Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue,  (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress, sometimes known simply as Kylie. She became popular in the late 1980s, because of her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before becoming a pop and dance singer.

Minogue has won two Grammy Awards: Best Dance Recording in 2004 for "Come into My World" and Best Pop Dance Recording in 2024 for "Padam Padam".

Early life
Kylie Ann Minogue was born on May 28, 1968 in Melbourne to a Welsh immigrant mother and Irish-Australian father. Her sister Dannii is also a singer, and her brother Brendan works as a cameraman.

Career
She was signed to a contract by British songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman, she got hit records throughout the world. Her popularity began to decline by the early 1990s and she left Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992. For years she tried to become an independent performer and songwriter. Her projects were widely talked about, but her albums resulted in the lowest sales of her career.

In 2000, Minogue became popular again as a dance-pop singer and became well known for her sexual music videos and elaborate concerts. She has one of the longest and most successful careers in pop music, and she has become one of the most recognisable celebrities and sex symbols. In Australia, she holds the record for the highest concert ticket sales for a woman, and has had nine singles at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Personal life
Breast cancer
On 17 May 2005, Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was on tour at the time, and the rest of it had to be cancelled.CNN.com International  "Minogue's Cancer Shock Ends Tour", 17 May 2005, URL last accessed on November 2006. Minogue had surgery for it on 21 May 2005 at a hospital in Malvern, Victoria,"Kylie begins cancer treatment" , CNN.com, 19 May 2005, URL last accessed on 25 November 2006. and started chemotherapy soon afterwards. She finished her chemotherapy treatment in January 2006 but still needed six more weeks of radiotherapy to stop any new cancerous tumours from growing.The Times Online  "Kylie Finishes 'Successful' Breast Cancer Treatment", Simon Freebman, 16 January 2006, URL last accessed on 25 November 2006.

Relationships
Minogue was in a relationship with Andres Velencoso from 2008Kylie Minogue looks purr-fect until 2013. 

Minogue began a relationship with Joshua Sasse in 2015. The couple became engaged in February 2016.Kylie Minogue announces engagement They said in February 2017 that they had split up.

 Discography 
Studio albums
 Kylie (1988)
 Enjoy Yourself (1989)
 Rhythm of Love (1990)
 Let's Get to It (1991)
 Kylie Minogue (1994)
 Impossible Princess (1997)
 Light Years (2000)
 Fever (2001)
 Body Language (2003)
 X (2007)
 Aphrodite (2010)
 Kiss Me Once (2014)
 Kylie Christmas (2015)
 Golden (2018)
 Disco (2020)
 Tension (2023)
 Tension II (2024)

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website

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Category:Australian movie actors
Category:Australian pop singers
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Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Officers of the Order of Australia
Category:Synth-pop singers