Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue born 28 May 1968 is an Australian singer songwriter and actress Frequently referred to as the Princess of Pop she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and the fashion world as a major style icon Her accolades include two Grammy Awards four Brit Awards and eighteen ARIA Music Awards Minogue is the highestselling Australian female artist of all time with sales surpassing 80 million records worldwide In 2024 Time listed her in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world Born and raised in Melbourne Minogue first achieved recognition starring as Charlene Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours 19861988 She began her music career in the late 1980s releasing four dancepop studio albums under PWL By the early 1990s Minogue had amassed several hit singles in Australia and the UK including The LocoMotion 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 danceoriented music with Light Years 2000 including the numberone hits Spinning Around and On a Night Like This The followup Fever 2001 was an international breakthrough for Minogue becoming her bestselling album to date The lead single Cant Get You Out of My Head was a worldwide charttopper and became one of the most successful singles of the 2000s selling over five million units Followup 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 signed with BMG Rights Management leading to several numberone albums in Australia and the UK Golden 2018 Step Back in Time The Definitive Collection 2019 Disco 2020 Tension 2023 and Tension II 2024 She is the only female artist in the UK charts with charttopping albums and a top ten single in five consecutive decades 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 Minogues 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 DHSc Description above from the Wikipedia article Kylie Minogue licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia