIT
• 2014: Hotel Sessions

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1971	If Not for You, If Not for You	-	-	-	UK7 (11 weeks) UK	US25 (17 weeks) US	First published: February 1971
	Banks of the Ohio If Not for You	DE13 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6 (17 weeks) UK	US94 (4 weeks) US	First published: October 1971
1972	What Is Life Olivia	-	-	-	UK16 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1972
1973	Take Me Home, Country Roads Let Me Be There	-	-	-	UK15 (13 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1972
	Let Me Be There Let Me Be There	-	-	-	-	US6th gold (19 weeks)US	First published: July 1973
1974	Long Live Love Long Live Love	-	-	-	UK11 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1974
	If You Love Me (Let Me Know) If You Love Me Let Me Know	DE37 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US5 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: March 1974
	I Honestly Love You If You Love Me Let Me Know	-	-	-	UK22 (11 weeks) UK	US1 gold (36 weeks)US	First published: August 1974
1975	Have You Never Been Mellow Have You Never Been Mellow	-	-	-	-	US1 gold (16 weeks)US	First published: January 1975
	Please Mr. Please Have You Never Been Mellow	-	-	-	-	US3 gold (15 weeks)US	First published: May 1975
	Something Better to Do Clearly Love	-	-	-	-	US13 (11 weeks) US	First published: August 1975
	He Ain't Heavy… He's My Brother / Let It Shine Clearly Love	-	-	-	-	US30 (9 weeks) US	First published: November 1975
1976	Come On Over Come On Over	-	-	-	-	US23 (12 weeks) US	First published: March 1976
	Don't Stop Believin ' Don't Stop Believin'	-	-	-	-	US33 (9 weeks) US	First published: July 1976
	Every Face Tells a Story Don't Stop Believin '	-	-	-	-	US55 (9 weeks) US	First published: October 1976
1977	Sam Don't Stop Believin '	-	-	-	UK6 (11 weeks) UK	US20 (13 weeks) US	First published: January 1977
	Making a Good Thing Better Making a Good Thing Better	-	-	-	-	US87 (4 weeks) US	First published: June 1977
1978	You're the One That I Want Grease OST	DE1 gold (35 weeks)DE	AT2 (28 weeks) AT	CH1 (22 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (26 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (24 weeks)US	First published: March 1978 with John Travolta
	Hopelessly Devoted to You Grease OST	-	-	-	UK2 gold (11 weeks)UK	US3 gold (19 weeks)US	First published: June 1978
	Summer Nights Grease OST	DE4 (18 weeks) DE	AT1 (12 weeks) AT	CH7 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (19 weeks)UK	US5 gold (16 weeks)US	First published: July 1978 with John Travolta
	A Little More Love Totally Hot	DE34 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4th silver (12 weeks)UK	US3 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: November 1978
1979	Totally Hot Totally Hot	-	-	-	-	US52 (6 weeks) US	First published: February 1979
	Deeper Than the Night Totally Hot	-	-	-	UK64 (3 weeks) UK	US11 (13 weeks) US	First published: April 1979
	Dancin '' Round and 'Round Totally Hot	-	-	-	-	US82 (2 weeks) US	First published: July 1979
1980	I Can't Help It After Dark	-	-	-	-	US12 (13 weeks) US	First published: March 1980 with Andy Gibb
	Magic Xanadu	DE36 (10 weeks) DE	AT20 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK32 (7 weeks) UK	US1 gold (23 weeks)US	First published: May 1980
	Xanadu Xanadu	DE1 (29 weeks) DE	AT1 (18 weeks) AT	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (11 weeks)UK	US8 (17 weeks) US	First published: June 1980 with Electric Light Orchestra
	Suddenly Xanadu	-	-	-	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	US20 (19 weeks) US	First published: October 1980 with Cliff Richard
1981	Physical Physical	DE4 (21 weeks) DE	AT7 (8 weeks) AT	CH1 (11 weeks) CH	UK7th silver (16 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (26 weeks)US	First published: September 1981
1982	Landslide Physical	-	-	-	UK18 (9 weeks) UK	US52 (8 weeks) US	First published: January 1982
	Make a move on me physical	DE38 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK43 (3 weeks) UK	US5 (14 weeks) US	First published: January 1982
	Heart Attack Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2	DE51 (5 weeks) DE	AT7 (10 weeks) AT	-	UK46 (4 weeks) UK	US3 (21 weeks) US	First published: August 1982
1983	Tied Up Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2	-	-	-	-	US38 (11 weeks) US	First published: December 1982
	Twist of Fate Two of a Kind	-	-	CH20 (6 weeks) CH	UK57 (4 weeks) UK	US5 (18 weeks) US	First published: October 1983
1984	Livin 'in Desperate Times Two of a Kind	-	-	-	-	US31 (10 weeks) US	First published: January 1984
1985	Soul Kiss Soul Kiss	-	-	-	UK100 (1 week) UK	US20 (15 weeks) US	First published: September 1985
1986	The Best of Me David Foster	-	-	-	-	US80 (8 weeks) US	First published: May 1986 with David Foster
1988	The Rumor The Rumor	DE36 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK85 (2 weeks) UK	US62 (6 weeks) US	First published: August 1988
1990	Grease Megamix	DE42 (8 weeks) DE	AT26 (7 weeks) AT	-	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 1990 with John Travolta
1991	Grease - Dream Mix	-	-	-	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1991 with John Travolta and Frankie Valli
1992	I Need Love Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992	-	-	-	UK75 (1 week) UK	US96 (2 weeks) US	First published: June 1992
1995	Had to Be Songs from Heathcliff	-	-	-	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1995 with Cliff Richard
1998	You're the One That I Want (Martian Remix) Grease: The Remix EP	-	AT26 (12 weeks) AT	CH34 (2 weeks) CH	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1998

