There’s a decent argument to be made that “Physical” was the No. 1 single that kicked off the ’80s in earnest. Not to say that the decade hadn’t already produced its share of epochal Hot 100-toppers ...

Olivia Newton-John desperately wanted to pull "Physical" from the charts before it became her best-selling single of all time.

Look at her, she’s Sandra Dee… and also a spandex-rocking stiletto queen. Those extremes were dictated by the plot of “Grease,” but Olivia Newton-John had a strong narrative arc in her recording ...

Olivia Newton-John's music career included several notable hits. She later sang her most popular in a cameo on a major TV series. by Robert Yaniz Jr. The lead single on her album of the same name, ...

Before Olivia Newton-John did the hand jive to “You’re the One That I Want” and hit the gym with “Physical,” the British-Australian singer’s calling card was “I Honestly Love You,” a delicate ballad ...

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On what would have been her 74th birthday, Olivia Newton-John was celebrated by those closest to her. The "Physical" singer, who passed away in August after succumbing to her long battle with cancer, ...

Olivia Newton-John opened up about her favorite prayer a year before her death. The "Grease" star died Monday at age 73. Her husband, John Easterling, shared that Newton-John died at her Southern ...

Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer — a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single — by taking an ...