Kylie Minogue
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Melbourne, Australia, 28 May 2020
- Associated with: Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan
The 36 year old singer was due to perform an all singing, all dancing routine at the TMF Awards in Rotterdam, but reportedly made a late change and left all the high energy moves to her dance team. Gone also were the usual Kylie stage gear of bum hugging barely there shorts and skin skimming outfits, the singer choosing to cover up instead.
She has made no secret that she would like to start a family with boyfriend Olivier Martinez, and an extra nugget of gossip is that she has pulled out of a concert in Las Vegas next week, as she apparently told organisors that she doesn’t want to fly long haul at the moment.
Kylie Pregnant? - April 04
Kylie has been papped buying a pregnancy test in Paris.
Boyfriend Olivier Martinez waited outside the chemist as pop diva Kylie dashed in to purchase a pregnancy test. Kylie has recently been quoted as saying she has been feeling broody of late, and she certainly seems to be in a stable relationship these days. So, will we be hearing the pitter patter of tiny Martinez-Minogue feet soon? Watch this space.
Kylie joins MTV Divas - March 04
Kylie Minogue, currently the subject of much speculation regarding her marital ststaus to French boyfriend Olivier Martinez, has been confirmed in the line-up for this year’s MTV Divas concert in LA on April 18.
The pop singer will join big names including Cyndi Lauper, Blondie, Jessica Simpson and home-grown soul singer Joss Stone. Although Kylie is still not a big player in the US charts, producers of the show obviously think she possesses all the diva-like qualities to rival previous performers like Shakira, Mary J Blige and Celine Dion. The show is broadcast on MTV. By Hannah Mills
Kylie loses to Britney - March 04
It seems the battle of the pop princesses has ended with Britney Spears going all the way with her new single Toxic. Kylie may be a ’Red Blooded Woman’ but it wasn’t enough to get to the number one slot.
Red Blooded Woman has entered the charts at number five, lagging behind Peter Andre at number three, and rival Britney taking the top slot at number one. What is surprising is that the single didn’t bear Peter Andre’s second week sales for Mysterious Girl. Can our love affair with all things Kylie be on the wane?
It also seems Kylie made a few comments about Britney in the run up to the chart releases. She took a swipe about Britney’s video’s, saying: "I’m no prude. But I’m not going to those lengths, I’ve always been on the right side of the line."
And that I guess is the ’bottom’ line.
Kylie keeps hold of fan’s camera - Mar 04
You have to feel sorry for Kylie, people do keep trying to take pictures up her minuscule 3 inch skirts.
Kylie was performing at G.A.Y, and noticed one happy chappy in a rather close ringside position was keeping an eagle eye on her posterior with his camera. To save her modesty, Kylie took the camera off the fan and told him "If you don’t mind, I’m a lady".
She said she returned the camera after the gig, so I wonder how many ’low-level’ shots he managed to take before she spotted him! To be seen in a tabloid near you soon I’m sure!
KYLIE GOES G-A-Y FOR THE NIGHT - Feb
Pint-sized aussie pop singer Kylie Minogue is due to play a ’homecoming’ gig at London’s top gay night spot G-A-Y.
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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