Marie Osmond began her career as an actress on stage and television, but turned to singing as a profession in 1954. In the early 1960s, she married Donny Osmond and together they became a popular singing team on the road and on television, recording several albums and scoring many Top 40 hits. In 1968, Donny Osmond signed a solo contract with RCA Records and the following year Marie Osmond signed a solo contract with Scotti Brothers Records. She released her first solo album "Marie" in 1970, which went gold after peaking at No
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11 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart. The record also topped the Country Albums Chart for 10 weeks. Her next album "Marie" was released in 1971 and went gold after peaking at No.
5 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart. It also was a Top 5 country album for two years and eventually sold over three-million copies becoming certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of over three million copies in the United States alone. The title track of her 1971 release "Marie" became one of the best-known songs of all time.