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Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John was a British and Australian singer, songwriter and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, as well as the highest-selling female Australian recording artist of all time.
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entertainment · British–Australian singer (1948–2022) · singer · film actor · recording artist · singer-songwriter · actor · composer · musician · songwriter · also Olivia Newton-John, Olivia Newton, Newton-John
Born 26 September 1948 · Died 8 August 2022 · Q185165
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2026· 10 entries
“Roger Davies was my manager at the time; he played it for me and I knew it was a very catchy song.”
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“s co-lead, John Travolta. Newton-John previewed some of the film”
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Yahoo: Olivia Newton-John's 'Physical' Tops Billboard's '80s Songs List After 10 Weeks at No. 1
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Public attention spiked: 16,716 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.4× the usual 4,858, with 0 article edits.
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Yahoo: Olivia Newton-John's 'Magic' Ranked No. 4 in Best 1980s Yacht Rock Songs
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HELLO!: Olivia Newton John
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People: Where Is Olivia Newton-John's Husband Now? Inside John Easterling's Life 4 Years After Her Death
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Serenity (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Don't Stop Believin' (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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2025· 8 entries
Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Can I Trust Your Arms (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - When I Needed You (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - That’s All I Know For Sure (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Pass It On (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Under The Skin (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Phenomenal Woman (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - When You Believe (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Stronger Than Before (Visualizer) (Official)”.
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Ben Elton: ‘I fancied Olivia Newton-John. It’s all right to say that about a third cousin, right?’
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The Guardian: ‘I really had to work for it’: Courtney Act on loving – and performing – Olivia Newton-John
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2023· 6 entries
New York Post: Olivia Newton-John’s daughter cries on live TV over her death: ‘Still raw for me’
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CNN: Olivia Newton-John’s husband and daughter say she’s visited them as a ‘blue orb’ since dying
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New York Daily News: Olivia Newton-John remembered as ‘force of nature’ at Melbourne ceremony
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The Guardian: Thousands pay tribute to Olivia Newton-John at Australian memorial service
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The Guardian: Fans and stars farewell Olivia Newton-John – as it happened
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New York Post: Olivia Newton-John’s final song released — a duet with Dolly Parton
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2022· 11 entries
The Guardian: Olivia Newton-John remembered by Didi Conn
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The Guardian: Olivia Newton-John’s 10 best songs – sorted!
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The Guardian: ‘Ahead of its time’: how Olivia Newton-John’s final Grease outfit became a cultural phenomenon
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The Guardian: Olivia Newton-John was a trailblazer in the art of pop reinvention
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7NEWS Australia: Olivia Newton-John’s poignant final Australian interview: ‘I’m grateful for life’
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The Guardian: ‘This was her dream’: Olivia Newton-John’s legacy lives on at cancer research centre
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The Asahi Shimbun: Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy in ‘Grease,’ dies at 73
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The Guardian: Tributes flow for Olivia Newton-John after Australian star’s death
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The Guardian: Olivia Newton-John's most memorable moments – video obituary
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The Guardian: Dame Olivia Newton-John obituary
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Died 2022-08-08.
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2021· 1 entry
Awarded Australian Women in Music Awards (2021).
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (2019).
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2017· 1 entry
Collaborated with two North American singer-songwriters, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky, on a joint concert tour entitled Liv On after co-producing a 2016 CD by the same name
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2015· 3 entries
Newton-John also reunited with John Farnham for a joint venture called Two Strong Hearts Live
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Newton-John was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame
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Newton-John was a guest judge on an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race
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2012· 13 entries
Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Gaté Gaté”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Hesed Gevurah ( Interlude )”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Love Is Letting Go Of Fear”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Tiferet ( Interlude )”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Grace And Gratitude”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Nezah ( Interlude )”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Learn To Love Yourself”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Hod ( Interlude )”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - To Be Wanted”.
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Published video “Olivia Newton-John - Yesod ( Interlude )”.
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Awarded National Trust of Australia (2012).
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Awarded Australian National Living Treasure (2012).
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The Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre at the Austin Hospital opened in her home town of Melbourne; in 2015, the facility was rechristened the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre
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2010· 3 entries
Billboard magazine ranked this as the most popular single ever about sex
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And re-released the album as Grace and Gratitude Renewed on the Green Hill music label
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Newton-John starred in the film Score: A Hockey Musical, released in Canada
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2008· 4 entries
Raised funds to help build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia
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Newton-John took part in the BBC Wales program Coming Home about her Welsh family history
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Newton-John joined Anne Murray on Murray's last album, titled Duets: Friends & Legends
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Pointed to McDermott having been lost at sea
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2007· 4 entries
Started dating and married in an Incan spiritual ceremony in Peru on 21 June 2008, followed by a legal ceremony nine days later (30 June 2008) on Jupiter Island, Florida
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Re-teamed with her Grace and Gratitude producer, Amy Sky, for Christmas Wish (No
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It was announced that she and UMG had reached a "conditional settlement"
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And was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Musical
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (2006).
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Newton-John released a healing CD, Grace and Gratitude
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And Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2020
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2005· 1 entry
Released Stronger Than Before, sold exclusively in the United States by Hallmark
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded Australian Recording Industry Association (2002).
