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| Kylie Minogue was born on May 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. When she was ten years old, Kylie went with her sister to audition for The Sullivans and got the part of Carla. The actress-turned-singer's big break came along when she was cast as car mechanic Charlene on the popular Australian soap opera, Neighbours. During her two and a half years on Neighbours, Kylie recorded her debut single, a remake of the classic 1962 track "The Locomotion", introducing her to the pop music scene. While the soap was being aired in Britain, music producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman were impressed by the Australian beauty and brought about the first of Kylie's incarnations -- Pop Kylie -- just as her Neighbours days drew to a close. Her string of successful hit singles took off with the release of "I Should Be So Lucky", and was followed by "Got To Be Certain", "Je Ne Sais Pas Pour Qui", "Hand On Your Heart", "Wouldn't Change A Thing", and "Never Too Late" from her self-titled debut album and the follow up Enjoy Yourself. Kylie's success grew even more after several duets with her Neighbours co-star, Jason Donovan. After her debut film role in The Delinquents, the '90s saw Kylie morph into sexy superstar. This new flirtatious image was underscored by her new steamy romance with the late Michael Hutchence. The newly transformed Kylie was now gaining more media coverage than ever, and was signed to a deal with DeConstruction Records. She even jumped on the Madonna erotic literature bandwagon and wrote a sex book of her own, but it never saw the light of day. Since the mid '90s, Kylie morphed again, this time into Indie Kylie. In 1994, she released a second self-titled album that was grungier than the first. She also appeared as Lt. Cammy in the live-action adaptation of Street Fighter. The newest phase reveals a more mature Kylie Minogue. In 1996, she collaborated with the Manic Street Preachers, and released an album the following year entitled Impossible Princess. Although her later albums did not see the same commercial success as her more poppy ones, Kylie is still one of Australia's greatest exports (Elle "The Body" Macpherson and Nicole Kidman come to mind). She was last seen performing the ABBA classic "Dancing Queen" and "On A Night Like This" at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She recently released Fever, a collection of post-disco electro-funk (perhaps a sign of yet another transformation) and is providing a voice for the upcoming film The Magic Roundabout Movie, due for release sometime this year. |
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