1968–1986: Early life and career beginnings Kylie Ann Minogue was born at Bethlehem Hospital in
Caulfield South, a suburb of
Melbourne,
Victoria, on 28 May 1968, to Carol Ann (née Jones), a former ballet dancer, and Ronald Charles Minogue, car company accountant. Her mother moved to Australia from
Wales in 1958 as part of an assisted migration scheme on the ship
Fairsea. Also aboard were the Gibb family of later
Bee Gees fame.
Minogue is of
Irish, English and
Welsh descent. She was named Kylie after the
Nyungar word for "
boomerang". She is the eldest of three children: her brother, Brendan Minogue, is a news cameraman in Australia, and her sister,
Dannii Minogue, is an actress, singer and television host. The family frequently moved around various suburbs in Melbourne to sustain their living expenses, which Minogue found unsettling as a child. She often stayed at home reading, sewing, and learning to play violin and piano. When they moved to
Surrey Hills, she went on to
Camberwell High School. During her schooling years, she found it difficult to make friends. She got her
HSC with subjects including Arts and Graphics and English. Minogue described herself as being of "average intelligence" and "quite modest" during her high school years. Minogue took time off school to film
The Henderson Kids and while Carol was not impressed, Minogue felt she needed the independence to make it into the entertainment industry. During filming, co-star
Nadine Garner labelled Minogue "fragile" after producers yelled at her for forgetting her lines; she would often cry on set. In retrospect, Hardy stated removing her from the show "turned out to be the best thing for her". Interested in following a career in music, Minogue made a
demo tape for the producers of weekly music program
Young Talent Time, which featured Dannii as a regular performer. Minogue gave her first television singing performance on the show in 1985, and was not invited to join the cast. She was cast in the soap opera
Neighbours in 1986, She became the first person to win four
Logie Awards in one year and was the youngest recipient of the "
Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television", with the result determined by public vote.
1987–1989: Kylie and Enjoy Yourself During a
Fitzroy Football Club benefit concert, Minogue performed "
I Got You Babe" as a duet with fellow actor
John Waters, and "
The Loco-Motion" as an encore. Producer Greg Petherick arranged for Minogue to record a demo of the latter song, re-titled as "Locomotion". The demo was sent to the head of
Mushroom Records Michael Gudinski, who decided to sign Minogue in early 1987 based on her popularity from
Neighbours. The track was first recorded in
big band style, and was later given a completely new backing track by producer Mike Duffy, inspired by the
hi-NRG sound of English band
Dead or Alive. "Locomotion" was released as her debut single in Australia on 13 July 1987, the week after the wedding episode of
Neighbours premiered. The single became the best-selling single of the decade in Australia, according to the Kent Music Report. The success of the single resulted in Minogue travelling to London to work with record producing trio
Stock Aitken Waterman in September 1987. They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten she was arriving; as a result, they wrote "
I Should Be So Lucky" while she waited outside the studio. The track was written and recorded in under 40 minutes. Although Minogue needed to be convinced to work with Stock Aitken Waterman again after feeling she'd been disrespected during her first recording session, more sessions with the producers occurred from February to April 1988 in London and Melbourne, where the singer was filming her last episodes for
Neighbours. The trio ended up composing and producing all the tracks on the forthcoming album and produced a new version of "The Loco-Motion". Producer
Pete Waterman justified the highly controversial decision to re-record the latter track by claiming Minogue's
platinum-selling Australian version was poorly produced, but Mike Duffy instead blamed the decision on Waterman's alleged wish to claim the prestige and royalties from the track's placement on the soundtrack of the 1988 film
Arthur 2: On the Rocks. Minogue's self-titled debut album,
Kylie, was released in July 1988. The album is a collection of
dance-oriented pop tunes and spent more than a year on the
UK Albums Chart, including several weeks at number one, eventually becoming the
best-selling album of the 1980s by a female artist. It went gold in the United States, while the single "The Locomotion" reached number three on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number one on the
Canadian dance chart. The single "
Got to Be Certain" became her third consecutive number one single in Australia. Later in the year, she left
Neighbours to focus on her music career. She collaborated with
Jason Donovan on the song "
Especially for You" after "intense" demand for the duet from the public, media and retailers overcame her initial reservations. The single peaked at number one in the UK. By December 2014, it sold its one-millionth copy in the country. She was sometimes referred to as "the Singing
Budgie" by her detractors over the coming years. In a review of the album
Kylie for
AllMusic, Chris True described the tunes as "standard, late-80s ... bubblegum", but added, "her cuteness makes these rather vapid tracks bearable". She won her second consecutive ARIA Award for the year's highest-selling single and received a "Special Achievement Award". Minogue's second studio album,
Enjoy Yourself, was released in October 1989. The album was number-one in the UK, and spawned the number-one singles in the country such as "
Hand on Your Heart" and "
Tears on My Pillow". Sal Cinquemani of
Slant Magazine, stated "there isn't a lot to differentiate her sophomore effort from its predecessor by repeating the sonic template of her debut album." In support of the album, she embarked on her concert tour, the Enjoy Yourself Tour in Europe, Asia and Australia in February 1990. Minogue's debut film,
The Delinquents, was released in December 1989. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was popular with audiences. In the UK, it grossed more than
£200,000, and in Australia, it was the fourth-highest-grossing local film of 1989 and the highest-grossing local film of 1990. From 1989 to 1991, Minogue dated Australian
INXS frontman
Michael Hutchence.
