Kylie Minogue
Gold, platinum, double platinum: Kylie Minogue's career is a litany of awards and record-breaking album sales. This Australian pop star has gone through several incarnations, but all of her stylistic and artistic changes continue to be embraced by fans around the world. Minogue was born in 1968 in Melbourne, and began acting in television on Skyways, the children's series The Henderson Kids, and the soap opera Neighbors, which made her a household name in Australia. Minogue might have continued on this trajectory, had she not agreed to sing Little Eva's song "Loco-Motion" at a benefit. A demo tape circulated and eventually she came to the attention of the London-based label Stock Aitken and Waterman. Throughout the late 1980s and early 90s Minogue recorded a series of very successful pop albums, including Kylie (1988) and Enjoy Yourself (1989). Her Rhythm of Love album in 1990 reached out to a more adult audience as Minogue began to shed the girl-next-door persona. By 1992 she had left the Stock label and began exploring less pop-infused music. In 1995 she collaborated with Nick Cave on a duet "Where the Wild Roses Grow", accompanied by a music video featuring her as Shakespeare's Ophelia. On the album Impossible Princess (1997) Minogue wrote many of the lyrics. The year 2000 marked a return to pop and disco influences with the megahits "Spinning Around" and "Can't Get You Out of My Head". In 2005, as Minogue was in the midst of her Showgirl tour, she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. Minogue underwent surgery and treatment and resumed the tour, eighteen months later. In 2007, the Victoria and Albert Museum mounted an exhibition of the costumes, photographs, music videos, and accessories of Kylie Minogue.
