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

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 [46]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
AUS
[7]
CAN
[8]
FRA
[47]
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

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 [62]
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 [63]
  • 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

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 [67]
  • Release: late 1974 (Australia and New Zealand only)
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: Festival
3 2
Crystal Lady [68]
  • 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 33 5 24 19 13
Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
  • Release: 3 September 1982
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
  • Label: MCA
1 6 12 12 10 8 16
  • ARIA: Platinum [71]
  • BPI: Platinum [33]
  • MC: 5× Platinum [72]
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [73]
  • RMNZ: Platinum [74]
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 [80]
  • Format: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Primary Wave
[B]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title EP details
A Window to the Sky [82]
  • Release: 1976
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI
4 Sucessos [83]
  • Release: 1977
  • Format: LP
  • Label: EMI
Hotel Sessions
  • Release: 8 April 2014
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: ONJ Productions

Box sets

Title Album details
Olivia Newton-John Box [84]
  • Release: 3 December 1983
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Universal
40th Anniversary Collection [85]
  • Release: 13 December 2010
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Universal

Special releases

Title Album details Album details
Retrato [86]
  • Release: 1981
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI
  • Compilation released only for radio broadcasters in Argentina. [86]
The Christmas Angel: A Family Story
Christmas Carols [88]
  • Christmas album released only with the Christmas edition of Scottish newspaper Sunday Herald. [88]
Icon [89]
  • Release: 8 October 2013
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Geffen
  • Compilation released for the Icon series. [89]

See also

Notes

  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 [79]
  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 [81]

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