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Better The Devil You Know by Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Artist Biography For Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue Born 28 May 1968 Is An Australian Singer Songwriter And Actress. She Is The Highest-Selling Female Australian Artist Of All Time Having Sold Over 80 Million Records Worldwide. She Has Been Recognised For Reinventing Herself In Music And Fashion For Which She Is Referred To By The European Press As The "Princess Of Pop" And A Style Icon. Her Accolades Include Two Grammy Awards Four Brit Awards And 18 ARIA Music Awards. Born And Raised In Melbourne Minogue First Achieved Recognition Starring In The Australian Soap Opera Neighbours Playing Tomboy Mechanic Charlene Robinson. She Gained Prominence As A Recording Artist In The Late 1980s And Released Four Bubblegum And Dance-Pop-Influenced Studio Albums Produced By Stock Aitken Waterman. By The Early 1990s She Had Amassed Several Top Ten Singles In The UK And Australia Including "I Should Be So Lucky" "The Loco-Motion" "Hand On Your Heart" And "Better The Devil You Know". Taking More Creative Control Over Her Music Minogue Signed With Deconstruction Records In 1993 And Released Kylie Minogue 1994 And Impossible Princess 1997 Both Of Which Received Positive Reviews. She Returned To Mainstream Dance-Oriented Music With 2000's Light Years Including The Number-One Hits "Spinning Around" And "On A Night Like This". The Follow-Up Fever 2001 Was An International Breakthrough For Minogue Becoming Her Best-Selling Album To Date. Two Of Its Singles "Love At First Sight" And "In Your Eyes" Became Hits But Its Lead Single "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" Became One Of The Most Successful Singles Of The 2000s Selling Over Five Million Units. Minogue Continued Reinventing Her Image And Experimenting With A Range Of Genres On Her Subsequent Albums Which Spawned Successful Singles Such As "Slow" "2 Hearts" "All The Lovers" "Santa Baby" "Timebomb" And "Dancing". With Her 2020 Album DISCO She Became The First Female Artist To Have A Chart-Topping Album In The UK For Five Consecutive Decades. Minogue Made Her Film Debut In The Delinquents 1989 And Portrayed Cammy In Street Fighter 1994 . She Has Also Appeared In The Films Moulin Rouge! 2001 Jack & Diane Holy Motors 2012 And San Andreas 2015 . In 2014 She Appeared As A Judge On The Third Series Of The Voice UK And The Voice Australia. Her Other Ventures Include Product Endorsements Children's Books Fashion And Charitable Work. Minogue Was Appointed An Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire In The 2008 New Year Honours For Services To Music. She Was Appointed By The French Government As A Chevalier Knight Of The Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres For Her Contribution To The Enrichment Of French Culture. In 2005 While Minogue Was On Tour She Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer. She Was Awarded An Honorary Doctor Of Health Science D.H.Sc. Degree By Anglia Ruskin University In 2011 For Her Work In Raising Awareness For Breast Cancer. At The 2011 ARIA Music Awards She Was Inducted By The Australian Recording Industry Association Into The ARIA Hall Of Fame. She Was Appointed Officer Of The Order Of Australia AO In The 2019 Australia Day Honours. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue Studio Albums
Kylie 1988 Enjoy Yourself 1989 Rhythm Of Love 1990 Let's Get To It 1991 Kylie Minogue 1994 Impossible Princess 1997 Light Years 2000 Fever 2001 Body Language 2003 X 2007 Aphrodite 2010 Kiss Me Once 2014 Kylie Christmas 2015 Golden 2018 DISCO 2020 Tension 2023
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Kylie-Minogue - Rhythm Of Love
"Better The Devil You Know" Is A Song By Australian Singer-Songwriter Kylie Minogue Taken From Her Third Studio Album Rhythm Of Love 1990 . The Song Was Written And Produced By Stock Aitken Waterman. The Song Was Released As The Album's Lead Single On 30 April 1990 By PWL And Mushroom Records. "Better The Devil You Know" Is Known As The Song That Re-Invented Minogue To A More Sexual Appeal As Her Previous Albums Were Presented With Her "girl Next Door" Persona While Her Music Onwards Present An Independent Approach. Musically It Is A Dance-Pop Song That Features Elements Of Synthpop And Disco Influences. The Song's Title Is Referenced As An Idiom. Lyrically The Song Was Said To Be About Minogue's Leaving Of Her TV Series Neighbours And Her Relationship With Her Then-Boyfriend INXS Frontman And Singer Michael Hutchence. The Song Was Lauded By Music Critics Who Noted The Imagery Change In Her Music. They Also Complimented The Song Itself And Felt It Was One Of Minogue's Best Along As A Highlight To Not Just Her Studio Album But Her Compilations As Well. Commercially It Was Successful. The Song Peaked At Number Two In The United Kingdom And Four In Her Native Australia. In Other Regions It Managed To Peak Inside The Top Forty In All The Countries It Charted In Including France Austria Germany Ireland New Zealand Sweden And Switzerland. The Accompanying Music Video For "Better The Devil You Know" Was Directed By Paul Goldman And Was Filmed In Melbourne Australia. Though Its Imagery Was Criticized For Her Mature-Look The Video Has Also Been Iconic To Minogue's Artistry Style And Imagery Beyond The Song. The Song Has Been Featured In Most Of Minogue's Concert Tours. The Song Has Appeared In Commercials Including Coca-Cola And The Film If Looks Could Kill And Was Later Re-Recorded In 2011 At The Abbey Road Studios For Inclusion On Minogue's