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Featured Timeline : Kylie Minogue

November 12, 1988 Kylie Minogue's version of "The Loco-Motion" hits #3 in the US, making the song a hit in three different versions - the 1962 Little Eva original and the 1974 Grand Funk Railroad cover are the others.

May 28, 1968 Kylie Minogue is born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She becomes a star in her homeland with a role on the soap opera Neighbours, but her music makes her a global icon, with dancefloor-filling hits like "Spinning Around," "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" and "Padam Padam."

May 20, 2026 KYLIE, a docuseries about Kylie Minogue, debuts on Netflix. We learn that the British press slagged her off as a "singing budgie" in her early years, and that she had a second bout with breast cancer in 2021 that she didn't make public.

May 18, 2023 Kylie Minogue releases the heart-thumping "Padam Padam," her first big hit in over a decade. It earns the Grammy for Best Pop Dance Recording.

January 26, 2017 Kylie Minogue successfully blocks Kylie Jenner's application to trademark the name "Kylie."

May 17, 2005 Kylie Minogue announces that she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. She becomes an advocate for screenings, leading to a sharp increase in mammograms attributed to the "Kylie Effect." Her treatment is successful, but the cancer returns in 2021.

June 2, 2003 A painting of Kylie Minogue wearing gold hot pants causes tempers to fray among drivers in Brighton. Artist Simon Etheridge put up the almost life-size picture in his own Art Asylum gallery as part of a Festival and since then motorists have caused regular traffic hold-ups as they stopped to take a second look.

July 13, 1987 Kylie Minogue, a soap opera star in Australia, breaks into music by releasing a cover of "The Loco-Motion" as her first single there. It goes to #1 and is released globally the following year, becoming a hit in many territories and giving her international exposure as a pop star.

November 13, 2020 Kylie Minogue's album Disco goes to #1 in the UK, making her the only woman to top the chart in five consecutive decades.

September 8, 2001 Kylie Minogue releases the single "Can't Get You Out Of My Head," with a "la la la" chorus that does indeed burrow into the brain. A global smash, it's her first big hit in America since "The Loco-Motion" in 1988.