By the early 1990s, Minogue had amassed several top ten singles in Australia and the UK, including ' The Loco-Motion', ' I Should Be So Lucky', ' Especially for You', ' Hand on Your Heart' and ' Better the Devil You Know'. She began her music career in the late 1980s, releasing four bubblegum and dance-pop-influenced studio albums under PWL.
Her accolades include a Grammy Award, three Brit Awards and seventeen ARIA Music Awards.īorn and raised in Melbourne, Minogue first achieved recognition starring as Charlene Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1986–1988). She has been recognised for reinventing herself in music as well as fashion, and is referred to by the European press as the ' Princess of Pop' and a style icon. Minogue is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. Kylie Ann Minogue AO OBE ( / m ɪ ˈ n oʊ ɡ/ born ) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress.