Australia has fallen back in love with Olivia Newton-John’s music following the 73-year-old’s shock death on Tuesday.
The four-time Grammy award winner has re-entered the ARIA Charts with some of her most iconic hits.
Newton-John’s album Hopelessly Devoted: The Hits, which was released in 2018, has skyrocketed up the charts to the top spot of the Australian albums, and fifth for overall albums.
In the singles chart, she takes up three spots in the top 20 Australian Singles including two of her Grease songs, Hopelessly Devoted To You and You’re The One That I Want, as well as Xanadu.
Comments made by her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, left, back in 2018 have also come to light. The two women shared a special bond that only grew stronger through the years.
“We both struggled — me with addiction, anxiety and anorexia, and Mum with feeling helpless during my darkest hours,” Lattanzi wrote in a column for Woman’s Day in 2018.
“I hated that my life was broadcast all over the world. It was horrifying to me. For my mum, it was also a terribly hard time. She felt powerless and didn’t know what to do.
“We were just talking about it and she said to me, ‘I did everything I could. I feel you to every specialist, every person I thought might be able to help’. I told her, ‘You know mum, all I really needed was you’.”
On Sunday night, Channel Seven will air a special 7NEWS Spotlight episode, Olivia — A Magical Life, in tribute to the legend.
A never-before-seen interview will give a rare glimpse into the musician’s private world with her husband John Easterling.
The sole surviving Bee Gees member Barry Gibb, UK music veteran Cliff Richard and Delta Goodrem will also share intimate and heartfelt memories of Newton-John.
With a magical musical tribute from the female singers she inspired including Wendy Matthews, Dami Im, Katie Noonan and Samantha Jade, the trio will put on an unforgettable performance of one of her biggest hits.
Newton-John passed away surrounded by her friends and family on her California ranch after a long battle with cancer.
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