Influence of Kylie Minogue on Popular Music and Society

This report examines the influence of Kylie Minogue on popular music and society. It discusses her background, key achievements, appeal to the audience, representation in media, and her legacy in the music and fashion industry.

POPULAR MUSIC EVENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Music event is basically the community event which is largely oriented towards the live
performance of singing as well as playing different instruments which represents the various
themes and genre.
Kylie Minogue is the great Australian singer and main aim of this report is to study the
influence of this artist and its music on overall society.
This report gives a brief overview of popular music artist and socio-cultural significance
of artist.
MAIN BODY
Background of artist
Kylie Ann Minogue is generally known by the name Kylie and is the renowned as well as
well-known Australian singer, actress as well as songwriter. She is one of the most famous
singer and became popular in the era of 1980s due to her role in Australian television Opera
Neighbours. She appeared in this soap before becoming the dance-pop singer. She is generally
describes as the style icon as well as has been recognized with various honorific nicknames and
the most famous one is “Princess of Pop”. Born as well as raised in Melbourne, this singer
became highly popular among audience and vary soon made a great position in their hearts. In
the year 1992, she signed with the Deconstruction records and thus released Kylie Minogue as
well as impossible Princess and these both gained a high popularity from the audience (Gadir,
2017).
Key achievements of artists
Kylie Minogue received a wide range of awards throughout her life which helped her to
excel in her career. By start of the new millennium, She found the success withe disco-
influenced “Spinning around”. The eighth album of Kylie Minogue which was Fever released in
the year 2001 which received the positive critics from audience and thus secured the first
position in United Kingdom, Australia as well as across the Europe. Kylie Minogue further got
the success in year 2003 with her ninth album which was Body Language and thus album
spawned the three widely known as well as renowned singles: Red Blooded Woman, Slow and
Chocolate. She them embarked on the comeback tour in the late 2006 and thus continues to
record as well as perform music. These was her great musical achievements. Coming on her
awards as well as other key achievements, Kylie Minogue received various accolades as well as

awards in her life which mainly includes Grammy Award, Brit Awards which were three, ARIA
Awards, MTV Music Awards, Mo Awards, MTV Europe Awards etc. She was rated as the bets
Australian performer in the year 2001 and 2003. In the year 2008, she was basically honored
with the Music Industry Trust's award as well as was hailed with pop icon and style which made
her first female singer as well as musician to get the award of Music Industry Trust. In the year
2017 in April, Britain-Australia Society mainly recognized Minogue for her outstanding and
great contribution for improving the relation between Britain as well as Australia (Peddie, 2017).
Aspects of artists appealing to audience
Kylie Minogue gained a wide popularity among audience and appealed their mid as well
as hearts with its great contribution and performances. There were various aspects which led this
singer to make a great position in the minds of audience. Minogue is generally known as the
fashion icon and has fascinated the world with its great outfits which transformed the whole
fashion industry. In her early life, Kylie Minogue steeped her foot in the fashion world and
mesmerized the people with her great figure as well as appeared as the trend-setter by constantly
reinventing herself. Not only does her presence in fashion world has increased her popularity
among audience but her great contribution of various endorsements of the product has also made
her great position in the minds and hearts of audience (Nesbitt, 2016). Kylie Minogue has
appeared in various advertisements as well as endorsements which helped in taking the brand
message to the wider audience. Her promotion of various fragrances, clothing, books made her
public figure and helped her to reach each and every part of world. Thus, product endorsement is
the another aspect which helped her to create her great image among audience. Along with this,
Kylie Minogue has not only made a great position among the adults through her great
contribution in fashion and music world but also have helped children by endorsing various
children books. She launched first Children Book which was Showgirl Princess which gave a
momentum to her career by placing a great image within the hearts of children. This contribution
towards promoting the learning and knowledge of children has made her a great public figure.
How artist represented in media
Kylie Minogue gained a high popularity among audience and not only does she have
fascinated people with her great work but made a great image in media. There were times when
Kylie Minogue was highly criticized by media as she tried to lure Britain by supporting Brexit
and was blamed by the media as well as people for addressing the welfare of Britain. At that

