Kylie Minogue
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Melbourne, Australia, 28 May 2020
- Associated with: Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan
Dannii says her sister Kylie is "a real fighter" - Sept 05
Dannii Minogue says her sister Kylie is "a real fighter" and is determined to win her battle against breast cancer. The Australian singer says Kylie has been coping "amazingly well" with her chemotherapy treatment, and has been "bowled over" by all the support from her army of fans. Dannii said: "Kylie has been taking a lot of her strength from her fans’ support. "To be honest she is bowled over by the love she has been getting from her friends and her fans."
Kylie, who had a lumpectomy to remove the cancer from her right breast, is undergoing the draining chemotherapy sessions in Paris and has been recuperating with her French boyfriend, Olivier Martinez. Dannii added to The Sun newspaper: "My sister is coping amazingly well with her treatment. I don’t know how she got to be such a strong person but she’s a real fighter."
Kylie is now reportedly set to make an incredible comeback with a new world tour. Doctors have confirmed the brave singer will be fit enough to continue with her sell-out ’Showgirl’ tour next spring. Her sister added: "She is already talking of getting back on stage. "Kylie was really disappointed she couldn’t do any of her shows in Australia." She added: "I’m going to Paris soon for two weeks and I can’t wait to see her. She is being well looked after there."
Kylie’s world tour - Aug 04
Kylie Minogue is set to make an incredible comeback with a world tour after fighting breast cancer. Doctors have confirmed the brave singer will be fit enough to continue with her sell-out ’Showgirl’ tour next spring. The Aussie star is said to be thrilled she has been given the all-clear so soon after undergoing treatment for the illness. Kylie’s backing singers have already been told to start preparing for the up-and-coming tour. A source revealed to Britain’s Sunday People newspaper: "When the tour was cancelled, everyone’s first thought, naturally, was for Kylie’s health.
"The team weren’t given any indication of if or when the dates would be re-scheduled and were just left hanging. So imagine their delight and surprise when they were told it would be back on in the spring." Kylie, who had a lump removed from her right breast, has been recuperating with her French boyfriend, Olivier Martinez, at his Paris home. The smitten couple are reportedly planning to marry next year.
Kylie is getting married - Aug 05
Kylie Minogue is reportedly to marry her lover Olivier Martinez next year. The nuptials, to be held in Kylie’s native Australia, will coincide with the completion of the singer’s breast cancer treatment. The smitten couple allegedly announced their secret engagement to Olivier’s relatives and Kylie’s mum Carol, when she recently visited her daughter in Paris, where Kylie is staying with the handsome actor. A friend revealed: "Kylie and Olivier came to Paris with a secret announcement. They’re getting married early next year in Oz. Since they’re in Paris, they’ve told Olivier’s family and friends the news in person." The pair decided to get hitched after Kylie was told by doctors she will make a full recovery and, despite intense cancer treatment, would still be able to have children. The source added to Britain’s Grazia magazine: "Kylie wants the ceremony in her homeland after the New Year. "
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In 1986 Kylie was offered the role of Charlene Mitchell in upcoming soap Neighbours. Her storylines made her a household name in both Australia and the UK and the on screen wedding between Charlene and Scott Robinson (played by Jason Donovan) attracted record numbers of viewers.
Whilst performing The Locomotion on stage at a benefit in 1987 Kylie was spotted by representatives of Mushroom Records who signed her up and released the track. The success of her first release saw Kylie travel to London to meet with pop moguls Stock Aitken and Waterman who penned I Should Be So Lucky for her on the spot. The single was a smash and launched Kylie as one to watch and indeed her debut album became the biggest seller of the year here in the UK.
Panned by critics, Especially For You, a duet recorded with Jason Donovan (by this time a pop star in his own right) was a huge hit in 1989 but Kylie’s follow up album, Enjoy Yourself, whilst successful in Europe and Australia flopped in the US, resulting in the singer being dropped by her American label.
1990 saw Kylie make the first radical adjustment to her image. Gone was the cutesy girl next door in favour of a more sexy look for Better The Devil You Know, while a relationship with bad boy rocker Michael Hutchence cemented Kylie’s new ’cool’ status. Rhythm of Love produced several well received dance-orientated singles and was enough of a success to persuade Kylie to produce a further album despite her contract with PWA being up. Let’s Get To It was a critical success but was her first release to miss the top ten. Realising that she was stifled by the Stock Aitken and Waterman formula she recorded three new tracks for a Greatest Hits album and made a break for it.
So it was time for another change in direction. Kylie went indie following her signing to Deconstruction Records and Confide in Me spent several weeks at the Aussie top spot. The self titled album released alongside sold reasonably well although it received mixed reviews from the press while follow up singles eached top twenty. Elsewhere Kylie went extra dark, appearing on Nick Cave’s Where The Wild Roses Grow, a move which promised a more credible pop star in the future.
By 1997 Kylie had overhauled her image again, and the release of Impossible Princess the following year reflected that. A collaboration with the Manic Street Preachers wasn’t enough to stop the album from becoming the least successful of her releases and the end of Kylie’s pop career looked near.
However a split with Deconstruction resulted in Kylie hooking up with Parlophone and in an explosion of gold glitter and disco the pop starlet burst back on to the scene in an unfeasibly small pair of gold hotpants to promote Spinning Around and accompanying album Light Years. The single was Kylie’s first UK number one in ten years and resulted in a duet with Robbie Williams and a sell out tour. However, it was 2001’s Fever which cemented Kylie’s future. The unforgettable video for impossibly catchy single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head ensured that the track reached number one in over 40 countries. Follow up singles were almost equally successful and the awards flooded in while next album, Body Language, was another hit while Ultimate Kylie, a greatest hits release was accompanied by a lavish tour.
It was during this time that Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer, much to the shock of her fans. Her headline slot at Glastonbury was cancelled and the rest of the Showgirl tour was postponed but after treatment from Australia and France’s best doctors Kylie was back on the scene looking better than ever. She began work on a new album and released a children’s book The Showgirl Princess closely followed by a perfume, Darling. She resumed her Showgirl tour and split with French boyfriend Olivier Martinez.
Elsewhere Kylie’s film career has been slightly less successful than her musical one. From The Deliquents to Street Fighter she has been panned for her on screen work her only success coming in the form of the green absinthe fairy in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!
updated March 2007
November 2007