Kylie Minogue Biography - Profile
Birth name: Kylie Ann Minogue
Birthday: May 28, 1968
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Bethlehem
Hospital)
Nationality: Australian
Raised in: Australia
Natural hair color: Dark Blond
Eye color: Blue
Height: 155 cm (5'1)
Nicknames: Bruiser, Min, Singing
Budgie
Education / Profession: Actress, Musician
Labels: Mushroom, Alex Imports, EMI, David Geffen Co.,
Deconstruction, Capitol, Parlophone
Music styles:
Club, Dance, Pop
Claim to fame: Album "Kylie" (1988)
Awards:
> Brit Awards: 2002
> MTV Video Music Awards: 2002 (Can't Get You Out
Of My Head)
> MTV Europe Music Awards: 2002
> DanceStar Music Awards: 2002 (Can't Get You
Out Of My Head)
How it all started: May 28, 1968 was the day
Kylie Ann Minogue first saw the light of day in Melbourne,
Australia, as the first of three children of Ronald Charles
Minogue, an accountant with Irish forefathers, and Carol Ann
Minogue, former dancer who came to Australia from Wales.
Kylie and her younger sister, Dannii, both started their musical
careers quite early. This might seem natural – their mother was
a dancer, but it was, as it appears, more the case of nature’s
call rather than the mother’s wish – she said she’s never been
that keen on their choice of dancing since „it’s such a hard
life“.
Be that as it may, young Kylie was eagerly taking piano, tap and
jazz lessons and listening to the current musical giants – The
Beatles, Abba, Rolling Stones... and making her entrée into the
world of Australian showbiz at the age of 11 by acting a part in
the TV show “The Sullivans”.
This
was soon followed by another minor part in the “Skyways” series
and subsequently she landed one of the leading roles in “The
Henderson Kids”.
She first sang on telly in 1983 when she was 15 – on the show
“Young Talent Time” in which her sister Dannii was already a
regular performer, somewhat outshining her sister Kylie’s acting
successes at the time.
But in 1986 Kylie was cast as the feisty charming car mechanic
Charlene into the then relatively young show, “Neighbours” – and
the success was amazing. Fans loved her and the show’s results,
especially when her character’s love affair with “Scott
Robinson” (Jason Donovan) reached marriage episode, were
fantastic.
In 1987 when the show cast were singing at a beneficial concert,
Kylie sang the 1962 hit “Loco-Motion”, and because she was heard
by a representative of Mushroom Records, this single is now
known to the heart and ear of every proper pop fan worthy of the
title. They signed her in and the single became Australia’s best
selling single of the 1980s.
The success attracted attention of the bigger players – and she
and Mushroom Records representative were invited over to London
to work with Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Somehow, the recording
giant company forgot Minogue – the then one-song beginner from
the distant small-market Australia – was coming – but while
waiting outside the studio, she and Gary Ashley, the Mushroom
Records executive, wrote “I Should Be So Lucky” – and once
getting in, she was immediately signed for a 5 year contract.
Minogue’s success that followed is well known. May we add a
quote on a personal note from Pete Waterman: 'I love working
with her because she has a terrific sense of humour, a fabulous
personality and she knows how to really sell a song.''
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1988 - "Kylie"
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