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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Minogue is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinventing herself in music as well as fashion, and is referred to by the European press as the "Princess of Pop" and a style icon. Her accolades include a Grammy Award, three Brit Awards and eighteen ARIA Music Awards.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Minogue first achieved recognition starring as Charlene Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1986–1988). She began her music career in the late 1980s, releasing four bubblegum and dance-pop-influenced studio albums under PWL. By the early 1990s, Minogue had amassed several top ten singles in Australia and the UK, including "The Loco-Motion", "I Should Be So Lucky", "Especially for You", "Hand on Your Heart" and "Better the Devil You Know". Taking more creative control over her music, she signed with Deconstruction Records in 1993 and released the albums Kylie Minogue (1994) and Impossible Princess (1997).

By joining Parlophone in 1999, Minogue returned to mainstream dance-oriented music with Light Years (2000), including the number-one hits "Spinning Around" and "On a Night Like This". The follow-up, Fever (2001), was an international breakthrough for Minogue, becoming her best-selling album to date. Its lead single, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" becoming one of the most successful singles of the 2000s, selling over five million units. Follow up singles, "In Your Eyes" and "Love at First Sight" became hits as well. She continued reinventing her image and experimenting with a range of genres on her subsequent albums, which spawned successful singles such as "Slow", "I Believe in You", "2 Hearts" and "All the Lovers". In 2017, she partnered with BMG Rights Management, with "Dancing" (2018) as their first release. In the following years, Minogue became the only female artist to have a number-one album and a top ten single, from the 1980s to the 2020s in the UK charts, with Disco (2020) and "Padam Padam" (2023) respectively.

In film, Minogue made her debut in The Delinquents (1989), and appeared in Street Fighter (1994), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Holy Motors (2012) and San Andreas (2015). In reality television, she appeared as a judge on The Voice UK and The Voice Australia both in 2014. Her other ventures include product endorsements, books, perfumes, charitable work and a wine brand. Minogue's achievements include being an ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.).

Albums

1988 Kylie
1989 Enjoy Yourself
1990 Rhythm of Love
1991 Let’s Get to It
1994 Kylie Minogue
1997 Impossible Princess
2000 Light Years
2001 Fever
2003 Body Language
2007 X
2010 Aphrodite
2014 Kiss Me Once
2015 Kylie Christmas
2018 Golden
2020 DISCO
2023 Tension
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Pitchfork
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There is something important in the symbolism of an icon of music journalism and culture now being part of a “gentleman’s” title.
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Kylie Minogue, Rita Ora
'Padam Padam' Was Almost A Rita Ora Hit
'Padam Padam' producer has opened up about the doubts surrounding Kylie Minogue tackling the song.
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Beyoncé, Madonna, Kylie Minogue
Are Beyoncé, Madonna & Kylie Minogue Touring Australia In 2024?
"Right now, the appetite is very strong."
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue Wants To Do A Stadium Show
"Maybe now is the time to put it on the table."
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The Best Australian Albums Of 2023
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Channel 7 Scores Exclusive 'An Audience With Kylie'
Kylie's 'An Audience With' concert will exclusively premiere on Channel 7 and 7plus in 2024.
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After trying to tell the Gudinski story in 13 tours, here we attempt to do it in just 13 songs.
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Troye Sivan, Dom Dolla & Kylie Minogue Nominated For Grammy Awards
The artist with the most nominations at the 2024 Grammy Awards is SZA, with nine nominations, including Album Of The Year (for 'SOS') and Record and Song Of The Year (for 'Kill Bill').
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Kylie Calls Out Australia’s Tall Poppy Syndrome
"In Australia, it’s like, ‘Oh no, you’re going to have to be dragged through the coals, and then you can sleep on a bed of nails, and then we’re going to hate your guts for it...'"
Industry / News
Kylie Minogue, G Flip, Genesis Owusu, Polaris & More: Triple J Announces 2023 J Awards Nominees
The nominees show off the diversity we know and love in Australian music.
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Kylie Minogue Debuts At #1 In Australia With 'Tension'
"All hail the queen."
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Kylie Minogue: 'Soon Ageism Will Be So Uncool You Just Won’t Do It'
"Just let that person live and breathe in their space..."