Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John (nascida em 26 de setembro de 1948) é um cantora pop australiana e atriz ganhadora do prêmio Grammy e indicada ao Globo de Ouro. É uma ativista ávida em questões ambientais e consciência do câncer da mama. Seus interesses comerciais incluíram o lançamento de diversas linhas de produtos para o Koala Blue e a abertura do Gaia Retreat and Spa na Austrália.

Vida

Olivia Newton-John nasceu Cambridge, na Inglaterra, filha de Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John e Irene Born. Olivia é a mais nova dos três irmãos, Hugh, um médico, e Rona, sua irmã também atriz. Sua mãe era filha de Max Born, o físico alemão ganhador do prêmio Nobel que fugiu da Alemanha nos anos 30 para evitar a perseguição judaica. O seu pai era um oficial MI5 no enigma do projeto no parque de Bletcheley. A família Newton-John emigrou em 1954 para Melbourne, na Austrália onde seu pai começou a trabalhar como professor na faculdade de Ormond, na universidade de Melbourne.

Carreira

Começo de Carreira

Com 14 anos, Olivia formou uma banda de garotas, Sol Four, com três colegas. Ela logo estava aparecendo regularmente nas rádios e nos shows de televisão australianos incluindo HSV-7's The Happy Show onde cantou Lovely Livvy. Também apareceu no Go Show onde encontrou seus amigos, Pat Carroll e John Farrar. (Carroll e Farrar estavam casados.) Entrou em uma concurso de talentos no programa de telvisão, Sing, Sing, Sing, apresentado pelo ídolo australiano dos anos 60 Johnny O'Keefe, onde cantou as canções "Anyone Who Had A Heart" e "Everything's Coming Up Roses". Ganhou a competição e recebeu um convite de trabalho na Inglaterra. Inicialmente não quis ir, mas sua mãe a incentivou a conquistar a fama.

Olivia mudou-se para a Inglaterra e terminou seu namoro com, Ian Turpie, com quem estrelou em um tele-filme australiano independente, Funny Things Happen Down Under. Quanto Pat Carrol mudou-se também para a Inglaterra, as duas se juntaram e fizeram um turnê em clubes noturnos na Europa, que terminou quanto o visto de Pat terminou e ela teve que retornar a Austrália. Olivia permaneceu na Inglaterra para começar definitivamente sua carreira solo.

Olivia gravou seu primeiro single, "Till You Say You'll Be Mine"/"Forever," pela gravadora inglesa Decca Records, em 1966. Quatro anos mais tarde, Olivia entrou no grupo, "Toomorrow" — idéia do produtor americano Don Kirshner. O grupo gravou um álbum e estrelou um "musical de ficção científica". O projeto fracassou e o grupo se separou em 1970.

1971-1977

Olivia lançou seu primeiro álbum, If Not For You, em 1971. The If Not For You, escrita por Bob Dylan, se transforma em seu primeiro hit internaiconal (No. 25 Pop, No. 1 Adult Contemporary [hereafter AC]) esteve no Top 10 na Austrália e Inglaterra, porém, fracassou nos Estados Unidos. (No. 94 Pop, No. 34 AC). Foi cantidata a Melhor Cantora Inglesa em dois anos na revista Record Mirror. Apareceu diversas vezes com Cliff Richard no programa de televisão, It's Cliff Richard, e estrelou com ele no tele-filme, The Case. A carreira de Olivia nos Estados Unidos era fracassada desde If Not For You até o lançamento de "Let Me Be There" em 1973. A música entrou no Top 10 americano no Pop (No. 6), Country (No. 7) e AC (No. 3) e resultou em um prêmio Grammy de Melhor Cantora Country do Ano e outro pela, An Academy of Country Music Award de Melhor Cantora. A música entrou no álbum Let Me Be There, o No. 1 em vendas dos álbuns country durante duas semanas.

