Marie Osmond (her real name is Olive Marie Osmond) was born on October 13, 1959 in Ogden, Utah. She is an American actress, singer, and a member of the show business family, The Osmonds.

Although she was never part of her family's band, she gained success as a country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s. Her best known song is the 1973 country pop ballad "Paper Roses".

Soon after the success of The Osmonds in 1970, Marie's older brother Donny Osmond was gaining success as a solo artist on the Pop Music charts and was becoming a teen idol. In 1973, Marie cut her first single as a solo artist,"Paper Roses". The song was released that year and became a no 1 Country hit, and making all the way to the Top 5 on the Pop charts as well, achieving Country Music crossover success. The song went Gold that year, and the album of the same name also went to the coveted no 1 spot and also went Gold.

In 1974, Marie had two Pop Music duet hits with her brother Donny Osmond with the songs "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" and "Morning Side of the Mountain". "I'm Leaving It All Up to You" was also a Top 20 Country hit. In 1976, Marie and Donny Osmond began hosting the variety show Donny & Marie which ran on ABC until 1979.

Her follow-up to "Meet Me In Montana" was a solo hit called "There's No Stopping Your Heart", which reached no 1 a second time for Marie. Her singles mainly focused on the more-popular Countrypolitan style. In late 1985, she released an album by the same name. In 1986, its single "Read My Lips" became popular. She hit no 1 one last time in a duet with Paul Davis with the song "You're Still New to Me". She had a Top 20 hit called "I Only Wanted You", which was her last major hit on the Country charts.

Osmond continued releasing singles throughout much of the 80s, including "I'm In Love And He's In Dallas", and the last charting single came in 1990 with "Like a Hurricane".