Kylie Minogue products

Many products have been released by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue over the years. These products have included books, DVDs, furniture,[1] clothing (also used with videos and tours) and fragrances (for men and women).

Kylie Minogue's perfume "Pink Sparkle"

Video albums

Concert tour

Year Information
1990 On the Go: Live in Japan
1992 Live!
  • Released: 9 April 1992
  • Notes: Minogue's live performance in Dublin, Ireland during her Let's Get to It Tour in 1991.
    The release also featured behind-the-scenes footage.
2001 Live in Sydney
  • Released: 10 January 2001
  • Special features: 30-minute backstage documentary
  • Notes: Minogue's live performance in Sydney, Australia during her On a Night Like This tour in 2001.
  • Certifications: 3x Platinum (ARIA)[2]
2002 Intimate and Live
  • Released: 23 July 2002
  • Notes: Minogue's live performance in Australia during her Intimate and Live tour in 1998.
  • Charts: #1 in Australia[3]
  • Certifications: Platinum (ARIA)[3]
2002 Fever 2002
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Special features: Tour documentary, photo gallery, virtual tour programme and four projections from the show:
    "Cowboy Style", "Light Years"/"I Feel Love", "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Burning Up".
  • Limited Edition: Featured deluxe packaging and bonus live CD
  • Notes: Minogue's live performance in Manchester, England during her KylieFever tour in 2002.
    The concert was also released on VHS in some regions.
  • Charts: Number one in Australia, number two in the United Kingdom and number sixteen in the United States.
2004 Body Language Live
  • Released: 12 July 2004
  • Special features: Multi-angle visuals for "Slow" and "Chocolate",
    behind-the-scenes documentary and DVD-ROM section with gallery, wallpapers and screensavers.
  • Notes: Minogue's live performance in London, England during her special concert, Money Can't Buy, in 2003.
  • Charts: Number three in the UK
  • Certifications: Platinum (ARIA)[4]
2005 Showgirl
  • Released: 28 November 2005
  • Special features: Backstage documentary, showgirl screen visuals and DVD-ROM section.
  • Notes: Minogue's live performance in London, England during her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour in 2005.
  • Charts: Number one in Australia, number two in the UK
  • Certifications: ARIA: 4x Platinum,[5] BPI: Platinum[6]
2007 White Diamond / Showgirl: Homecoming
2008 X2008
  • Released: 1 December 2008
  • Special features: Backstage documentary, screen visuals, projections and a photo gallery.
  • Notes: Minogue's live performance in London, England during her KylieX2008 world tour in 2008.
2011 Aphrodite Les Folies: Live In London
  • Released: 28 November 2011
  • Special features: Backstage documentary, screen visuals, projections and live concert.
  • Notes: Minogue's live performance in London, England during her Aphrodite World Tour in 2011.
2015 Kiss Me Once Live At The SSE Hydro

Music video compilations

Year Information
1988 The Videos
  • Released: November 1988
  • Notes: Contained music videos from Minogue's debut album, Kylie.
1989 The Kylie Collection
  • Released: February 1989
  • Notes: Released only in Australia, it contained music videos from Minogue's debut album, Kylie.
The Videos 2
  • Released: November 1989
  • Notes: Contained music videos from Minogue's second album, Enjoy Yourself.
1991 Let's Get To...The Videos
  • Released: November 1991
  • Notes: Contained all four music videos from Minogue's third album Rhythm of Love and two from her fourth album, Let's Get to It.
1992 Greatest Video Hits
  • Released: August 1992
  • Notes: Contained music videos for the songs featured on Minogue's first greatest hits compilation.
    The Australian release featured an extra music video for "Celebration".
1998 The Kylie Tapes 94–98
2002 Greatest Hits 87–92
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Special features: Photo gallery, alternate videos
  • Notes: Released only in the UK, it contained music videos for the songs featured on the BMG greatest hits compilation album Greatest Hits.
  • It is the only DVD to hold the alternate versions of many of Kylie's videos. Many of the behind-the-features were taken from the Australian 1988 VHS release The Kylie Collection and the 1989 release The Videos 2.
  • Charts: Number nine in the UK
2003 Greatest Hits 87–97
  • Released: 19 November 2003
  • Notes: Contained music videos for the songs featured on the BMG greatest hits compilation album Greatest Hits 1987–1997.
Greatest Hits 1987–1999
  • Released: 24 November 2003
  • Notes: Released only in Australia, it contained music videos for the songs featured on the
    BMG greatest hits compilation album Greatest Hits 1987–1999.
  • It is the only Kylie DVD to contain all of the available videos from 1987-1998.
  • Certifications: 2x Platinum (ARIA)[7]
2004 Kylie Minogue: Artist Collection
Ultimate Kylie

