Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE is a British-born Australian-raised singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and activist.
She is a four-time Grammy Award winner with five number-one hits and ten top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as two Billboard 200 number-one albums, If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974) and Have You Never Been Mellow (1975).
How long did Olivia Newton-John have cancer?
She had cancer for 30 years.
The Recording Industry Association of America has certified 11 of her singles (two Platinum) and 14 of her albums (two Platinum and four 2 Platinum) as Gold (RIAA). Newton-John is one of the best-selling music artists from the second half of the twentieth century to the present, with global sales of more than 100 million records.
Olivia appeared as “Lovely Livvy” on several Australian television shows, including Time for Terry and HSV-7’s The Happy Show. She also appeared on The Go!! Show, where she met future duet partner Pat Carroll, as well as future music producer John Farrar (Carroll and Farrar would later marry). She won a talent contest on the television show Sing, Sing, Sing, hosted by 1960s Australian icon Johnny O’Keefe in 1965, performing the songs “Anyone Who Had a Heart” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.” She was initially hesitant to use her prize, a trip to the United Kingdom, but she went nearly a year later after her mother encouraged her to broaden her horizons.
