Talk:Kylie Minogue

Australian or Australian-British?

My understanding is that Minogue has British citizenship through her Welsh grandmother, which makes her Australian-British. I can't find a cite, but she has received an OBE, which I think is reserved for British citizens, isn't it? Though she's usually identified as Australian, I think her British-ness is at least as notable as Australian-ness: She's considered a "national treasure" in Britain, and she's received an OBE. Her music is a product of the British pop music scene (SAW, etc.), and she's often perceived as being a British artist by Americans. I don't mean to belittle the importance of Australia in Minogue's career, as Australia has been vital to her career (Neighbours, Michael Hutchence, Nick Cave, Intimate & Live, Mardi Gras, Olympics), and Australia also considers her a "national treasure". But she really belongs to both countries, and the lead sentence should say that. 96.45.196.227 (talk) 20:33, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

WP:MOSBIO says "In most modern-day cases this will mean the country of which the person is a citizen or national, or was a citizen when the person became notable." Minogue became notable first in Australia. It is her mother who is Welsh, by the way. If Americans perceive her as a British artist, that is not enough justification to refer to her as such here. The media, even in the U.S., refers to her as Australian. I think it should remain as is. Rossrs (talk) 22:41, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

During promotional duties for Aphrodite, Kylie was quizzed about the then upcoming Australian 2010 election, she revealed in her response that she possesses dual citizenship for Autralia and Britain, and hence still had to vote. Also an OBE can be awarded to anyone who is a resident and/or citizen of a member nation of the Commonwealth of Nations, the former British Empire, of which Australia is, being a former colony. She's also been awarded a French cultural order, sort of an equivilent, though not being French herself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.170.145.239 (talk) 17:08, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

An OBE can be given to anyone of any nationality. However, a full OBE is reserved for those who are citizens of commonwealth realms - a nation where Queen Elizabeth II is head of state. As Australia is currently one of these Kylie's OBE is a full OBE. If the recipient is not a citizen of a commonwealth realm (which includes the majority of the Commonwealth) it is termed an honary OBE (e.g. Henry Winkler). So Kylie can write Kylie Minogue OBE, Henry will need to put Henry Winkler OBE(hon) to show the difference between the two. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.161.232 (talk) 14:32, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Generally, Kylie live in UK, also work here. That settles the matter. This not only British citizenship, Welsh grandmother and full Order of the British Empire. In the media (depending on the state) is identified with both the Australian and/or British. I support the solution (Australian-British). Subtropical-man (talk) 15:08, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Request

Please can we have a PERSONAL INFO section for Kylie with info about her family life. Thx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.54.199 (talk) 18:46, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

It was decided not to have a Personal life section in this article. The Early life and career beginnings section mentions her parents and siblings. For over two years, she has been in a relationship with Andres Velencoso, which is stated and sourced on his article. It should be included in this article, but I can't work out where best to include it with the article structured as it is. Jim Michael (talk) 16:14, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Dude that is bullshit. Why do you have one for every other signer and actress but not Kylie? You should write one up there.

This article absolutely needs a personal info section. Who 'decided' that it was not needed? There is no mention of her relationship with Jason Donovan which was huge at the time or Michael Hutchson from INXS which, again, was huge - or the French model that she went out with for ages. Not having a personal section seriously compromises this article. You can't find a place to put in something about her current relationship - because there is no personal info section - which is the best place for it! Is there no personal info section because Kylie has never married and doesn't have children? If so, that is really unfair.

Last paragraph needs to be rewritten

The first sentence of the last paragraph doesn't make any sense: "During after the prosession of the cancer treatment, Kylie has told the press or has been heard that Kylie still is going under treatment, but makes her upset and leaves her sad saying "I can’t stand it, get me off this stuff" as she said to the doctors." The rest of the paragraph also has grammatical problems. Since I am not an expert on Kylie Minogue, I feel I should not rewrite it myself. I hope someone else can. ChezChas (talk) 05:12, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I removed it rather than rewrote it. It's not relevant, takes material out of context and is kind of an obvious thing to report anyway. Does anyone enjoy chemotherapy? Is it a big surprise to learn that Minogue didn't enjoy hers? Not exactly useful in my opinion, at least not the way it was presented. Rossrs (talk) 12:08, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

It is relevant that she stated this year that she is still taking medication to reduce the risk of her breast cancer returning, so I think that fact should be briefly included, but not phrased the way it is above. Jim Michael (talk) 16:14, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Sydney Olympics

I've raised this pint before. In the intro to this article, it states that Kylie performed in both the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. This is oncorrect. She only performed in the Closing ceremony where she sang ABBA's "Dancing Queen and "On a Night Like This". Cattona (talk) 05:16, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Nothing attracts my attention quite like someone raising a pint! Count me in. You're right of course. I think the confusion is that while she performed at only the closing ceremony of the Olympics, she also performed at the opening of the ParaOlympics. I'll change it, but you know, with something like this when you are sure you are right, just be bold and make the change. Nobody could fault you for that. Rossrs (talk) 11:47, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

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iPhone Game

See here --Cprice1000talk2me 06:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Reliable source? --BwB (talk) 09:36, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

[1] --ĈÞЯİŒ 1ооо 18:45, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Other honours and awards

Kylie is also an Honorary Member of the Junior Common Room [JCR] of St Edmund Hall [SEH] [ http://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/ ], a College at the University of Oxford. This occurred in 1989 when Members of the SEH JCR, somewhat cheekily, wrote to Kylie inviting her to accept the award which she duly did by turning up in person and posing for photographs! The photograph of her being hugged by a couple of our rugby-playing undergraduates can still be seen displayed on the wall of "The Well" (one of the College's two student bars).

Drseuk (talk) 10:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Not sure if this is Wiki material? --BwB (talk) 11:07, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Other Activity section

I note the information about her book and perfumes is placed in the Cancer section, should we have another section for these other ventures? RoyalBlueStuey (talk) 12:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

That seems to make scents!. --BwB (talk) 12:41, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Very good *cap doffed* RoyalBlueStuey (talk) 13:32, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

60 million records

She's sold much more than this, could somebody source and update it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.49.38.228 (talk) 16:26, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

I was thinking the same, until I went through and added up all the sales from her individual album and single pages and found that it is right about 60 million records. Anyway, your request has been answered by somebody, as it has been updated to 68 million. --ĈÞЯİŒ 1ооо 20:51, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Linking

The page Kylie (disambiguation) is getting quite large, my question is, when is it large enough to directly link the page Kylie to it? Or is it always going to point to this page, because it's the most probable reason someone searches for Kylie? 93.125.198.182 (talk) 16:27, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from , 6 October 2011

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Dr Kylie Minogue.

Article should be mentioned under the "Cancer" section of her Wikipedia. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2045707/Kylie-Mingoue-accepts-honorary-doctorate-Essex.html

Jenjanex (talk) 01:13, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

The reuqest is not specific; what do you mean by "Article should be mentioned"? Please elaborate, and make a more specific request. This template may only be used when followed by a specific description of the request, that is, specify what text should be removed and a verbatim copy of the text that should replace it. "Please change X" is not acceptable and will be rejected; the request must be of the form "please change X to Y".. Thanks,  Chzz  ►  00:24, 14 October 2011 (UTC)