1990–1992: Rhythm of Love, ''Let's Get to It and Greatest Hits'' Unhappy with her level of creative input on her first two albums, Minogue worked with her manager Terry Blamey and her Australian label Mushroom Records to force a change in her relationship with SAW, and to push for a more mature sound. Minogue's third album,
Rhythm of Love, was released in November 1990 and was described as "leaps and bounds more mature" than her previous albums by
AllMusic's Chris True. The project contained more "sophisticated" themes and influences, with composer
Mike Stock stating that "
Shocked" was influenced by the writings of
Virginia Woolf, and was meant to be evocative of "a trip". Despite exhibiting creative growth, the album did not match the commercial success of its predecessors, peaking at number nine in the UK. Three of its singles – "
Better the Devil You Know", "
Step Back in Time" and "Shocked" – reached the top ten in Australia. The making of the music video for "Better the Devil You Know" was the first time Minogue "felt part of the creative process". She said: "I wasn't in charge, but I had a voice. I'd bought some clothes on
King's Road for the video. I saw a new way to express my point of view creatively." Minogue's fourth album, ''
Let's Get to It'', was released in October 1991. It peaked at number fifteen in the UK, making it her first album to fail to reach the top ten. In support of the album, she embarked on the
Let's Get to It Tour in October. She later expressed her opinion that Stock, Aitken and Waterman stifled her, saying, "I was very much a puppet in the beginning. I was blinkered by my record company. I was unable to look left or right." Minogue's first best-of compilation album, titled
Greatest Hits, was released in August 1992. Chris True of AllMusic called it "an excellent overview of the first half of Minogue's career." It reached number one in the UK The compilation's singles – "
What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)" and a cover of
Kool & the Gang's "
Celebration", both peaked outside of the top ten in the UK.
1993–1999: Kylie Minogue and Impossible Princess Minogue's signing with British record label
Deconstruction Records in 1993 marked a new phase in her career. It was produced by dance music producers the
Brothers in Rhythm, namely
Dave Seaman and
Steve Anderson, who had previously produced "
Finer Feelings". As of 2015, Anderson continued to be Minogue's musical director. The album peaked at number four in the UK. The follow-up singles, "
Put Yourself in My Place" and "
Where Is the Feeling?", both reached the top twenty in the UK. Director
Steven E. de Souza saw her cover photo in Australia's
Who Magazine as one of "The 30 Most Beautiful People in the World" and offered her a role opposite Belgian actor
Jean-Claude Van Damme in the film
Street Fighter. The film was a moderate success, earning US$70 million in the U.S. box-office, She had an affair with Van Damme while shooting the film in Thailand. She had a minor role in the 1996 film
Bio-Dome starring American actors
Pauly Shore and
Stephen Baldwin. She also appeared in the 1995 short film
Hayride to Hell and in the 1997 film
Diana & Me. In 1995, she collaborated with Australian artist
Nick Cave for the song "
Where the Wild Roses Grow". Cave had been interested in working with Minogue since hearing "Better the Devil You Know", saying it contained "one of pop music's most violent and distressing lyrics". The music video for the song was inspired by
John Everett Millais's painting
Ophelia (1851–52), and showed Minogue as the murdered woman, floating in a pond as a serpent swam over her body. The single received widespread attention in Europe, where it reached the top 10 in several countries, and reached number two in Australia. The song won
ARIA Awards for "
Song of the Year" and "
Best Pop Release". Following concert appearances with Cave, Minogue recited the lyrics to "I Should Be So Lucky" as poetry in London's
Royal Albert Hall. By 1997, Minogue was in a relationship with French photographer
Stéphane Sednaoui, who encouraged her to develop her creativity. Inspired by a mutual appreciation of Japanese culture, they created a visual combination of "
geisha and
manga superheroine" for the photographs taken for Minogue's sixth studio album,
Impossible Princess, and the music video for "
GBI (German Bold Italic)", her collaboration with Japanese musician
Towa Tei. She drew inspiration from the music of artists such as Scottish singer
Shirley Manson and American rock band
Garbage, Icelandic singer
Björk, British rapper
Tricky and Irish rock band
U2, and Japanese pop musicians such as
Pizzicato Five and Towa Tei. The album featured collaborations with musicians including
