Olivia Newton-John albums discography explained

Artist:Olivia Newton-John albums
Studio:26
Live:6
Compilation:14
Singles:70
Soundtrack:6
1Option Name:Box sets
1Option:2
2Option Name:Special releases
2Option:4

The albums discography of British-Australian recording artist Olivia Newton-John consists of twenty-six studio albums, six live albums, fourteen compilations and six soundtracks. According to Billboard, Newton-John is the 44th most successful artist of all time.[1] She is also listed as the 36th top female artist on the Billboard 200 all-time female list.[2] To date, she has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.[3]

"Physical" was crowned as the Song of the Decade by Billboard, which also spent 10 weeks atop the Hot 100.[4] According to the RIAA, Newton-John has sold 27 million certified albums and singles in the United States.[5] She has amassed five number-one and ten other top-ten Hot 100 singles,[6] and two number-one Billboard 200 solo albums. She starred in Grease, which featured one of the most successful soundtracks in Hollywood history.

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
AUS
[7]
CAN
[8]
GER
[9]
JPN
[10]
NL
[11]
NOR
[12]
NZ
[13]
SWE
[14]
UK
[15]
US
[16]
If Not for You 14 158
Olivia
  • Release: 11 August 1972
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: Festival
Let Me Be There
(international title)
Music Makes My Day
(UK title)
  • Release: 20 March 1973
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
39 25 37 54

Platinum

Gold

Gold[17]

89,130

Long Live Love
  • Release: February 1974
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: EMI
19 40
Have You Never Been Mellow
  • Release: 12 February 1975
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
13 3 4 20 37 1
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
  • RIAJ: Gold[18]
  • JPN: 169,380
Clearly Love
  • Release: 30 September 1975
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
50 39 3 34 12
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
  • RIAJ: Gold[19]
  • JPN: 110,450
Come On Over
  • Release: 29 February 1976
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
29 30 2 12 49 13
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
  • RIAJ: Gold[20]
  • JPN: 405,450
Don't Stop Believin'
  • Release: 30 October 1976
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
88 56 3 33
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
  • JPN: 134,190
Making a Good Thing Better
  • Release: 3 November 1977
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
71 33 3 60 34
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAJ: Gold[21]
  • JPN: 109,820
Totally Hot
  • Release: 22 November 1978
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
7 5 9 1 4 18 9 30 7

Gold[22]

  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • JPN: 47,280
Physical
  • Release: 13 October 1981
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
3 3 30 5 9 8 8 3 11 6
  • ARIA: Platinum[23]
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: 4× Platinum
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ

Gold[24]

  • JPN: 395,810
Soul Kiss
  • Release: 25 October 1985
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
11 34 54 5 36 43 46 66 29
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
  • JPN: 67,090
The Rumour
  • Release: 2 August 1988
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: MCA
30 94 31 96 67
  • JPN: 19,340
Warm and Tender
  • Release: 9 September 1989
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: Geffen
109 43 124
  • JPN: 12,570
  • Release: 26 July 1994
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: Festival
7 33
  • ARIA: Gold
Back with a Heart
  • Release: 12 May 1998
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: MCA
66 59
Tis the Season
(with Vince Gill)
  • Release: 1 September 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Hallmark
(2)
  • Release: 12 November 2002
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Festival
5
  • Release: 17 October 2004
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Festival
15 27
Stronger Than Before
  • Release: 1 September 2005
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Warner
39
Grace and Gratitude
  • Release: 25 August 2006
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: EMI
86
Christmas Wish
  • Release: 1 October 2007
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Warner
187

22,000[27]

A Celebration in Song
(Olivia Newton-John & Friends)
  • Release: 3 June 2008
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Warner
This Christmas
(with John Travolta)
  • Release: 9 November 2012
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal
33 81
Liv On
(with Amy Sky and Beth Nielsen Chapman)
72
Friends for Christmas
(with John Farnham)
  • Release: 11 November 2016
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Sony Music Australia
1
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[28]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
AUS
CAN
FRA
[29]
GER
JPN
NL
NOR
SWE
UK
US
Grease
(with John Travolta)
  • Release: 14 April 1978
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
  • Label: RSO, Polydor
1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

5× Gold[32]

  • MC: Diamond
  • RIAA: 8× Platinum
  • SNEP

Platinum[33]

