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KYLIE MINOGUE IN 250 WORDS (ish)
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Radio all squeezed into 250 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count).
So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Kylie Minogue. But don't get too comfy, it is only 250 words (ish).
Kylie Minogue in 250 words (ish)
Kylie Minogue is an Australian-British singer-songwriter born in 1968 and is known as the Princess of Pop. Her musical style and fashion have helped to make her a style icon and a heavy musical influencer. Minogue starred in the Australian soap opera ‘Neighbours’ and became a recording artist in the late 1980’s, releasing her first studio album ‘Kylie’ in 1988.
Minogue has released 14 studio albums, 7 live albums and 74 singles. She reached No.1 in the UK 7 times with singles like ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ (1988), ‘Hand on Your Heart’ (1989) and ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ (2001). She has also had 7 No.1 albums including ‘Fever’ (2001) which spent 2 weeks at No.1 and ‘Aphrodite’ (2010).
Minogue has sold over 80 million records worldwide and over 10 million in the UK. ‘The Loco-Motion’ was released in 1988 in the UK and reached No.2, originally released by Little Eva in 1962. The release helped Minogue get a record deal with PWL Records in London.
Before her musical career, Minogue was an actor and continued to take acting roles during her musical career. She appeared in films like ‘Moulin Rouge!’ in 2001, ‘A Christmas Star’ in 2016 and ‘The Magic Roundabout’ in 2005 where she voiced the main character Florence. She has stared in Many TV shows including ‘Doctor Who’ in the Christmas special ‘Voyage of the Damned’ and ‘Kath & Kim’ in 2004.
In total Minogue has won 199 awards including a Grammy in 2004, Brit Awards in 2002 and 2008, Top of The Pops Awards in 2001 and 2002 and 17 ARIA Music Awards. She Received an OBE in 2008 and the Britain-Australia Society Award from The Duke of Edinburgh in 2016.
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