James Dean Bradfield and
Sean Moore of the Welsh rock band
Manic Street Preachers. It garnered some negative reviews upon its release in 1997, Mostly a dance album, she countered suggestions she was trying to become an
indie artist. Acknowledging Minogue had attempted to escape the perceptions of her that had developed during her early career, she commented she was ready to "forget the painful criticism" and "accept the past, embrace it, use it". Retitled
Kylie Minogue in the UK following the
death of
Diana, Princess of Wales, it became the lowest-selling album of her career. At the end of the year, a campaign by
Virgin Radio stated, "We've done something to improve Minogue's records: we've banned them." After the album's release, she was dropped by Deconstruction in 1998. Her
Intimate and Live tour in 1998 was extended due to demand. She gave several live performances in Australia, including the 1998
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and Sydney's
Fox Studios in 1999 (where she performed
Marilyn Monroe's "
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend") as well as a Christmas concert in
Dili, East Timor, in association with the
United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces. She then appeared in the film
Sample People and recorded a cover version of
Russell Morris's "
The Real Thing" for the soundtrack. Her seventh studio album,
Light Years, was released in September 2000.
NME magazine called it a "fun, perfectly-formed" record, which saw Minogue "dropping her considerable concern for cool and bouncing back to her
disco-pop roots". It was a commercial success, becoming her first number one album in her native Australia and charting at number two in the UK. The lead single, "
Spinning Around", debuted atop the UK in July, making her the second artist to have a number-one single in three consecutive decades, after American singer-songwriter
Madonna. Its accompanying video featured Minogue in revealing gold
hotpants, which came to be regarded as a "trademark". Three other singles — "
On a Night Like This", "
Kids" with English singer
Robbie Williams and "
Please Stay" all peaked in the top ten in the UK, with the former becoming her sixth number-one in Australia. At the time, she began a romantic relationship with model James Gooding. Their relationship ended after two and a half years. In October, she performed at both the closing ceremonies of the
2000 Summer Olympics and in the opening ceremony of
the Paralympics, all held in Sydney. Her performance of
ABBA's "
Dancing Queen" was chosen as one of the most memorable Olympic closing ceremony moments by Kate Samuelson of
TNT. In March 2001, she embarked on the
On a Night Like This Tour, which was inspired by the style of Broadway shows and the musicals of the 1930s. She also made a brief cameo as The Green Fairy in
Baz Luhrmann's film,
Moulin Rouge!. It earned her an
MTV Movie Award nomination
in 2002. "Spinning Around" and
Light Years consecutively won the
ARIA Award for Best Pop Release in 2000 and 2001. In early 2001, she launched her own brand of underwear called
Love Kylie in partnership with the
Holeproof brand of Australian
Pacific Brands. In September 2001, Minogue released "
Can't Get You Out of My Head", the lead single from her eighth studio album,
Fever. It reached number one in over forty countries and sold five million copies, becoming her most successful single. The accompanying music video featured the singer sporting a hooded white
jumpsuit with deep plunging neckline. The remaining singles — "
In Your Eyes", "
Love at First Sight" and "
Come into My World" — all peaked in the top ten in Australia and the UK. The album was released in October and topped the charts in Australia, Germany, Ireland, and the UK,
Dominique Leone from
Pitchfork complimented its simple and "comfortable" composition, terming it a "mature sound from a mature artist, and one that may very well re-establish Minogue for the
VH1 generation". The warm reception towards the album led to its release in the U.S. in February 2002, through
Capitol Records. Her first release in the U.S. in thirteen years led to her highest-charting album in the country, debuting at number three on the
Billboard 200. On the
Canadian Albums Chart, it peaked at number ten. In April 2002, Minogue embarked on her
KylieFever2002 tour in Europe and Australia, in support of the album. In the U.S., she performed several songs from the setlist in a series of
KIIS-FM Jingle Ball concerts throughout 2002 and 2003. She received four accolades at the
ARIA Music Awards of 2002, including Highest Selling Single and
Single of the Year for "Can't Get You Out of My Head".
