To most she is just ‘Kylie’, but originally she was Charlene on
Neighbours before her transition to chart-topping singer. She has made her experience with breast cancer public, been made an OBE and had her share of high-profile relationships. Now Minogue celebrates her 50th birthday.
Kylie Minogue performs songs from her new album, Golden, at Cafe de Paris in London. Released in April, the album went to No 1 in Australia and the UK.
Minogue and her younger sister Dannii in London in 2001. Both sisters have had success in the UK and Australia.
In 1988 Minogue was collaborating with the British music team Stock Aitken Waterman, including on the hit single The Loco-Motion.
In 2001 Minogue’s eighth studio album, Fever, featured the hit Can’t Get You Out of My Head.
The 1987 wedding of Scott (Jason Donovan) and Charlene in the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours attracted 18 million viewers in Britain alone.
Minogue performed at the opening of both the Olympic and Paralympic games in Sydney in 2000.
Minogue (Charlene) with her Neighbours co-stars Craig McLachlan (Henry), Anne Charleston (Madge Bishop) and Ian Smith (Harold Bishop).
Minogue performs with Justin Timberlake in 2003 at the Brit awards.
Minogue’s 2005 Showgirl tour kicked off in Glasgow. The tour was launched in support of her ninth greatest hits compilation, Ultimate Kylie.
Minogue launched her children’s book The Showgirl Princess in 2006, following her treatment for breast cancer.
In 2008 Minogue received an OBE from Prince Charles for services to music.
Minogue performing in Las Vegas in 2009.
Minogue with the Queen backstage during the Diamond Jubilee concert in London in 2012, where she performed Spinning Around.
Kylie performing in the British city of Liverpool in 2014 on her Kiss me Once tour.
Minogue performs on day one of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix in 2016.
Minogue in the music video for her 1995 duet with Nick Cave, Where the Wild Roses Grow.
Kylie Minogue and her then fiance, Joshua Sasse, wore marriage equality T-shirts to the 2016 Aria awards in 2016, vowing not to marry until same-sex marriage was legalised. The couple split in 2018.
Minogue meets fans outside the annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music awards (Arias) in 2015.
