Kylie started her career on Australian TV, making a name for herself in the mid-1980's playing Charlene Mitchell in the soapie Neighbours. Her character married Scott Robinson in 1987, an episode watched by 20 million British viewers. To put that into perspective, the wedding of Princes Charles and Lady Diana Spencer had 28.4 million British viewers, and the 1998 World Cup match between England and Argentina had 23.78 million Britsh viewers (for the record, the most watched show in British TV history is the 1966 World Cup final between England and West Germany with 32.3 million British viewers).
With the success of her single "Locomotion" in 1987, Kylie released her debut CD the following year entitled "Kylie". Her success in the UK was highlighted when her first 13 singles reached the UK Top Ten charts. In 1988 her song "I Should Be So Lucky" was number 1 in the UK charts for 5 weeks, along with 18 other songs including Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" and the Timelords' "Doctorin' The Tardis".
Her next CD "Enjoy Yourself" in 1989 also reached Number 1 in the UK, but her follow up CDs "Rhythm Of Love" (1990), "Let's Get To It" (1991), "Kylie Minogue" (1994) and "Impossible Princess" (1997) didn't bother the scorers too much.
Her 2000 CD "Light Years" regained Kylie's Number 1 status in Australia, bouyed by the successful singles "On A Night Like This", "Kids" (a duet with Robbie Williams), and "Spinning Around" featuring her now famous golden hotpants.
In 2001, Kylie's CD "Fever" reached Number 1 in Australia, the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, and Austria (bless them). The CD has to date sold over 8 million copies worldwide, and her single "Come Into My World" earned Kylie a Grammy award.
Her 2003 CD "Body Language" failed to reach Number 1, but her follow up CDs "X" (2007) and "Aphrodite" (2010) achieved this in Australia and the UK respectively.
Now onto the autograph. After her Fever CD was released, I wrote a number of fan letters to Kylie in the UK (where she now resides). I'm unsure which one was successful in reaching her, or if perhaps she just wanted me to stop bugging her, but I eventually received this signed postcard in the mail:
Until next time!
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