Em 1974, Olivia representou o Reino Unido do Festival Eurovision com uma música que não tinha gostado, "Long Live Love", escolhida pelo público britânico. Conseguiu o quarto lugar, o ganhador foi o grupo ABBA com a música "Waterloo". Todas as seis canções indicadas foram gravadas por Olivia em seu álbum Long Live Love, o primeiro feito pela IEM. Na América do Norte, este álbum foi lançado com o nome If You Love Me, Let Me Know com seis canções do Festival Eurovision o álbum tinha quatro tipos de estilos, mas tinha uma orientação country para continuar com o sucesso conseguido com "Let Me Be There". A música título do álbum foi o primeiro single e conseguiu o No. 5 Pop, No. 2 Country (sua música country de melhor colocação até hoje) e No. 2 AC. O próximo single,“I Honestly Love You”, se tornou a canção principal de Olivia naquele momento. Escrita por Jeff Barry e Peter Allen, a música conseguiu o primeiro No. 1 Pop de Olivia e ficou neste posto por duas semanas, e o segundo No. 1 AC que continuou no posto por três semanas, com isso Olivia ganhou dois Grammy, Recorde do Ano e Melhor Cantora Pop do Ano. O sucesso dos singles botou o álbum em No. 1 na categoria Pop por uma semana, e na Country por oito semanas no Album Charts.

Olivia se tornou a cantora country de maior sucesso na época nos Estados Unidos, mas foi criticada pelos puristas, que acreditavam que a sua mistura de country com pop não era música country. Além do Grammy por "Let Me Be There”, Olivia também ganhou o Country Music Association por Melhor Cantora do Ano, ganhando das cantoras: Loretta Lynn, Anne Murray, Dolly Parton e Tanya Tucker. A vitória de Olivia ultrajou vários artistas country que formaram a com curta vida, Association of Country Entertainers (ACE). Olivia foi a cantora que mais divulgou a música country naquela época. Stella Parton, a irmã de Dolly Parton, gravou "Ode To Olivia" que foi lançado no álbum de Olivia, em 1976, Don't Stop Believin'’.

Encorajada pela cantora australiana Helen Reddy, Olivia saiu da Inglaterra e mudou-se para os Estados Unidos. Seu novo álbum, Have You Never Been Mellow, ficou em No. 1 Pop por uma semana e em No. 1 Country por seis semanas . O álbum gerou dois singles – a música-título do álbum (No. 1 Pop, No. 3 Country, No. 1 AC) e "Please Mr. Please" (No. 3 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC). A carreira de Olivia esfriou com a estréia do álbum seguinte Clearly Love. A tradição do certificado gold conseguido em 10 singles consecutivos foi quebrada com "Something Better To Do", que ficou parado em No. 13 (also No. 19 Country and No. 1 AC). Embora seus álbuns ainda conseguissem o certificado de ouro, não retornou ao Top 10 no Hot 100 da Pop Music outra vez até 1978.

Os singles de Olivia continuam facilmente ficar no Top 10 do AC, onde acumularam dez No. 1, incluindo sete consecutivamente:

• "I Honestly Love You" (1974) - 3 semanas
• "Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975) - 1 semana
• "Please Mr. Please" (1975) - 3 semanas
• "Something Better To Do" (1975) - 3 semanas
• "Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" (1976) - 2 semanas
• "Come On Over" (1976) - 1 semana
• "Don't Stop Believin'" (1976) - 1 semana

She also provided a prominent, but uncredited, vocal on John Denver's "Fly Away" single which was succeeded by her own single, "Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother", at No. 1 on the AC chart. Newton-John also continued to reach the Country Top 10 where she tallied seven Top 10 singles through 1976's "Come On Over" (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC) and five Top 10 albums through 1976's Don't Stop Believin' (No. 30 Pop, No. 7 Country). She headlined her first U.S. television special, A Special Olivia Newton-John, in November 1976.

By mid-1977, Olivia's AC and country success also began to wane. Her Making a Good Thing Better album (No. 34 Pop, No. 13 Country) failed to be certified gold and its only single, the title track, did not even reach the AC Top 10 or the Country chart. Although the release that same year of Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits (No. 13 Pop, No. 7 Country) became her first platinum album, Newton-John was ready to move her career in new directions.