Xanadu
(with Electric Light Orchestra)
  • Release: 8 August 1980
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
  • Label: MCA
1 2 1 6 1 1 3 2 4
  • ARIA: Platinum[36]
  • BPI: Gold[37]
  • BVMI: Gold[38]
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • JPN: 312,150
Two of a Kind
(with John Travolta)
  • Release: 16 December 1983
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
  • Label: MCA
35 32 39 29 26
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • JPN: 85,120
Sordid Lives
Sordid Lives: The Series
  • Release: 1 January 2008
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: Varèse Sarabande
A Few Best Men
  • Release: 20 January 2012
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
AUS
JPN
Love Performance
  • Release: 1981
  • Format: LP, cassette
  • Label: EMI Japan
52
  • JPN: 13,420
Highlights from The Main Event
(with John Farnham and Anthony Warlow)
  • Release: 3 December 1998
  • Format: CD, cassette
  • Label: Festival
1
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum[39]
One Woman's Live Journey
  • Release: 19 September 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Festival
41
Olivia's Live Hits
  • Release: 15 January 2008
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: EMI
Summer Nights: Live in Las Vegas[40]
  • Release: 3 March 2015
  • Format: 2×CD, digital download
  • Label: ONJ Productions
Two Strong Hearts Live
(with John Farnham)
  • Release: 26 June 2015
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Sony Music Australia
1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsSales
AUS
CAN
GER
JPN
NL
NOR
NZ
SWE
UK
US
If You Love Me, Let Me Know
  • Release: 28 May 1974 (North America only)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
  • Label: MCA
1 1
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
First Impressions[42]
  • Release: late 1974 (outside of North America)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: Festival
3 2
Crystal Lady[43]
  • Release: 1976 (Asia only)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: EMI
16
  • JPN: 64,500
Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits
  • Release: 1977
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: MCA
18 11 5 24 19 13
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • JPN: 163,810
Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
  • Release: 3 September 1982
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: MCA
1 6 12 10 16
  • ARIA: Platinum[44]
  • MC: 5× Platinum
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum[45]
  • JPN: 154,110
Olivia's Greatest Hits
  • Release: 1982
  • Format: LP, cassette
  • Label: EMI
33 12 8
  • BPI: Platinum
  • Release: 9 June 1992
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: Geffen
15 7 12 121
  • ARIA: Gold[46]
  • RIAA: Gold
The Christmas Collection
  • Release: 30 October 2001
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Hip-O
  • Release: 11 September 2001
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Universal
150
The Definitive Collection
  • Release: 2001
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal
13 18 11

Gold

  • JPN: 84,337
Gold
  • Release: 14 June 2005
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Hip-O
71
  • Release: 13 October 2010
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal
5 40
  • Release: 5 May 2023
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Primary Wave
29
  • Release: 6 October 2023[49]
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Primary Wave
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

TitleEP details
A Window to the Sky[50]
  • Release: 1976
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI
4 Sucessos[51]
  • Release: 1977
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI
Hotel Sessions
  • Release: 8 April 2014
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: ONJ Productions

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
Olivia Newton-John Box[52]
  • Release: 3 December 1983
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Universal
40th Anniversary Collection[53]
  • Release: 13 December 2010
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal

Special releases

TitleAlbum detailsAlbum details
Retrato[54]
  • Release: 1981
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI
  • Compilation released only for radio broadcasters in Argentina.
Christmas Carols[56]
  • Christmas album released only with the Christmas edition of Scottish newspaper Sunday Herald.
Icon[57]
  • Release: 8 October 2013
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Geffen
  • Compilation released for the Icon series.