Orchestral Album The Abbey Road Sessions. "Better The Devil You Know" Became Minogue's Fifth Non-Consecutive Top Two Single Being Blocked By Adamski's "Killer". The Song Stayed At Number Two For Two Consecutive Weeks. The Single Spent A Total Of 10 Weeks In The Chart And Was Certified Silver By The British Phonographic Industry BPI With Sales Exceeding 200 000 Copies. In Minogue's Native Australia The Song Debuted At Five On The Week End Of 10 June 1990. The Song Eventually Peaked At Number Four On The Charts And Spent A Total Of Thirteen Weeks On The Chart. The Song Was Then Certified Gold By The Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA With Sales Exceeding 35 000 Copies. In New Zealand The Song Wasn't A Success. The Song Debuted At Thirty-Four But Fell Out The Next Week At Forty. It Re-Entered At Number Twenty-Seven Where It Eventually Peaked And Charted For Four Weeks. In France The Song Debuted At Number Thirty-Eight And After Weeks On The Chart It Peaked At Number Thirteen For A Sole Week. The Song Stayed In The Charts For A Total Of Sixteen Weeks. In The Netherlands The Song Debuted At Number Ninety-Six. The Song Was Very Successful In That Country And Peaked At Number Sixteen On That Chart. It Spent A Total Of Thirteen Weeks On The Chart. It Was Very Successful On The Belgium Singles Chart Flanders Where It Debuted At Number Twenty-Eight. The Song Then Rose And Peaked At Number Five Becoming One Of Minogue's Most Successful Singles In That Country. It Stayed In The Charts For A Total Of Sixteen Weeks. The Song Was Generally Moderate In Other European Countries Where It Peaked Inside The Top Thirty In Countries Including Austria Denmark And Switzerland. The Song Topped The Charts In Israel Number Four In Malaysia And Eleven In Spain.
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Kylie Ann Minogue Born 28 May 1968 Is An Australian Singer Songwriter And Actress. She Is The Highest-Selling Female Australian Artist Of All Time Having Sold Over 80 Million Records Worldwide. She Has Been Recognised For Reinventing Herself In Music And Fashion For Which She Is Referred To By The European Press As The "Princess Of Pop" And A Style Icon. Her Accolades Include Two Grammy Awards Four Brit Awards And 18 ARIA Music Awards. Born And Raised In Melbourne Minogue First Achieved Recognition Starring In The Australian Soap Opera Neighbours Playing Tomboy Mechanic Charlene Robinson. She Gained Prominence As A Recording Artist In The Late 1980s And Released Four Bubblegum And Dance-Pop-Influenced Studio Albums Produced By Stock Aitken Waterman. By The Early 1990s She Had Amassed Several Top Ten Singles In The UK And Australia Including "I Should Be So Lucky" "The Loco-Motion" "Hand On Your Heart" And "Better The Devil You Know". Taking More Creative Control Over Her Music Minogue Signed With Deconstruction Records In 1993 And Released Kylie Minogue 1994 And Impossible Princess 1997 Both Of Which Received Positive Reviews. She Returned To Mainstream Dance-Oriented Music With 2000's Light Years Including The Number-One Hits "Spinning Around" And "On A Night Like This". The Follow-Up Fever 2001 Was An International Breakthrough For Minogue Becoming Her Best-Selling Album To Date. Two Of Its Singles "Love At First Sight" And "In Your Eyes" Became Hits But Its Lead Single "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" Became One Of The Most Successful Singles Of The 2000s Selling Over Five Million Units. Minogue Continued Reinventing Her Image And Experimenting With A Range Of Genres On Her Subsequent Albums Which Spawned Successful Singles Such As "Slow" "2 Hearts" "All The Lovers" "Santa Baby" "Timebomb" And "Dancing". With Her 2020 Album DISCO She Became The First Female Artist To Have A Chart-Topping Album In The UK For Five Consecutive Decades. Minogue Made Her Film Debut In The Delinquents 1989 And Portrayed Cammy In Street Fighter 1994 . She Has Also Appeared In The Films Moulin Rouge! 2001 Jack & Diane Holy Motors 2012 And San Andreas 2015 . In 2014 She Appeared As A Judge On The Third Series Of The Voice UK And The Voice Australia. Her Other Ventures Include Product Endorsements Children's Books Fashion And Charitable Work. Minogue Was Appointed An Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire In The 2008 New Year Honours For Services To Music. She Was Appointed By The French Government As A Chevalier Knight Of The Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres For Her Contribution To The Enrichment Of French Culture. In 2005 While Minogue Was On Tour She Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer. She Was Awarded An Honorary Doctor Of Health Science D.H.Sc. Degree By Anglia Ruskin University In 2011 For Her Work In Raising Awareness For Breast Cancer. At The 2011 ARIA Music Awards She Was Inducted By The Australian Recording Industry Association Into The ARIA Hall Of Fame. She Was Appointed Officer Of The Order Of Australia AO In The 2019 Australia Day Honours. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue Studio Albums
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"Better the Devil You Know" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue, taken from her third studio album Rhythm of Love (1990). The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The song was released as the album's lead single on 30 April 1990 by PWL and Mushroom Records. "Better the Devil You Know" is known as the song that re-invented Minogue to a more sexual appeal, as her previous albums were presented with her "girl next door" persona, while her music onwards present an independent approach.