Documentaries

Year Video details Notes
2007 White Diamond: A Personal Portrait of Kylie Minogue
2012 My Year as Aphrodite
  • Released: 14 August 2012
  • Format: TV special
  • Documentary following Minogue, the cast and crew of Aphrodite World Tour. From the conceptualization of the tour, right through rehearsals and their six months on the road. It was aired on Sky Living on 14 August 2012.[9]

Fragrances

Kylie Minogue's perfume Darling.

In 2006, Minogue signed her first perfume endorsement deal with Coty, Inc. She launched her first fragrance Darling in November 2006.[10] According to Thierry Wasser, she said she wanted to combine "strength and movement in order to reflect the intensity of my encounter with Kylie through this fragrance."[11] With its design described as "glamorous, dynamic and heavy", it received generally favourable reviews from buyers.[11][12] She launched the fragrance in Melbourne and Sydney and later released an EP titled Darling, a promotional release that came with the fragrance for free.[13] In 2007, Sweet Darling and Sexy Darling, sub-labels of the original fragrance were released, though it wasn't as successful as its proceeded product.

In 2008, her fourth fragrance with Coty. Inc, Showtime was released. According to Minogue, she wanted a perfume that "could be a mirror of her personality" and described as her "second skin."[14] The fragrance, however proved to be her least successful perfume. The following fragrance, Couture was released.[15] According to Minogue, the name "Couture" was inspired by fashion.[16]

In 2009, Minogue begun work for her sixth fragrance. However, it was revealed that the perfume will be for both genders. The fragrances; Inverse and Inverse for Men were released.[17] It was Minogue's first men's fragrance, and currently her only. The packaging is described as "glossy" and "sparkly", and both packaging is the same for each gender, but the color being the only difference.[17] Minogue's seventh fragrance, Pink Sparkle was released in 2012, two months before her eleventh studio album Aphrodite was released.[18] According to Minogue, she wanted a "elegant, feel-good that takes you to a wonderful place of optimism and vitality."[18] The bottle is designed as a champagne bottle, which the bottle top is designed as a corkscrew. She promoted the fragrance on The Paul O'Grady Show the same year. In 2011, her ninth fragrance Dazzling Darling was announced, responding back to the Darling range. Minogue stated that out of all her fragrance, she comparing Dazzling Darling to herself, saying its "beautifully feminine and alluring" and that its "very soft and intimate."[19]

In 2012, she released a fragrance called Music Box, which was a celebration fragrance for her K25 Anniversary, which is an anniversary of her music career spanning for twenty-five years.[20] The perfume was described as a "refined and sophisticated" fragrance. Minogue was inspired by her fascination of music box's when she was younger.[20]

Music

Minogue has released live CDs for promotions of her tours. Her first live album Intimate and Live had moderate success, as she also played an extra bonus track called "Dancing Queen". The album was supported by her studio album Impossible Princess. In 2005, she released her UK/US live album Showgirl, for her tour Showgirl: Greatest Hits. It had limited success, as it only featured 7 tracks. Minogue released her third live album, entitled Showgirl Homecoming Live. It had commercial success, charting in Australia and the UK. It was released worldwide in 2006. It became her most successful live album. She later released a live Album entitled Live in New York. It was released worldwide, but was fared well commercially in the United States especially.

Books

The Showgirl Princess first edition cover.

Kylie, an elaborate art book by Kylie Minogue was published in 2000 (1999 copyright by Darenote. Ltd.). Featuring extensive contributions and collaboration by Kylie's creative director and close friend, Willy Baker, and contributions from fans, this has since become a highly sought after, rare collector's item.

Minogue had an endorsement deal with Puffin Books, to release her first book, entitled Kylie Evidence. It had little commercial response. Her next book, La La La, released to capitalise on Kylie's successful 2001/2002 era. It had moderate commercial success, and had sold a moderate amount of books. A paperback edition was later released with additional photographs.

