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Featured Celebrity: Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian singer and actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s as a result of her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a pop singer and recording artist.

Signed to a contract by British songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman, Minogue achieved a string of hit records throughout the world, but her popularity began to decline by the early 1990s, leading her to part company from Stock, Aitken and Waterman in 1992. For several years she attempted to establish herself as an independent performer and songwriter, distancing herself from her earlier work. Her projects were widely publicised, but despite a couple of hit singles, her albums failed to attract a substantial audience, resulting in the lowest sales of her career.

In 2000, she returned to popularity as a dance/pop music artist and became well-known for her provocative music videos and expensively mounted stage shows. Minogue has established one of the longest and most successful careers as a performer in contemporary pop music, and in Europe and Australia has become one of her generation's most recognisable celebrities and sex symbols. In Australia, after being dismissed early in her career by many critics, she has been acclaimed for her achievements; she holds the record for the highest concert ticket sales for a female performer, and is the only female performer to place nine singles at number one on the Australian singles chart.

On May 17, 2005 it was reported that Minogue had been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, and would postpone her Showgirl, The Greatest Hits world tour and would not appear at that year's Glastonbury festival, while she received medical treatment in Melbourne. She underwent surgery on May 21.

Early life and Neighbours

Kylie Minogue in "SkyWays" in 1980.Born in Melbourne, Australia, Minogue is the eldest of three children, her sister Dannii Minogue also being a pop singer. The Minogue sisters began their careers as children on Australian television, and from the age of 11 Kylie appeared in soap operas such as Skyways, The Sullivans and The Henderson Kids without attracting much attention. Dannii became successful as a regular performer on the weekly music program Young Talent Time, in which Kylie gave her first singing performance in 1983. Kylie was overshadowed by her younger sister until achieving success in 1986 with her role in the soap opera Neighbours.

Minogue played the character of Charlene Mitchell; a storyline that created a romance and eventual marriage between her character and that played by her real-life boyfriend Jason Donovan culminated in a wedding episode in 1987 that attracted a record audience. Her popularity in Australia was demonstrated when she became the first person to win four Logie Awards in one event, including the "Gold Logie" as the country's "Most Popular Television Performer", with the result determined by Public Vote. Neighbours began screening in the United Kingdom in 1987 and achieved high ratings.

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