Kylie Minogue was born on May 28, 1968, in Melbourne, Australia. She is the eldest of three children born into a family of Irish and Welsh heritage. Her younger sister Dannii Minogue is also a successful singer and television personality, while her brother Brendan Minogue works as a cameraman. From an early age, Kylie showed a strong interest in performing arts.

Kylie Minogue began her career at the age of 11, appearing in Australian television series such as Skyways, The Sullivans, and The Henderson Kids. Her breakthrough came in 1986 when she joined the cast of the long-running soap opera Neighbours. Her performance made her the first person to win four Logie Awards for the same role. When the series began airing in the United Kingdom, it achieved record-breaking ratings and introduced Kylie to an international audience.

In 1987, Kylie Minogue performed The Loco-Motion at a charity concert for the Fitzroy Football Club alongside her fellow cast members. This appearance led to a recording contract with Mushroom Records. The single topped the Australian charts for seven consecutive weeks. Her follow-up single I Should Be So Lucky reached number one in both Australia and the United Kingdom.

Her debut album Kylie became the best-selling album of the year in the United Kingdom, selling over seven million copies worldwide and producing six successful singles. Although her early success in North America was limited, a re-recorded version of The Loco-Motion reached number three on the US charts. In 1988, due to her rapidly expanding music career, Kylie Minogue left Neighbours.

Throughout her first three albums, Kylie Minogue maintained a sweet, innocent, and approachable image, becoming widely known as pop music’s “girl next door.” Entering the 1990s, she consciously reinvented her artistic identity. Signing with London-based label Deconstruction Records, she released experimental and critically acclaimed albums that revealed a more confident, sensual, and artistically ambitious persona. From this period onward, Kylie emerged as a fully self-aware pop diva, widely celebrated across Europe.

A defining moment in her global career occurred in 2000, when Kylie Minogue performed a cover of Dancing Queen at the Sydney Olympic Games opening ceremony. The performance was watched by an estimated 2.1 billion people worldwide. That same year, she released the single On a Night Like This and launched the On a Night Like This Tour, which broke ticket sales records across Australia.

In early 2002, Kylie Minogue released the album Fever, marking a major turning point in her career. The lead single Can’t Get You Out of My Head became a global phenomenon and one of the most recognizable pop songs of the 21st century. With *Fever*, Kylie entered the most mature and influential phase of her career, earning admiration from fans, critics, and fellow artists alike, including pop icon Madonna.

In 2005, Kylie Minogue began her most ambitious tour, Showgirl – The Greatest Hits Tour, which was abruptly canceled following her diagnosis with breast cancer. She underwent surgery on May 21, 2005, followed by chemotherapy. Her public battle with cancer significantly increased global awareness of early diagnosis and health screenings. During this period, she released the single Over the Rainbow and published a children’s book titled The Showgirl Princess. In October 2006, she expanded her brand with the launch of her perfume Darling.

After an 18-month recovery, Kylie Minogue returned to the stage on November 11, 2006, launching the Showgirl: Homecoming Tour in Sydney. One concert featured a guest appearance by Bono, while another marked her first onstage duet with her sister Dannii Minogue since 1980. Following a short break with her family, Kylie continued the tour worldwide. She currently resides in London.

Widely known as the “Princess of Pop,” Kylie Minogue is one of the rare artists to achieve top 10 chart success in the United Kingdom across five consecutive decades. She is also recognized as a global LGBT+ icon and a fashion trendsetter, with her stage costumes and visuals—particularly during the *Fever* era—considered among the most iconic in pop music history. Today, she is regarded as one of the most enduring and influential female pop artists of modern times.

Albums

1988 - Kylie
1989 - Enjoy Yourself
1990 - Rhythm of Love
1991 - Let’s Get to It
1992 - Greatest Hits
1994 - Kylie Minogue
1997 - Impossible Princess
2000 - Light Years
2001 - Fever
2003 - Body Language
2004 - Ultimate Kylie
2007 - Showgirl Homecoming: Live
2007 - X
2009 - BoomBox
2010 - Aphrodite

Films

1989 - The Delinquents
1994 - Street Fighter
1995 - Hayride to Hell
1996 - Misfit
1996 - Bio-Dome
2000 - Cut
2000 - Sample People
2001 - Moulin Rouge!
2006 - The Magic Roundabout

Source: Biyografiler.com