Marie Osmond

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Marie was initially one of only two siblings (out of nine) in the Osmond family who was not involved in the music industry; Tom Osmond, who was totally deaf, was the other. (In addition to the original four Osmond Brothers, Donny and Jimmy, hearing-impaired oldest brother Virl Osmond worked behind the scenes on dance routines.) After the initial success of the Osmonds in 1970, Donny gained success as a solo artist on the popular music charts and became a teen idol. The Osmonds' mother persuaded Marie to record an album and she signed with the family's label MGM/Kolob Records and began making concert appearances with her brothers. As her brothers by 1972 were playing rock music, Marie's music aimed toward a niche market the Osmond family had not yet targeted: country music.

In 1973, Osmond released her first single as a solo artist titled "Paper Roses". The recording 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", 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, released in 1975, went to No. 40. Additionally in 1974, Osmond had two pop music duet hits with 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. Another duet with Donny, "Deep Purple", was popular, staying on the chart for six months and peaking at #14.

In 1977, Osmond released her fourth studio album, titled This Is the Way That I Feel. This was much different from her earlier covers of country artist hits, and went in more of a pop direction. This album included songs that were written for her as well as songs that were written by the Bee Gees. Only two singles were released from the album.

In 1984, Osmond released a single on RCA Records titled "Who's Counting". The single peaked at No. 82 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. The single did receive a significant amount of airplay for a few weeks.

Osmond 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 1985, she recorded her first studio album in nearly seven years, There's No Stopping Your Heart. This album had four singles released from it, with two reaching the number 1 position on the country charts. The songs mainly focused on the more-popular Countrypolitan style. The successful pairing with Dan Seals created a number 1 hit on the country charts titled "Meet Me in Montana". The follow-up single was the title track, "There's No Stopping Your Heart", which also reached the number 1 position in early 1986. The final single, "Read My Lips", went on to become a top 10 hit.

The followup album in 1986 was titled I Only Wanted You. Osmond hit number 1 again with a duet with Paul Davis titled "You're Still New to Me". The second single released was the title track "I Only Wanted You", which landed in the top 20. Two additional singles, "Everybody's Crazy 'Bout My Baby" and "Cry Just a Little", did not have the same success.

In 1988, Osmond released the album All in Love, and Steppin' Stone in 1989. Both albums failed to garner any success on 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. 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.

in 1990, she did a song and a music video called "Get Closer", also known as "First Look" or "Gotta Get a Little Closer", to promote the premiere of children's television two-hour syndication block The Disney Afternoon.

Osmond released only one song that charted in 1995, "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. The album contained 14 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 made the album available on April 15, 2016, in both CD and digital format. An Amazon-only release of an autographed vinyl pressing was made available on November 18, 2016. This was Osmond's first new album in five years. The album was produced by Jason Deere, with whom she had 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, listed Music Is Medicine 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; it 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; it was filmed with patients from Children's Miracle Hospitals.

One song that was recorded featuring the country group Diamond Rio and titled "More You" and 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, it was unclear whether these two tracks will become available at a later time.

Originally announced while co-hosting The Talk and simultaneously on her social media, Marie said she is currently working on a new operatic album that would become available in late 2020. In an article in People magazine on August 26, 2021 the album titled Unexpected along with the official release date was announced as December 10, 2021 with pre-orders available starting August 27, 2021. Amazon is advertising a limited signed vinyl format will also be available alongside purchasing the digital version or CD. She has performed opera on a previous Christmas album, on Broadway and during her Vegas residency. Once released, it will be her eleventh solo album.

Acting career

In 1975, Marie Osmond and brother Donny hosted a special variety show which was later picked up mid-season as a weekly variety show and began airing in 1976 as Donny & Marie, and ran on ABC until 1978 before it was renamed The Osmond Family Hour in 1979. Osmond's first made-for-TV movie was The Gift of Love which originally aired on ABC on December 5, 1978. The movie was loosely based on the O. Henry story "The Gift of the Magi". Her co-star in the movie was Timothy Bottoms and she received her first on-screen kiss in this movie. The following year, Osmond starred in a sitcom pilot titled Marie which did not make the new season schedule. In 1980 she had her own variety show on NBC, also titled Marie, which only ran for half a season.

