Editing Olivia Newton-John (section)

=== 1975–1977: ''Have You Never Been Mellow'', ''Clearly Love'', and continued success ===
Encouraged by expatriate Australian singer [[Helen Reddy]], Newton-John left the UK and moved to the US. Newton-John topped the Pop (one week) and Country (six weeks) albums charts with her next album, ''[[Have You Never Been Mellow]]''. For 45 years, Olivia held the [[Guinness World Record]] for the shortest gap (154 days) by a female between new Number 1 albums (''If You Love Me, Let Me Know > Have You Never Been Mellow'') on the US Billboard 200 album charts until [[Taylor Swift]] in 2020 (140 days with ''[[Folklore (Taylor Swift album)|folklore]] > [[Evermore (Taylor Swift album)|evermore]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Shortest gap between new No.1 albums on the US Billboard 200 (female) |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/646321-shortest-gap-between-new-no-1-albums-on-the-us-billboard-200-female |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=Guinness World Records |date=26 December 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref>

The ''Have You Never Been Mellow'' album generated two singles – the [[John Farrar]]-penned [[Have You Never Been Mellow (song)|title track]] (No. 1 Pop, No. 3 Country,<ref name="ReferenceB" /> No. 1 AC)<ref name="google2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Mo7xm-X1r4C&q=%22olivia+newton%22&pg=PA335|title=All music guide to country: the ...|access-date=13 August 2010|isbn=9780879304751|last1=Erlewine|first1=Michael|year=1997|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }}</ref> and "[[Please Mr. Please]]" (No. 3 Pop, No. 5 Country, No. 1 AC).<ref name="google2" />

Her pop career cooled with the release of her next album, ''[[Clearly Love]]''. Her streak of five consecutive gold top 10 singles on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] ended when the album's first single, "[[Something Better to Do]]", stopped at No. 13 (also No. 19 Country and No. 1 AC). Her albums still achieved gold status, and she returned to the top ten of the Hot 100 and [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] charts again in 1978.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Forever No. 1: John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John's 'You're the One That I Want' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/john-travolta-olivia-newton-john-youre-the-one-that-i-want-grease-forever-number-one-1235124831/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=10 August 2022}}</ref>

Newton-John's singles continued to top the AC chart, where she amassed ten No. 1 singles, including a record seven consecutively:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Jonathan |title=Olivia Newton-John, 'Grease' Star and 'Physical' Singer, Dies at 73 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/olivia-newton-john-grease-star-194541872.html |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
* "[[I Honestly Love You]]" (1974) – 3 weeks
* "[[Have You Never Been Mellow (song)|Have You Never Been Mellow]]" (1975) – 1 week
* "[[Please Mr. Please]]" (1975) – 3 weeks
* "[[Something Better to Do]]" (1975) – 3 weeks
* "[[Let It Shine (Linda Hargrove song)|Let It Shine]]"/"[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]" (1976) – 2 weeks
* "[[Come on Over (1976 song)|Come on Over]]" (1976) – 1 week
* "[[Don't Stop Believin' (Olivia Newton-John song)|Don't Stop Believin']]" (1976) – 1 week

She provided a prominent, but uncredited, vocal on [[John Denver]]'s "[[Fly Away (John Denver song)|Fly Away]]" single, which was succeeded by her own single, "[[Let It Shine (Linda Hargrove song)|Let It Shine]]"/"[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]", at No. 1 on the AC chart. ("[[Fly Away (John Denver song)|Fly Away]]" returned to No. 1 after the two-week reign of "[[Let It Shine (Linda Hargrove song)|Let It Shine]]".) In December 1975, she appeared on the ABC special ''John Denver - A Rocky Mountain Christmas'', where she performed the duet of "[[Fly Away (John Denver song)|Fly Away]]" with John, as well as "[[Let It Shine (Linda Hargrove song)|Let It Shine]]". Newton-John also continued to reach the Country top 10 where she tallied seven top-10 singles through 1976's "[[Come on Over (1976 song)|Come on Over]]" (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 Country,<ref name="ReferenceB" /> No. 1 AC) (from the same-titled [[Come On Over (Olivia Newton-John album)|album)]] and six consecutive (of a career nine total) top-10 albums through 1976's ''[[Don't Stop Believin' (Olivia Newton-John album)|Don't Stop Believin'<nowiki/>]]'' (No. 30 Pop, No. 7 Country).<ref name="ReferenceB" /> She headlined her first US television special, ''A Special Olivia Newton-John'', in November 1976.<ref name="google1"/>

In 1977, the single "[[Sam (Olivia Newton-John song)|Sam]]", a mid-tempo [[waltz]] from ''Don't Stop Believin{{`}}'', returned her to the No. 1 spot on the AC (No. 40 Country) and also reached No. 20 Pop, her highest chart placement since "Something Better to Do". By mid-1977, Newton-John's pop, AC, and country success all suffered a slight blow. Her ''[[Making a Good Thing Better]]'' album (No. 34 Pop, No. 13 Country) was not certified gold, and its only single, the title track (No. 87 Pop, No. 20 AC), did not reach the AC top 10 or the Country chart. Later that year, ''[[Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits]]'' (No. 13 Pop, No. 7 Country) became her first [[platinum album]].<ref>{{cite web |title='Our Livvy' remembered: The beautiful life of Olivia Newton-John |url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/australian-singing-legend-and-grease-star-olivia-newton-john-dies-aged-73--c-7713317 |website=7NEWS |access-date=11 August 2022 |language=en |date=8 August 2022}}</ref>

Newton-John was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1979 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47724/supplement/34/data.pdf|title=SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE|date=30 December 1978|website=Thegazette.co.uk|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref> and [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2020 New Year Honours]] for services to charity, cancer research, and entertainment.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62866|supp=y|page=N8|date=28 December 2019}}</ref>