Kylie Minogue

Kylie was in a romantic relationship with the French actor Olivier Martinez since 2002 and broke up with him in the year of 2007. She highly regarded and appreciated him in the media for supporting her during her breast cancer days. She entered into a relationship with model Andres Velencoso in 2008 and is still in a strong relationship with him.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 in the middle of her worldwide tour, ‘Showgirl’. She had to cancel the tour in order to get into immediate surgery and subsequent chemotherapy. During the time of her hospitalization, the then Prime Minister of Australia John Howard issued a public statement supporting Kylie in her battle with cancer. She has been appreciated worldwide for sharing her experience with cancer diagnosis and treatment with the media to make people more aware of it.

Kylie Minogue was born on May 28, 1968, in Melbourne, Australia, to an accountant called Ronald Charles Minogue and a former stage dancer from Wales, Australia Carol Ann Minogue. She was raised in Surrey Hill in Melbourne and was sent to Camberwell High School. She was the eldest of the three children.

Kylie along with her younger sister Dannii, began their careers together as child artists on the Australian television. When Kylie was only 12, she did small time roles in soap operas like ‘Skyways’, ‘The Sullivans’ and ‘The Henderson Kids’. Her big break in the entertainment industry came with her ‘tomboy car mechanic character of Charlene’ on one of the most popular Australian soap operas called ‘Neighbors’ in 1986.

With her big break in 1986 in ‘Neighbors’, kylie got noticed at one of the benefit concerts where she performed a song called ‘The Loco-motion’ along with the other cast members of the show. She got noticed by the aces of the music industry and in 1987 she signed a contract with an Australian recording company called the Mushroom Records. ‘The Loco-Motion’ spent 7 weeks at the top position at the Australian music charts and became the highest selling track in Australia in 1980s.

In 1988, the huge success of ‘The Loco-Motion’ in Australia led the British music producers: Stock, Aitken and Waterman, to sign her with their record labels in order to make her into an international star. This led to the production of her debut album called ‘Kylie’ in the same year and a particular track from the album ‘I should Be So Lucky’ became an international favorite.

In 1989, Kylie recorded another album called ‘Enjoy Yourself’ with her ‘Neighbors’ co-star and boyfriend at that time, Jason Donovan. The duets from this album instantly became chart toppers. Her popularity was spiraling up and in the year 1990, Kylie was cast in the movie ‘The Delinquents’, which effectively transformed her image from an adorable pop star into a sexy movie star.

In 1990, Kylie came up with her third album called ‘Rhythm of Love’. This time her album had more of peppy dance numbers, which changed her ‘girl-next-door’ image. She was targeting more mature audience and she herself took the charge of thedesign of her music videos. Her hit single from this album ‘Better the Devil You Know’ showcased her to be more flamboyant and sexy.

In 1991, Kylie’s fourth album ‘Let’s Get to It’ failed to reach the top ten on the UK Album Chart. Singles like: ‘If You Were with Me Now’, ‘Give Me Just a Little More Time’ and ‘Word is Out’, belonged to this album. In order to promote the album more profusely, Kylie set on the ‘Let’s Get to It’ Tour. By this time her contract was done with Stock, Aitken and Watermen and she decided not to renew it as she felt that they creatively stifled her.

Released in 2001, ‘Fever’ (with the biggest hit single of Kylie’s life ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’) got her four ARIA Awards including the ‘Most Outstanding Achievement’ award and two Brit Awards for the ‘Best International Female Solo Artist’ and ‘Best International Album’.

Kylie received an order of the British Empire (OBE) for her excellence in music and entertainment industry. She told the media that she felt very touched and honored to receive an accolade like this.

In 2007, the fourth waxwork of Kylie was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London. It is said that only Queen Elizabeth II has more models created, just like Kylie. A bronze cast of her hand was also added to Wembley Arena’s ‘Square of Fame’ in London.