See also

Notes and References

  1. 2019-11-14 . Greatest of All Time Artists . 2022-06-11 . Billboard . en-US.
  2. 2017-11-30 . Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Women Artists . 2022-06-11 . Billboard . en-US.
  3. News: Choir buddies Olivia Newton-John and Daryl Braithwaite tune up again. Sally. Bennett. Herald Sun. 27 February 2012. 18 February 2013.
  4. Trust . Gary . 2019-04-15 . Olivia Newton-John's 'Physical' Crowns Billboard's Top Songs of the '80s Chart . 2022-06-11 . Billboard . en-US.
  5. Web site: RIAA: Searchable Database . 2022-06-11 . RIAA . en-US.
  6. Book: Erlewine, Michael. All Music Guide to Country. 978-0-87930-475-1. Miller Freeman Books. San Francisco. 1997. 13 August 2010. 334.
  7. Olivia Newton-John:
  8. Web site: RPM Top Albums/CDs – Olivia. . Library and Archives Canada . 26 October 2010 .
  9. Web site: German Charts > search "Olivia Newton-John". de. charts.de GfK Entertainment. 30 December 2016.
  10. Book: Okamoto, Satoshi. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. 349.
  11. Web site: Dutch Singles Charts. nl. dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. 30 December 2016.
  12. Web site: Norwegian Charts. Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. 30 December 2016.
  13. Web site: charts.nz - Discography Olivia Newton-John . charts.nz . 14 June 2011.
  14. Web site: Sverigetopplistan - Olivia Newton-John . Sverigetopplistan. 14 June 2011.
  15. Web site: Olivia Newton-John full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. 30 December 2016.
  16. Olivia Newton-John Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 23 June 2020.
  17. Web site: Olivia Newton-John Let Me be There Japanese Record Award .
  18. Web site: Olivia Newton-John Have You Never Been Mellow Japanese Record Award .
  19. Web site: Olivia Newton-John Clearly Love Japanese Record Award .
  20. Web site: Olivia Newton-John Come on over Japanese Record Award .
  21. Web site: Olivia Newton-John Making a Good Thing Better Japanese Record Award .
  22. United Kingdom. Olivia Newton-John.
  23. Market leaders surveyed. 12 June 1982. Billboard. 57. 0006-2510.
  24. Web site: New Zealand album certifications – Olivia Newton-John – Physical. RMNZ. 2012-08-17.
  25. Australia. 2002. album.
  26. Australia. 2004. album.
  27. Ask Billboard: Olivia on Target. Keith. Caulfield. Billboard. 7 February 2019. 21 December 2007.
  28. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. 11 December 2017. 9 December 2017.
  29. Web site: Discograpie. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique LesCharts.com at Hung Medien. 26 September 2009.
  30. Web site: ARIA Catalogue Albums Chart – 03/12/2012. Australian Recording Industry Association. 2012-03-12. 2012-03-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121204000500/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/catalogue-albums/397. 4 December 2012.
  31. Grease. United Kingdom. album.
  32. Web site: Certifications – Olivia Newton-John – Physical. RMNZ. 2012-08-17.
  33. France. infodisc. B.O.F..
  34. Ask Billboard: 'Grease' is the word. Keith. Caulfield. Billboard. 11 January 2022. 9 January 2007.
  35. Web site: Week Ending Nov. 18, 2012. Albums: Xtina Slips Despite 'The Voice'. Paul. Grein. Yahoo!. 7 February 2019. 21 November 2012.
  36. Web site: Magic Moment. Billboard. Google Books. 56. 27 September 1980. 13 May 2020.
  37. Xanadu. United Kingdom. album.
  38. Web site: Certifications – Olivia Newton-John – Physical. RMN. 2012-08-17.
  39. Australia. 1999. album.
  40. Web site: Summer Nights - Live in Las Vegas . Discogs. 28 January 2017.
  41. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 July 2015. 18 July 2015.
  42. Web site: First Impressions. Discogs. 20 March 2017.
  43. Web site: Crystal Lady . Discogs. 20 March 2017.
  44. Web site: Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued). Imgur.com. 26 December 2022.
  45. Web site: NZ Top 40 Albums Chart . 2 March 2016 . Recorded Music NZ. 2 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160302015618/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3045.
  46. Australia. Olivia Newton-John. Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992. album. 1992. 27 November 2021.
  47. Ask Billboard: Grateful for Gratitude. Keith. Caulfield. Billboard. 7 February 2019. 14 September 2006.
  48. Web site: Hopelessly Devoted: The Hits. JB Hi-Fi. 8 June 2018.
  49. Web site: Just The Two Of Us - The Duets Collection Volume 2: CD. U Discover Music. 1 October 2023.
  50. Web site: A Window to the Sky. Discogs. 28 January 2017.
  51. Web site: 4 Sucessos. Discogs. 28 January 2017.
  52. Web site: Olivia Newton-John - Box . Discogs. 28 January 2017.
  53. Web site: 40th Anniversary Collection. Discogs. 28 January 2017.
  54. Web site: Retrato. Discogs. 28 January 2017.
  55. Web site: The Christmas Angel - A Family Story. Discogs. 28 January 2017.
  56. Web site: Christmas Carols. Discogs. 28 January 2017.
  57. Web site: Icon. Discogs. 28 January 2017.