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Olivia Newton-John is a singer, songwriter and actress with an estimated net worth of $40 million. She has been successful both as a singer and actress. She earned her fame in
pop and soft rock music genres which made her a four-time Grammy Award winner. She was born on 26th of September 1948 in Cambridge , England. At the age of 5 she was relocated to Australia because her father was offered a job as the dean of a college in Melbourne. At the age of 14, she started to perform in a local coffee shop with her three classmates and became regular in a local radio station and television shows. She won a singing talent contest in 1960 and moved to back England. She released her first solo album, If Not For You, in 1971 followed by several successful albums. Some of her biggest hit albums are Let Me Be There, If You Love Me, Let Me Know , Have You Ever Been Mellow, and Clearly love, which earned her many awards.
Her career as an actress in the movie "Grease" became the biggest box-office hit in 1978. As the main character of Sandy Olsson, alongside was co-star John Travolta as the role of Danny Zuko. Both actors had soaring careers after Grease.
The movie is still popular today, as it was re-released for its 20th anniversary in 1998[ and ranked as the second highest grossing film behind Titanic in its opening weekend. As a cancer survivor, she released a charity album, " This Christmas" to support The Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre and the Jett Travolta Foundation in November 2012.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2014 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her live album Highlights from The Main Event (certified gold by ARIA) |
$35,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Indigo: Women of Song (certified gold by ARIA) |
$35,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album (2) (certified platinum by ARIA) |
$70,000 |
|
1997 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her live album Highlights from The Main Event (certified 5x platinum by ARIA) |
$350,000 |
|
1991 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her compilation album Back to Basics:The Essential Collection 1971–1992 (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1984 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Soul Kiss (certified gold by RIAA and Music Canada) |
$550,000 |
|
1982 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her soundtrack album Two of a Kind (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
1981 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her compilation album Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (certified 5x platinum by Music Canada, 2x platinum by RIAA, and platinum by BPI) |
$2,815,000 |
|
1980 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Physical (certified 4x platinum by Music Canada, 2x platinum by RIAA, and gold by BPI) |
$10,000,000 |
|
1979 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her soundtrack album Xanadu (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, and gold by BPI) |
$2,300,000 |
|
1977 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her soundtrack album Grease (certified diamond by Music Canada, 8x platinum by RIAA, and platinum by BPI) |
$44,700,000 |
|
1977 |
Salary |
Salary from Grease |
$125,000 |
|
1977 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Totally Hot (certified platinum by RIAA and Music Canada, and gold by BPI) |
$1,200,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her compilation album Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits (certified 2x platinum by RIAA, platinum by Music Canada, and gold by BPI) |
$2,200,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Making a Good Thing Better (certified gold by Music Canada) |
$50,000 |
|
1975 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Come On Over (certified platinum by Music Canada and gold by RIAA) |
$971,000 |
|
1975 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Don't Stop Believin' (certified gold by RIAA and Music Canada) |
$550,000 |
|
1974 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Have You Never Been Mellow (certified 2x platinum by Music Canada and gold by RIAA) |
$700,000 |
|
1974 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Clearly Love (certified platinum by Music Canada and gold by RIAA) |
$600,000 |
|
1973 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album If You Love Me, Let Me Know (certified 2x platinum by Music Canada and gold by RIAA) |
$700,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album Let Me Be There (certified platinum by Music Canada and gold by RIAA) |
$600,000 |
|
1970 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from her album If Not for You (certified platinum by ARIA) |
$70,000 |