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)
Detailed: During her early years Kylie was influenced
by taking piano, tap and jazz lesson's. Early musical influences were
''The Beatles'', ''The Rolling Stones'' and ''Abba''. Even though Kylie
was quite a shy child her mother had already decided they(both sister's)would
not follow her footsteps and become dancers.''I was never very keen
on them taking up dancing becauseit's such a hard life''.It was when
Kylie turned 11 that her debut part inAustralian television show ''The
Sullivans'' began to pave an incredible rise to fame within the Australian
television industry.Kylie always balanced her studies with her acting
career and it was after she passed her HSc that Kylie decided she was
going to give acting a go...Naturally though the schoolgirl Kylie and
the child star made it difficult for Kylie and her friends to adjust
to the rising fame. In February 1986, Kylie auditioned and got the part
of feisty, fiery girl next door mechanic Charlene Mitchell in the reletively
new soap, ''Neighbours''. A deluge of fanmail and rising viewing figures
saw them extend the 12 week contract and ''Charlene'' with on and off
screen love ''Scott Robinson''(played by JasonDonovan) took the show
to the number one ratings spot in Australia and the United Kingdom.
A record 23.8 million witnessed there marriage and this for a daytime
soap!! the frenzy caused by neighbours was also casuing kids to bunk
off schools and take televisions with them just to keep up with the
show. Looking back only Russell Crowe(Gladiator) and Guy Pearce(L.A.Confidential)
have also found fame. It was no surprise that Kylie went on to win 5
logies(television awards) including Most Popular Television Actress
the same year. In 1987 Kylie performed with the cast for a charity function
and an opportunity arose to sing a solo of Little Eva's sixties smash
''The Locomotion''. The reception was crazy and Kylie was swept into
the studio to record and release the song within days. The single was
released and went to number one in Australia for 7 weeks during 1987.
Kylie decided that this was a direction that was now calling her, so
in 1988 when Kylie finished filming her last Neighbours scenes, she
flew to England to meet with reknowned producers Stock, Aitken+ Waterman.
During her early years Kylie was influenced by taking piano, tap and
jazz lesson's. Early musical influences were ''The Beatles'', ''The
Rolling Stones'' and ''Abba''. Even though Kylie was quite a shy child
her mother had already decided they(both sister's)would not follow her
footsteps and become dancers.''I was never very keen on them taking
up dancing becauseit's such a hard life''.It was when Kylie turned 11
that her debut part inAustralian television show ''The Sullivans'' began
to pave an incredible rise to fame within the Australian television
industry.Kylie always balanced her studies with her acting career and
it was after she passed her HSc that Kylie decided she was going to
give acting a go...Naturally though the schoolgirl Kylie and the child
star made it difficult for Kylie and her friends to adjust to the rising
fame. In February 1986, Kylie auditioned and got the part of feisty,
fiery girl next door mechanic Charlene Mitchell in the reletively new
soap, ''Neighbours''. A deluge of fanmail and rising viewing figures
saw them extend the 12 week contract and ''Charlene'' with on and off
screen love ''Scott Robinson''(played by JasonDonovan) took the show
to the number one ratings spot in Australia and the United Kingdom.
A record 23.8 million witnessed there marriage and this for a daytime
soap!! the frenzy caused by neighbours was also casuing kids to bunk
off schools and take televisions with them just to keep up with the
show. Looking back only Russell Crowe(Gladiator) and Guy Pearce(L.A.Confidential)
have also found fame. It was no surprise that Kylie went on to win 5
logies(television awards) including Most Popular Television Actress
the same year. In 1987 Kylie performed with the cast for a charity function
and an opportunity arose to sing a solo of Little Eva's sixties smash
''The Locomotion''. The reception was crazy and Kylie was swept into
the studio to record and release the song within days. The single was
released and went to number one in Australia for 7 weeks during 1987.
Kylie decided that this was a direction that was now calling her, so
in 1988 when Kylie finished filming her last Neighbours scenes, she
flew to England to meet with reknowned producers Stock, Aitken+ Waterman.
