kid Deconstruction catalogue. It becomes more a definitive hits collection as a JV with Warner Music which controls the Parlophone tracks. It includes a new track, « New York City », originally recorded for « Golden » but subsequently left off the album. BMG went all-out with its packaging. It is a standard double CD and digital release, as well as a deluxe CD with 32-page casebound book, 2 LP picture disc vinyl, 2 LP limited edition mint green vinyl, 2 LP standard black gatefold vinyl, and a double cassette available in five limited edition colours. BMG’s extended marketing plans are set to swing into action after Minogue’s Glastonbury
performance became the mostwatched in the festival’s history. According to the BBC, she smashed Ed Sheeran’s record of 3.1 million in 2017, with 3.2 million watching the set and 3.9 million tuning in for the final minutes of her performance. Adele’s Pyramid Stage appearance in 2016 had a viewership of 2 million, with a peak of 3.7 million. It was truly a homecoming for Minogue, who had to pull out of Glastonbury in 2005 after being diagnosed with breast cancer, and then five years later graced its stage as a guest of the Scissor Sisters. For her own set last weekend, she brought on Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Nick Cave – which led NME to call it « a true pop spectacle ».
Her A-list celebrity status was confirmed when VIP fixer Karim Gharbi of an international concierge company revealed that the Australian-born commands $1.8 million for a meet and greet. Collectively, Minogue’s singles have spent over 300 weeks in the UK’s Official Singles Chart Top 40. She has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and her catalogue now boasts over half a billion streams globally on Spotify alone. Last week the 51-year old picked up an award at the GQ Men Of The Year awards in London, following it up with an energetic performance sporting a $54,000 Kolchagov Barba and Preciosa dress made with 100,000 AB Preciosa crystals.
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