That same year, she won her first
Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist and
Best International Album for
Fever. She also performed a mashup of "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and
New Order's "
Blue Monday" at the show, which was named one of the "50 key events in the history of dance music" by
The Guardian.
2003–2006: Body Language, Ultimate Kylie and Showgirl " during the
Money Can't Buy concert show in 2003|alt=An image of Kylie Minogue standing on a stage, singing through a microphone. In 2003, for the
45th Annual Grammy Awards, Minogue received her first
Grammy nomination for
Best Dance Recording for "Love at First Sight", before winning the award for "Come into My World"
the following year. It marked the first time an Australian recording artist had won in a major category since
Men at Work in 1983. She began a relationship with French actor
Olivier Martinez after meeting him at the 2003 Grammy Awards ceremony. They ended their relationship in February 2007 and remained on friendly terms. In November 2003, Minogue released her ninth studio album,
Body Language, following an invitation-only concert titled ''
Money Can't Buy, at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. The album downplayed the disco style and was inspired by 1980s artists such as Scritti Politti, The Human League, Adam and the Ants and Prince, blending their styles with elements of hip hop. Andy Battaglia from The A.V. Club stated the album "shows Minogue as a surprisingly impressive presence in spurts, but she sounds better with her pleasure engine revving at full purr". The sales of the album were lower than anticipated after the success of Fever
, peaking at number six in the UK. The lead single, "Slow", was a number one hit in Australia and the UK. In the U.S., it received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Dance Recording category. The album yielded two singles: "I Believe in You" and "Giving You Up", which both entered the top ten in Australia and in the UK. In the same month, she had a "prominent" guest star role in the season finale of the Australian sitcom Kath & Kim'', playing a grown up
Epponnee-Rae Craig. in 2005|alt=An image of Kylie Minogue standing on a stage, wearing a headpiece filled with feathers, singing through a microphone. In February 2005, the animated film
The Magic Roundabout was released, in which she served as the voice actress for the role of Florence. She reprised the role in 2006 and recorded the theme song for the American edition, re-titled as
Doogal. In March, Minogue commenced her
Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour. It initially had tour dates in Europe, Australia, Asia and a headlining appearance in
Glastonbury Festival announced. In May, she was diagnosed with
breast cancer, forcing her to cancel the remainder of the tour. In the same month, she underwent surgery and commenced chemotherapy treatment soon after. In January 2006, it was announced Minogue had finished chemotherapy and the disease "had no recurrence" after the surgery. She would continue her treatment for the next months. Her children's book,
The Showgirl Princess, written during her period of convalescence, was published in October, and her perfume,
Darling, was launched in November. The range was later augmented by eau de toilettes including
Pink Sparkle, Couture and Inverse. She resumed her then cancelled tour in November, under the title
Showgirl: Homecoming Tour. Her dance routines had been reworked to accommodate her medical condition, with slower costume changes and longer breaks between sections of the show to conserve her strength.
The Sydney Morning Herald described the tour as an "extravaganza" and "nothing less than a triumph".
