“Kylie” is literally a household name throughout the world. To date she has released nine albums, six long-play1 videos in addition to 39 singles throughout the world, all of which have been hits. And she has received dozens of awards. Her singing career has spanned2 three decades—she is one of only two female artists—the other being Madonna—to have had Number One singles in the Eighties, Nineties and Noughties3. It's always been said that a person is truly an icon4 when they can be known simply by one name.
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1.Kylie Ann Minogue was born on May 28th, 1968, in Melbourne, Australia.
2.Today Kylie is one of the world's most successful female artists, but she wasn't always known as a singer. Kylie started her career at age eleven when asked to act in the national Australian TV drama series “Skyways”.
3.After her 17th birthday Kylie left school to take up5 acting as a full time profession. Her character in the Australian soap6 “Neighbours” is still today one of the most popular characters ever to come out of Australian television.
4.Her recording career began in 1987 when she released her first single, a remake of the 60's Little Eva hit “Locomotion”. The song hit No. 1 nationally around Australia and remained there for seven weeks. It went to Number Three in the U.S.
5.She released a book of Kylie-inspired7 art in 1999 and launched her own line of underwear in 2003.
6.September 2001 saw the Kylie phenomenon8 reach fever peak with the release of her global smash hit9 “Can't Get You Out of My Head” from the multi-platinum10 selling album “Fever”. The album includes a further three smash hit singles “In Your Eyes”, “Love At First Sight” and “Come Into My World” and sold over six million copies worldwide.
7.She was awarded “Woman of The Year” 2002 at the Elle Style Awards.
8.Kylie has had her asset11 immortalized12 at London's famous Madame Tussaud's wax museum13.
9.Prince Charles has declared himself a Kylie fan. He watched her guest appearance in a West End comedy telling her afterwards: You are fantastic.
10.In June 2003, she is voted the sexiest pop pinup14 in the world by the viewers of music channel VH1.
11.She spent the summer of 2003 recording her ninth studio album “Body Language” in London, Ireland and Spain. The album was released in November 2003 and led by a surprisingly PG15 video for “Slow”, which is already a No. 1 hit in UK.
Face to Face with Kylie
When did you fall in love with music?
I used to listen to my dad's records as soon as I learned how to operate the player.
You and Madonna have pumped out British hits in the Eighties, Nineties and Zeros. What else do you have in common?
We both like to keep an eye on16 what's happening—trends. She's definitely the front-runner in this business, but I share her enthusiasm for being experimental—we'd be bored otherwise. And I've got a good commercial head on my shoulders17.
What's your take on Britney's career? Do you think she's on the way out?
I wouldn't take her out of the game yet. I feel for her, because I've been through exactly what she's going through, where you've been so successful, suddenly you're not as successful, and you're doomed to failure. She's a force18. Whatever she does, people will take notice.
What does the crowd at a Kylie show look like?
In the beginning, fifteen years ago, it was a sea of five-year-olds. I felt like I had to do cartwheels19 and keep jumping about the stage. Then it was five-to-ten-year-olds with their parents. Now it's a dream if you want to test a product, because the demographics20 are all across the board. I remember one show in Australia, there was a couple in their early twenties smooching21 in the front row—there was a row of Muscle Marys22, two or three drag queens23 further along and a girl my age with her mother.
What's the most disturbing trend in pop music today?
Pop Idol. I saw the first British Pop Idol [the forerunner to American Idol]— it was a novelty24, and I was hooked25. But I've lost interest. It's been going on for long enough now that there will be kids who think that's just the way it is.
There was a weird story in 2003 about you retiring your butt26. What's up with27 that?
I can't even think of how it started, but it was translated to the media that I was “hanging up my hot pants28.” Before we did the video for “Slow,” I hadn't seen any music video in a while, so I watched some and said, “I'm not doing that!”
What's your favorite band now?
The Darkness. I absolutely love them.
What She Said
“I don't try to be a sex bomb29. I am one.”
“If I stopped making records or performing, I'd probably still be famous for a while being me. But I'd rather have something to show for myself.”