A surburban Aussie, a neighbour by any other definition is a Gay icon
world wide.Gay culture world-wide are a kin to knowing her lyrics and
the 3 minute bursts of pop, from Soho to Sydney, Paris to New York.At
just 5ft1'' Kylie is positively delicate and angellic in her prescence,
alittle sister amongst her gay family. Kylie's fashion knowledge and
her apparent gift to be dressed in the right thing at the right time
combined with her doll like size, makes her the perfect puppet for a
gay man's bedroom. In the seeking of creative and musical freedom the
social struggle fought by Kylie was close and resembled a gay man's
fight to admit the issues surrounding sexuality and in her three minute
bursts, Kylie helped somewhat to make everything seem okay.If the titles
of the songs were illustrations of a gay lyric then we need look no
further than ''Better The Devil You Know'', What Do I Have To Do'' and
''Confide In Me''. Kylie's close relationship with her fans and her
overwhelming support towards them travelled hand in hand, all in a time
when the pink pound was nothing more than hear'say. In the straight
world Kylie was neglected and cast aside, chastised and mocked so rightfully
just that the gay men planted her within their world and gave the chance
to bloom once more. There may not be alot of tragedy to her life as
with former gay icon's but the unique aspect to Kylie is the angellic
nature and complete lady like qualities that shine through.Lyrics from
''Cowboy Style''..''Found my voicve to have my say, you take me close
to far away, and now i find and now i feel, the ordinary is surreal,
peace and terror all in one, my future life has just begun''.Kylie appeard
in early 1997 as a cameo in an independant film ''Diana and Me'' the
story revolved around one fan's fondness towards Princess Diana, ironically
and sadly Diana was tragically later that year to be killed in Paris,
and cause more problems for Kylie than could be imagined. A delay on
her second album release with Deconstruction was prompted and the l
title of ''Impossibe Princess was deemed innapropriate and was change
to ''Kylie Minogue (1997)'' With all the fresh material from the two
Deconstruction albums kylie had neglected to tour for nearly 8 years
and her fans were eager to see the new tour scheduled for the summer
of 1998, ''Intimate and Live''. In total Kylie played main venues in
the UK before heading home to a sellout 7 minute crowd. It was the first
chance Kylie had at creating a tour from scratch. WIth the death of
ex Michael Hutchence a few months earlier it was just the tonic to re-produce
the excitement that the fans knew she possessed. The whole period is
best contrasted with the lyrics to the opening album and tour track
lyrics. ''Too Far'': Caught up in this house, trapped my own self in
the snare of my mind, no more space than a slither, what I'd give for
a deep breath inside where the chaos has me captive, where theres no
exit signs, to fuel this stupuid fire with these feelings of mine.''
Her homecoming was full of credibility and the reviews were sensational.
Kylie was back with her fans, it had been too long.After the tour finished
in Sydney Kylie decided on compiling a book of photographics images
with some comments from fellow stars including Bono, Boy George and
Julie Burchill.The Book promo titled ''evidence'' was ''a valid way
at looking at my career'' says Kylie. I attended the signing at Selfridges
in November 1999 and came face to face for the first time with the lady
of pop. After the book signing took Kylie back to Sydney in December
an invite from the government for Kylie to play for the Australian troops
fighting in Eastimor. In December Kylie aong with John Farnham flew
to war ridden East Timor on a trip of goodwill.It was during this sometimes
camp show that Kylie decided to sign with Parlophone records in the
UK and sit down and work ona disco album. And so a deal was done with
Parlophone and EMI, Kylie stayed with Mushroom Records Australia (since
1987). The direction and the influence would be disco and dance. Kylie
continued to write and input on the album and she also worked with long
time writer friend Steve Anderson. Her most publicised work though was
with Robbie Williams who had the duet ''Kids'' which reached No.2 with
the camp anthem ''Your Disco Needs You'' and ''Loveboat'' included.
It was though ''Spinning Around'' which debuted at No.1 in Australia
and the UK which gave Kylie her 6th number one and a return to high
sales as Light Years also entred the charts at No.1 (Aus. No.2 (Uk).
