Kylie Minogue
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Melbourne, Australia, 28 May 2020
- Associated with: Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan
Meanwhile, Kylie’s recovery is going so well that her hair is beginning to grow back. The beautiful singer lost her locks after having chemotherapy treatment for the disease last year, and often covered her baldness with headscarves. But the 37-year-old has now posed for a set of shots - taken by lover Olivier Martinez - showing off her new short, straight hair. The photographs, which have been posted on website www.kylie.com, were taken as the star enjoyed a holiday in the Italian fishing village of Portofino.
Kylie is planning to launch her comeback with a new album - Mar 22, 2020
Kylie Minogue is planning to launch her pop comeback with a new album. The sexy star - who was recently given the all-clear after battling breast cancer for almost a year - has already started "playing around with lyrics". The diminutive singer is now keen to get back in the studio to record some new tracks.
An insider told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "She is feeling better than ever. The past year has been incredibly tough but she is determined to get back to what she loves best - singing. "It would be the perfect way to thank her fans for all their support."
Meanwhile, it’s been revealed Kylie’s recovery from cancer is going so well her hair is beginning to grow back. The ’Slow’ singer lost her blonde locks after having chemotherapy treatment, and often covered her baldness with headscarves. Although the 37-year-old is still wearing the scarves in public, she now takes them off in private to reveal her new short, straight, spiky hair.
Kylie set to wed lover Olivier Martinez ? - Feb 21, 2020
Kylie Minogue has quashed speculation she is set to wed lover Olivier Martinez. The pop babe - who was recently given the all-clear following a nine-month battle with breast cancer - has been at the centre of marriage rumours for months. Her boyfriend’s mother, Rosemarie, even reportedly told a magazine her son would tie the knot with the star in her native Australia. But Kylie’s publicist has now denied the wedding rumours, saying: "This is just not true."
Meanwhile, Kylie is reportedly writing a diary to inspire fellow cancer sufferers. The diminutive star is thought to be penning a daily journal that she wants to publish to help others battling the disease. A source said: "Kylie knows she is in a position of influence and wants to use that positively by writing this diary. She believes that by sharing her experiences she can provide encouragement to those in a similar situation. "She wants to get the message over that cancer can strike anybody, no matter how rich or famous."
Kylie may return to ’Neighbours’ - Feb 13, 2021
Kylie Minogue may return to Australian soap ’Neighbours’. The pop princess - who was recently given the all-clear after battling breast cancer for nine months - has admitted she misses the TV show that made her a star.
The petite singer, who played feisty mechanic Charlene, still watches the soap and says she would love to be in it again. The 37-year-old is quoted in The People newspaper as saying: "There are still people there from my time in the late 80s and I do miss it. "I wouldn’t rule out appearing on it again one day."
Last year, it was revealed Kylie had been calling her former ’Neighbours’ co-stars to let them know she was beating cancer. The diminutive star was said to have contacted old friends to reassure them she was fine. Stefan Dennis, who plays manipulative Paul Robinson in the soap, said: "I’ve heard from Kylie. She contacted me in Australia to tell me she is fine and she’s going to be OK." He added: "It’s all great news."
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In 1986 Kylie was offered the role of Charlene Mitchell in upcoming soap Neighbours. Her storylines made her a household name in both Australia and the UK and the on screen wedding between Charlene and Scott Robinson (played by Jason Donovan) attracted record numbers of viewers.
Whilst performing The Locomotion on stage at a benefit in 1987 Kylie was spotted by representatives of Mushroom Records who signed her up and released the track. The success of her first release saw Kylie travel to London to meet with pop moguls Stock Aitken and Waterman who penned I Should Be So Lucky for her on the spot. The single was a smash and launched Kylie as one to watch and indeed her debut album became the biggest seller of the year here in the UK.
Panned by critics, Especially For You, a duet recorded with Jason Donovan (by this time a pop star in his own right) was a huge hit in 1989 but Kylie’s follow up album, Enjoy Yourself, whilst successful in Europe and Australia flopped in the US, resulting in the singer being dropped by her American label.
1990 saw Kylie make the first radical adjustment to her image. Gone was the cutesy girl next door in favour of a more sexy look for Better The Devil You Know, while a relationship with bad boy rocker Michael Hutchence cemented Kylie’s new ’cool’ status. Rhythm of Love produced several well received dance-orientated singles and was enough of a success to persuade Kylie to produce a further album despite her contract with PWA being up. Let’s Get To It was a critical success but was her first release to miss the top ten. Realising that she was stifled by the Stock Aitken and Waterman formula she recorded three new tracks for a Greatest Hits album and made a break for it.
So it was time for another change in direction. Kylie went indie following her signing to Deconstruction Records and Confide in Me spent several weeks at the Aussie top spot. The self titled album released alongside sold reasonably well although it received mixed reviews from the press while follow up singles eached top twenty. Elsewhere Kylie went extra dark, appearing on Nick Cave’s Where The Wild Roses Grow, a move which promised a more credible pop star in the future.
By 1997 Kylie had overhauled her image again, and the release of Impossible Princess the following year reflected that. A collaboration with the Manic Street Preachers wasn’t enough to stop the album from becoming the least successful of her releases and the end of Kylie’s pop career looked near.
However a split with Deconstruction resulted in Kylie hooking up with Parlophone and in an explosion of gold glitter and disco the pop starlet burst back on to the scene in an unfeasibly small pair of gold hotpants to promote Spinning Around and accompanying album Light Years. The single was Kylie’s first UK number one in ten years and resulted in a duet with Robbie Williams and a sell out tour. However, it was 2001’s Fever which cemented Kylie’s future. The unforgettable video for impossibly catchy single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head ensured that the track reached number one in over 40 countries. Follow up singles were almost equally successful and the awards flooded in while next album, Body Language, was another hit while Ultimate Kylie, a greatest hits release was accompanied by a lavish tour.
It was during this time that Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer, much to the shock of her fans. Her headline slot at Glastonbury was cancelled and the rest of the Showgirl tour was postponed but after treatment from Australia and France’s best doctors Kylie was back on the scene looking better than ever. She began work on a new album and released a children’s book The Showgirl Princess closely followed by a perfume, Darling. She resumed her Showgirl tour and split with French boyfriend Olivier Martinez.
Elsewhere Kylie’s film career has been slightly less successful than her musical one. From The Deliquents to Street Fighter she has been panned for her on screen work her only success coming in the form of the green absinthe fairy in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!
updated March 2007
November 2007