Olivia Newton-John: All The Top 40 Hits

(Up-dated January 2026) Born in England, raised in Australia, Olivia Newton-John scored her first hit single in 1971, with If Not For You. More than forty years on, she had achieved more than forty Top 40 singles and thirty Top 40 albums, and had topped the charts in numerous countries, with a no.1 album in Australia as recently as 2016. During her lengthy career Olivia picked up four Grammy Awards and starred in several films, including one of the most successful and popular musicals of all time: Grease. She became Dame Olivia Newton-John in the 2020 New Years Honours list. The Top 40 hit singles and albums detailed in this book are listed chronologically, according to the date they first entered the Top 40 singles or albums chart in numerous countries. The book also includes ‘The Almost Top 40’ hits, which gives an honourable mention to singles and albums that have peaked between no.41 and no.50 in one or more countries, plus a listing of Olivia’s Top 25 Singles and Top 20 Albums according to a points-based system, and a fascinating Trivia section which rounds-up the most successful singles and albums in each featured country.