Kylie Minogue

Dance-pop, Celebrity

1968 –

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Who is Kylie Minogue?

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, often known simply as Kylie, is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987.

Minogue has achieved worldwide record sales of more than 68 million, and has received notable music awards, including multiple ARIA and Brit Awards and a Grammy Award. She has mounted several successful and critically acclaimed concert world tours and received a Mo Award for "Australian Entertainer of the Year" for her live performances. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008 "for services to music". In the same year she was appointed by the French Government as a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the junior grade of France's highest cultural honour, for her contribution to the enrichment of French culture. In 2011 her hit single "I Should Be So Lucky" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry. The same year, Minogue was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health Science degree by Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom for her work in raising awareness for breast cancer. In November 2011, on the 25th anniversary of the ARIA Music Awards, Minogue was inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

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Born
May 28, 1968
Melbourne
Also known as
  • Kylie Ann Minogue
  • Kylie Mingue
  • Kylie Minoogue
  • Kylie Minoque
  • Kylie
  • Kylie Minougue
  • Kylie Monogue
  • Kylie Minouge
  • Kylie M
  • K. Minogue
Parents
Siblings
Ethnicity
  • Anglo-Celtic Australian
  • Australians in the United Kingdom
  • Australians
Nationality
  • Australia
Profession
Education
  • Camberwell High School
Lived in
  • Melbourne

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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