Global InformationKylie Minogue albums discography information
| Kylie Minogue albums discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 16 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| EPs | 9 |
| Remix albums | 13 |
| Box sets | 2 |
Australian singer Kylie Minogue has released sixteen studio albums, thirteen compilation albums, nine live albums, nine extended plays (EP), thirteen remix albums and two box sets. She is recognised as the highest-selling Australian recording artist of all time by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), with an estimated career sales of over 80 million units worldwide.[1] Minogue has eight number-one albums on the ARIA Albums Chart, the most for any female Australian artist.[2][3] In the United Kingdom, she holds the record for being the first female artist to score a number one on the Official Albums Chart in five consecutive decades, from the 1980s to the 2020s.[4]
Minogue signed a recording contract with Mushroom Records in early 1987, and released her self-titled debut album the following year.[5] Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, the album was distributed in the UK by Waterman's label, PWL Records.[6] The album spent six weeks at number one in the UK, eventually becoming the fifth highest-selling album of the decade.[7] It has sold over five million copies worldwide.[8][9] Her second album, Enjoy Yourself (1989) debuted at number one in the UK and became the sixth best-selling album of the year.[10] She subsequently released Rhythm of Love (1990) and Let's Get to It (1991), both of which reached the top twenty in Australia and the UK. Her final release under PWL Records, Greatest Hits (1992), was her third number-one album in the UK.
During her years under Deconstruction Records, Minogue released her self-titled album in 1994 and Impossible Princess in 1997. Both albums peaked inside the top ten in Australia and the UK.
After moving to Parlophone in 1999,[11] Minogue earned her first number-one album in her home country with Light Years (2000). She scored the best-selling album of her career with Fever (2001), which sold over six million copies worldwide as of May 2008.[12] It was the thirtieth best-selling album globally in 2002, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.[13] Her next releases under Parlophone were studio albums Body Language (2003) and X (2007), as well as the greatest hits album Ultimate Kylie (2004)—all reached platinum status in Australia and the UK. In 2010, Aphrodite debuted at number one in the UK, making her the first female artist to have number-one albums in four consecutive decades.[14][15] In 2012, she released the greatest hits album The Best of Kylie Minogue and the orchestral album The Abbey Road Sessions to celebrate her twenty-fifth year in the music industry. Released during her short-lived management contract with entertainment company Roc Nation, Kiss Me Once (2014) became her fourth number-one album in Australia.[16] She collaborated with record producers Fernando Garibay and Giorgio Moroder for two EPs, Sleepwalker (2014) and Kylie and Garibay (2015), before releasing her final record under Parlophone—the Christmas album Kylie Christmas (2015), with a re-release Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition the following year.[17]
In 2017, Minogue signed a global recording contract with BMG Rights Management and a joint deal with Mushroom Music Labels, under the sub-division label Liberator Music for a distribution deal in Australia and New Zealand.[17][18] Her subsequent releases under BMG were studio albums Golden (2018), Disco (2020) and Tension (2023), as well as the compilation album Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection (2019)—all debuted at number one in both Australia and the UK.
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- ^ Cashmere, Paul (15 November 2020). "Australian Charts: Kylie Minogue 'Disco' Debuts At No 1". Noise11.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Most consecutive decades with a No.1 on the UK albums chart (female)". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Popson, Tom (4 November 1988). "Hit Song 'Loco-Motion' Keeps Kylie Minogue on the Move". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ Elliot, Mark (July 2018). "Top 15 Stock Aitken Waterman Albums". Classic Pop. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Jones, Alan (16 December 1989). "Chartfile". Record Mirror. Spotlight Publications. p. 45. ISSN 0144-5804.
- ^ "A Happy Anniversary For Kylie" (Press release). Official Charts Company. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ "Kylie Minogue turns 50: the life and career of the Pop Princess in pictures – Her debut album, Kylie, was released in July 1988". The Daily Telegraph (Photo gallery). 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Year-End Charts '89 – Top 75 Artist Albums". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 3 March 1990. p. 12. ISSN 0265-1548.
- ^ "Hot Music: Kylie's rebirth". The Newcastle Herald. Australian Community Media. 10 June 1999. p. 41. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via Fairfax Media.
- ^ "Kylie Minogue turns 50: the life and career of the Pop Princess in pictures – The cover of Fever, her eighth studio album". The Daily Telegraph (Photo gallery). 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums of 2002" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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- ^ "Most Consecutive Decades with Top Five Albums (UK) (Female)". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Brandle, Lars (26 March 2015). "Kylie Minogue Splits With Roc Nation". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ a b Brandle, Lars (2 February 2017). "Kylie Minogue Signs With BMG, Promises Her 'Heart and Soul' in New Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ Cashmere, Paul (9 December 2017). "Kylie Minogue Returns To Mushroom Group". Noise11. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2017.