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Danielle Jane Minogue (born October 20, 1971), known as Dannii Minogue or simply Dannii, is an Australian singer/songwriter, actress and an occasional model and fashion designer. She rose to prominence in the early 1980s as a result of her role in the Australian television talent show Young Talent Time, before commencing her career as a pop singer and recording artist.

Childhood and beginning

Dannii Minogue was born in Melbourne, Australia, to an Australian father, Ron Minogue, and a Welsh-born mother, Carol Jones who had immigrated as a child from Maesteg, Wales in 1955 to Townsville, Queensland. Minogue is the youngest of three children; her sister Kylie Minogue is a dance-pop singer and actress, and her older brother, Brendan, is a news cameraman in Australia.

Minogue began her career at the age of seven on Australian television, appearing in soap operas such as Skyways and The Sullivans. In 1979 she was invited to be a regular member of the Australian talent show Young Talent Time, quickly becoming one of the most popular and highest profile members in the show’s twenty year history. Minogue recorded on two albums for the show, which featured her first solo songs as a recording artist, and she also was featured on several sold-out Australian tours with the show. The first song Minogue recorded was a cover version of the Madonna hit "Material Girl" which appeared on the 1985 album Now and Then.

In 1988, Minogue's interest in fashion turned her into a successful designer, launching her own fashion line simply titled Dannii. The line was an immediate success selling out in tens days across Australia. During the next year she would release three additional lines, which were also successful.

In 1988, Minogue left Young Talent Time to further her career as an actress. Her first role after the talent show was on the Channel Nine mini-series All The Way as Penny Seymour. This role was followed up by the role as Emma Jackson, a teen rebel, on the hit soap opera Home and Away. The show was seen by fifty million people per week and gained Minogue a large fan base in Australia and in Europe. By the end of 1989, Minogue was voted by Australia’s TV Hits Magazine as the Best New Star of Year and as the Best Female Personality.

Recording and performing career

1990-1992: Love and Kisses

In 1989 Minogue signed a record deal with Australian based music label Mushroom Records. Released in November 1990, Minogue's debut album, titled Dannii in Australia, was released to great success, peaking at number four on the albums chart. In June 1991, the album was released in Europe under the title Love and Kisses, like in Australia the album was a hit, reaching the top ten and was certified gold on its release. Since its release, the album has sold over 60,000 copies worldwide.

The first single from the album, "Love and Kisses" was recorded by Minogue in New York City, and became a hit in both Australia and the UK, going top ten in both countries. The single was then followed up by "Success", a song co-written by Minogue. The single did not perform as well as "Love and Kisses" did, but it was still a hit, peaking at number eleven in the UK and at number twenty-nine in Australia. "Jump To The Beat", a cover of the Stacey Lattisaw song, was released as the album's third single. The song was a hit in the UK, going top ten, but in Australia it failed to get much attention, barely peaking within the top fifty. "Baby Love", a song co-written by Madonna's collaborator Stephen Bray, was released as the fourth single from the album, and was a top fifteen hit in both Australia and the UK. "I Don't Want To Take This Pain" was released as the album's fifth and final single. Minogue is most proud of this song, calling it "the first mature song I ever did" and it remains one of her personal favourites. The song was not a chart success, peaking at number fifty in the UK and at number ninety-two in Australia.

At the end of 1990 Love and Kisses was re-released as Love and Kisses and.... The re-release was a minor success, reaching number forty-eight on the UK album charts. The re-release contained the original album tracklisting, but included four 12" remixes of "Baby Love", "Success", "Love and Kisses" and "Jump To The Beat".

Minogue's music and the songs accompanying videos were popular with nightclubers in Europe, and in turn made Minogue a gay culture icon. Her music videos of the time usually revolved around going out to a club and dancing with her dancers.

In 1990, after only a season on the hit television series Home and Away, Minogue quit the show and moved to London, England to focus on her successful recording career.

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