2007–2011: X and Aphrodite In October 2007, Minogue was featured in
White Diamond: A Personal Portrait of Kylie Minogue, a documentary filmed during 2006 and 2007 as she embarked on her Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour. In November, her tenth studio and "comeback" album,
X was released. The
electro-styled album included contributions from British producer
Guy Chambers, British singer-songwriter
Cathy Dennis, Swedish production duo
Bloodshy & Avant and Scottish DJ-producer
Calvin Harris. Both the album and its lead single, "
2 Hearts", entered at number one in Australia. The lead single and follow-up singles – "
In My Arms" and "
Wow", all peaked inside the top ten in the UK. She appeared on her own television special
The Kylie Show, which featured music performances and comedy sketches. By December, she guest-starred in the British television series
Doctor Whos Christmas special – "
Voyage of the Damned" as
Astrid Peth. 13.31 million viewers in the UK watched it, the series' highest viewing figure since 1979. tour|alt=An image of Kylie Minogue, with one of her raising hands holding a tambourine. The microphone in a microphone stand is seen infront of Minogue. In February 2008, Minogue launched her range of home furnishings, Kylie Minogue at Home. Her business venture later went on to launch its newest collection by February 2018, for its tenth anniversary. In May, she embarked on the
KylieX2008 tour, her most expensive tour to date with production costs of £10 million. It was considered a success, with ticket sales estimated at US$70 million. She was then appointed a Chevalier of the French , the junior grade of France's highest cultural honour. In July, she was officially invested by the
Prince of Wales as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. She won the "Best International Female Solo Artist" award at the
Brit Awards 2008. In September, she made her Middle East debut as the headline act at the opening of
Atlantis, The Palm, a hotel resort in
Dubai. In January 2009, Minogue hosted the
Brit Awards with English multi-hyphenates
James Corden and
Mathew Horne. She then embarked on the
For You, for Me tour by September, her first concert tour in North America. In July 2010, Minogue released her eleventh studio album,
Aphrodite. The album featured work from English record producer
Stuart Price, Scottish DJ and record producer
Calvin Harris, American musician
Jake Shears, English singer-songwriter
Nerina Pallot, Belgian musician
Pascal Gabriel, Danish record producer
Lucas Secon, English alternative rock band member
Tim Rice-Oxley of
Keane and British group
Kish Mauve. Price served as an executive producer. Rob Sheffield from
Rolling Stone labelled the album as Minogue's "finest work since 1997's
Impossible Princess." Tim Sendra from AllMusic commended Minogue's choice of collaborators and producers, commenting it is the "work of someone who knows exactly what her skills are and who to hire to help showcase them to perfection." The album debuted at number-one in the UK. The lead single, "
All the Lovers" peaked at number three in the UK. Subsequent singles from the album — "
Get Outta My Way", "
Better than Today" and "
Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" followed. The tour was a commercial success, grossing US$60 million.
2012–2016: The Abbey Road Sessions, Kiss Me Once and Kylie Christmas |alt=An image of Kylie Minogue holding her waist and wearing a black dress, silver belt and a headpiece with red and gold details. In 2012, Minogue began a year-long celebration of her 25 years in the music industry, which was often called "K25". The anniversary started in March, with her embarking on the
Anti Tour in England and Australia. The tour featured b-sides, demos and rarities from her music catalogue. The tour was positively received for its intimate atmosphere and was a commercial success. She released the single "
Timebomb" in May and the greatest hits compilation album,
The Best of Kylie Minogue in June. She performed at events such as
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras,
Elizabeth II's
Diamond Jubilee Concert and
BBC Proms in the Park London 2012. In October, she released the compilation album
The Abbey Road Sessions, which contained reworked and orchestral versions of her previously released songs. It was recorded at London's
Abbey Road Studios. It was produced by British record producer
Steve Anderson and Colin Elliot. The album received favourable reviews from music critics. Andy Gill of
The Independent called it "a more traditional makeover, an attempt to give a more elegant lustre to callow pop kitsch, usually by slowing the song down and loading on strings." It debuted at number two in the UK. In film, she has appeared in the American independent film
Jack & Diane for a cameo role, and a lead role in the French film
Holy Motors.
