Olive Marie Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah, the daughter of Olive May (née Davis; 1925 – 2004) and George Virl Osmond (1917 – 2007). She was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is the only daughter of nine children; her brothers are Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny and Jimmy Osmond. Her ancestry includes Welsh, English, Danish, Scottish, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Swiss-German, and Dutch. From an early age, her brothers maintained a career in show business, singing and performing on national television. Osmond debuted as part of her brothers' act The Osmond Brothers on The Andy Williams Show when she was four, but generally did not perform with her brothers in the group's television performances through the 1960s.
Aside from her two oldest brothers (who are deaf), Marie was the only family member not involved in the music business. After the initial success of The Osmonds in 1970, Marie's brother Donny gained success as a solo artist on the Pop Music charts and became a teen idol. The Osmonds' management convinced Marie to give it a go and she signed with the family's record label, MGM/Kolob Records and began making concert appearances with The Osmonds. Her style was more directed towards country music, in contrast with her brothers, who were performing hard rock music at the time.
In 1973, Marie released her first single as a solo artist titled "Paper Roses". The recording, a cover version of a song originally popularized by Anita Bryant, became a No. 1 country hit, reached the Top 5 on the Billboard magazine pop chart, and achieved crossover success. The song earned a gold record as did the album of the same name. She released another single, "In My Little Corner of the World" (another Anita Bryant cover), and an album with the same title in 1974, both entering the Billboard country Top 40 in 1974. The title song on her next album, "Who's Sorry Now" (a cover of the 1920s-era Isham Jones composition that was a pop hit for Connie Francis in the 1950s), released in 1975, went to No. 40.
In 1977, Marie released her fourth studio album titled This Is The Way That I Feel and was much different from her earlier country music where she covered several country artist hits. With the departure from the country sound she went more in the direction of the pop style. This album had songs that were written for her as well as songs that were written by the Bee Gees. The album only had two singles and, like most of the Osmonds' records of the late 1970s, was a commercial failure.
Additionally in 1974, Marie had two pop music duet hits with brother Donny: "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" and "Morning Side of the Mountain". The former song was a Top 20 country hit, with both songs reaching the Top 10 of the pop charts.
In 1984, Marie had a single on RCA Records called "Who's Counting" and only went to No. 82 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. The single did receive a significant amount of airplay for a couple of weeks.
Marie made a comeback in country music as a solo artist by signing a joint deal with Capitol Records and Curb Records (reuniting her with Mike Curb, who was the major factor in the family's success in the early 1970s) in Nashville. In 1985, Marie recorded her first studio album in nearly seven years titled There's No Stopping Your Heart. This album had four singles with two reaching the number 1 position on the country charts. The songs mainly focused on the more-popular Countrypolitan style. She and Dan Seals sang a duet called Meet Me in Montana which became a No. 1 country hit that year. The follow-up single was the title track called "There's No Stopping Your Heart", which also reached No. 1 in early 1986. The final single "Read My Lips" also became a top 10 hit.
The follow up album in 1986 was titled "I Only Wanted You". She hit No. 1 again with a duet with Paul Davis with the song "You're Still New to Me". The second single was the title track "I Only Wanted You" which landed in the top 10. Two additional singles "Everybody's Crazy 'Bout My Baby" and "Cry Just a Little" did not have the same success.
In 1988, she released the album All in Love and Steppin' Stone in 1989. Both albums failed to garner any success in the billboard charts due to the changing styles of country music; neotraditionalism was coming to the forefront at the expense of country pop acts such as the Osmonds, and by 1991, further changes in the country music industry would effectively end her career as a significant recording artist. Steppin' Stone would be her last country album of the 1980s.
She released only one song that charted in 1995 titled "What Kind of Man (Walks On a Woman)".
In November 2010, she released the album titled I Can Do This that was full of balladry and highlighted her multi octave voice in the song "Pie Jesu". It contained fourteen songs and all of the proceeds were donated to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Osmond's latest work Music Is Medicine was announced through a social media campaign in late 2015. The online retailer Amazon.com along with Apple's iTunes and the brick and mortar giant Walmart released this album on April 15, 2016 in both CD and digital format. An Amazon only release of an autographed vinyl pressing was made available November 18, 2016. This is Osmond's first new album in five years. The album was produced by Jason Deere, with whom she has worked in the past. Additional guest artists are Marty Roe, Olivia Newton-John, Sisqó, John Rich and Alex Boyé. The album was released through Osmond's own label Oliveme LLC.
Billboard Top Country Albums for the week of May 7, 2016 has Music Is Medicine listed as a new entry in the number 10 position marking the first return to the country charts for Osmond since the late 1980s.
On March 27, 2016, a video for the song "Then There's You" was released on the internet video site Vevo and it has received almost 200,000 views in less than 48 hours. On April 13, 2016, the video for the title track was also released on Vevo and was filmed with patients from Children's Miracle Hospitals.
One song originally planned featured the country group Diamond Rio and was titled "More You". An additional song titled "Got Me Cuz He Gets Me" disappeared on the release date making the total song count 10 instead of the 12 originally listed. Amazon posted a Product Alert stating: "This track list is incorrect. While we work to update it, please refer to the digital track list." As of the release date is it unclear if these two tracks will become available at a later time.