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There was an American distribution by Hip-O Records, and a subsequent re-release in 2012 by Green Hill featured an alternative cover photo
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Released (2), a duets album featuring mostly Australian artists (Tina Arena, Darren Hayes, Jimmy Little, Johnny O'Keefe, Billy Thorpe and Keith Urban), as well as a "duet" with the deceased Peter Allen
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Newton-John was also inducted into Australia's ARIA Hall of Fame
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2000· 3 entries
Released a solo CD, One Woman's Live Journey, her first live album since 1981's Love Performance
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Appeared in a dramatically different role as Bitsy Mae Harling, a bisexual former-convict country singer, in Del Shores' Sordid Lives
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Teamed with Vince Gill and the London Symphony Orchestra for 'Tis the Season sold exclusively through Hallmark
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Daytime Emmy Award (1999).
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1998· 2 entries
Returned to Nashville to record Back with a Heart (No
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And ranked as the second highest-grossing film behind Titanic in its opening weekend
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1994· 1 entry
Released Gaia: One Woman's Journey, which chronicled her ordeal
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1993· 2 entries
Newton-John met John Easterling, founder and president of the Amazon Herb Company, which he started in 1990 and sold to TriVita in 2012
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In 1993, Newton-John met John Easterling, founder and president of the Amazon Herb Company, which he started in 1990 and sold to TriVita in 2012.
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1992· 1 entry
When she compiled her third hits collection, Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992, and planned her first tour since her Physical trek ten years earlier
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1991· 1 entry
Became the National Spokesperson for the Colette Chuda Environmental Fund/CHEC (Children's Health Environmental Coalition) following the death from Wilms' tumour of five-year-old Colette Chuda, daughter of Newton-Joh
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1989· 1 entry
By Grayson Hugh, the song's arranger, and became a top-20 pop hit as "Talk It Over"
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1984· 1 entry
Newton-John married her long-time, live-in partner, actor Matt Lattanzi, in December 1984.
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Video of the Year for Physical (1983).
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For the critically and commercially unsuccessful movie Two of a Kind, redeemed by its platinum soundtrack (No
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1981· 2 entries
Also composed and recorded the song "The Promise (the Dolphin Song)" on the Physical album
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Newton-John released her most successful studio album, the double platinum Physical, which strongly reinforced her image change by showcasing risqué, rock-oriented material
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1979· 1 entry
Newton-John lived with Kramer on and off and they stayed a couple until 1979; she called their turbulent pairing "one long breakup".
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1978· 3 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1978).
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Newton-John starred in the musical film Grease, which was the highest-grossing musical film at the time and whose soundtrack remains one of the world's best-selling albums
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Newton-John's career soared after she starred as Sandy in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease
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1977· 1 entry
The single "Sam", a mid-tempo waltz from Don't Stop Believin', returned her to the No
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1976· 1 entry
“He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother”
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1975· 3 entries
Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album for Have You Never Been Mellow (1975).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for I Honestly Love You (1975).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Record of the Year for I Honestly Love You (1975).
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1974· 8 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Let Me Be There (1974).
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Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Song for I Honestly Love You (1974).
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Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Country Album for Let Me Be There (1974).
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Awarded Country Music Association Award for Female Vocalist of the Year (1974).
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Newton-John represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Long Live Love"
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“If You Love Me (Let Me Know)”
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Newton-John was also named the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, a designation which made her the first British singer to have won the award; and the title also meant she defeated more established Na
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Received the (BCMA) British Country Music Association Award for "Female Vocalist of the Year" in London, England
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1973· 2 entries
While vacationing on the French Riviera, Newton-John met British businessman Lee Kramer, who became both her new boyfriend and manager
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In 1973, while vacationing on the French Riviera, Newton-John met British businessman Lee Kramer, who became both her new boyfriend and manager.
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1972· 2 entries
In 1972, Newton-John ended her relationship with Welch, who subsequently attempted suicide.
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Newton-John ended her relationship with Welch, who subsequently attempted suicide
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1971· 1 entry
Newton-John released her first solo album, If Not for You (US No
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1970· 1 entry
The group starred in the science fiction musical Toomorrow and recorded an accompanying soundtrack album on RCA Records; both the LP and the movie were named after the group
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1968· 2 entries
In 1968, Newton-John was engaged to but never married Bruce Welch, one of her early producers and co-writer of her hit "Please Mr.
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Newton-John was engaged to but never married Bruce Welch, one of her early producers and co-writer of her hit "Please Mr
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1966· 1 entry
Newton-John recorded her first single, "Till You Say You'll Be Mine", in Britain for Decca Records
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1965· 2 entries
Entered and won a talent contest on the television program Sing, Sing, Sing, hosted by 1960s Australian icon Johnny O'Keefe
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In the mid-1960s, Newton-John dated Australian actor and singer Ian Turpie, her co-star in the 1965 musical film Funny Things Happen Down Under.
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1964· 1 entry
Newton-John's acting talent was first recognised portraying Lady Mary Lasenby in her University High School's production of The Admirable Crichton as she became the Young Sun's Drama Award best schoolgirl actress runner-
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1963· 2 entries
They met in 1963 when Turpie attended the coffee shop where Newton-John's group Sol Four performed.
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When Turpie attended the coffee shop where Newton-John's group Sol Four performed
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1948· 1 entry
Born 1948-09-26.
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