Kylie Minogue: biography
Kylie Minogue is an Australian singer and actress. Kylie Anne Minogue was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1968. Ronald Minogue, Kylie's father, is an accountant. Carol Ann, the mother of the future celebrity, is a dancer. In addition to Kylie, the Minogue family had a younger brother and sister.
Kylie Minogue in her youth
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Kylie grew up as a shy child, so she tried not to participate in school events. Only once did the future singer and actress perform together with other students in the production of “Cinderella”. Since childhood, the girl preferred classes in choreography and music.
Both Minogue sisters took their first steps in show business quite early, while initially the parents predicted an acting career for their youngest daughter. One day, the mother took Danny’s youngest daughter to a screen test, and took the eldest daughter with her for company. In the end, the role went to Kylie.
Movies
After successful screen tests, 9-year-old Kylie Minogue appeared on screen. Among the first works of the future celebrity were roles in the TV series The Sullivans and Skyways. After graduating from school in 1986, Kylie accepted an offer to play in another television series with Jason Donovan. This project brought the young actress her first serious success. So Minogue became the youngest actress in the country, receiving Gold Logie awards and 4 Logie Awards.
Kylie Minogue in the movie "Street Fighter"
In 1989, the actress starred in the melodrama “Criminals,” which was a commercial success, despite the dissatisfaction of critics. Then there was a pause in Kylie's acting career.
In 1994, the film actress starred in the action film “Street Fighter” with Jean-Claude Van Damme. The picture did not increase Minogue’s popularity; the Australian was even called “the worst actress.” Subsequent films - "Bio-Home" (1996), "Director's Cut" (2000), "Exemplary People" (2000) - were not remembered by the audience.
In 2001, Kylie Minogue sang in Moulin Rouge! (2001). This work became significant in the actress’s film career.
Leos Carax and Kylie Minogue on the set of the film “Holy Motors Corporation”
In 2007, television viewers saw the Australian actress in the Christmas episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who. Another 5 years later, the film actress starred in the film “Holy Motors Corporation”, and in 2020 she appeared in the film “San Andreas Fault”.
Critics will soon say that the Australian’s cinematic biography is not remembered for her iconic works, which cannot be said about her musical career.
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She began her career at the age of eleven, starring in one of the main roles in the Skyways television series. In 1985 she starred in the Australian television series Neighbors, which brought her worldwide fame. In 1987, the singer signed a contract with the Mushroom Records label, which marked the beginning of her musical career.
Kylie released her debut single, "The Locomotion", which reached number one in the Australian charts in July 1987. Later, the album “Kylie” was released, with the singles “I Should Be So Lucky” (16 weeks leading on MTV) and a duet with Jason Donnovan “Especially for You”.
Since the 1990s, the singer has been working with the BMG Deconstruction label. The works “Confide in Me” and the ballad “Where the Wild Roses Grow” (with Nick Cave) belong to this period.
In 2000, she released the single "Spinning Around", which soon became a club hit, and the following year her song "Come into my life" won a Grammy for Best Dance Song. This year, Kylie Minogue performed at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sydney.
In 2005, during a medical examination, Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer. However, the treatment was successful and now the singer is actively touring and recording new material.
Music
In 1986, Kylie Minogue was invited to open an event in honor of football stars at Dallas Brooks Hall. The performance of the Australian performer impressed one of the producers, and he offered the young girl a contract. The first single, titled Locomotion, was released at the end of July 1987. The composition became so popular that it turned out to be the best-selling single of the year. The second song, I Should Be So Lucky, was no less successful.
A successful start to her musical career had been made, so at the end of 1988, Minogue stopped starring in the TV series Neighbors.
Kylie's first albums brought her popularity, including Kylie (1988), Enjoy Yourself (1989), Rhythm Of Love (1990) and Let's Get To It (1991).
Having become a world-class star, the singer changed her stage image. In 1991, instead of a street girl, fans saw a seductive beauty - this decision only increased Minogue's popularity. By this time, the performer from Australia had more than 30 songs in her repertoire.
In 1992, Kylie Minogue's hit collection The Greatest Hits was released, followed by signing a contract with Deconstruction Records and the release of Kylie Minogue's fifth album, which sold 2.5 million copies worldwide.
Minogue recorded one of her greatest hits in 1996 in a duet with Nick Cave. The video for the song Where The Wild Roses Grow still receives thousands of views on the Internet.
Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue
The singer's next album, Impossible Princess, was released in 1997 and went platinum. The original name had to be changed due to the tragic death of Princess Diana.
Two years later, the dance floors of Europe and the United States were conquered by a new hit - Can't Get You Out Of My Head, and a month later the album Fever appeared, which brought the Australian singer two Brit Awards. For the song Slow from this album, Kylie Minogue received a Grammy. The performer's videos became increasingly popular.
