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Kylie Minogue The Princess of Pop
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At this stage of her career, Kylie Minogue felt that she had paid her debt to the critics and to those who considered her as only a product of the record label. The comparison between Kylie and Madonna also became increasingly NZMY]MV\ )\ \QUM[ M^MV 3aTQM INÅZUML ¹5Idonna is the Queen of Pop, I’m the Princess. I’m pretty happy with that,” to settled the discussion. Kylie Minogue’s image as a pop icon has prevailed over all other female artists of her time based on their validity and universal popularity. Bert Stern, photographer known for his work with Marilyn Monroe, said Minogue has a [QUQTIZ UQ`\]ZM WN ^]TVMZIJQTQ\a IVL MZW\QKQ[U These characteristics have been featured on the front cover of the world’s most prestigious magazines. 1V IJWZQOQVIT TIVO]IOM 3aTQM [QOVQÅM[ I JWWmerang. Perhaps this detail is the key to why the artist, who has always fought to prevail, can leave and return in her career. Minogue has reinvented her art and style many times. The vocal range shown on her records and her changing image is powered by a woman who knows how to reinvent herself. By far the biggest test Kylie Minogue had to overcome was when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. The impact of this news and the need for urgent treatment forced her to postpone her tours and appearances in order to receive the surgery and chemotherapy that was needed. Once again, Kylie had to reinvent herself. She wrote her children’s book, “A Princess On Stage,” during her recovery, and created her perfume, “Darling” as the answer to her LQNÅK]T\ [Q\]I\QWV After her recovery, Kylie renewed her support for charitable causes and the research for \PM ÅOP\ IOIQV[\ KIVKMZ 0MZ KI][M ZIQ[ML OZMI\
awareness for thousands of women on the importance of preventative health checks, to \PM M`\MV\ \PI\ I .ZMVKP UQVQ[\MZ LM[KZQJML \PQ[ phenomenon as the “Kylie Effect”. Just as her career, Kylie Minogue’s love life has also been intense. Jason Donovan, Lenny Kravitz, a former member of INXS and Michael Hutchence have been recognized as some of her sentimental relationships. Today she recognizes that she is at a very different stage of her life compared to those intense years when her pursuit of success forced her to end her tour. It was in the recording of a perfume commercial where she met her boyfriend, Andrés Velencoso, a model 10 years younger than her from Tossa de Mar, Girona. Though all is well, the Australian has ruled out a wedding as an option for the near future, but she has admitted that at this moment in her life she is full of happiness. “Aphrodite” is the title of Kylie Minogue’s latest work, where the Australian singer has matured and is full of energy. The “Kylie” stamp can be discovered in each theme. Jean Paul Gaultier, designer and friend, styled the singer for her album cover released in the middle of 2010. While decorating her new mansion she purchased in London to live with her boyfriend, Kylie Minogue prepares for her tour “Les Folies”, which will be making a stop in Barcelona. The concert will take place March 12 at the Palau Sant Jordi. It will be an opportunity to appreciate the art of a woman who has avoided repetition and constantly reinvented her brand. Just as tenacious as when she begged her parents to let her become an artist, the Australian singer has left and returned, like a boomerang, named Kylie Minogue.
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[\WZa \PI\ PI[ VM^MZ JMMV KWVÅZmed says that a young girl insisted her parents to take her to casting calls to be an actress or singer. Her early persistence put stress on the harmonious marriage between her parents, an Australian accountant and a Welsh dancer. This story was located in Surrey Hills, a suburb of Victoria, Australia, and the star was known as girl named Kylie Minogue. The “artistic gene” was not lacking in the Minogue family with a mother who danced and a daughter who had aspirations of becoming an actress and singer. Kylie’s siblings also showed an artistic desire, as her brother Brendan became a television cameraman and her sister Danielle aspired to be an actress and singer just like Kylie. With much insistence, Kylie was casted in PMZ ÅZ[\ ZWTT _PMV [PM _I[ MTM^MV ;Q` aMIZ[ TI\MZ Kylie became one of the most popular actresses in Australia when her show, “Neighbours”, became the most popular series in the country. To promote a charity event, Kylie recorded a single that gained much success and caught the attention of record companies. In 1988, the girl who dreamt of becoming an artist launched her ÅZ[\ ITJ]U ¹3aTQMº “Especially For You”, a duet recorded with 2I[WV ,WVW^IV _I[ PMZ VM`\ []KKM[[ 1\ _I[ PMZ ÅZ[\ [QVOTM \W [MTT W^MZ I UQTTQWV KWXQM[ QV the United Kingdom. Kylie Minogue’s career was beginning to become serious. Her album in 1994, “Kylie Minogue”, was \PM ÅZ[\ ITJ]U _PMZM \PM )][\ZITQIV KWUXW[ML PMZ W_V U][QK 0W_M^MZ \PM M`XTW[QWV IZZQ^ML in 2001, with her album “Fever”. Her song “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” was heard worldwide and hit number one on the billboard charts in over 20 countries.
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