Rob's Kylie Minogue Site (Biography 3)

Believe it or not, it was actually Dannii who got the first break. Dannii landed a plum job singing and dancing in top Aussie show, "Young Talent Time". Whenever Kylie was introduced on TV, it was always as Dannii's sister. Both girls went for the same part in "The Henderson Kids" and even though Dannii was the more famous of the two, the director (Alan Hardy) decided to go for the elder sister. Alan Hardy says that Kylie came very prepared for the role. Apparantly, she turned up dressed just like the character, which although many adult actors do this, Alan was very impressed that a kid should think of it.

Dannii says that even though both girls were still living at home during this period, it was very difficult for them to spend any real time together. It was a case of "Hi--bye" as they passed in the doorway at home! According to Kylie, if they were both at home at the same time, then they were usually both asleep! It was only as Kylie's singing career took off that the girls got a chance to see more of each other.

"I Should Be So Lucky" was the start of an amazing recording career. Her next 12 singles all went into the top 6 in Britain, including 4 number ones. Her third single was a SAW re-recording of the song that had made her name as a singer, "The Locomotion". She had 18 hits in total for Stock, Aitken and Waterman and then decided that it was time to branch out in her career and try a more "adult" sound. She signed for Deconstruction, the label that had a number one hit in 1989 with "Ride On Time" by Black Box.

Her new sound was heard for the first time in September 1994 when she released her first single for Deconstruction which was "Confide In Me". This went straight to number 2 in the UK and was only kept from reaching the top by Whigfield's "Saturday Night". During the late 1990's, Kylie did a couple of collaborations. The first one of these was "Where The Wild Roses Grow" which was a 'murder-ballad'. This was with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

It was Nick who talked Kylie into reading "I Should Be So Lucky" at a poetry event in Australia in 1998. This then became the inspiration for the version of the song that appears on the 1998 album and dvd "Intimate And Live".

The second collaboration was with Towa Tei on a song called "GBI" which is a strange sort of song about a typeface called German Bold Italic. This was Kylie's lowest ever chart position at no.63 and spent only one week in the chart.

In 1998, Kylie was released by her record label Deconstruction. This gave her a bit of time to do other things whilst looking around for a new label.

Towards the end of 1998, Kylie did a very succesful world tour which was released in both CD and DVD format and was called "Kylie - Intimate And Live". It won rave reviews with the media saying that it was her best tour ever. During the concerts, Kylie did cover versions of Abba's "Dancing Queen" and The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go".

In 1999, Kylie did a promotional campaign for designer outlet H&M. The posters were shown on Billboards throughoutEurope and on stations throughout the London Underground network.

Also in 1999, she released a book about herself, titled simply "Kylie". It was mainly an "art" book, featuring loads of photographs throughout the years, and lots of "arty" type photos. It also featured articles and interviews with such people as the Pet Shop Boys and Pete Waterman.

Towards the end of 1999, Kylie signed up with a new record label, Parlophone. This marked the start of her comeback in the music industry, having not released a single under her own name since "Breathe" in March 1998.

Kylie's first single of the new Millennium was called "Spinning Around" and was released In June 2000. This single went straight into Number 1 and gave Kylie her first Chart Topper for ten years. It came from the album "Light Years" which was only kept off the top spot in the album chart by Madonna's "Music" which was released the previous week!