Jack & Diane opened at the
Tribeca Festival in April, while
Holy Motors opened at the
2012 Cannes Film Festival in May. In January 2013, Minogue parted ways with manager Terry Blamey, who managed her since the start of her singing career. The following month, she signed to entertainment agency
Roc Nation for a management deal. In September, she was featured on Italian singer-songwriter
Laura Pausini's single "
Limpido", which was a number-one hit in Italy. In the same month, she was hired as a coach for the third series of
BBC One's talent competition television show
The Voice UK, alongside American record producer and
the Black Eyed Peas member,
will.i.am, English singer
Ricky Wilson of
Kaiser Chiefs and Welsh singer
Tom Jones. The series opened with 9.35 million views in the UK, an increase from the previous series. It accumulated an estimated 8.10 million viewers on average. Ed Power from
The Daily Telegraph commented on Minogue for being "glamorous, agreeably giggly [and] a card-carrying national treasure". In November, she was hired as a coach for the third season of
Nine Network's
The Voice Australia. In March 2014, Minogue released her twelfth studio album,
Kiss Me Once. It featured contributions from Australian singer-songwriter
Sia, American record producer
Mike Del Rio, Danish record producer
Cutfather, American multi-hyphenate
Pharrell Williams, British record producer
MNEK, American record producer
Ariel Rechtshaid and Spanish singer-songwriter
Enrique Iglesias. Kitty Empire from
The Observer described it "polished but kittenish... remains true to the effervescent dance-pop for which Minogue is known." The album peaked at number one in Australia and number two in the UK. Two singles were released, "
Into the Blue" and "
I Was Gonna Cancel". In September, she embarked on the
Kiss Me Once Tour. In March 2015, Minogue left Parlophone Records and Roc Nation. She entered into a trademark dispute with reality television personality
Kylie Jenner, in Jenner's attempt to trademark the brand "Kylie", which Minogue has been trading under since the 1990s. The dispute was eventually resolved in Minogue's favour in 2017. In May, she appeared as Susan Riddick in the American film
San Andreas, starring American actor
Dwayne Johnson and American actress
Carla Gugino. In September, an extended play with Mexican-American record producer
Fernando Garibay titled
Kylie + Garibay was released. Garibay and Moroder served as producers for the extended play. In November, Minogue released her thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album,
Kylie Christmas. It features work from actress-singer-presenter Dannii Minogue, English musician
Chris Martin of
Coldplay and record producing team
Stargate. The album missed the top ten in the UK. The following year, it was re-released entitled as
Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition. A
Christmas concert series in the
Royal Albert Hall, London was held in both December 2015 and 2016, in support of the album. In 2016, she was engaged to British actor
Joshua Sasse, with their relationship ending in 2017.
2017–2021: Golden, Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection and Disco , 2018|alt=An image of Kylie Minogue, looking above, singing in a microphone and wearing a gold dress. In February 2017, Minogue signed a record deal with
BMG. In December 2017, she and BMG had struck a joint-deal with
Mushroom Group — under the sub-division label, Liberator Music, to release her next album in Australia and New Zealand. Throughout 2017, she worked with writers and producers for her fourteenth studio album, including Nigerian-German record producer Sky Adams and British record-producer
Richard Stannard. It was recorded in London, Los Angeles and
Nashville, with the latter profoundly influencing the record. The album
Golden was released in April 2018, with "
Dancing" serving as its lead single. Tim Sendra from AllMusic labelled the album a "darn bold" for an artist of Minogue's longevity, stating "the amazing thing about the album, and about her, is that she pulls off the country as well as she's pulled off new wave, disco, electro, murder ballads, and everything else she's done in her long career."
Pitchforks Ben Cardew stated it "sounds like someone playing at country music, rather than someone who understands it." The album led several more singles such as "
Stop Me from Falling", the title track "
Golden", "
A Lifetime to Repair" and "
Music's Too Sad Without You" featuring English singer
Jack Savoretti. In support of the album, she embarked on
Kylie Presents Golden and
Golden Tour. She was among the performers at
The Queen's Birthday Party held at the
Royal Albert Hall in April. In the same year, she began dating Paul Solomons, the creative director of
British GQ. After five years, they split in February 2023. tour.|alt=An image of Kylie Minogue smiling, holding a microphone and wearing a gold dress. In June 2019, Minogue released the greatest hits compilation album
Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection, featuring "
New York City" as the lead single. Tim Sendra of AllMusic complimented the collection describing it as a "truly definitive and essential for anyone who wants to look back on her [Minogue's] brilliant career." It was number one in Australia and in the UK. In the same month, she embarked on her
Summer 2019 tour, which included her debut performance at the
Glastonbury Festival – fourteen years after her breast cancer diagnosis forced her to cancel her 2005 headlining slot. Performing in the "Legends slot", her set featured appearances from Australian musician
Nick Cave and English musician
Chris Martin.
