Kylie Ann Minogue
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Kylie Minogue is the first and only female recording artist in UK chart history with a number one album in four consecutive decades: the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. She rose to fame playing Charlene in the Australian soap Neighbours and started her music career with the 1987 hit The Loco-Motion. Her hit single Can’t Get You Out of My Head has sold over seven million copies worldwide. She received an OBE in 2008 and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
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Kylie Minogue — early life, career, personal life, and legacy.
Born on May 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Kylie Ann Minogue was the eldest of three children. Her parents, of Irish and Welsh descent, encouraged her early interest in performing. She attended Camberwell High School while pursuing acting roles. At age 11 she began landing small television parts, but a role as tomboy mechanic Charlene Mitchell on the soap Neighbours in 1986 transformed her into an international household name.
Kylie’s singing career began accidentally when a record executive heard her rendition of Little Eva’s The Loco-Motion. She signed with Stock/Aitken/Waterman in 1987 and released a string of top-ten UK hits. Her film debut came in 1989’s The Delinquents. After leaving PWL in 1992, she released the mature album Kylie Minogue in 1994, producing hits like Confide In Me. A controversial 1995 duet with Nick Cave, Where the Wild Roses Grow, showcased her artistic range. In 2000 her comeback single Spinning Around hit number one in the UK, followed by the global phenomenon Can’t Get You Out of My Head in 2001.
She performed at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics and has won numerous awards, including multiple BRIT Awards and a Grammy. As of 2004, she had sold over 65 million albums worldwide, making her the biggest-selling Australian artist of all time.
Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, forcing her to cancel her Australian tour and a headlining slot at Glastonbury. The news prompted a 40% increase in mammographies in Australia, a phenomenon dubbed the Kylie effect. She announced her separation from French actor Olivier Martinez in February 2007, describing the decision as mutual and amicable. She is the former sister-in-law of actor Julian McMahon and remains close to her younger sister, singer Dannii Minogue.
Kylie Minogue’s impact includes the Kylie effect, a documented public health impact from her cancer disclosure. She received an OBE in 2008 for services to music, the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, and was named an Australian National Living Treasure. Her costume exhibition in Melbourne became the Arts Centre’s highest-attended exhibition ever. She is known as the Princess of Pop.
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Every award, honor, and recognition received by Kylie Minogue — Grammys, hall-of-fame inductions, civic honors, lifetime achievements.
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A wall of memorable lines from Kylie Minogue — lyrics, interviews, and off-the-cuff remarks captured over a lifetime.
I Never Say Never About a Lot of Things. Whatever You Want, Then More Power to You. If Someone Feels They Have to Live up to a Certain Image, Then I Can Kind of Understand That Pressure Because I’m Considered to Be One of Those Images, and I Know How Unreal They Are.
People See Me as Kylie the Singer. It Would Be a Dream for Me to Be Taken Seriously as an Actress.
I Don’t Have to Try to Be a Sex Bomb, I Am One!
When I Was Eight, My Pals and I Went up to My Bedroom, Put on Our Party Frocks and Mimed to ABBA Records Using Broom Handles as Microphones.
I’m so Happy That My Costumes Have Found a Home Here in Melbourne, My Home Town, Where I Know They Will Be Cared for and Preserved. Its Just Such an Honour That the Performing Arts Collection Wanted It All. What I Imagine People Will Want to See Is the Wear and Tear, the Ingrained Make-up After Fifty Shows, Where the Audio-pack Rubs These Are Things That for Me, Bring Costumes to Life.
I Am so Excited to Be Performing Once Again at GAY. There’s an Atmosphere There That Is Unlike Anywhere Else. Last Time I Performed There They Had a Huge Clock Counting Down the Minutes Until the Show and by the Time I Came on the Crowd Was at Fever Pitch. It’s a Special Venue for Me and I Have Some Amazing Memories of Gigs Gone By. so Many of the Audience Go to Great Lengths to Make Special Outfits and They Know the Lyrics to the Songs Better Than I Do.
Cruelty to Children Is an Everyday Occurrence, Which Must Be Stopped. the Work Undertaken by the NSPCC Is Essential and I Fully Support Its Mission to End Child Cruelty. I Support Its Vision of a Society in Which All Children Are Loved and Valued. the Levels of Abuse in This Country Are Shocking. Without Charities Like the NSPCC, They Would Be Worse. Together, We Hope to Improve the Lives of Children Within the UK.
