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Born: 1968 05 28
iSound Site: www.isound.com/kylie_minogue
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| In 2002, Kylie Minogue hit mainstream America’s pop/dance genre and jumped into stardom. Many young people saw her as a new, fresh face. Others, however, saw her as a has-been. It is true that Minogue has been around since 1987, but she did not manage to reach total supersta |
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by Kylie Minogue
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Label: EMI Europe Generic
2007-12-11
Media: Audio CD
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Tracklisting:
1. 2 Hearts - Kylie Minogue, Eliot, Jim
2. Like a Drug - Kylie Minogue, Hansen, Mich Hedin
3. In My Arms
4. Speakerphone - Kylie Minogue, Karlsson, Christian
5. Sensitized - Kylie Minogue, Chambers, Guy
6. Heart Beat Rock
7. The One
8. No More Rain
9. All I See - Kylie Minogue, Hansen, Mich Hedin
10. Stars
11. Wow
12. Nu-di-ty - Kylie Minogue, Poole, Karen
13. Cosmic
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In 2002, Kylie Minogue hit mainstream America’s pop/dance genre and jumped into stardom. Many young people saw her as a new, fresh face. Others, however, saw her as a has-been. It is true that Minogue has been around since 1987, but she did not manage to reach total superstardom in the United States until this past year.
Kylie was born on May 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. The singer never thought she would be a singer. In fact, she dreamed of being an actress. In 1979 she began acting for the Australian series, Skyways. She soon got a job as a main character in the children’s series, The Henderson Kids. Kylie’s popularity exploded in the United Kingdom and Australia when she landed a job as a character in the Australian soap series, Neighbours. Neighbours, which is still incredibly popular in the UK and Australia, also helped jump start the career of singer Natalie Imbruglia in 2000. While working on the series, Kylie was expected to attend many charity events. On one event she sang a cover of Little Eva’s 1960s hit, “Loco-Motion.” One of the Neighbours producers saw the raw-talent the young actress had and sent the recording to the local Mushroom Records. Although Mushroom Records producers did not think Minogue was anything out of the ordinary, they realized the potential she had. She was extremely popular from the television series, and the producers realized she would be very easy to market. In July 1987, Minogue’s re-make of “Loco-Motion” went to number one.
Mushroom records had a close relationship with London powerhouse, Stock Aitken and Waterman (SAW). SAW had created acts such as Dead or Alive, Mel and Kim, Samantha Fox, Bananarama, and Rick Astley. Just like Mushroom Records, SAW realized the actress’s potential. They did not, however, view her as a priority. In fact, they even forgot she was coming to meet with them. Thus, after her arrival, they penned a song very quickly while she waited. That song, “I Should Be So Lucky,” eventually became Minogue’s second Australian number one hit and her first number one in the UK. Minogue worked with SAW for many years. The company, however, was very controlling. They over saw every aspect of the singer’s career; not allowing her to make any decisions. Minogue stuck up for herself in 1990 with her single entitled “Better the Devil You Know.” She did not allow the company to see the video until it was completed. This angered SAW. They had wanted to portray Minogue as a sweet, girl next door character. Minogue, however, wanted to be compared to artists such as Madonna; ever changing her character and experimenting with her music and sexuality. For her 1991 album, Let’s Go To It, Minogue insisted on having lyrical input. Minogue eventually broke her ties with SAW.
She then released the album, Impossible Princess. The name of the album was changed shortly after to Kylie Minogue, after the death of Princess Diana. Minogue at this time was working with London’s Deconstruction Label. The album was much different then her previous. At that time, minogue was dating INXS’s lead singer, Michael Hutchence. Hutchence had encouraged the singer to experiment more with her music. Her album was deemed a flop by critics throughout Europe and Australia. Soon after the crash of her album, Minogue shocked her audience when she did a depressing ballad with Nick Cave. The duet, “Where the Wild Roses Grow,” was featured on Cave’s Murder Ballads album. The video for the single was perceived to be very controversial due to the fact, minogue posed nude as a corpse laying in a lake.
In 2000, the Pet Shop Boys convinced Minogue to leave her label and sign to theirs, Parlophone. She did. Her single, “Spinning Around,” became a number one hit in both the UK and Australia.
In October of 2001, Minogue released Fever. The album contained the global hit, “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” and shot the singer to super stardom. This was Minogue’s first hit in fifteen years. She received two Brit Awards for Fever: Best International Female, Best International Album. Minogue also appeared on MTV’s TRL and Saturday Night Live. Minogue remains both Britain and Australia’s biggest selling female pop singer since 1987.
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