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Kylie Minogue was born on the 28th May 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. She began a career in the media at a young age, starring in a handful of soap operas before coming to national recognition in Australia, and internationally, with her role as Charlene in the series Neighbours, which spawned the career of Natalie Imbruglia as well. Neighbours was a huge success in her homeland bringing Kylie many awards but also it was the beginning of her music career.

In 1987 on the basis of her Neighbours popularity, Kylie agreed to perform at a charity gala in Australia. The song she sang was Little Eva’s 'Loco-Motion' and although they thought little of her talents Mushroom Records saw the potential in a TV star releasing a song. By July of that year the song was an Australian #1. Neighbours had begun showing in the UK at this time too and a partnership between Mushroom and the English label PWL, run by the genius’ of Stock Aitken and Waterman, found Kylie in England to try her new pop career on the British public.

With PWL’s pop knowledge and Kylies popular image a UK career began as famously as her Australian. The first single, released in 1988, was I Should Be So Lucky and it gave her another #1 down under but also began Kylie’s string of hit UK singles. As was their way, Stock Aitken and Waterman wrote and produced her records and they controlled her image of the girl next door. I Should… was followed in 1988 and 1989 by the chart-topping infectious tunes Got To Be Certain, Je Ne Sais Pas Pour Qui, Hand On Your Heart, Wouldn't Change A Thing, and Never Too Late. A duet with her Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan called Especially For You was another #1 hit and along with the success of her self-titled debut album, its follow up Enjoy Yourself plus some video collections, saw Kylie end the decade as one of the worlds biggest stars (if only in hit status!)

The 1990s saw the cute Kylie alter to a more raunchy style and this new image simply made her a bigger star. Better The Devil You Know was the first of many Kylie controlled singles and her next albums Rhythm Of Love (1990) and Let's Go To It (1991) included more of her own input. The first collection of Kylie hits, which was cleverly called Kylie's Greatest Hits, was released by PWL in 1992.

After five years with PWL in 1994 Kylie left to join the more dance orientated label Deconstruction with whom she released six singles and the smash hit albums Kylie Minogue and Impossible Princess. The Impossible Princess album was hastily renamed and repackaged at the time due to concerns about Princess Diana's death. While this period was a critically appreciated shift in Kylie's sound it was not as successful in terms of hits. Only Confide In Me found a place in the UK Top Ten. One aspect of the ‘new’ Kylie was her collaborations, which leant more indie and dance kudos to her profile. She worked with the Manic Street Preachers, Pet Shop Boys and Brothers In Rhythm during this time. Her most peculiar duet was Where The Wild Roses Grow, a "murder ballad" with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. The track featured on Nick’s 'Murder Ballads' album and was released internationally in 1995 becoming her 25th consecutive hit, peaking at No. 2 in Australia and 11 in the UK. Recent collaborations include the dance track G.B.I. recorded with Towa Tei (of Dee-lite fame), a duet with Ben Lee on The Reflex for a Duran-Duran tribute album, and the famous duet with Robbie Williams, Kids.

Another change of record companies to Parlophone was finalised in 1999. Then the following year the single Spinning Around was her next UK #1 and signalled a return to her pop icon status. Spinning Around also gave Kylie the honour of being one of only two artists (the other being Madonna) to have a number one in the eighties, nineties and noughties! In September 2000, Kylie released the follow up single, On A Night Like This. Kylies most anticipated album yet, Light Years, was released at the same time to massive critical & commercial success debuting at #2 in the U.K. and reaching double platinum sales in Australia.

In 2000 Australia hosted the Olympic games and at the closing ceremony Kylie sang to a global audience of over 4 million people ! Her own concert tours at the time may not have had such huge audiences but every one was a sold-out success.

Her reign in music continued into 2001. The Fever album was released in October on the heels of the successful single Can't Get You Out of My Head. The song became an global smash, earning Kylie two Brit Awards in February 2002. Shortly thereafter, Fever was released in the U.S., landing her her biggest hit with Can't Get You Out of My Head in nearly fifteen years.

Like Madonna, Kylie has ridden commercial and critical success’, she has developed a new image to suit her music and like Madonna she is one of todays greatest female pop stars; the princess to Madonnas queen.