1978-1979

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Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsson in Grease.

Newton-John's career soared after starring in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Grease in 1978. She was offered the lead role of Sandy after a chance meeting with producer Allan Carr at a dinner party held by Helen Reddy in her Los Angeles home. Burned by her Toomorrow experience and concerned that she was too old to play a high school senior (she turned 29 during the latter 1977 filming), Newton-John insisted on a screen test with the film's co-star, John Travolta. The film accommodated Newton-John's Australian accent by recasting her character from the play's original American Sandy Dumbrowski to Sandy Olsson - an Australian who vacations and then moves with her family to the United States.

The release of the film was preceded one month earlier by the telecast of Newton-John's second television special, Olivia. Grease became the biggest box office hit of 1978 and remained popular enough that it was re-released in theaters on its 20th anniversary in 1998. The soundtrack spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 and yielded three Top 5 singles for Newton-John: the No. 1 "You're The One That I Want" (with John Travolta), the No. 3 "Hopelessly Devoted To You" and the No. 5 "Summer Nights" (with John Travolta and the film's cast).

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The single cover of one of Olivia's biggest international hits, "You're The One That I Want" a duo with John Travolta, from the 1978 film Grease

The former two songs were both written by Newton-John's long-time producer, John Farrar, specifically for the film. Newton-John became the second female (after Linda Ronstadt in 1977) to have two singles, "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "Summer Nights", in the Billboard Top 5 simultaneously. Newton-John's performance earned her a People's Choice award for Favorite Motion Picture Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical and performed the Oscar-nominated "Hopelessly Devoted To You" at the 1979 Academy Awards. To this day, the soundtrack still sells several thousand copies per week and often appears on Billboard's Soundtracks chart.

Newton-John's transformation in the film from goody-goody "Sandy 1" to spandex-clad "Sandy 2" emboldened Newton-John to do the same with her music career. In November 1978, she released the pop album, Totally Hot, which became her first solo Top 10 (No. 7) album since Have You Never Been Mellow. Dressed on the cover all in leather, the album's singles "A Little More Love" (No. 3 Pop, No. 94 Country, No. 4 AC), "Deeper Than The Night" (No. 11 Pop, No. 87 Country, No. 4 AC) and the title track (No. 52 Pop) all demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John. Although the album clearly de-emphasized country, it still reached No. 4 on the Country Albums chart. Newton-John released the B-side, "Dancin' 'Round And 'Round", of the "Totally Hot" single to Country radio where it peaked at No. 29 (as well as No. 82 Pop and No. 25 AC) becoming her last charted solo Country airplay single to date.

Anos 80

Newton-John began 1980 by releasing I Can't Help It (No. 12 Pop, No. 8 AC), a duet with Andy Gibb from his After Dark album, and by starring in her third television special, Hollywood Nights. Later that year, she appeared in her first film since Grease, starring in the musical Xanadu with Gene Kelly and Michael Beck. While the movie was a critical failure, it was ultimately profitable and its soundtrack was certified double platinum. The soundtrack (No. 4 Pop) boasted five Top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 including Newton-John's Magic (No. 1 Pop, No. 1 AC), Suddenly with Cliff Richard (No. 20 Pop, No. 4 AC) and the title-song with ELO (No. 8 Pop, No. 2 AC). Magic was Newton-John's biggest Pop hit to that point (four weeks at No. 1) and still ranks as the biggest AC hit of her career (five weeks at No. 1). The film has since become a cult classic and the basis for a well-reviewed Broadway show in 2007.

In 1981, Newton-John released her most successful studio album, the double platinum Physical. The title track, written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick, spent ten weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, matching the then record of most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist held by Debby Boone's You Light Up My Life. The single was certified platinum and ultimately ranked as the biggest song of the decade. The song even earned Newton-John her only placement ever on the R&B Singles (No. 28) and Albums (No. 32) chart. The Physical album spawned two more singles, Make A Move On Me (No. 5 Pop, No. 6 AC) and Landslide (No. 52 Pop).

