Kylie (album)

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Kylie

Studio album by Kylie Minogue
Released	July 4, 1988 (Worldwide) December 1988 (North America)
Recorded	April 1988, London, England
Genre	Pop, dance, Eurodance
Length	35:26
Label	PWL Mushroom Geffen
Producer(s)	Stock, Aitken and Waterman
All Music Guide , link
Kylie Minogue chronology
–	Kylie (1988)	Enjoy Yourself (1989)

Kylie is the debut album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released July 4, 1988 (see 1988 in music). Written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman team, the album is credited for launching Minogue's career as a Dance-pop star and as a European music icon.

1 Track listing
2 Release history
3 Chart performance
- 3.1 Chart positions
4 Certifications
5 Singles
6 References

[edit] Track listing

"I Should Be So Lucky" — Clip
"The Loco-Motion" (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) — Clip
"Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi"
"It's No Secret"
"Got To Be Certain"
"Turn It Into Love"
"I Miss You"
"I'll Still Be Loving You"
"Look My Way"
"Love At First Sight" —(different song than the "Love At First Sight" that appeared on the Fever album in 2001).

[edit] Release history

After the success of her first single in Australia, a cover of Little Eva's 1962 hit "Locomotion", Minogue was given the go ahead to begin recording her debut album. She headed to London, England in the spring of 1988 to work with Stock, Aitken & Waterman, one of the most successful producing teams of the 1980s and early 90s. The album was released in July 1988 and debuted at number two on both the Australian and UK album charts.

Never before has a debut album by a female artist entered so high on either country's charts. In the UK, Minogue became the youngest female and first Australian artist to top the album chart, reaching the top spot on two separate occasions and remaining there for a staggering eight weeks. It became the highest selling album in the UK in 1988 and the country's fifth biggest selling album of the 1980s. It also remained Kylie's highest selling album in Australia for almost a decade. Since its release, "Kylie" has sold seven million copies worldwide.

Minogue did experience minor success with the album in North America, due mainly to the success of her re-recording "The Loco-Motion" for the album. The song reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, but the album did not fair as well, only reaching number fifty-three on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Despite its low chart placing, "Kylie" achieved gold status in the US.

In late 1988, the album was repackaged and re-released in Australia as the "Kylie Collection", a collection of album tracks and remixes. A VHS was also released and included music videos for all of the six singles that had been released from the album.

[edit] Chart performance

"Kylie" was an international success. The album was the highest selling album in the UK for 1988 and was also the fifth biggest selling album of the 1980s in the UK. Internationally it spent five weeks at number two in Australia and charted within the Top 10 of multiple album charts including Germany, Finland, France, and New Zealand. The album also enjoyed minor chart success in the US, peaking at number 53 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart.

Since its release, it has sold an estimated 14 million copies worldwide and has achieved platinum status in multiple countries. The album, sales-wise, has been most successful in the UK and remains one of Minogue's best selling albums.

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australia albums charts	2
Germany albums chart	10
Finland albums chart	6
France albums chart	10
New Zealand albums chart	1
Switzerland albums chart	7
UK albums chart	1 (6 wks)
USA Billboard Top 200 albums chart	53

[edit] Certifications

Note: Certifications are based on the number of shipped copies and not the number of copies sold.

Country	Certification
Australia	5x Platinum (350,000)
Austria	Gold (20,000)
Germany	Gold (250,000)
Japan	Platinum (250,000)
New Zealand	Gold (15,000)
Singapore	Platinum (15,000)
Spain	Gold (50,000)
Switzerland	Gold (25,000)
UK	6x Platinum (1,800,000)
USA	Gold (500,000)

[edit] Singles

The Locomotion single cover.

For more information on the single releases please see their respective pages.

Six singles were released from the album:

"I Should Be So Lucky" was Minogue's first international release. Already well known to the British public due to the soap opera Neighbours, it reached number one on the UK charts. The song became Minogue's second Australian number one. It also broke into the US charts, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

"Got To Be Certain" was released in May 1988. It reached number one in Australia and number two in the UK, giving Minogue her third Australian number one in a row. It also became only the second single ever to debut at number one in Australia.

"Locomotion" was originally released in Australia in July 1987 – before Kylie had signed to PWL – and it stayed at number one for 7 weeks, becoming the highest selling single in Australia of both 1987 and the entire 1980s. This version of the song does not appear on Kylie, but it was re-recorded with Stock Aitken & Waterman, who believed the sound of the Australian original would not be popular in the UK. The re-recorded version (renamed slightly as "The Loco-Motion") was released in the UK in August 1988 and reached number two. The track is Minogue's most successful single in the United States, where it reached number three. Prior to the release of Fever in 2001, "The Loco-Motion" was the song she was best remembered for in America.

"Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi" was released in October 1988. It became her third consecutive number two hit in the UK. The song was not released in Japan, where "Turn It Into Love" was released instead.

"Turn It Into Love" was the fourth single release from the album in Japan and reached the top spot on the international singles chart.

"It's No Secret" received a U.S. release only and reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was within weeks of being released in Australia and New Zealand – 7" and 12" vinyl singles had been pressed and cover sleeves printed – when it was pulled at the last minute in Australia, so as not to impact on the imminent release of Kylie's duet with Jason Donovan, "Especially For You". In New Zealand however it charted at #47.

[edit] References

"Discography - 1987-1990". MixKylie. link - last accessed on December 29, 2005.
"Discography - Kylie". SloKylie - Slovenian Kylie Page. link - last accessed on December 29, 2005.