Marie had a minor role in the 1982 made-for-TV movie Rooster playing Sister Mae Davis. The following year she starred in the television movie I Married Wyatt Earp playing the wife of Earp, Josephine 'Josie' Marcus. In 1984 Osmond voiced two animated characters, The Nursery Magic Fairy/Velveteen Rabbit in The Velveteen Rabbit and Rose Petal in the TV short titled Rose Petal Place and later in the TV movie Rose Petal Place: Real Friends. Osmond then had a recurring role for two seasons as co-host with Jack Palance on ABC's documentary series Ripley's Believe It or Not! in 1985–86, replacing Palance's daughter Holly. She introduced and narrated segments based on the travels and discoveries of oddity-hunter Robert Ripley. Following that, the singer played her mother, Olive, in the television movie Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family. The film was produced by her younger brother, Jimmy Osmond.

She returned to television in the 1995 ABC sitcom Maybe This Time playing Julia Wallace, a divorced single mother. The cast included Betty White who played her Mother and a young Ashley Johnson who played her daughter. The series was set in a coffee shop showcasing the three women in everyday life. In 1998 she voiced the character of the Queen in Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night.

Osmond and her brother hosted a syndicated 60-minute talk show for three seasons from September 1998 to May 2000 called Donny & Marie. The show was produced by Dick Clark and featured news, commentary on current events, and guests from the world of entertainment, as well as segments highlighting the duo's talents. In 2006, she was a judge on the short-lived Fox celeb reality show competition Celebrity Duets, produced by Simon Cowell. The same year it was reported by Entertainment Tonight magazine that Osmond would join the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful, the long-running CBS daytime soap opera, but she never appeared.

On October 1, 2012, she debuted a variety show, Marie, to a record-breaking 320,000 viewers on Hallmark Channel. This was the first time she held the production title of executive producer, and they had a run of 150 episodes. Later the show went into reruns on the Reelz Channel before it was canceled in 2013. From 2013 to 2019, Osmond was a regular fill-in on the CBS daytime show The Talk in over 90 episodes whenever a regular host was out. In May 2019, rumors were confirmed that for the show's tenth season, Osmond would join the panel full-time replacing Sara Gilbert when she departed at the end of season nine.

Marie made her debut on The Talk on September 9, 2019, during the season 10 premier as she joined Eve, Sheryl Underwood, Sharon Osbourne and Carrie Ann Inaba. She gave a statement to USA Today on September 3, 2020 that she would leave The Talk after one season.

In 2004, Osmond had a radio show syndicated to adult contemporary radio stations, Marie and Friends, that was canceled after 10 months.

On October 6, 1978, Marie appeared with her brother Donny Osmond in the film Goin' Coconuts (originally titled "Aloha Donny & Marie"), which was not a financial success. On December 8, 1978, Marie starred in the made-for-TV film The Gift of Love opposite Timothy Bottoms. The film was based on the short story "The Gift of The Magi" by O. Henry. On August 19, 1982, Marie appeared in the made-for-TV film Rooster as Sister Mae Davis. The comedy film starred Paul Williams and Pat McCormick. On April 26, 1982, Marie starred in the made-for-TV film Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family. Marie portrayed her mother, Olive Davis. On January 10, 1983, Marie starred in the made-for-TV film I Married Wyatt Earp as Josephine 'Josie' Marcus opposite Bruce Boxleitner as Wyatt Earp and Alison Arngrim as Amy. On October 26, 2019, Marie co-starred in the made-for-TV romantic Christmas comedy The Road Home for Christmas as Cassie. This film was shot around her schedule for The Talk.

During the mid-1990s Osmond had a successful run performing Broadway musicals. She appeared as the lead actress playing Anna Leonowens along with Kevin Gray (as the King of Siam) in the 1994–95 production of The King and I, and in 1997, she starred in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music as Maria. The production sold out in many major cities and received glowing reviews from critics.

Marie and Donny produced a holiday musical called Donny & Marie – A Broadway Christmas, which was originally scheduled to play on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre from December 9 to 19, 2010. The show was then extended until December 30, 2010, and again to January 2, 2011.

The Christmas show was so successful that it was turned into a touring production, and is now a yearly event in several cities across the US.

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