Olivia Newton-John albums discography

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Olivia Newton-John albums discography
Newton-John performing in 2008 at the State Theatre, Sydney, Australia
Studio albums26
Soundtrack albums6
Live albums6
Compilation albums14
Singles70
Box sets2
Special releases4

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

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
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
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
Clearly Love
  • Release: 30 September 1975
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
50 39 3 34 12
Come On Over
  • Release: 29 February 1976
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
29 30 2 12 49 13
Don't Stop Believin'
  • Release: 30 October 1976
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
88 56 3 33
Making a Good Thing Better
  • Release: 3 November 1977
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track, digital download
  • Label: MCA
71 33 3 60 34
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
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
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
The Rumour
  • Release: 2 August 1988
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: MCA
30 94 31 96 67
Warm and Tender
  • Release: 9 September 1989
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: Geffen
109 43 124
Gaia: One Woman's Journey
  • Release: 26 July 1994
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
  • Label: Festival
7 33
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
Indigo: Women of Song
  • 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
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[48]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
AUS
[7]
CAN
[8]
FRA
[49]
GER
[9]
JPN
[10]
NL
[11]
NOR
[12]
SWE
[14]
UK
[15]
US
[16]
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
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
Two of a Kind
(with John Travolta)
  • Release: 16 December 1983
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
  • Label: MCA
35 32 39 29 26
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

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
AUS
[7]
JPN
[10]
Love Performance
  • Release: 1981
  • Format: LP, cassette
  • Label: EMI Japan
52
Highlights from The Main Event
(with John Farnham and Anthony Warlow)
  • Release: 3 December 1998
  • Format: CD, cassette
  • Label: Festival
1
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum[64]
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[65]
  • 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

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
AUS
[7]
CAN
[8]
GER
[9]
JPN
[10]
NL
[11]
NOR
[12]
NZ
[13]
SWE
[14]
UK
[15]
US
[16]
If You Love Me, Let Me Know
  • Release: 28 May 1974 (North America only)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
  • Label: MCA
1 1
First Impressions[69]
  • Release: late 1974 (outside of North America)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: Festival
3 2
  • ARIA: 5× Platinum[21]
Crystal Lady[70]
  • Release: 1976 (Asia only)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: EMI
16
Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits
  • Release: 1977
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: MCA
18 11 5 24 19 13
Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
  • Release: 3 September 1982
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: MCA
1 6 12 10 16
  • ARIA: Platinum[73]
  • MC: 5× Platinum[74]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[75]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[76]
Olivia's Greatest Hits
  • Release: 1982
  • Format: LP, cassette
  • Label: EMI
33 12 8
Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992
  • Release: 9 June 1992
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: Geffen
15 7 12 121
The Christmas Collection
  • Release: 30 October 2001
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Hip-O
Magic: The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John
  • Release: 11 September 2001
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Universal
150
The Definitive Collection
  • Release: 2001
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal
13 18 11
Gold
  • Release: 14 June 2005
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Hip-O
71
40/40: The Best Selection
  • Release: 13 October 2010
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal
Hopelessly Devoted: The Hits 5 40
Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Vol. 1)
  • Release: 5 May 2023
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Primary Wave
29 [A]
Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Vol. 2)
  • Release: 6 October 2023[82]
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Primary Wave
[B]
Angels in the Snow
  • Release: 22 November 2024[84]
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Primary Wave
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

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Title EP details
A Window to the Sky[85]
  • Release: 1976
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI
4 Sucessos[86]
  • Release: 1977
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI
Hotel Sessions
  • Release: 8 April 2014
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: ONJ Productions

Box sets

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Title Album details
Olivia Newton-John Box[87]
  • Release: 3 December 1983
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Universal
40th Anniversary Collection[88]
  • Release: 13 December 2010
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal

Special releases

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Title Album details Album details
Retrato[89]
  • Release: 1981
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI
  • Compilation released only for radio broadcasters in Argentina.[89]
The Christmas Angel: A Family Story
Christmas Carols[91]
  • Christmas album released only with the Christmas edition of Scottish newspaper Sunday Herald.[91]
Icon[92]
  • Release: 8 October 2013
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Geffen
  • Compilation released for the Icon series.[92]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Vol. 1) did not enter the UK Album Chart but did peak at number 18 on the UK Album Sales Chart chart [81]
  2. ^ Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Vol. 2) did not enter the UK Album Chart but did peak at number 49 on the UK Album Sales Chart chart [83]

References

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