This was followed by a career break due to illness. In 2005, Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer, and the singer had to interrupt her concert tour.
The 10th studio album “X” (2007) became the singer’s first disc published after a serious illness. The song In My Arms turned out to be a popular one from this record.
Then 3 more Kylie Minogue albums were released: Aphrodite (2010), Kiss Me Once (2014) and Kylie Christmas (2015). They also include re-recorded hits from the singer’s early repertoire.
Kylie Ann Minogue, known as Kylie Minogue, was born on May 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. Kylie is the eldest of three children of Ron (born in Australia) and Carol (born in the UK) Minogue. Dani Minogue's younger sister followed in the footsteps of her elder sister and became a fairly famous singer, but her brother Brandon abandoned his pop career. The girls began to make their way since childhood; at the age of 11, Kylie took part in three soap operas - “The Sulivans”, “Skyways”, “The Henderson Kids”, and Danni made a name for herself thanks to the music program “Young Talent Time”, at that time , as Kylie only appeared there in 1983. However, just three years later, success came to her, after filming the soap opera “Neighbours”. Then the girl performed the song “The Loco-Motion” and made contact with Mushroom Records. The recording was renamed "Locomotion" and released as a single, it spent 7 weeks at number one in the Australian charts, and was recognized as the best-selling single of the year. After this, Minogue was invited to London to work with Waterman, Stock and Aitken. The first album “Kylie” took the top line in the British charts, selling more than 7 million copies.
In 1989, the biggest UK hit was the song “Especially For You”, which Kylie recorded with her then-boyfriend Jason Donovan. Two years later, Kylie turns from the girl next door into a sexy beauty, and becomes even more popular - the public liked this image.
In 1994, Minogue's fifth solo album with the simple title “Kylie Minogue” was released, and its sales amounted to 2.5 million copies. Three years later, the seventh album “Impossible Princess” is released and goes platinum. In 2001, the album Fever was released and brought Kylie two Brit Awards, and also went multi-platinum in the USA.
Three years later, Kylie went on the world tour “The Showgirl – The Greatest Hits Tour”. Everything went very well, but in the spring of 2005 the tour had to be interrupted due to serious problems: the pop diva was diagnosed with breast cancer. Somewhat later, after a course of treatment, the tour was continued, the only thing was that the name and list of songs performed were slightly changed. In June 2008, as part of another KylieX2008 tour, Minogue gave concerts for the first time in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The singer is currently collaborating with Taio Cruz, and has begun a world tour in support of her eleventh album. The girl’s film career was definitely not so successful, but it’s worth mentioning. In 1989, Minogue starred in the film Criminals. Its release coincided with the moment she became popular in Neighbors, although both films were the subject of derisive comments from critics, it was still a major commercial success. The action film “Street Fighter,” based on a computer game in which Kylie played a role, was not accepted by fans of the game, critics, or journalists. The following works - “Exemplary People”, “Bio-Home”, “Cut” - also did not attract much attention from the audience. But a cameo role in the film “Moulin Rouge”, where Kylie acted as the Green Fairy and sang, brought her both success and approval.
Throughout her career, Kylie Minogue has released 11 music albums, 40 singles, and played in 19 films. In the spring of 2008, Kylie was awarded the French Order of Arts and Letters, and in the summer of the same year she received the Order of the British Empire. Both of them are for their contribution to culture.
Personal life
In her personal life, Minogue was much less lucky than in her career. Despite the abundance of novels, none of them led the Australian singer to marriage or the birth of children. Even at school, classmates paid attention to the beautiful girl. Friends of the pop star recall that she even had a special notebook in which the future celebrity wrote down the names of fans.
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
While filming Neighbors, young Minogue met her colleague Jason Donovan. Everything indicated that the couple had begun a relationship. But the romance did not last long: many believe that the breakup occurred on the initiative of Donovan, who allegedly did not come to terms with the growing popularity of his partner.
Then a period followed in Kylie’s life when she turned from an elegant, feminine girl into a real rocker. This was due to the influence of Michael Hutchence, the woman's new boyfriend, who often became depressed and eventually committed suicide.
The singer also had a relationship with British fashion model James Gooding. The romance lasted 3 years, Kylie Minogue decided to leave the young man, since he did not miss a single skirt.
Kylie Minogue and Olivier Martinez
From 2002 to 2007, Minogue dated Olivier Martinez, who was with the singer during her battle with cancer.
In 2010, a new man appeared in the life of the pop star. This time the singer began dating a model from Spain, Andres Velencoso. The relationship lasted 3 years.
For about 3 years, the Australian beauty’s heart was free, but soon the woman was noticed in the company of actor Joshua Sass.