Minogue signed a deal with Puffin to release a children's book in 2006. Later that year, Minogue released The Showgirl Princess. It was commercially successful, and was reported to sell a huge volume of books. The book promotes positive attitudes to children who look up to Minogue as an idol.

In 2008, while she was on tour with her worldwide commercially successful tour KylieX2008, for her multi-platinum album X, Minogue commissioned a limited print of 1000 books individually signed by her and her creative director, William Baker. K. The book featured new never before seen pictures and was available to order by attendees of the KylieX2008/9 world tour. A paperback edition was later issued.

In 2010, Minogue launched a website where users could buy personalised Kylie Minogue greetings card, in conjunction with PrintFair.

In 2012, Minogue released Kylie / Fashion.[21]

Furniture

In 2008, Kylie launched Kylie at Home to much tabloid fanfare. The range is available online and also in prominent high street retailers such as House of Fraser, Debenhams and British Home Stores. In October 2010 a new Kylie at Home collection was released, which featured new additions such as scented candles. A new bedding range was released in September 2011 under the Kylie at Home range.[22] The range currently includes products such as curtains, bedding, pillows, towels, candles and lamp shades. It was all released by an endorsement deal with AshleyWildeGroup.

Fashion designing

Minogue has released her own collection of clothing on her website. It includes T-shirts, pants, gloves and scarves. On her site, it also includes Showgirl outfits, especially from her previous tours including Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour and Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour.

In 2003 Minogue released her phenomenally successful LoveKylie lingerie range and she became the face of Agent Provocateur.

In 2007 Minogue was approached by H&M to design and promote a beach ware line. Demand outstripped supply and the collection sold out within weeks, becoming H&M's highest selling celebrity range ever, even higher than Madonna's a few years prior.

Television and film releases

Minogue has made several television and film appearances, including an Ant and Dec special, Kath & Kim,[23] Doctor Who as Astrid Peth and The Vicar of Dibley. She also had a minor role in the film Moulin Rouge. She played the Green Fairy, as the minor role, and sang to the main actors, including Ewan McGregor.

In 2007, Minogue released her documentary Film White Diamond. It featured her and her family and friends and an insight into her life and lifestyle. It had negative reviews and a lukewarm commercial response in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

In 2008, she released a one-off program called The Kylie Show. It features Dannii Minogue and Simon Cowell as guest stars, also her former Neighbours co-star and "Especially For You" feature singer Jason Donavon. It wasn't available on DVD.

Video game appearances

In addition to appearing in the video game adaptions of Street Fighter in 1995, Minogue's songs have also appeared on several Singstar games since the initial game's release in 2004. In 2012, Kylie saw the release of her own video game, entitled Kylie Sing and Dance, which was released exclusively to the Nintendo Wii.

References

  1. Kylie at home
  2. ARIA. Australian sales certificate for 'Live in Sydney'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
  3. 1 2 ARIA: Issue 660
  4. ARIA. Australian sales certificate for 'Body Language Live'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
  5. ARIA. Australian sales certificate for 'Kylie Showgirl'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  6. "Home". BPI. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  7. ARIA. Australian sales certificate for 'Greatest Hits 1987-1999'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
  8. ARIA. Australian sales certificate for 'Ultimate Kylie'. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
  9. http://www.kylie.com/news/2012/08/my-year-as-aphrodite/
  10. Kylie Minogue – Darling – The Perfume Shop. Retrieved on 24 December 2012.
  11. 1 2 Darling – Kylie Minogue Parfums. Kylieminogueparfums.com.
  12. http://www.beautyheaven.com.au/perfume/womens-perfume/10471-kylie-minogue-darling/reviews
  13. Kylie Minogue – Darling (CD) www.discogs.com.
  14. http://www.kylieminogueparfums.com/showtime/
  15. http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Kylie-Minogue/Couture-5503.html
  16. http://www.kylieminoguecouture.com.au/
  17. 1 2 http://inverse.kylieminogueparfums.com/design.html
  18. 1 2 Pink Sparkle – Kylie Minogue.
  19. Dazzling Darling – Kylie Minogue.
  20. 1 2 http://www.kylie-minogue-music-box.com/ Kylie Minogue's Music Box official website
  21. "Kylie / Fashion" – Kylie Minogue and William Baker, Thames & Hudson Publishers 2012, ISBN 9780500516652
  22. Kylie – At Home Kylie Minogues furniture store online
  23. Kylie Minogue On Kath And Kim Show|Youtube.com www.youtube.com

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