LOS ANGELES – Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has bested American heavyweights Beyonce and Lady Gaga for the top spot on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Minogue’s new album Tension, propelled by the viral single Padam Padam, debuted at No. 1 ahead of...
LOS ANGELES – Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has bested American heavyweights Beyonce and Lady Gaga for the top spot on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Minogue found fame as an actress on Australian television series Neighbours at 18. A year later in 1987, she released the song Locomotion. Minogue will be heading to Las Vegas for her three-month residency on Nov 3. She will be the first performer to grace the new Voltaire stage at The Venetian Resort.
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