The Guardian labeled it as "solid-gold, peerless and phenomenal". Her set was the most watched of the
BBC coverage, earning three million viewers and setting a history record for the most attended Glastonbury set. By December, she appeared in her own Christmas television special, ''
Kylie's Secret Night'' on
Channel 4. In May 2020, Minogue launched
Kylie Minogue Wines in partnership with English beverages distributor Benchmark Drinks, with Rosé
Vin de France serving as the debut product. Her prosecco rosé had become the number one branded prosecco in the UK, according to
Nielsen Holdings data. The wine brand has sold over five million bottles by June 2022, and won a Golden Vines Award for entrepreneurship. Following her Glastonbury performance, Minogue stated she would like to create a "
disco-pop album" and return to recording new material after the performance. In 2020, work continued on her fifteenth studio album during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Using a
home studio to record throughout
lockdowns, she also recorded and
audio engineered her own vocals. The singles, "
Say Something" and "
Magic" were released in July and September respectively. In November,
Disco was released, reaching number one in Australia and the UK. She became the only female artist to achieve a
number one album in five consecutive decades, from the 1980s to the 2020s. In support of the album, a livestream concert titled
Infinite Disco was held. Nick Levine of
NME called the album her "most consistent and enjoyable album in a decade." In December, "
Real Groove" was released as a single, with a subsequent remix featuring English singer
Dua Lipa. The album was reissued in November 2021, titled
Disco: Guest List Edition. It contained new tracks featuring British band
Years & Years, English singer
Jessie Ware and American singer
Gloria Gaynor.
2022–present: Tension and Tension II in Budapest in 2024|alt=An image of Kylie Minogue wearing a red and black ensemble and holding a microphone, with her mouth next to it. By 2022, Minogue began working for her sixteenth studio album. In February, after living in London since the 1990s, she relocated back to Melbourne, citing a desire to be closer to her family in Australia. In July, she returned to her role in
Neighbours as Charlene, for a brief appearance for the show's intended
series finale. In May 2023, Minogue released the lead single "
Padam Padam" from her sixteenth album
Tension. The song entered the top ten in the United Kingdom and marked her as the only female artist to achieve a UK top ten entry in the 1980s to the 2020s. The single won an
ARIA Award for Best Pop Release and a
Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording, becoming her second Grammy win after "
Come into My World" in 2004. The album later released in September to critical acclaim. Featuring works from British record producer
Lostboy, singer-songwriter
Kamille, Dutch DJ
Oliver Heldens, and previous collaborators Richard Stannard, Duck Blackwell, and Jon Green; Minogue described the album as "a blend of personal reflection, club abandon and melancholic high". Hannah Mylrea of
Rolling Stone UK claimed it as "brilliantly good fun and soaring pop music, with a huge amount of heart that brings big emotions to the dancefloor, much like its creator." The album debuted at number one in Australia and the UK. The title track "
Tension" and "
Hold On to Now" both served as the follow up singles. In November, Minogue embarked on a
concert residency –
More Than Just a Residency at Voltaire at
The Venetian in
Las Vegas, Nevada. The show sold out within minutes. Michael Idato of
The Sydney Morning Herald said the show was "brief and a blast of Vegas high". In December, a television concert special,
An Audience with Kylie filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, aired on
ITV. Ateeqe Bhatti of
Attitude gave her performance a good review, labeling Minogue as a "masterclass in stage performance". In February 2024, Minogue signed with
United Talent Agency for live representation in Canada and the U.S., as well for acting roles worldwide. In March, she received the
Global Icon Award at the
Brit Awards 2024, and performed a medley of her singles. In the same month, she also received
Billboard Women in Music's Icon Award. She then performed with American singer
Madonna for the 7 March concert of Madonna's
The Celebration Tour. Minogue stated that it was a "long time coming", with Madonna describing Minogue as a "survivor and a fighter." Minogue released her seventeenth studio album,
Tension II on 18 October 2024, with "
Lights Camera Action" as the lead single. Serving as a "companion" to
Tension, the album features collaborations with
the Blessed Madonna,
Diplo,
Tove Lo,
Orville Peck,
Bebe Rexha and
Sia. The album peaked at number one in Australia and the UK. Puah Ziwei of
NME described the album as "tighter and bolder", claiming it "surpasses its predecessor and stands strong on its own". In 2025, Minogue embarked on the
Tension Tour on 15 February on
Perth, Australia. ==Artistry==