It went on to sell well over 2 million and confirmed to all the critics
the loosely named comeback queen was on top of the pop throne again.More
press pages were granted to Kylie's gold hotpants that anything else,
even though they are a well known piece of wardrobe for our little minx.
Men weer drooling and MTV could not get enough of the videos. The album
was also a great reason to launch a huge European and Australasian tour.
''On A Night Like This'' broke all records in Sydney and infact all
records for any tour ever in Australia.No other act in history to date
has played as many shows.The show also toured the UK and Europe and
it was the first time for many to witness Kylie live, since 1991.Many
of her newer and revisiting fans had not witnessed Intimate and Live
so when they did attend, they were blown away.The tour won Kylie awards
and also crtitical acclaim. It seems in a world where many artists mime
to backing tracks, Kylie professional approach was now seen to be something
to admire. Light Years produced four top 10 UK singles in total and
kept Kylie busy up until Spring 2001. The momentum was in full motion
and the writing for her 8th Studio album had commenced nicknamed ''Coming
of Age'', ''Fever'' was to be a journey through the early electronic
period in the 80's. Kylie's early recollections of Grace Jones, Synthesiser
fuelled disco.The tour was a great arena for her to showcase a new song
''Can't Get You Out Of My Head''. The reception was great but who knew
that this song would launch kylie into the biggest stage of her career
to date? I thought it sounded great and her vocals delivered perfectly
but America, the country which rarely listen to anything foreign. a
country where theres 17 lookalikes and soundalikes Britneys launched
every day. Well itis about time that they got the opportunity to hear
Kylie and I have a feling that in 2002 The whole world will be taken
over by Miss Minogue. The strangeness to it all though does not make
me happy for this. In a business sense it is wonderful, but in a selfish
way aving Kylie for so long in a smaller world was quite superb. Kylie
may now just become a prescence on my television screen, and after seeing
her live many times it is a sad loss.
So as Kylie moved into 2001 with a successful tour and an album due
for release in September there was just enough time to film her part
in the third feature film by Australia's Baz Luhrman. His follow up
to the smash hit Romeo+Juliet was the bohemian love story encased within
the Moulin Rouge. Starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgregor, Kylie was
cast as the green fairy. At first Luhrmann had used an animation but
once it was deemed not good enough he thought that only Kylie could
be the fairy. They organised time off and she rushed to Australia to
film her section, including the operatic version of ''The Sound Of Music''.
The absinthe fairy is actually a real logo and there is a history behind
the fairy which delves deeper into the Moulin Rouge. The film has already
received Golden Globesland Nicole Kidman an oscar nomination. A successful
return to the big screen for Kylie...Maybe there a future Baz script
that will fall Kylie's way...we can but hope.
Adam Garcia(Coyote Ugly,Saturday Night Fever) was a special guest in
this Saturday night extravanganza.Kylie had been given her own hour
long show to entertain and present songs from the new album ''Fever''.
''Can't Get You Out Of My Head'' was dominating every chart in the world,
and spending it's 12th week on top of the Worldpop global chart, it
was more of a celebration.Very few artists get given there own primetime
show and the press were reporting that Madonn'a had said her kids were
in love with the new song.It seems in 2001 no-one could get Kylie out
of their heads. A performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards left crowds
in Berlin breathless and subsequent awards were won at the Top Of The
Pop awards in Manchester and4 nominations for 2002 Brit Awards. The
song has topped charts all over the world and ''Fever'' has already
sold in excess of 3 million copies worldwide after just 3 months of
sales.The Kylie star has never shone so brightly. On a more personal
level Kylie has suffered from emotional exhaustion this year due to
the punishing workloads and promotional schedules and her dad was also
diagnosed with Cancer, which it seems he has beaten as I write this.
So as 2001 comes to a close and the news that ''Can't Get You Out Of
My Head'' is No.1on the USA dance charts with a full American release
of ''Fever '' due in February, it's is time that the world took note
of the first lady of pop music in the 21st century...step forward Miss
Kylie Minogue...May your reign continue....