To counter the overtly suggestive tone of the title track, Newton-John filmed an exercise-themed video that turned the song into an aerobics anthem (and made headbands a fashion accessory outside the gym). Newton-John became a pioneer in the nascent music video industry by recording a video album for Physical featuring videos of all the album's tracks as well as three of her older hits. The video album earned her a fourth Grammy and was aired as an ABC prime time special, Let's Get Physical, becoming a Top 10 Nielsen hit. The success of Physical led to an international tour and the release of her second hits collection, the double platinum Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (No. 16 Pop), which yielded two more Top 40 singles: Heart Attack (No. 3 Pop) and Tied Up (No. 38 Pop). The tour was filmed for her Olivia In Concert television special, which premiered on HBO in January 1983. The special was subsequently released to video earning Newton-John another Grammy nomination.

Newton-John re-teamed with Travolta in 1983 for the critically and commercially unsuccessful Two of a Kind, redeemed by its platinum soundtrack (No. 26 Pop) featuring Twist Of Fate (No. 5 Pop), Livin' In Desperate Times (No. 31 Pop) and a new duet with Travolta, Take A Chance (No. 3 AC). Newton-John released another video package, the Grammy-nominated Twist Of Fate, featuring videos of her four songs on the Two of a Kind soundtrack and the two new singles from Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2.

The same year, Newton-John and Pat Farrar founded Koala Blue. The store was originally for Australian imports, but evolved into a chain of women's clothing boutiques. The chain was initially successful, but eventually declared bankruptcy and closed in 1992. Newton-John and Farrar would later license the brand name for a line of Australian produced wines, confections and bed/bath products.

Newton-John married long-time boyfriend Matt Lattanzi in December 1984. The couple had met four years earlier while filming Xanadu. (They divorced in 1995.) Newton-John resumed recording in 1985 with the release of the gold Soul Kiss (No. 29 Pop). By this point, fans were tiring of Newton-John's raunchier image. The album's only charted single was the title track (No. 20 Pop, No. 20 AC). Newton-John's pregnancy with daughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi (b. January 1986) limited her publicity for the album. The video album for Soul Kiss featured videos of only five of the album's ten tracks and the album's second single, Toughen Up, failed to even chart.

After a three year hiatus to raise Chloe, Newton-John returned with 1988's The Rumour. The album was promoted by an HBO special, Olivia Down Under, and its first single, the title track, was written and produced by Elton John. Both the single (No. 62 Pop, No. 33 AC) and album (No. 67 Pop) fizzled as the nearly 40-year-old Newton-John seemed "old" when compared to the teen queens Debbie Gibson and Tiffany ruling the charts at that time. The second single, Can't We Talk It Over In Bed, written by Sandy Linzer and Irwin Levine and arranged by Grayson Hugh, did not chart. (The following year Grayson Hugh released his version of the song as Talk It Over, which became a Top 20 hit.) A year later, Newton-John recorded her "self-indulgent" album, Warm and Tender, featuring lullabies and love songs for parents and their children. This album also did not revive her recording career struggling to No. 124 Pop.

Breast Cancer Survivor and Health Advocate

Newton-John was primed for another comeback in 1992 when she compiled her third hits collection, Back To Basics - The Essential Collection 1971-1992 (No. 121 Pop), and planned her first tour since her Physical trek ten years earlier. Shortly after the album's release, Newton-John was diagnosed with breast cancer forcing her to cancel all publicity for the album including the tour. (Newton-John received her diagnosis the same weekend her father passed away.) Newton-John recovered and has since become a tireless advocate for breast cancer research and other health issues. She has been a product spokesperson for the Liv-Kit, a breast self-examination product. She is co-owner of the Gaia Retreat and Spa in Byron Bay, Australia which is advertised as "the ideal place to renew, refresh, and restore your mind, body and soul".

