Kylie Minogue is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter and actress, working and living in London.
After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before beginning her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "The Loco-Motion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest-selling single of the decade in Australia. -Wikipedia
Birth Name: Kylie Ann Minogue
Born: May 28th, 1968 (age 56)
Genre(s):
Pop,
pop rock,
electronic,
synthpop,
nu-disco,
dance-pop
Occupation(s):
Singer,
actress,
record producer,
fashion designer,
author,
entrepreneur,
showgirl
Active From: 1979-present
Did You Know:
• Minogue has sold more than 70 million records world wide
• She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008 "for services to music".
• she was appointed by the French Government as a Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• Minogue was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) degree by Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom for her work in raising awareness for breast cancer.
Awards:
Inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of Fame (2011)
Grammy Awards: Best Dance Recording, ''Come Into My World'' (2004)
MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Pop and Best Dance (2002)
ARIA Awards: biggest-selling single and single of the year for Can't Get You Out Of My Head, biggest-selling album and best pop release for Fever, and outstanding achievement award. (2002)
Australian Television Awards: Most Popular Female TV Personality Award (1989)
Logie Awards: Gold Logie - Noteable for the performance, NEIGHBOURS (1988)
Logie Awards: Silver Logie - Most Popular Actress, NEIGHBOURS (1988)
Logie Awards: Silver Logie - Most Popular Actress, NEIGHBOURS (1987)
Quotes:
"Gay icons usually have some tragedy in their lives, but I've only had tragic haircuts and outfits."
"I didn't want to fizzle out. I had to keep going, like a little Shetland pony."
I don't try to be a sex bomb. I am one."
"If I stopped making records or performing, I'd probably still be famous for a while being me. But I'd rather have something to show for myself."
"I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim."
When asked what it is that nobody knows about her: "Probably one of my measurements. Madame Tussaud's has them all because they just re-did me, and I learnt measurements I never knew existed on a person's anatomy!"
"I never say never about a lot of things. Whatever you want, then more power to you. If someone feels they have to live up to a certain image, then I can kind of understand that pressure because I'm considered to be one of those images, and I know how unreal they are."
"I could see myself as a glitter-hippie."