time, a negative image was being formed for her which affected her career to a great extent. This
negative image of Kylie Minogue led to the series of actions by society where they stopped
watching her endorsements as well as listening her songs. Besides this, people started
commenting negatively for her on social media saying that being an Australian singer, she is
supporting Britain despite the negative relation between Australia and UK (Bennett, 2018).
Followed by this negative image, she reprises herself by starting charity functions and by
engaging in various charity work. Kylie Minogue in the year 2003 supported various charities
like AIDS LIFE, ChildLine, DKMS, Scope, Breast cancer seminar etc. She was highly
appreciated as well as gratified for her great work towards improving the life of large number of
people. Due to her charity work she formed a great image in the media and was represented as
the great figure working towards the welfare of people. Her contribution towards the society
impacted the whole community to a great level. Kylie Minogue has pledged to donate around 1
billion dollars to the charity when she passes away. Besides this, she donated around 1 million
dollar to the ChildLine foundations for providing the proper and effective treatment to children
in the distress (Schedl, Wiechert and Bauer, 2018).
Does this artist exemplify aspects of popular music
Kylie Minogue has gained a huge popularity among people due to its great music which
have helped her to establish position in the minds and hearts of people. Various musics have
helped her to get the stardom by giving the lyrics to people which will be difficult for them to
forget. Like the most famous music of her which is Can't get out of my head is one of the most
popular music album of Kylie Minogue which gained a great admiration by X-factor and secured
the second position in awards winning list. The major reason behind this album becoming
famous was that its lyrics was considered as the great energy-booster for adults as well as youth
performing various activities like workout in gym, during working hours in office etc (Thornton,
2016).
Not only dies this album gained a large popularity but also received a high gratification
by Hall of Fame. In the year 2011, she was awarded by Australian recording association into
ARIA Hall of Fame due to her great lyrics for her music. She was placed in various Fandoms
like music, singer, celebrity, books etc. Her music album In your eyes received Hall of Fame
award and become the cathchiest song being played in number of parties. A party was considered

as incomplete without this music and thus it became the best party song due to which it received
nomination in Hall of Fame award (Green, 2017).
Relationship of artist to liveness and media
The songs and music of Kylie Minogue was considered as the highly refreshing songs
which impacts the minds and hearts of great number of people. Her most popular song which
was Can't get out of my head was one of the highly rated song which was the great energy
booster for large number of people. Most of the people believed that its lyrics has some magic
and is highly fascinating which automatically energizes the mood of even a depressed person.
This song brings a life to even a dead person because of its highly enchanting lyrics. Not only
does this song, but more than half of the music album released by Kylie Minogue became a huge
hit due to its great impact on people. Her another most hit which received a great popularity as
well as admiration was All the lovers which was highly charismatic and was considered as the
great song giving life to distressed people (Ytreberg, 2017).
Besides this, the relation of Kylie Minogue with media has been high complex as well as
imperative. Due to her great contribution to the welfare of people, she gained a high popularity
among audience which has made her relation with media highly positive and harmonious. Each
ad every time she steps out of her house for any event or activity, media is constantly engaged in
covering her and thus always shares the positive and great news about her to the fans. She shares
a great relation with media due to her great humbleness and positive attitude. Kylie Minogue is
believed to down to earth and always respond to the questions of media due to which she always
remains in limelight and media always delivers positive news about her. Thus this shows that she
has a great relation with media.
Heritage legacy of artist
Kylie Minogue has posed a great impact on the music as well as fashion industry. Talking
of the music, she has gained a great stardom due to her well-known music albums which has
transformed the entire industry. Due to her popular lyrics of the sing, music industry has been in
the limelight from past few years. Her great contribution to various music bands has helped to
inculcate the importance and significance of music among people (Klein, 2016).
Not only does she have impacted the music industry, but she is one of the renowned as
well as well-known fashion icon what has transformed the entire fashion industry. Her great
outfit as well as great figure has created a different place for her in the hearts and minds of

people. This has impacted fashion industry to high extent. Kylie Minogue always shows a
different look in each and every fashion show and thus became the trend-setter in fashion
industry. Due to this, most of the people started imitating her outfit in parties, events due to
which fashion industry gained a huge popularity and was impacted in positive way.
Kylie Minogue also influenced the different culture to a high extent. In the fashion parade
of 2007, Kylie Minogue appeared on the stage wearing Kimono which influenced the Japanese
culture to high level. Seeing this, large number of people started wearing Kimono in various
parties, cultural events and this promoted the Japanese culture (Gadir, 2017).
CONCLUSION
It has been summarized that Kylie Minogue is one of the renowned signer as well as
actress which has transformed the entire world. Her great music imposed a great impact on
people and on the overall society. Her music gained a huger popularity which affected the music
industry to a high extent. Most of its music received huge number of awards due to its great
lyrics, Like some of its music does the work of energy-booster and was considered as the highly
lively musics. Besides this, her great contribution to the society and welfare of people by
supporting various charity functions helped her to gain a great image in the eyes of people. Due
to her great work, her relation which media was considered as positive and harmonious.

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