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More singles

1966: Till You Say You'll Be Mine 1970: I Could Never Live without Your Love 1970: You're My Baby Now 1970: Sunny Honey Girl 1971: Love Song 1971: Down by the river called Ohio 1971: If You Could Read My Mind 1971: It's so hard to say goodbye 1972: Just a Little Too Much 1972: I'm a Small and Lonely Light 1973: Maybe Then 'll Think of You 1974: Have Love Will Travel 1974: Angel Eyes 1975: Follow Me 1975: A Window to the Sky 1975: Fly Away (with John Denver ) 1975: Let It Shine 1975: Mon amour, mon impossible amour 1976: Jolene 1976: Compassionate Man 1977: Sad Songs 1977: Don't Cry for Me Argentina 1978: Please Don't Keep Me Waiting 1979: Rest Your Love on Me (with Andy Gibb) 1980: Suspended in Time 1983: Take a Chance (with John Travolta) 1983: Shaking You 1984: Face to Face (with Barry Gibb ) 1985: Tough Up 1985: Emotional Tangle

1988: Can't We Talk It Over in Bed 1988: It's Always Australia for Me 1989: Reach Out for Me 1989: Warm and Tender 1989: When You Wish upon a Star 1992: Deeper Than a River 1994: No Matter What You Do 1994: Don't Cut Me Down 1995: You're the One That I Want (with Francis Lalanne) 1997: Falling (with Raybon Brothers) 1997: Trust Yourself 1998: Back with a Heart 1998: Summer Nights (Martian Remix) (with John Travolta) 1998: Precious Love 1999: Physical '99 (The Monday Night Club Mixes) 2000: Dare to Dream (with John Farnham ) 2000: Change of Heart (with Jim Brickman ) 2001: Valentine (with Jim Brickman ) 2002: Tenterfield Saddler (with Peter Allen ) 2002: Lift Me Up 2004: Prelude to Indigo 2005: Phenomenal Woman 2006: Instrument of Peace 2008: The Heart Knows 2008: O Come, All Ye Faithful ( Elvis Presley with Olivia Newton-John) 2009: Hope Is Always Here (Helping Kids with Cancer) (with David Foster) 2010: Help Me to Heal 2011: Magic (with Wacci) 2011: When You Wish Upon a Star 2015: You Have to Believe (with Dave Audé and Chloe Lattanzi) 2016: Stone in My Pocket (with Amy Sky and Beth Nielsen Chapman )

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Physical Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers	-	-	-	UK56 (1 week) UK	US89 (1 week) US	First release: May 2010 Glee Cast feat. Olivia Newton-John
	Number one singles	DE2DE	AT2AT	CH2CH	UK3UK	US5US
	Top 10 singles	DE4thDE	AT5AT	CH4thCH	UK11UK	US15thUS
	Singles in the charts	DE12DE	AT8thAT	CH6thCH	UK28UK	US37US

Awards for music sales

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	4 × gold4th	26 × platinum26th	-	1,947,500	aria.com.au AU2
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	1,750,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	2,300,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	70,000	Individual evidence
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	-	50,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	9 × gold9	22 × platinum22nd	diamond1	3,650,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	200,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	300,000	mediafire.com
United States (RIAA)	-	17 × gold17th	20 × platinum20th	-	34,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	7 × gold7th	11 × platinum11	-	7,090,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	54 × gold54	91 × ​​platinum91	diamond1

Films / TV series (selection)