Kylie Minogue and Joshua Sass
Sass and Minogue met in September 2020 on the set of the film Galavant. The British actor played the lead role, and Minogue became the star guest of the second season. It is known that Sass is 19 years younger than Minogue.
The couple was preparing to get married
, but in 2020 it became known that Kylie and Joshua
broke off their relationship
. Kylie Minogue announced this on her Instagram.
Today celebrates the birthday of Kylie Minogue, the Australian singer and actress!
Childhood
Kylie Minogue was born in 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. The singer celebrates her birthday on May 28 (Gemini). Kylie has a sister and brother. Danni also made a career as a singer. Brandon chose a different path.
Kylie's mother is a ballerina. It was she who “got” the children into show business by bringing them to television auditions. The bet was made on the youngest Danni, but the casting director chose Kylie - so she starred in the series Skyways, The Sullivans, The Henderson Kids, but was not remembered for anything special. Danni shone in the music program Young Talent Time.
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Career
Success came to Kylie Minogue after participating in the TV series Neighbors, in which she began acting immediately after school. Minogue's next work, which won recognition, was her work in the film "Criminals". Her role in the film “Street Fighter,” in which Kylie starred with Jean-Claude Van Damme, was criticized by both critics and viewers. Minogue was even named the worst actress. However, Kylie subsequently proved that she is not the worst at all, practically eclipsing Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge.
Kylie signed her first music contract in 1986. The single Locomotion spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian music charts and became the most commercially successful single of the year. The aspiring singer went to London to work with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Kylie's first album, which consisted of dance songs (including the hit I Should Be So Lucky), took first place in the British chart and became the best-selling disc of the year, not only in Europe, but in Asia. It sold 7 million copies. The song Especially For You, which Kylie sang with her boyfriend Jason Donovan, became a leading UK hit in 1989.
In 1991, Kylie changed her image, turning from the girl next door to a glamorous diva, which brought her a new round of popularity. A year later, she released her collection of hits, which reached the top of the British charts. Sales of Kylie Minogue's fifth album, released in 1994, reached 2.5 million copies. The single Confide in Me held the leading position in the Australian charts for more than a month.
In 1997, the album Impossible Princess was released (later the name was changed due to the sudden death of Princess Diana), which immediately became platinum. Although the disc was not a great success, concerts in support of the album attracted full houses.
In 1999, Kylie changed record labels. With Parlophone Records she recorded her eighth album, Light Years, which was called a return to disco.
The 2001 album Fever went multi-platinum in the United States and brought the singer two Brit Awards.
In 2003, the singer's album Body Language was released. The single Slow from this album helped Kylie Minogue receive a Grammy nomination.
In 2004, Minogue went on the world tour The Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour with her best hits. The concerts drew a full house, but the tour had to be interrupted because the singer was diagnosed with breast cancer. The fans decided not to return the tickets, but to support the star, waiting for her to recover and continue performing. Kylie returned to the stage two years later. Since her illness, the singer has been involved in charity work in the fight against cancer.
2007's X album did not perform well on the charts. Then a grandiose world tour was organized in its support. It was decided to expand the geography of the tour with the global goal of conquering North America. The Kylie Live in New York album has been announced.
In 2010, the album Aphrodite was released. His singles “All the Lovers” and “Get Outta My Way” reached number one on the charts. In 2011, the singer went on tour in support of the album.
In 2012, the singer re-recorded some of her hits, the new version of which was included in the playlist of The Abbey Road Sessions disc.
The song Limpido, a duet with Italian performer Laura Pausini, took first place in the Italian music chart.
In 2014, Kylie Minogue presented the lead single of her new album.
Personal life
Kylie Minogue's personal life can be called very stormy. She had a colorful romance with Jason Donovan, then a romantic relationship with Michael Hutchence. With the second, a terrible tragedy occurred - against the backdrop of a creative crisis and depression, Michael committed suicide.
Kylie's relationship with model James Gooding, who was jealous of Minogue's work, lasted three years.
Kylie dated fashion model Olivier Martinez and then Andres Valencoso.
Minogue despaired of becoming a mother. In her interview, she hinted at adopting a child. Share with friends
Kylie Minogue now
In 2020, Kylie Minogue said in an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine that she was unlikely to ever become a mother because she would not be able to give birth to children. According to the performer, a dangerous cancer disease became an obstacle to realizing her dream.
Singer Kylie Minogue
“When you lose that very natural opportunity that you took for granted, you end up perceiving life differently. Every woman who plans to have a child always actively prepares herself for this. It’s unlikely that I will be able to feel this again,” Kylie said in an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine.
In February 2020, it became known that Kylie Minogue won in court against the American model Kylie Jenner. The Australian singer has banned the use of her name in the name of her cosmetic line.
