Kylie Minogue
Kylie
Ann Minogue, OBE ( born 28 May 1968) — often known simply as Kylie — is an
Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, showgirl, and actress. After
beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved
recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before
commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single,
"Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian
singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. This led to
a contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Her
debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky",
each reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her
first 13 singles reached the British top ten. Her debut film, The Delinquents
(1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK, and received generally
positive reviews.
Initially
presented as a "girl next door", Minogue attempted to convey a more
mature style in her music and public image. Her singles were well received, but
after four albums her record sales were declining, and she left Stock, Aitken
& Waterman in 1992 to establish herself as an independent performer. Her
next single, "Confide in Me", reached number one in Australia and was
a hit in several European countries in 1994, and a duet with Nick Cave,
"Where the Wild Roses Grow", brought Minogue a greater degree of
artistic credibility. Drawing inspiration from a range of musical styles and
artists, Minogue took creative control over the songwriting for her next album,
Impossible Princess (1997). It failed to attract strong reviews or sales in the
UK, but was successful in Australia.
Minogue
returned to prominence in 2000 with the single "Spinning Around" and
the dance-oriented album Light Years, and she performed during the closing
ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her music videos showed a more sexually
provocative and flirtatious personality and several hit singles followed.
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" reached number one in more than 40
countries, and the album Fever (2001) was a hit in many countries, including
the United States, a market in which Minogue had previously received little
recognition. Minogue embarked on a concert tour but cancelled it when she was
diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2005. After surgery and chemotherapy
treatment, she resumed her career in 2006 with Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour.
Her tenth studio album X was released in 2007 and was followed by the
KylieX2008 tour. In 2009, she embarked upon her For You, For Me Tour, her first
concert tour of the United States and Canada, and the following year released
her eleventh studio album, Aphrodite.
Minogue
has achieved worldwide record sales of more than 68 million, and has received
notable music awards, including multiple ARIA and Brit Awards and a Grammy
Award. She has mounted several successful and critically acclaimed concert world
tours and received a Mo Award for "Australian Entertainer of the
Year" for her live performances. Bestowed from the Queen of Australia
Queen Elizabeth II, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(O.B.E.) at Buckingham Palace in 2008 "for services to music". In the
same year she was awarded France's highest cultural honour, the Ordre des Arts
et des Lettres from the French government for her contribution to the
enrichment of French culture. In 2011, "I Should Be So Lucky" was
added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia
registry. While also in 2011, Minogue was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health
Science (D.H.Sc.) degree by Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom of
for her work in raising awareness for breast cancer. On 27 November 2011, on
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ARIA Music Awards, Kylie Minogue was
inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of
Fame.
Birth
name: Kylie Ann Minogue
Born:
28 May 1968 (age 44) Melbourne, Australia
Genres:
Pop, synthpop, nu-disco, dance-pop
Occupations:
Singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, fashion designer, author,
entrepreneur, showgirl
Years
active: 1979–present
Labels:
PWL, Mushroom, Deconstruction, Parlophone, Warner Music Australia
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Song:
Concert:
Kylie Minogue Aphrodite les folies tour 2011 live full show
Interview:
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