Dannii Minogue

Dannii Minogue ( born October 20, 1971 in Melbourne, actually Danielle Jane Minogue ) is an Australian singer and actress. She is the younger sister of the internationally successful pop singer Kylie Minogue. Around the world, selling over 7 million records from Dannii.

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Family

Minogue is the youngest daughter of Ron and Carol Minogue ( older siblings are Kylie and Brendan, who works as a cameraman for the Australian television ). Minogue was married from 1994 to 1995 with the Australian actor Julian McMahon. After her divorce, she was engaged for several years with the Canadian Formula 1 driver Jacques Villeneuve. From 2008 to 2012 she was with the former rugby pro Kris Smith. On July 5, 2010, their son Ethan Edward Smith was born. Since 2014 Minogue is dating music producer Adrian Newman.

Career

Beginnings on Australian TV

The career of Minogue began in Australian television. She played among others in the series Skyways and The Sullivans with. From 1979, she was in the talent show Young Talent Time there. In Australia, it was thus a child star and was until 1986 known of the two Minogue sisters, but could never internationally emerge from the shadow of her sister. From 1988 to 1990 she played the role of Emma Jackson in the soap opera Home and Away.

1990-1995: beginnings of her singing career

Her international singing career started Minogue in early 1991 with the single Love and Kisses, which was released in Australia in the fall of 1990. The eponymous album contained the singles Success, Jump to the Beat ( with rapper Einstein) and Baby Love. The album received in Britain Gold award, made ​​it into the top ten and was able to sell about 60 thousand times. In the summer of 1991, Minogue toured South Africa.

In the fall of 1993, the follow-up album Get into You appeared, but only the single This Is It reached the British top ten. The album flopped and was only a week in the Top 60 in the UK album charts. In 1994, Minogue presenter in a British morning show. In 1995, Minogue was working on her third album, whose release was considered for the fall of 1995. To publish it never came because Minogue record company parted from her.

1996-1999: Girl and Unleashed Tour

Despite their published in August 1997 and to date most successful single All I Wanna Do their third album Girl was a commercial flop. In the summer of 1998, Minogue toured with their Unleashed UK UK tour to promote the album Girl. When this was hardly sold, this led to the dissolution of the record contract with Eternal Records. In January 1999, their last single together Everlasting Night, which should be a first look at their fourth studio album originally appeared.

2001-2004: Comeback with Neon Nights

Minogue he dedicated himself to a career as a musical singer and embodied in February 2001 successfully in London's Dominion Theatre, the role of Esmeralda in the musical Notre Dame de Paris.

In the course of the comeback of her sister Kylie Minogue's also singing career in late 2001 gained new momentum. Together with the trance project Riva and titled Who Do You Love Now?, Which could be placed not only in Australia and the UK, but also in the German charts, it took a further hit.

In spring 2003, followed by the UK with excellent gold album Neon Nights and more single releases such as Put the Needle on It, I Begin to Wonder and Do not Wanna Lose This Feeling, which succeeded each made ​​it into the British Top Ten. Despite this success, her record deal with London Records was dissolved.

2004-2006: The Hits And Beyond

With a new recording contract with Around the World Records 2004 Minogue released the single You Will not Forget About Me, which made ​​it to # 7 on the UK singles chart. In October 2005, was the single Perfection, a collaboration with the Soul Seekerz, but only position at number 11 on the British charts.

In June 2006, Minogue released The Hits and Beyond with a best-of album with some new songs and all the old hits. In the course of this best-of album, which only sold moderately and after a week at No. 17 dropped out of the top 100, even Under Pressure released a third single titled So, but no longer reached the British top ten.

2007-2010: Club Disco and return to TV

In May 2007, Minogue returned to the Sister Sledge He's the Greatest Dancer Cover back into the British Top 40. In November 2007, her fifth studio album, Club Disco, which was only digitally and from 2008 on sale on CD was released. In December 2007, their second single from Club Disco Touch Me Like That, which was, however, only represented in the top 50 on the British charts appeared. Also appeared in the album Unleashed, which included previously unreleased material from her time with London Records in the same month.

2008 Minogue appeared increasingly in the Australian and British television as a judge on various talent shows. In 2009, the albums The Early Years and The Sessions appeared in 1995, which included both unpublished material from Minogue from the 90s. The 1995 sessions it was actually planned third studio album, which was released only 14 years later. In 2010, her biography My Story, which she wrote during her pregnancy appeared.

Since 2012: X Factor and The Very Best Of

From 2007 to 2012 she was a jury member in the talent show Australia's Got Talent and was from 2007 to 2010 in the jury of the UK talent show The X Factor. Since 2013 Minogue is on the jury of the Australian edition of X-Factor.

As part of its startes as a juror in the Australian X - Factor, Minogue released a best-of album in August 2013 to a new song was obtained. In September 2013 Minogue released a duet with singer Ronan Keating.

Discography

Studio albums

Filmography

Awards

  • The Variety Club of Australia - Young Variety Award ( 1989)
  • Radio One & Flash Forward Magazine - # 1 Woman of the Year (1991 )
  • BIG Magazine - World's Best Female Pop Star (1991 )
  • Smash Hits Poll Winners Party - Best New Artist (1991 )
  • BRMB Music Awards - Best Video for " All I Wanna Do (1998)
  • Maxim Awards - Best Stage Performance for Notre -Dame de Paris ( 2001)
  • Disney Channel Awards - Best Female Artist (2003)
  • Capital FM Awards - Capital Rhythm Award ( 2003)
  • ARIA Awards - Best Pop Release (2003)
  • Dance Star Awards 2004 - Best Worldwide Single (2004)
  • WMC International Dance Music Awards - Best Dance Artists (2004)
  • WMC International Dance Music Awards - Best Hi -Energy / Euro Release (2004)
  • Glamour Awards - TV Personality ( 2007)
  • No. 1 Celeb of the Year 2008 - Celeb of the Year (2008)
  • Cosmopolitan Awards 2009 - Ultimate TV Personality of the Year (2009)
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