Olivia Newton-John

**Dame Olivia Newton-John** (26 ga Satumba 1948 - 8 ga Agusta 2022) mawaƙiya ce ta Burtaniya da Australiya, marubuciya kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo. Tare da sayar da rikodin sama da miliyan 100, Newton-John yana daya daga cikin masu fasahar kiɗa mafi kyawun lokaci, da kuma mafi kyawun mai fasahar rikodin mata ta Australiya a kowane lokaci.

A shekara ta 1978, Newton-John ta fito a Fim din kiɗa *Mai* suna Grease, wanda shine fim din kiɗan da ya fi Sam kuɗi a lokacin kuma sauti ya kasance ɗaya daga Jiki kundin da aka fi siyarwa a duniya. Ya ƙunshi manyan duets guda biyu tare da co-star John Travolta: "Kai ne Wanda nake so" - wanda shine ɗayan  kyawun sayarwa na kowane lokaci - da kuma "Summer Nights". Rubuce-rubucen sa hannu sun haɗa da Record of the Year Grammy wanda ya lashe "I Honestly Love You" (1974) da "Physical" (1981) - *Billboard*'s highest-ranking Hot 100 single of the 1980s. Sauran ma'anar waƙoƙin da aka buga sun haɗa da "If Not for You" da "Banks of the Ohio" (duka 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; kuma daga Grease), "A More Love" (1978), "Twist of Fate" (1983) kuma, daga fim din 1980 *Xanadu*, "Magic" da "Xan Electric Orchestra" (tare da "Xanadu Light).

Kyautar Newton-John ta haɗa da Grammy Awards guda huɗu, Daytime Emmy Award, Billboard Music Awards guda tara, American Music Awards guda shida, tauraron a kan Hollywood Walk of Fame da kuma shigarwa cikin ARIA Hall of Fame. Ta zira kwallaye goma sha biyar a saman goma, ciki har da guda biyar a kan  Hot 100,  da kuma kundi biyu a kan  200: Idan Ka Ka Ƙauna Ni, Bari Ka San (1974) da kuma Have You Never Been Mellow (1975). Goma sha ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙinta (ciki har da Platinum guda biyu) da goma sha huɗu daga cikin kundin ta (cikilar Platinum guda ɗaya da 2× Platinum guda huɗu) an tabbatar da su Gold ta hanyar Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). An nada ta Jami'in Order of Australia a shekara ta 2006 kuma Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire a shekarar 2020.

## Rayuwa ta farko da iyali
An haifi Olivia Newton-John a ranar 26 ga Satumba 1948  a Cambridge ga Brinley "Brin" Newton-John (1914-1992) da Irene Helene (an haife ta; 1914-2003).  An haifi mahaifinta kuma ya girma a Wales a cikin iyali mai matsakaicin matsayi. An haifi mahaifiyarta kuma ta girma a Jamus ga dangin ilimi na Jamus-Yahudawa waɗanda suka zo Burtaniya a 1933 don tserewa daga mulkin Nazi.

Kakan mahaifiyar Newton-John shi ne masanin kimiyyar lissafi na Yahudawa na Jamus wanda ya lashe Kyautar Nobel Max Born .   Kakar mahaifiyarta Hedwig 'yar lauyan Bayahude ne na Jamus Victor Ehrenberg da matarsa ta Lutheran, Helene Agatha von Jhering . Ta hanyar Helene Agatha, Newton-John ya kasance zuriyar masanin tauhidin Protestant Martin Luther. Ta kuma fito ne daga wani masarautar Mutanen Espanya da ba a bayyana ba.   Mahaifin Helene Agatha, kakan kakan Newton-John, lauya ne Rudolf von Jhering . Kakan Newton-John shine masanin ilimin magunguna Gustav Victor Rudolf Born . Ta hanyar layin Ehrenberg, Newton-John dan uwan dan wasan kwaikwayo ne na uku na Ben Elton . 

Mahaifin Newton-John jami'in MI5 ne  a kan aikin Enigma a Bletchley Park wanda ya kama Rudolf Hess a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.  Bayan yakin, ya zama shugaban Makarantar Sakandare ta Cambridgeshire don Yara maza kuma yana cikin wannan mukamin lokacin da aka haifi Newton-John.

A farkon shekara ta 1954, lokacin da Newton-John ke da shekaru biyar, iyalinta suka yi hijira zuwa Melbourne, Victoria, a kan SS Strathaird .  Mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin farfesa na Jamusanci kuma a matsayin malamin Kwalejin Ormond a Jami'ar Melbourne .  Iyalinta sun halarci coci yayin da mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kwalejin Presbyterian.

Kundin Have You Never Been Mellow ya haifar da waƙoƙi guda biyu - waƙar taken da John Farrar ya rubuta (No. 1 Pop, No. 3 Country,  No. 1 AC)  da kuma "Don Allah Mr. Please" (No. 3 Pop, No., 5 Country, No. 1 BC).

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