The popular singer sent a request to the US Patent and Trademark Office. In a statement, the Australian explained why Jenner does not have the right to establish production under the Kylie brand. Earlier, Minogue demanded a ban on the production of cosmetics by Kylie Jenner, who is the sister of American fashion model Kim Kardashian.
Kylie Minogue
In April 2020, Australian media suspected Kylie Minogue of having a romantic relationship with Britain's Prince Andrew. The publication New Idea, citing insider information from the couple’s circle, reported that the prince and the pop star are inseparable.
At the same time, the British media do not confirm this data, calling such reports “strange.” The celebrities themselves have not yet commented.
Kylie Minogue continues to actively develop in business. The Australian presented her debut eyewear collection, released in collaboration with the Specsavers brand, becoming the face of the advertising campaign. In the published photos, the singer once again surprised fans with her external data (Kylie’s height is 153 cm, weight – 49 kg), luxurious figure and impeccable style.
At her first concert in Russia, Kylie Minogue spoke Russian
This is the tenth anniversary tour of Kylie's 20-year career.
At the Olimpiysky, Kylie performed her new songs, as well as the legendary hits known to many Russians: “Spinning around”, “Confide in me” and others.
Kylie greeted the audience in Russian, saying “Good evening” and “Hello, Moscow.”
However, songs are not all that the famous Australian surprised the domestic public with. During the three-hour show, Minogue changed costumes designed for her by Jean-Paul Gaultier at least ten times.
At the beginning of the grandiose performance, the singer appeared in the center of a giant hoop in a long evening dress and gold gloves. Minogue then turned into a cheerleader for the Cheer Squad set.
It was replaced by a block of songs, where the pop diva performed in the most striking image of the show: dressed in a scarlet dress and cap, Minogue sang several compositions astride a huge silver skull. In the episode, titled Black Versus White, the singer dressed up as a jockey while the stage turned into a giant chessboard.
In Naughty Manga Girl, made in anime style, a ten-meter-tall naked girl stepped from the screen into the hall. For the “sea” set Beach Party, which takes place in a nightclub, as well as for the acoustic block Starry Nights, the diva changed into a silk blue dress.
Before the concert, some media reported that the singer was afraid of an attempt on her life and therefore demanded unprecedented security measures: a single copy of the room key be made and two machine gunners stationed at the entrance to the hotel. But the organizers of the Moscow concert denied this information.
“She is not afraid of any assassination attempts. The only protection that Kylie Minogue requires is protection from stupid and inappropriately behaving paparazzi from Russia,” said a RIA Novosti interlocutor, commenting on some media reports that the artist demanded bodyguards armed with machine guns.
“In the message that went everywhere, people simply took and made up things that didn’t actually exist,” he emphasized.
The agency’s interlocutor noted that Minogue is “a sweet and absolutely calm girl who has no stardom or self-importance.”
“Of course, she has personal security in Russia - a professional assistant flew with her, who also performs these functions,” he said.
“There is also a clause in the rider that says that Minogue must have a key to the dressing room in the Olympic Stadium itself.” This key must be in a single copy so that no one can enter there without her knowledge and the knowledge of her assistant. Well, this is quite logical,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.
Among the strange requirements in the singer’s rider is a request to prepare 300 kg of ice for drinks and 200 liters of water for the concert. But overall, Minogue's gastronomic rider looks very modest. The thrifty singer, apparently not trusting Moscow chefs, brought all the necessary food to Moscow with her.
The concert organizers reported that on the evening of June 16, the singer walked around Moscow incognito.
According to the newspaper “Your Day,” Kylie Minogue visited Red Square and lit a candle for her mother’s health in St. Basil’s Cathedral.
The singer was born on May 28, 1968 in Melbourne. Even before embarking on a career as a pop singer, she became popular for her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbors.
Her first album, Kylie, recorded in 1988, reached number one in the UK album chart and became the best-selling album of the year. It sold over seven million copies worldwide, with the highest sales in Europe and Asia, and contained six hit singles, including the most popular I Should Be So Lucky.
Among the successes of the popular singer is the appearance of the fourth wax figure of Minogue at Madame Tussauds in January of this year, only the Queen of England has received such an honor.
Minogue's film career doesn't compare to her music career. For a long period, the singer occasionally starred in various films, but these roles did not attract much attention from viewers.
In 2001, the film “Moulin Rouge” was released, where Minogue played the role of the Green Fairy, singing the part from the musical “The Sound of Music”. This job was offered to her by Australian film director Baz Luhrmann after the singer's musical tour Intimate and Live, which made an indelible impression on him. In recent years, The Green Fairy has become Minogue's best film work.
The material was prepared by the online editors of www.rian.ru based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources
