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Kylie Minogue performed during '' Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour ''
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Melbourne , Victoria ,<br/> Australia
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Dance-pop , Europop , Hi-NRG , Eurodance , Club/Dance , Pop/Rock , Adult Contemporary
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Singer-songwriter , Actress
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1987&ndashpresent (singer)<br/>1979&ndashpresent (actress)
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Mushroom , PWL , Deconstruction , Parlophone , Geffen , Capitol
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(, 1968 ) is a Grammy Award-winning Australia n Pop Singer-songwriter and occassional Actress . Minogue rose to prominence in the mid '80s through her role in the Australian television Soap Opera '' Neighbours '', before she commenced her career as a Pop Artist in the late '80s . According to Warner Music Australia , Minogue has sold over 40 million album and 60 million singles worldwide..She is also known as "the Queen of Dance"
Signed to a contract by British Songwriter s and Producer s Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1988, she achieved a string of hit records throughout the world. Her popularity began to decline during the early 1990s, leading her to part company from Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992. During the mid to late 90s, Minogue distanced herself from her earlier work and attempted to establish herself as a credible and independent performer and songwriter. Her projects were widely publicised, but her Album s failed to attract a substantial audience and resulted in the lowest sales of her career to date. She returned to popularity as a Dance – Pop artist in 2000, and became well-known for her provocative Music Video s and expensively mounted stage shows.
Minogue has established one of the longest and most successful careers as a performer in contemporary pop music, and in Europe and Australia , she has become one of her generation's most recognisable Celebrities and Sex Symbol s. In Australia, after being dismissed early in her career by some critics, she has been acclaimed for her achievements.
Kylie Minogue was born in Melbourne , Australia , to Ron Minogue, an Accountant , and Carol Jones, a Welsh Dance r, from Maesteg .
She is the eldest of three children; her sister Dannii Minogue (born Danielle Jane Minogue) is also a Pop Singer , and her brother, Brendan, works as a news Camera man in Australia.
The Minogue sisters began their careers as children on Australian Television , and from the age of eleven, Kylie Minogue appeared in Soap Opera s such as '' Skyways '', '' The Sullivans '' and '' The Henderson Kids ''. Dannii Minogue became successful as a regular performer on the weekly music programme '' Young Talent Time '', in which Kylie gave her first singing performance in 1983. Kylie was overshadowed by her younger sister until achieving success in 1986 with her role in the soap opera '' Neighbours ''.
Minogue played the character of Charlene Mitchell; a Story Arc that created a romance and eventual marriage between Her Character and that played by Jason Donovan culminated in a wedding episode in 1987 that attracted a large audience.
” (1987) was one of the early music videos that presented Minogue as a “girl-next-door”.]]
During a Fitzroy Football Club Benefit Concert with other Neighbours cast members, Minogue performed “ The Loco-Motion ” and was signed to a recording contract with Mushroom Records in 1987.
Released as a single, and retitled “ Locomotion ”, the Australian recording spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian music charts, and was the highest selling single in Australia for the 1980s. Its success resulted in Minogue traveling to London with Mushroom Records executive Gary Ashley to work with Stock, Aitken & Waterman . They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten that she was arriving; as a result, they wrote “ I Should Be So Lucky ” while she waited outside the studio.
The song reached number one in the UK and Australia and was a hit in many parts of the world. Her Debut Album '' Kylie '', a collection of Dance-oriented Pop Tunes , reached number one on the British albums chart and became the year's highest-selling album. It sold over seven million copies worldwide, with most sales occurring in Europe and Asia , and it contained six successful singles. In the United States and Canada the album did not sell strongly, however the re-recorded version of “The Loco-Motion” reached number three on the U.S. '' Billboard '' Hot 100 chart and number one on the Canadian Singles Chart . “ It's No Secret ”, released only in the U.S., peaked at number thirty-seven in early 1989. In late 1988 Minogue left ''Neighbours'' in order to concentrate fully on her music career.
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KylieMinogueTheLocomotionoggtitle="The Loco-Motion" (1988)
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A dance remake of the Little Eva hit, and the only major American hit of Minogue's early career
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