Whereas Madonna and the late David Bowie deservedly loved plaudits for his or her chameleonic reinventions, spare a thought for Kylie Minogue.
Australia’s personal “princess of pop” has modified her sound and pores and skin numerous occasions over the many years, and, alongside the way in which, grew to become a family identify in her homeland and the UK.
From an auspicious begin in showbiz because the loveable Charlene in “Neighbours,” to the Inventory Aitken Waterman-produced ‘80s pop numbers, she’s nailed it with indie, dance, made homicide ballads with Nick Cave, survived most cancers, had us spinning round, we couldn’t get her out of her head, she performed heroes and villains on the massive display, tasted nation, and had hit after hit.
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When Disco topped the Official U.Okay. Albums Chart in November 2020, for her eighth chief, Kylie grew to become the primary feminine artist – and second artist general – to assert a U.Okay. No. 1 album in 5 consecutive many years.
Additionally, due to the current success of the catchier-than-a-cold hit “Padam Padam,” she’s one in every of solely 4 feminine artists to attain U.Okay. high 10 hit singles in 5 consecutive many years, becoming a member of Cher, Diana Ross and Lulu.
“Padam Padam” is, in fact, the primary single and lead monitor from Minogue’s sixteenth and newest album Stress, which dropped on the stroke of midnight.
On Stress, Kylie strides forward on a full-blown electro pop mission, its title monitor bouncing to an old-school Italian home piano chorus. There’s pop to eat your breakfast to, pop for heaving home events within the wee hours.
Throughout her profession, Kylie has clocked gross sales of over 80 million information, 5 billion streams, landed seven U.Okay. No 1 singles, gained 17 ARIA Awards, three Brit Awards, two MTV Awards and a Grammy. Her “nationwide treasure” standing by no means fairly traveled to the US, the place Kylie has cracked the highest 10 on the Billboard Scorching 100 on simply two events. She’ll hope to alter all that when she cranks up the stress for her first residency on the Venetian Resort Las Vegas’ Voltaire, slated to kick off on Nov. 3.
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