Newton-John's cancer diagnosis affected the type of music she recorded. In 1994, she released Gaia: One Woman's Journey, which chronicled her ordeal. This was the first album on which Newton-John wrote all of the songs encouraging her to become more active as a songwriter thereafter. In 2005, she released Stronger Than Before sold exclusively in the United States by Hallmark. Proceeds from the album's sales benefited breast cancer research. The album featured the song Phenomenal Woman based on the poem by Maya Angelou that featured guest vocals from Diahann Carroll, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Delta Goodrem, Amy Holland, Patti LaBelle and Mindy Smith who were all cancer survivors or whose lives were affected by the disease. The following year, Newton-John released a healing CD, Grace And Gratitude. The album was sold exclusively by Walgreens also benefitting various charities and was the "heart" of their "Body - Heart - Spirit" Wellness Collection. The collection also featured a re-branded Liv-Kit and breast health dietary supplements.

Newton-John's spirituality also extended to the release of several Christmas albums. In 2000, she teamed with Vince Gill and the London Symphony Orchestra for 'Tis The Season, sold exclusively through Hallmark. The following year, she released The Christmas Collection which compiled seasonal music previously recorded for her Hallmark Christmas album, her appearance on Kenny Loggins' 1999 TNN Christmas special and her contributions to the Mother And Child and Spirit Of Christmas multi-artist collections. In 2007, she re-teamed with her Grace And Gratitude producer Amy Sky for Christmas Wish (No. 187 Pop) which was sold exclusively by Target.

Carreira Atual

Newton-John's spiritual, contemplative music was complemented by her pop-oriented releases. In 1998, she returned to Nashville to record Back With A Heart (No. 59 Pop). The album returned her to the Top 10 (No. 9) on the Country Albums chart. Its only single was a remake of I Honestly Love You produced by David Foster and featuring Babyface on background vocals that charted Pop (No. 67) and AC (No. 18). Country radio dismissed the song, although it did peak at No. 16 on the Country Sales chart. The album track, Love Is A Gift, won Newton-John a 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song after being featured on the daytime serial, As The World Turns. Newton-John resumed touring annually beginning in 1999.

Newton-John's subsequent albums were all released overseas primarily in Australia. Newton-John, John Farnham and Anthony Warlow toured Australia as The Main Event. The live album won an ARIA Award for Highest Selling Australian CD and was also nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album. She and Farnham performed Dare To Dream at the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2002, Newton-John released (2), a duets album featuring mostly Australian artists including Darren Hayes, Tina Arena, Jimmy Little, Billy Thorpe and Johnny O'Keefe as well as a heartfelt "duet" with the deceased Peter Allen. The same year, Newton-John was inducted into Australia's ARIA Hall of Fame. 2004 brought the release of Indigo: Women of Song, a tribute album covering songs by The Carpenters, Minnie Riperton, Doris Day, Nina Simone, Joan Baez and others. Newton-John dedicated the album to her mother who died the previous year.

Newton-John acted occasionally since Two of a Kind. She appeared in a supporting role in the 1996 AIDS drama, It's My Party - her first feature film since Two Of A Kind. In 2000, she appeared in a dramatically different role as Bitsy Mae Harling, a lesbian ex-con country singer, in Del Shores' Sordid Lives. Newton-John's television work included starring in two Christmas movies, A Mom For Christmas (1990) and A Christmas Romance (1994) - both Top 10 Nielsen hits. Her daughter, Chloe, starred as one of her children in both A Christmas Romance and in the 2001 Showtime film The Wilde Girls. Newton-John guest-starred as herself in the sitcoms Ned and Stacey, Murphy Brown and Bette. In Australia, Newton-John hosted Wild Life, a show about animals and nature - two major interests for Newton-John. She also guest starred as Joanna on two episodes of the Australian series The Man From Snowy River.