“凯莉”这个名字在世界上真正是家喻户晓了。迄今为止，她的39支单曲、9张歌碟、6盘密纹录像带均已全球发行，而且全都引起轰动。她获得了几十个奖项，其演唱生涯持续了三十年之久。她是20世纪80年代、90年代和新世纪都有单曲高居排行榜之首的两位女艺人之一（ 另一个是麦当娜）。人们常说，当一个人仅靠本人闻名遐尔，就算是真正的偶像人物了。
让你现场成专家:
1.凯莉·米洛 1968 年5月28日生于澳大利亚墨尔本。
2.今天凯莉已经是世界上最成功的女艺人之一，但她一开始并不是作为歌手出名的。她十一岁时，应邀参演澳大利亚全国性的电视戏剧连续剧《天空之路》，从此开始了她的艺术生涯。
3.凯莉满十七岁后离开了学校成为职业演员。她在澳大利亚肥皂剧《邻居》中饰演的角色至今仍然是澳大利亚荧屏上最受欢迎的角色之一。
4.1987年她推出首张单曲，从而开始了演唱生涯。歌是六十年代“小爱娃”的热门单曲《动力》改写的。这支歌在澳大利亚歌曲排行榜上一连七个星期名列第一，在美国的排行榜上则名列第三。
5.1999年她出版了一本书，是关于受凯莉启发而创作的艺术作品的。2003年，她创办了自己的内衣品牌系列。
6. 2001年9月，随着她的单曲《不能不想你》热遍全球，凯莉的名声也如日中天。这首歌是她的白金唱片《发烧》中的一首，碟中还有另外三首后来引起轰动的热门单曲《在你眼里》、《一见钟情》、《进入我的世界》。这张碟子全球的销售量超过六百万张
7. 在时尚杂志《ELLE》举办的“最佳造型名人奖” 中，她获得2002 年度“杰出女性奖”。
8.凯莉的头像已经进入伦敦著名的图索德夫人蜡像馆，从而使自己进入不朽人物行列。
9.查尔斯王储宣称自己是凯莉迷，在欣赏了凯莉在一场“西端”喜剧中的客串表演后，他称赞她说：你棒极了！
10.2003年6月，她被音乐频道VH1的观众们评为世界上最性感的流行美人之一。
11.2003年夏季，她在伦敦、爱尔兰和西班牙录制了她的第9张唱片《肢体语言》。唱片于2003年9月推出，排名仅次于英国当时的一号热碟——一部跟《迟缓》配套的高限制级录像片。
凯莉面对面
你什么时候爱上音乐的？
我小时候一学会开录音机就开始听我爸爸的唱片。
你和麦当娜都在八十年代、九十年代和新世纪里推出了英国最畅销的单曲，此外你们还有什么共同点吗？
我们都喜欢关注正在发生的事——潮流。在这一点她绝对是首开风气的人，而我也和她一样热衷尝试新的东西——否则我们就会觉得厌烦。我有很好的商业头脑。
你怎么看布兰妮的演艺生涯？你认为她即将被淘汰吗？
我还看不出她要被淘汰出局了，她现在的情形我能感同身受，因为我也经历过她正在经历的一切：曾经很红，突然变得没那么受欢迎了，接着注定就是失败。她是一个有影响的人物，不管她做什么，都会引人注意。
凯莉演唱会现场的歌迷都是些什么样的人？
最开始，十五年前，都是5岁的歌迷，我觉得我不得不在舞台上不停地翻滚、跳跃；然后是5到10岁的孩子们和他们的父母。现在如果你想检验一下作品，那简直是做梦，因为来的人五花八门。我记得有一次在澳大利亚演出，有一对二十出头的男女在第一排拥抱接吻，后面有一排肌肉发达的男同性恋，更远一点是两三个穿女人装的男同性恋，还有一个和我一样年纪的女孩和母亲。
现在流行音乐中最令人不安的倾向是什么？
流行偶像。我第一次见到英国流行偶像（美国偶像的先驱）时——它是一件新鲜事物，我被迷住了。不过现在我已经失去了兴趣。这种情形持续了这么久，以至于（在我看来）孩子们会觉得这一切都是天经地义的。
2003年时人们谣传你要作臀部减肥术，是怎么回事？
我想象不出这话是怎么开始的，但是传到媒体，就已经被说成我要“晾出我的超短裤”了。在我们拍摄《迟缓》的录像片之前，我有好久没看音乐录像片了，我就看了几部，我决定，“这个我不干。”
你现在最喜欢的乐队是什么？
黑暗乐队，我非常喜欢他们。
她的格言
“我不会费心去做‘万人迷’，我本身就是！”
“我如果不再演出或者灌唱片，我这个人一段时间内仍然会有名，但我宁愿有所作为来展现自己”。
1. long－play（唱片）密纹的，慢放的
2． span v． 持续，包括
3． nought＝naught [n?蘅?蘼t] 指2000年以来的几年。
4． icon n． 图像，偶像
5． take up 拿起，从事
6． soap n． 肥皂剧
7． Kylie－inspired 受凯莉启发的，因凯莉而作的
8． phenomenon n． 奇迹，奇观
9． smash hit 引起巨大轰动的歌曲或演出
10． multi－platinum [?謣m?蘧lti?謖pl?覸tin?藜m] n． 娱乐业把销售量达到100万张的唱片成为“白金碟”，multi－platinum 意为卖出了几百万的白金碟
11． asset n． 财产，固定资产，此处是幽默的说法，指凯莉本人的头。
12． immortalize v． 使…不朽
13． Madame Tussaud：图索德夫人 （1760－1850），瑞士蜡像制模师，1802年移居伦敦，创办蜡像馆专门收集名人头像制成蜡像。活人头像能进入此馆，意味着此人非常有名气。
14． pinup n．（作为倾慕对象）钉或者挂在墙上的美女或者名人照片。
15． PG： parental guidance 的缩写，指电影或者电视不适宜儿童单独观看
16． keep an eye on 注意，留心
17． a good commercial head on my shoulders：套用英语习语“an old head on young shoulders”(少年老成)，表示“有商业头脑的”
18． force n．有影响的人
19． do cartwheels 左侧滚翻
20． demographics n． 人口统计，人口构成
21． smooch v． 拥抱亲吻
22． Muscle Mary男同性恋中具有男人体形、女性气质而扮演女角的男人。
23． drag queens 总是以女人的身份和穿着出现的男同性恋。
24． novelty n．新鲜事
25． hooked [hukt] adj． 被迷住
26． retiring your butt：retire 收缩，butt（屁股）－buttocks的缩写
27． What＇s up with：＝ what＇s wrong with／ what＇s happening with
28． hot pants n． (曾流行于20世纪70年代的)女式超短裤
29． sex bomb n．＝sexpot， （口）极富性感的女人