Kylie Minogue
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Melbourne, Australia, 28 May 1968
- Associated with: Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan
Kylie’s milestone mission - Feb 27 2008
Kylie Minogue is apparently keen to find a man and settle down before she hits 40.
The 2 Hearts singer is terrified of still being single when she celebrates her 40th birthday in May and is anxious to find Mr Right and start a family, according to Closer magazine.
A source said: "Kylie feels more pressure than ever to land an eligible man, so she can get to work having the baby she’s always dreamed of - it’s left her with terrible anxiety."
The pop princess has been single since splitting from long-term love Olivier Martinez.
Earlier this month there were rumours the two had rekindled their romance after they were pictured together in Paris.
But Kylie denied the rumours, telling the Press Association: "I had dinner with my ex-boyfriend and next thing I know there’s a debate about whether we’re having a family.
"We didn’t even talk about that. As I’ve maintained, we’re friends."
Kylie family ’want her to take love break’ - Feb 20 2008
Kylie Minogue’s family apparently hope she will take a break from the spotlight to look for love.
The singer’s 80-year-old Welsh uncle Dennis Riddiford has told Reveal magazine he wants her to settle down and get married.
He said: "She’s so busy rushing around the world and performing everywhere, that she hardly has a chance to pause for breath.
"I wish she’d settle down and have kids with a nice young man and enjoy a quieter life.
"Kids would be good for her - it’s what life is about really."
Widower Dennis, the brother of Kylie’s mum Carol, last saw the singer and her sister Dannii 18 months ago when they visited him at home.
He said: "They were very impressed with the view and Dannii said ’This is the life, Uncle Dennis.’ I told Kylie and Dannii they should spend more time doing simple things like going for a walk in the fresh air."
Keira and Kylie are Elle’s belles - Feb 13 2008
Keira Knightley and Kylie Minogue have taken top honours at the Elle Style Awards.
Keira, 22, made up for her Bafta disappointment by scooping the best actress prize, while Atonement co-star James McAvoy was named best actor.
Kylie, 39, was named Woman of the Year.
Hollywood starlet Kate Hudson was crowned Elle Style Icon for her "distinctive and kooky" fashion sense.
The glamorous awards ceremony was held at the Westway in Notting Hill, west London.
In the TV categories, presenter Kelly Osbourne and Skins star Nicholas Hoult took the prizes.
There were also awards for model-of-the-moment Agyness Deyn and singer Kate Nash.
Designer Anya Hindmarch, whose "I’m not a plastic bag" creation was an instant sell-out last year, was honoured for outstanding achievement.
Kylie: I’m not back with Olivier - Feb 6 3008
Kylie Minogue has denied she is back in the arms of her ex-boyfriend Olivier Martinez.
The pair were pictured together in Paris last week, a year after their break-up. But the pop princess, 39, speaking at the launch of her new bed linen range, said she had no plans to start a family with the French film star.
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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
February 2008