After her 1995 divorce from Matt Lattanzi, Newton-John met gaffer/cameraman Patrick McDermott the following year. The couple dated on and off for nine years until he went missing following a 2005 fishing trip off the California coast. Various theories have abounded regarding his disappearance ranging from his death by accident or foul play to McDermott staging his disappearance to avoid child support payments to his ex-wife, actress Yvette Nipar. To date, there have been no credible leads and he remains missing. Newton-John, who was in Australia at her self-owned Gaia Retreat & Spa at the time of his disappearance, was never a suspect and has refused to comment on any speculation. Newton-John returned to the tabloid headlines again in 2007 when it was revealed that her daughter was recovering from anorexia.

Feitos Atuais

• Newton-John released another concert DVD, Olivia Newton-John and the Sydney Symphony: Live at the Sydney Opera House, and a companion CD, Olivia's Live Hits, in January 2008. An edited version of the DVD premiered on PBS station, WLIW (Garden City, New York), in October 2007 and subsequently aired nationally during the network's fund-raising pledge drives. This was Newton-John's third live album after the 1981 Japanese release, Love Performance, and her 2000 Australian release, One Woman's Live Journey.

• Newton-John joined Judy Brooks and Roy Walkenhorst as co-host of the health and well-being series, Healing Quest, currently airing on PBS.

• Newton-John is currently raising funds to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne, Australia. She led a three-week, 228 km walk along the Great Wall of China during April 2008 joined by various celebrities and cancer survivors throughout her trek. The walk symbolized the steps cancer patients must take on their road to recovery. Information about the walk can be found at http://www.greatwalktobeijing.com. Newton-John will release a companion CD, A Celebration In Song, featuring new and previously recorded duets by "Olivia Newton-John & Friends." Her "Friends" include Jann Arden, Jimmy Barnes, John Farrar, Barry Gibb, Delta Goodrem, Sun Ho, Richard Marx, Cliff Richard, Melinda Schneider, Amy Sky and Keith Urban. The CD is scheduled for release in Australia on May 5 with other international release dates to be determined.

• Newton-John's daughter, Chloe, is a contestant on the MTV series, Rock The Cradle, which premiered in April 2008.

• Xanadu will be re-released on DVD June 24, 2008. The "Magical Music Edition" will feature a "Going Back to Xanadu" featurette and the film's theatrical trailer. A bonus music CD with the complete soundtrack will also be included.

• Newton-John will reprise her role as Bitsy Mae Harling for Sordid Lives: The Series premiering July 23, 2008 on the LOGO television network . The series will feature several original songs written by Newton-John for the show. Newton-John will help launch the series by performing at Los Angeles Gay Pride on June 8.

Discografia

• 1970 Toomorrow
• 1971 Olivia Newton-John
• 1972 Olivia
• 1973 Music Makes My Day
• 1974 If You Love Me, Let Me Know
• 1974 Long Live Love
• 1975 Have You Never Been Mellow
• 1975 Clearely Love
• 1976 Come On Over
• 1976 Don't Stop Believin'
• 1977 Making a Good Thing Better
• 1977 Greatest Hits
• 1978 Grease
• 1978 Totally Hot
• 1980 Xanadu
• 1981 Love Performance
• 1981 Physical
• 1982 Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
• 1983 Two Of a Kind
• 1985 Soul Kiss
• 1988 The Rumour
• 1989 Warm And Tender
• 1992 Back to Basics
• 1994 Gaia
• 1995 Songs From Heathcliff
• 1998 Back With a Heart
• 1998 Highlights From The Main Event
• 2000 One Woman's Live Journey
• 2000 'Tis The Season
• 2001 Sordid Lives
• 2001 The Christmas Collection
• 2002 (2)
• 2004 Indigo
• 2005 Stronger Than Before
• 2006 Grace And Gratitude
• 2007 Christmas Wish
• 2008 Olivia's Live Hits

Honorários

• Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Programme
• Hall of Fame by the Australian Recording Industry Association (2002)
• Hollywood Walk of Fame (1981)
• Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to the entertainment industry as a singer and actor, and to the community through organisations supporting breast cancer treatment, education, training and research, and the environment" (2006)
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II (1979)

