Other defining hit singles include " If Not for You" and " Banks of the Ohio" (both 1971), " Let Me Be There" (1973), " If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" (1974), " Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975), " Sam" (1977), " Hopelessly Devoted to You" (1978 also from Grease), " A Little More Love" (1978), " Twist of Fate" (1983) and, from the 1980 film Xanadu, " Magic" and " Xanadu" (with the Electric Light Orchestra). Her signature solo recordings include the Record of the Year Grammy winner " I Honestly Love You" (1974) and " Physical" (1981)- Billboard's highest-ranking Hot 100 single of the 1980s. It features two major hit duets with co-star John Travolta: " You're the One That I Want"-which is one of the best-selling singles of all time-and " Summer Nights". In 1978, Newton-John starred in the musical film Grease, which was the highest-grossing musical film at the time and whose soundtrack remains one of the world's best-selling albums. Eleven of her singles (including two Platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two Platinum and four 2× Platinum) have been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200: If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974) and Have You Never Been Mellow (1975). Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress.
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