Olivia Newton-John might've been too pure to wear pink, but she wasn't afraid to bring down a lawsuit. In 2006, her company, ON-J Productions, Ltd., found that Universal Music Group Inc. owed them $1 million in royalties for the 1978 "Grease" soundtrack album. Or, at least, that's what the lawsuit alleged, according to USA Today. Universal was quick to wave away the lawsuit as meritless and requested that the case be dismissed. But the court found Universal's argument for dismissal to be illegitimate, and Universal eventually reached a conditional settlement with Newton-John, per the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Newton-John's original lawsuit said that Universal did pay some royalties (USA Today), but she wanted every penny she earned, and who can blame her? The soundtrack is one of the best performing in film history, with the number of sales estimated to be above 30 million, per Yahoo! News. Her duet with John Travolta, "You're The One That I Want," is thought to have sold 6.5 million copies on its own. This is an addition to the fact that when the movie was first released, several of the songs hit the top of the charts, including the song "Grease."
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