Prêmios

Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards

Vitórias:

• 1973 - Most Promising Female Vocalist

Nomeações:

• 1974 - Top Female Vocalist

American Music Awards

Vitórias:

• 1974 - Favorite Album – Country: "Let Me Be There"
• 1974 - Favorite Female Artist – Country
• 1974 - Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock
• 1974 - Favorite Single - Pop/Rock: "I Honestly Love You"
• 1975 - Favorite Album - Pop/Rock: "Have You Never Been Mellow"
• 1975 - Favorite Female Artist – Country
• 1975 - Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock
• 1976 - Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock
• 1978 - Favorite Album - Pop/Rock: "Grease"
• 1982 - Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock

Nomeações:

• 1975 - Favorite Album - Country: "Have You Never Been Mellow"
• 1979 - Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock
• 1980 - Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock

Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards

Vitórias:

• 1999 - Highest Selling Album: "Highlights From The Main Event"

Nomeações:

• 1999 - Best Adult Contemporary Album: "Highlights From The Main Event"

Country Music Association (CMA) Awards

Vitórias:

• 1974 - Female Vocalist of the Year

Nomeações:

• 1974 - Album of the Year - "If You Love Me Let Me Know"
• 1974 - Entertainer of the Year
• 1974 - Single of the Year - "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"

Grammy Awards

Vitórias:

• 1973 - Best Female Country Vocal Performance: "Let Me Be There"
• 1974 - Record of the Year: "I Honestly Love You"
• 1974 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "I Honestly Love You"
• 1982 - Video of the Year: "Olivia Physical"

Nomeações:

• 1975 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Have You Never Been Mellow"
• 1978 - Album of the Year: Grease
• 1978 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
• 1980 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Magic"
• 1981 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Physical"
• 1982 - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Heart Attack"
• 1983 - Best Long Form Music Video: Olivia In Concert
• 1984 - Best Short Form Music Video: Twist Of Fate

People's Choice Awards

• 1975 - Favorite Female Musical Performer
• 1977 - Favorite Female Musical Performer
• 1979 - Favorite Female Musical Performer
• 1979 - Favorite Motion Picture Actress

Trivia

• She is not related to Elton John whose birthname is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
• Olivia was originally considered for the title role in the movie version of "Evita" which eventually starred Madonna. She recorded the film's signature tune, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, for her 1977 album, Making A Good Thing Better.
• Olivia turned down the lead role in Can't Stop the Music .
• Olivia was a huge part of the plot, but did not appear in "The Orkly Kid"
• In the popular MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) World of Warcraft, the Stormwind bankers are named Olivia, Newton and John.
• Olivia spent her 58th birthday screening candidates for the 2007 season of American Idol.
• On January 28, 2007, she was a guest judge on the reality television series Grease: You're the One that I Want!.
• A contestant on a 2007 episode of Deal or No Deal was a huge fan of Grease, claiming to have seen it over 300 times. During the game, the producers called Newton-John who spoke with the contestant.
• Olivia visited the Max-Born Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. in December 2007 to participate in the 125th anniversary of the birth of her grandfather, physicist Max Born.
• On March 1, 2008 at 4am EST+10, Newton-John performed "Xanadu" at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Veja Também

• List of notable Melburnians
• List of best-selling music artists
• List of artists who reached number one in Ireland

Referências

• Wood, Gerry. (1998). "Olivia Newton-John". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 380-1.
• American chart data per Billboard magazine
• American record certifications per riaa.org

Links Externos

Websites Oficiais:

• Olivia Newton-John: http://www.olivianewton-john.com
• Gaia Retreat: http://www.gaiaretreat.com.au
• Great Walk To Beijing: http://www.greatwalktobeijing.com
• ON-J Cancer Centre Appeal: http://www.oliviaappeal.com/

Fãn-sites:

• http://morethanphysical.blogspot.com
• http://www.olivia-newtonjohn.com
• http://www.oliviachile.com
• http://www.onlyolivia.com