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Olivia Newton-John

Also known as Olivia Newton

English and Australian singer (1948-2022)

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Olivia Newton-John was an English-born Australian singer who became one of the most popular recording artists of the late 20th century, known for hits like "Greased Lightning" and "Physical." She matters as a cultural icon who achieved major success across music, film, and television, leaving a lasting impact on popular entertainment before her death in 2022.

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Dame Olivia Newton-John AC, DBE (September 26, 1948 – August 8, 2022) was an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum)…

Known for

ABBA: Against the Odds — Self (archive footage)2024
Christmas with Delta in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2024
When ABBA Came to Britain — Self (archive footage)2024
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection — Self (archive footage)2023
John Farnham: Finding the Voice — Self (archive footage)2023
Olivia Newton-John at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2022
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over — Self2021
Drag Race Down Under — Self - Special Guest2021
The A-Z of Eurovision — Self - Contestant (archive footage)2020
Christmas with Delta 2020 — Self2020

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Olivia
Gender: female
Citizenship: Australia
Place of birth: Cambridge
Place of death: Santa Ynez Valley
Child: Chloe Rose Lattanzi
Occupation: composer
Languages spoken: English language
Award: American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist
Notable work: Grease
Participant in: Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Field of work: popular music
Hair colour: blond hair
Genre: folk music
Instrument: voice
Record label: MCA Records
Discography: Olivia Newton-John discography
Official website: www.olivianewton-john.com
Image: Aankomst zangeres Olivia Newton John op Schiphol Olivia Newton John in de persk, Bestanddeelnr 930-0132 (cropped).jpg
Work location: Los Angeles
Voice type: soprano

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place of burial: Santa Ynez
Commons category: Olivia Newton-John
date of birth: 1948-09-26
topic's main category: Category:Olivia Newton-John
relative: Ben Elton
name in native language: Olivia Newton-John
described at URL: morethanphysical.blogspot.com
start of work period: 1963-00-00
nominated for: Grammy Award for Best Music Video
social media followers: 181284
topic has template: Template:Olivia Newton-John
date of death: 2022-08-08
cause of death: breast cancer
end of work period: 2022-00-00
manner of death: natural causes
nickname: Lovely Livvy
honorific prefix: Dame

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Olivia Newton-John, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) 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.

In 1978, 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. It features two major hit duets with co-star John Travolta: "You're the One That I Want"—which is one of the best-selling singles of all time—and "Summer Nights". This soundtrack also includes her solo "Hopelessly Devoted to You." . Her signature solo recordings include the Record of the Year Grammy winner "I Honestly Love You" (1974) and "Physical" (1981)—Billboard's highest-ranking Hot 100 single of the 1980s. Other defining hit singles include "If Not for You" and "Banks of the Ohio" (both 1971), "Let Me Be There" (1973), "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" (1974), "Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975), "Sam" (1977), "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (1978; also from Grease), "A Little More Love" (1978), "Twist of Fate" (1983) and, from the 1980 film Xanadu, "Magic" and "Xanadu" (with the Electric Light Orchestra).

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