Olive Marie Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah, the daughter of Olive May (née Davis; 1925 – 2004) and George Virl Osmond (1917 – 2007). She was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is the only daughter of nine children; her brothers are Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny and Jimmy Osmond. Her ancestry includes Welsh, English, Danish, Scottish, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Swiss-German, and Dutch. From an early age, her brothers maintained a career in show business, singing and performing on national television. Osmond debuted as part of her brothers' act The Osmond Brothers on The Andy Williams Show when she was four, but generally did not perform with her brothers in the group's television performances through the 1960s.
Aside from her two oldest brothers (who are deaf), Marie was the only family member not involved in the music business. After the initial success of The Osmonds in 1970, Marie's brother Donny gained success as a solo artist on the Pop Music charts and became a teen idol. The Osmonds' management convinced Marie to give it a go and she signed with the family's record label, MGM/Kolob Records and began making concert appearances with The Osmonds. Her style was more directed towards country music, in contrast with her brothers, who were performing hard rock music at the time.
In 1973, Marie released her first single as a solo artist titled "Paper Roses". The recording, a cover version of a song originally popularized by Anita Bryant, became a No. 1 country hit, reached the Top 5 on the Billboard magazine pop chart, and achieved crossover success. The song earned a gold record as did the album of the same name. She released another single, "In My Little Corner of the World" (another Anita Bryant cover), and an album with the same title in 1974, both entering the Billboard country Top 40 in 1974. The title song on her next album, "Who's Sorry Now" (a cover of the 1920s-era Isham Jones composition that was a pop hit for Connie Francis in the 1950s), released in 1975, went to No. 40.
In 1977, Marie released her fourth studio album titled This Is The Way That I Feel and was much different from her earlier country music where she covered several country artist hits. With the departure from the country sound she went more in the direction of the pop style. This album had songs that were written for her as well as songs that were written by the Bee Gees. The album only had two singles and, like most of the Osmonds' records of the late 1970s, was a commercial failure.
Additionally in 1974, Marie had two pop music duet hits with brother Donny: "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" and "Morning Side of the Mountain". The former song was a Top 20 country hit, with both songs reaching the Top 10 of the pop charts.
In 1984, Marie had a single on RCA Records called "Who's Counting" and only went to No. 82 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. The single did receive a significant amount of airplay for a couple of weeks.
Marie made a comeback in country music as a solo artist by signing a joint deal with Capitol Records and Curb Records (reuniting her with Mike Curb, who was the major factor in the family's success in the early 1970s) in Nashville. In 1985, Marie recorded her first studio album in nearly seven years titled There's No Stopping Your Heart. This album had four singles with two reaching the number 1 position on the country charts. The songs mainly focused on the more-popular Countrypolitan style. She and Dan Seals sang a duet called Meet Me in Montana which became a No. 1 country hit that year. The follow-up single was the title track called "There's No Stopping Your Heart", which also reached No. 1 in early 1986. The final single "Read My Lips" also became a top 10 hit.
The follow up album in 1986 was titled "I Only Wanted You". She hit No. 1 again with a duet with Paul Davis with the song "You're Still New to Me". The second single was the title track "I Only Wanted You" which landed in the top 10. Two additional singles "Everybody's Crazy 'Bout My Baby" and "Cry Just a Little" did not have the same success.
In 1988, she released the album All in Love and Steppin' Stone in 1989. Both albums failed to garner any success in the billboard charts due to the changing styles of country music; neotraditionalism was coming to the forefront at the expense of country pop acts such as the Osmonds, and by 1991, further changes in the country music industry would effectively end her career as a significant recording artist. Steppin' Stone would be her last country album of the 1980s.
She released only one song that charted in 1995 titled "What Kind of Man (Walks On a Woman)".
In November 2010, she released the album titled I Can Do This that was full of balladry and highlighted her multi octave voice in the song "Pie Jesu". It contained fourteen songs and all of the proceeds were donated to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Osmond's latest work Music Is Medicine was announced through a social media campaign in late 2015. The online retailer Amazon.com along with Apple's iTunes and the brick and mortar giant Walmart released this album on April 15, 2016 in both CD and digital format. An Amazon only release of an autographed vinyl pressing was made available November 18, 2016. This is Osmond's first new album in five years. The album was produced by Jason Deere, with whom she has worked in the past. Additional guest artists are Marty Roe, Olivia Newton-John, Sisqó, John Rich and Alex Boyé. The album was released through Osmond's own label Oliveme LLC.
Billboard Top Country Albums for the week of May 7, 2016 has Music Is Medicine listed as a new entry in the number 10 position marking the first return to the country charts for Osmond since the late 1980s.
On March 27, 2016, a video for the song "Then There's You" was released on the internet video site Vevo and it has received almost 200,000 views in less than 48 hours. On April 13, 2016, the video for the title track was also released on Vevo and was filmed with patients from Children's Miracle Hospitals.
One song originally planned featured the country group Diamond Rio and was titled "More You". An additional song titled "Got Me Cuz He Gets Me" disappeared on the release date making the total song count 10 instead of the 12 originally listed. Amazon posted a Product Alert stating: "This track list is incorrect. While we work to update it, please refer to the digital track list." As of the release date is it unclear if these two tracks will become available at a later time.
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