I Don’t Sing Rock. My Music Is Pop Stuff with Easy-to-listen-to Lyrics. Mostly I Sing Ballads and Music You Can Dance To. I Like to Think It’s Cool.
It Would Be a Very Good Thing for My Career to Become as Well-known in the United States as I Am in Europe and Australia. One Way to Do That Is with a Concert Tour, Which I Plan to Do. but I Can’t Base My Whole Future on Whether I Make It Big in America. Right Now I Have to Work as Hard as Anyone Else to Get a Role in a Hollywood Movie Because My Popularity Abroad Doesn’t Mean That Much.
Little-known facts about Kylie Minogue — origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
Kylie Minogue is the first and only female recording artist in UK chart history with a number one album in four consecutive decades: the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.
The Kylie effect refers to a 40% increase in mammographies in Australia following extensive media coverage of her breast cancer diagnosis.
She performed at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney.
She holds the record as the biggest-selling female artist in Australian concert history, with ticket sales exceeding half a million.
Her song Especially for You is the second highest-selling single of the 1980s in the UK by a female artist, behind Jennifer Rush.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer and canceled her Australian tour and headlining appearance at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival.
She sued Australian magazine People for publishing a faked picture of her naked bottom in January 2003, with her head superimposed on a nude model.
Following her cancer diagnosis, Australian Prime Minister John Howard issued a statement supporting her, reflecting overwhelming public support.
She has her own lingerie brand called Love Kylie.
Songs in the Key of Life 1976 by Stevie Wonder is one of her all-time favorite albums.
She was voted in the Top 5 for Best International Singer and Woman of the Year at the Maxim Magazine Awards.
A Sunday Kind of Love by Etta James is one of her favorite songs.
The Australian Record Industry Association nominated Kylie for five awards in 1988, with I Should Be So Lucky picking up Biggest Selling Single of the Year.
On January 24, 2004, she was nominated for Best International Female and Best Musical Website at the French NRJ Awards in Cannes.
She attended the 2002 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo at the invitation of Prince Albert, where she was named Best Selling Australian Artist of the Year and performed Can’t Get Blue Monday Out of My Head to a worldwide audience of a billion people.
She became a sponsor and patron of the Sri Lankan theatrical troupe Children of the Sea, formed after the tsunami, which won first prize at the Edinburgh Festival in 2005.
Her song Can’t Get You Out of My Head has sold over seven million copies worldwide and over a million in the UK, making it one of the most successful singles of all time.
She celebrated her 25th birthday with a private Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the jewelry store, attended by her sister Dannii, mother Carol, and close friends.
She has stated that meeting celebrity fans is exciting because she is often a huge fan of theirs.
She won two major awards at the 2002 Brit Awards: Best International Female and Best International Album for Fever, and delivered a show-stopping performance of Can’t Get You Out of My Head mixed with Blue Monday.
She became the first Ambassador for the NSPCC, a foundation preventing cruelty to children.
Named the Biggest Selling Australian Artist of all time with over 65 million albums sold as of May 2004, and winner of numerous awards including Logies, ARIAs, and a Grammy.
She won an award for excellence from the Fundraising Institute of Australia for the 2002 Kids Help Line fundraising campaign in Australia, alongside Kids Help Line and Optus.
She announced her separation from Olivier Martinez on February 2, 2007, in a statement saying the decision was mutual and amicable.
After two years of silence, she released Impossible Princess in 1997 with an indie touch, collaborating with Manic Street Preachers and others; though not a commercial success, it was critically acclaimed for her maturation.
She donated over 300 items of clothing to the Victorian Arts Centre’s Performing Art Collection, which became the subject of an exhibition that drew over 293,000 fans, the Arts Centre’s highest attendance ever.
Over eight million UK viewers tuned into her ITV special An Audience with Kylie Minogue in 2001.
She won two major awards at the 2001 Top of the Pops Awards: Top Tour and Top Song for Can’t Get You Out of My Head.
Her manager Terry Blamey was honored Manager of the Year by the International Music Manager’s Forum.
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