Musically, it is a dance-pop song that features elements of synthpop and disco influences. The song's title is referenced as an idiom. Lyrically, the song was said to be about Minogue's leaving of her TV series Neighbours and her relationship with her then-boyfriend, INXS frontman and singer Michael Hutchence. The song was lauded by music critics, who noted the imagery change in her music. They also complimented the song itself and felt it was one of Minogue's best, along as a highlight to, not just her studio album but her compilations as well. Commercially, it was successful. The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and four in her native Australia. In other regions, it managed to peak inside the top forty in all the countries it charted in, including France, Austria, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland.
The accompanying music video for "Better the Devil You Know" was directed by Paul Goldman and was filmed in Melbourne, Australia. Though its imagery was criticized for her mature-look, the video has also been iconic to Minogue's artistry style and imagery beyond the song. The song has been featured in most of Minogue's concert tours. The song has appeared in commercials, including Coca-Cola and the film If Looks Could Kill, and was later re-recorded in 2011 at the Abbey Road Studios for inclusion on Minogue's orchestral album The Abbey Road Sessions.
"Better the Devil You Know" became Minogue's fifth non-consecutive top two single, being blocked by Adamski's "Killer". The song stayed at number two for two consecutive weeks. The single spent a total of 10 weeks in the chart, and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) with sales exceeding 200,000 copies. In Minogue's native Australia, the song debuted at five on the week end of 10 June 1990. The song eventually peaked at number four on the charts and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the chart. The song was then certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) with sales exceeding 35,000 copies.
In New Zealand, the song wasn't a success. The song debuted at thirty-four, but fell out the next week at forty. It re-entered at number twenty-seven, where it eventually peaked and charted for four weeks. In France, the song debuted at number thirty-eight, and after weeks on the chart it peaked at number thirteen for a sole week. The song stayed in the charts for a total of sixteen weeks. In the Netherlands, the song debuted at number ninety-six. The song was very successful in that country, and peaked at number sixteen on that chart. It spent a total of thirteen weeks on the chart. It was very successful on the Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders), where it debuted at number twenty-eight. The song then rose and peaked at number five, becoming one of Minogue's most successful singles in that country. It stayed in the charts for a total of sixteen weeks. The song was generally moderate in other European countries, where it peaked inside the top thirty in countries including Austria, Denmark and Switzerland. The song topped the charts in Israel, number four in Malaysia and eleven in Spain. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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The Abbey Road Sessions Is An Orchestral Compilation Album By Australian Recording Artist Kylie Minogue Released On 24 October 2012 By Parlophone And On 6 November 2012 On Astralwerks In The United States. This Album Peaked At #2 On The UK Albums Chart And #120 On The Billboard 200 And #7 On The Australian Albums Chart. The Album's Production Was Primarily Produced By Steve Anderson And Colin Elliot. The Album Features Sixteen Tracks All Radically Reworked Spanning Minogue's 25 Years In The Music Industry. The Album Was Recorded At London's Abbey Road Studios With Minogue's Band And A Full Orchestra During November 2011. Musically The Album Is Primarily Orchestral Music Which Features Several Instrumentation Of Guitars Pianos Strings And Drums. The Album Was Promoted Using The Albums Renditions Of "Never Too Late" In The UK And "Locomotion" In The U.S. The Album's Lead Single "Flower" Which Was Originally Written In 2008 Was A New Titled Song To The Album. The Album Received Generally Positive Reviews From Music Critics With Many Finding The Recordings Her Best Vocal Delivery To Date While Some Dismissed Her Transition To Orchestral Music. Upon Its Release The Album Received Generally Modest Success Worldwide Entering The Top Forty In Countries Including Scotland Australia Ireland Switzerland France New Zealand And The United Kingdom Where It Received A Certification.