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Kylie Minogue Biography
Name : Kylie Minogue
Birth Name : Kylie Ann Minogue
Birth Date : May 28, 1968
Birth Place : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height : 5' 1''
Profession : Actress, model, singer
Nationality : Australian
Claim to fame : Album Kylie (1988)
Kylie Minogue Trivia
Kylie Minogue received a lifetime achievement award when she was inducted into the T4 Smash Hits Hall of Fame in London, the teen magazine's annual award ceremony was a glitzy event featuring an A-list of pop and rock icons. Decked out in a backless blue frilly mini-dress, she had the Wembley Arena crowd on its feet while she performed her latest single I Believe In You.
Is set to produce on Australian film CLANCY OF THE OVERTHROW. (June 25, 2004)
Has reportedly asked her French actor boyfriend, Olivier Martinez, to marry and the wedding bells could be ringing in June. (March 23, 2004)
Cementing her status as a gay icon by appearing on cult TV makeover show Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. (December 18, 2003)
Minogue has jetted off on a round-the-world trip to flee from a deranged fan who has sent her 700 letters in the last year; she contacted the police earlier last week to report the threatening mail. (September 30, 2003)
Minogue is to marry her French lover Olivier Martinez, the actor's brother has revealed -- Vincent Martinez says Olivier proposed to her on a romantic cruise along the French Riviera and presented her with a $38,000 diamond ring as proof of his love. (September 10, 2003)
Minogue and Russell Crowe will take to the stage together at the opening ceremony of this year's Rugby World Cup. (August 19, 2003)
Minogue has flown to Canada for a showdown with actor lover Olivier Martinez after pictures of him spending time with Angelina Jolie were published. (July 29, 2003)
Prince Charles has declared himself a Kylie Minogue fan -- the heir to the throne watched the Australian singer's guest appearance in a West End comedy Thursday evening, telling her afterward: You were fantastic. (November 23, 2002)
Minogue, who was last seen on the big screen as the Green Fairy in last year's MOULIN ROUGE, is being considered for the lead role in the new Grease movie, GREASE 3. (October 18, 2002)
Lends her voice to the cartoon character Florence in an upcoming remake of the sixties children's classic THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT. (October 10, 2002)
Her pictures in her Love Kylie X lingerie range, have to come down at the end of August 2002 under an Aussie advertising deal.
She has been given a song wrote by superstar Madonna titled Alone Again.
Minogue has had her biggest asset immortalised at London's famous Madame Tussaud's wax museum. The provocative life size model of the petite star was unveiled on Tuesday, July 23 and is one of the popular museum's most expensive creations at £50,000.
Her first UK debut single 'I Should Be So Lucky' hit #1 on 20 February 1988 and stayed there for five weeks, which is the longest for a debut disc by a female artist ever.
She married Scott Robinson in what was hyped as the 'Wedding Of The Decade'.
One of her amazing achievement is that Kylie's first 13 singles all went directly into the UK Top 10. That's a feat that ABBA, The Beatles, David Bowie, Bee Gees, Cher, Dire Straits, Elvis, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Elton John, John Lennon, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Oasis, Prince, Queen, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner or even Stevie Wonder haven't been able to pull off
Is the ONLY Australian artist to hold simultaneous #1 positions in both Australia and the UK, with 'Lucky' and 'Spinning'
Her sexual magic -- and vocal abilities -- have help her songwriting team gain four nominations in Britain's annual Ivor Novello Awards.
Russell Crowe only accepted a part on Australian soap Neighbours because he was attracted to Kylie Minogue.
Is helping fellow Australian Nicole Kidman cope with the upset of her split from Tom Cruise - and Kidman appears delighted with her support.
Did a very intense and firm bj at MTV VMA 2000.
Broke records at the TV Week Awards in Australia by becoming the first person to win four 'Logies' in one night and the youngest winner of 'Most Popular Actress'.
KYLIE MINOGUE BIOGRAPHY 2
Although she's only managed one hit in the U.S. since her arrival as a singer in 1987, Kylie Minogue is both Australia and Europe's biggest selling female pop singer over that period and a pop culture icon in those areas.
Her image on the cover of magazines is guaranteed to produce extra sales. But a singing career was never what Minogue had in mind for herself.
b. 28 May 1968, Melbourne, Australia.
Coming from a stage family, Minogue passed an audition for the Australian soap opera, Neighbours, which eventually led to her recording debut with Little Eva's hit, "The Loco-Motion".
When the television series was successfully screened in Britain, prolific hit producers Stock, Aitken And Waterman intervened to mould Minogue's attractive, wholesome, anodyne image to their distinctive brand of radio-centred pop.
The first UK single, "I Should Be So Lucky", reached number 1 in early 1988, presaging an impressive chart run of instantly hummable UK hits, including "Got To Be Certain" (number 2), "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi" (number 2), "Hand On Your Heart" (number 1), "Wouldn't Change A Thing" (number 2), "Never Too Late" (number 4), "Tears On My Pillow" (number 1), "Better The Devil You Know" (number 2), "Step Back In Time" (number 4), "What Do I Have To Do" (number 6) and "Shocked" (number 6).
If she was ever just along for the ride, Minogue took her first step towards control over her career with her 1990 single "Better the Devil You Know," not letting Stock Aitken and Waterman see the video she was making for the song until it was completed.
SAW insisted on casting her in a girl-next-door mode, while Minogue opted for a saucier Madonna-like image.
It ensured her continued success and reputation as a celebrity beyond the pop charts. With her fourth album, Let's Go to It (1991), the singer also insisted on lyrical input. With solo success enhanced by duets with co-star Jason Donovan, including the UK number 1 "Especially For You", Minogue emerged as one of the most successfully marketed acts of the late 80s and early 90s, with books and movies, including The Delinquents.
1991 was also the year that she became romantically involved with INXS lead singer, Michael Hutchence. This romance allowed her to explore her sexuality further and was the beginning of Minogue's new image. Further hit singles included a duet with Keith Washington on "If You Were With Me Now", and "Give Me Just A Little More Time" (number 2).
Surprisingly, she even won some acclaim in the music press and found herself championed as an unlikely "pop goddess", signing to dance music label Deconstruction Records in 1994. She enjoyed another UK hit single the same year with the mature "Confide In Me".
In 1996 she recorded a single, "Where The Wild Roses Grow", with Nick Cave and the following year was working in the recording studio with the Manic Street Preachers.
The original title for Impossible Princess had to be changed, as it was felt that it clashed with the death of Princess Diana. Not to be confused with her 1994 self-titled release, Kylie Minogue was a much grungier album than expected, but marked a downturn in Minogue's commercial fortunes that resulted in her being dropped by Deconstruction.
The following year she was working in the recording studio with the Manic Street Preachers, further enhancing her new found credibility.
She signed a new deal with Parlophone Records in 1999, and returned to the top of the UK charts the following July with the infectious dance single, "Spinning Around". Light Years saw Minogue firmly back in the disco pop bracket, an area to which she is clearly best suited.
She returned to the top of the UK singles chart in September 2001 with the highly catchy "Can't Get You Out Of My Head". A sparkling new album followed to delight her fans.
Minogue's renaissance continued in America, with "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" breaking into the Top 10 and Fever rapidly ascending the charts.
2003's Brit Awards saw the much discussed Kylie posterior hit the headlines again, as it was pawed by Justin Timberlake in a steamy duet.
'Body Language', Ms Minogues 2003 album effort, spawned the recent number 1 'Slow'. Now she is set to release the second single from that album, entitled 'Red Blooded Woman'.
Sources: netglimse.com, tiscali.co.uk
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