• 1965: Funny Things Happen Down Under
• 1970: Toomorrow
• 1978: Grease
• 1980: Xanadu
• 1983: Two of a Kind (Two of a Kind)
• 1990: A Mom for Christmas comes true
• 1991: In Bed with Madonna (Madonna: Truth or Dare) ( Cameo )
• 1994: Snowed in - Christmas in a Snowstorm (A Christmas Romance)
• 1996: It's My Party
• 2001: Sordid Lives
• 2001: Teen Star (The Wilde Girls)
• 2008: Sordid Lives: The Series
• 2009: Glee
• 2010: Score: A Hockey Musical
• 2010: 1aMinute (documentation)
• 2011: The Groomsmen (A Few Best Men)
• 2018: Sharknado 5 (cameo)
• 2020: The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

Literature (selection)

• Tim Ewbank: Olivia. Piatkus Books, UK 2008, ISBN 978-0-7499-0983-3 .
• Edward Wincentsen: The Olivia Newton John Companion. Wynn Publishing Company, USA 2001, ISBN 0-9710591-0-1 .
• Gregory Branson-Trent: Magic: The Music of Olivia Newton-John. USA 2007, ISBN 978-1-4251-2393-2 .
• Gregory Branson-Trent: More Than Physical . Collector's Guide, Canada 1994, ISBN 0-9695736-6-9 .
• Darren Mason: Olivia: One Woman's Journey. Minerva Press, UK 1999, ISBN 0-7541-0817-1 .
• Olivia Newton-John: A Pig Tale . Simon & Schuster, USA 1993, ISBN 0-671-78778-0 .
• Didi Conn: Frenchy's Grease Scrapbook . Hyperion, USA 1998, ISBN 0-7868-8345-6 .
• Peter Ruff: Olivia Newton-John . Quick Fox, USA 1979, ISBN 0-8256-3934-4 .
• Linda Jacobs: Sunshine Super Girl . Altman, USA 1975, ISBN 0-88436-184-5 .
• Ann Morse: Rock'n Pop Star . Creative Education Society, USA 1976, ISBN 0-87191-475-1 .
• Olivia Newton-John: A Charmed Life . Pan Books, UK 2003, ISBN 0-330-49246-2 .
• George Osaki: Olivia Newton-John . Pocket Books, UK 1985, ISBN 0-671-47298-4 .
• Olivia Newton-John: LiveWise . Murdoch Books, AUS 2011, ISBN 978-1-74266-225-1 .
• Olivia Newton-John: Don't Stop Believin '. Penguin Random House, AUS 2018 , ISBN 9780143788935 .
• Olivia Newton-John: Never Stop Dreaming: The Long-Awaited Autobiography. Hannibal Verlag, G 2019 , ISBN 978-3854456681 .

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1. ↑ http://www.onjcancercentre.org/about/olivia-newton-john
2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40100915
3. ↑ Michael Lallo: Talking Heads with Olivia Newton-John ABC1, 6.30pm. The Age, July 13, 2009, accessed November 4, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Olivia Newton-John: Ian Turpie was my first true love , Woman's Day December 19, 2012.
5. ↑ Billboard list of the 50 Sexiest Songs of All Times
6. ↑ Barbara Barkhausen: Star from "Grease": Olivia Newton-John publishes cancer diagnosis. In: welt.de . May 31, 2017, accessed October 7, 2018 . 
7. ↑ http://www.olivianewton-john.com/June2017ConcertsPostponed.html
8. ↑ Olivia Newton-John's daughter Chloe Lattanzi says plastic surgery left her 'looking mutilated' , News Corp Australia Network , March 7, 2017.
9. ↑ Olivia Newton-John reveals she's battling cancer for the third time. news.com.au, September 10, 2018, accessed on September 11, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Olivia Newton-John denies rumors: "I'm doing very well"
11. ^ ARIA Hall of Fame. Australian Recording Industry Association , accessed August 6, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Olivia Newton-John receives the Honorary Award Charity and Entertainment 2009 from Radio Regenbogen (accessed on April 2, 2010)
13. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE albums DE AT CH UK US / Soundtrack Grease DE AT US
14. ↑ Soundtrack "Grease" in the German album charts on OfficialCharts.de
15. ↑ Soundtrack "Grease" in the Austrian hit parade on AustrianCharts.at
16. ↑ Soundtrack "Grease" in the Official UK Charts (English)

Web links

Commons : Olivia Newton-John  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website of Olivia Newton-John
• Olivia Newton-John in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Olivia Newton-John at Allmusic (English)
• Olivia Newton-John at Discogs (English)
• Singles Discography on 45cat.com
• Discography on rateyourmusic.com
• Charts and data on chartsurfer.de