By the time the year wrapped up, The Osmonds pulled off a staggering chart milestone that outpaced Elvis Presley and The Beatles, who couldn't match their one-year success. More than 50 years later, that jaw-dropping 1971 record still stands as a testament to just how powerful this iconic musical family truly was.
The website Lost 45s shared a quote from the group's eldest member, Alan Osmond, in which he reflected on the moment the band first learned they'd reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in February 1971.
“I can remember sitting in our home, not sitting, standing, listening to KHJ, which was a Top 40 station at the time in L.A. They were doing the countdown," Alan recalled.
RELATED: ’70s Superstar Donny Osmond Shares Nostalgic Look at His Teen Idol Past"We came from a Utah, up-in-the-mountains background of just good ‘ol boys. We were told that we would never be a hit act because we just weren’t ‘with it.’ We felt that we could do it our way, which was a little different. When we finally did it there was a lot of emotion there,” Alan concluded.
The Osmonds received their first gold record in March 1971 during their opening performance at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas/Bettmann/Getty ImagesAs highlighted in the 2001 TV biopic Inside the Osmonds, the famous family lived by the motto, "It doesn’t matter who’s out front, as long as it’s an Osmond." This was an attempt to keep family rivalry at bay so everyone could enjoy the band's success.
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Today, Donny Osmond continues to perform at Harrah's Las Vegas. Marie Osmond has largely retired from live performing. According to PEOPLE Magazine, Merrill and Jay have largely stepped back from touring. Jimmy Osmond stays behind-the-scenes as a businessman after suffering a stroke in 2019, and brothers Wayne and Alan passed away in 2025 and 2026.
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