Olivia Newton-John has passed away at age 73, but while many know her as a star in the movie Grease she also has a pretty impressive discography.
It was confirmed yesterday, August 8, by her husband, that Olivia had passed away ‘peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends’.
According to reports the star died following her battle with breast cancer for over 30 years and numerous tributes have now poured in, significantly one from her long-time friend and former Grease co-star John Travolta.
The pair starred alongside each other in the 70s cult musical that shot her to global fame, however, before this Olivia was already an established singer.
Olivia Newton-John Discography
In 1978 everyone was fighting to get their hands on the Grease soundtrack and listen to Sandy lament over Danny in ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’, but before that Olivia had already released a whopping nine studio albums, starting with her debut album If Not for You in 1971.
The album hit big in her home country of Australia, peaking at number 14, and even made it on to the US Billboard 200.
Her third studio album Let Me Be There was an even bigger hit, peaking at number 54 on the US Billboard 200 chart and it even went gold in the US and platinum in Canada.
Her first US number 1 album came in 1975 with Have You Never Been Mellow. The album went to number one in the US, was made 2 times platinum in Canada and went Gold in the US.
In her life, Olvia had 26 studio albums throughout her career, six live albums, six soundtracks she featured on and 70 singles.
Of course, the Grease soundtrack was the biggest hit she was part of. The album went number one in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US – but it only hit number three in France.
She would also feature on the soundtrack album for the movie Xanadu as she recorded and performed the titular song ‘Xanadu‘ with Electric Light Orchestra. The song hit number one on 11 charts in 1980 and made it into the top ten of 25 charts.
Olivia Newton-John net worth
After an incredibly successful 50-year career Olivia amassed an incredible net worth. According to Celebrity Net Worth Olivia has left behind a worth of $60 million.