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7th January - Never Too Late reaches No.14 in Australia.
| 8th January - Kylie's eleventh international single, Tears
On My Pillow enters the UK charts at No.2 and shortly rises to No.1. The track is a
cover of a 50s hit by Little Anthony and The Imperials, and is Kylie's contribution to The
Delinquents soundtrack and clips from the film are featured as the backdrop in the
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| Australian magazine Follow Me carries
a feature on Kylie's fashion, interviewing Nicole Bonython on Kylie's gradually maturing
style. 27th January - in Melbourne Kylie is interviewed for Motormouth live via
satellite.
29th January - having spent the month rehearsing for her upcoming tour, Kylie performs
a warm-up gig at The Cadillac Bar in Melbourne. Accompanied by her band, the gig is
intended to be a secret and they are billed as The Singing Budgies (the Singing Budgie
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| 3rd February - the Enjoy Yourself Tour begins in
Australia and is a resounding success with fans and critics alike, one journalism is
prompted to write "It's time to ditch the snobbery and face facts - the kid's a
star!". The Australian Variety Industry honours Kylie with
the Mo Award for 'International Showbusiness Ambassador'.
10th February - Kylie - The Videos 2 is released in
Japan.
25th February - Tears On My Pillow reaches No.20 in the Australian charts.
In the UK, Kylie is presented with the award for 'Top Music
Video Of 1989' for Kylie - The Videos. Kylie begins recording tracks for her new
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17th March - Tears On My Pillow reaches No.20 in the Netherlands.
24th March - Tears On My Pillow climbs to No.9 in Belgium.
| 25th March - Tears On My Pillow
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| 4th April - Kylie films the video for
Better The Devil You Know, appearing wildly dancing in a little black dress
against a backdrop of flames, in a short red wig and silver hotpants and at one point,
apparently naked and covered only by a man's arm. The video epitomises her new found
confidence and decision to take control of the design of her videos, record covers and her
image in general. |
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| 14th April - Kylie appears on Going
Live! to perform Better The Devil You Know for the very first time. She and
her dancers put the finishing touches to the routine minutes before going on air. The song
is a progression for Kylie, sounding much more club-oriented and with a harder edge than
her previous tunes. |
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| 17th April - the European leg of the Enjoy Yourself Tour
kicks off in the UK. Prompted by Kylie's appearance in a black cap and a crushed velvet
catsuit, performing The Loco-Motion to the background throb of French Kiss,
a recent club hit for Li'l Louis, reviews appear in the press with critics tagging the
show as 'raunchy' and unsuitable for Kylie's younger audience. Fans do not seem to mind
and additional shows are added to the itinerary to cope with demand. |
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30th April - Better The Devil You Know is released in the UK, reaching No.2.
April also sees the video release of Kylie On The Go -
Live In Japan tour special with footage of Kylie's Disco In Dream and Hitman
Roadshow concerts filmed the previous autumn.
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| 5th May - Kylie performs at the John Lennon Tribute Concert in
Liverpool, alongside artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Lenny Kravitz and Lou Reed. Her chosen
song is a very different rendition of The Beatles' Help!, complete with some
Kylie-style 'voguing' during the routine. 10th May - performance of Better The Devil
You Know on Top Of The Pops. |
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| Kylie films a TV commercial for
Coca-Cola, featuring her ordering a pizza and a couple of Cokes to her hotel room. The ad
follows the delivery guy dodging hotel staff and security in order to deliver Kylie her
goodies, ending with the pair sharing the drinks at the end. Nice. |
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| The Enjoy Yourself Tour
continues through Europe and Southeast Asia, finishing in Bangkok shortly before Kylie's
22nd birthday. |
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24th June - Better The Devil You Know reaches No.4 in the Australian charts.
| Kylie spends some time in LA recording and for the first time
co-writing tracks for her new album. Previously, her only attempt at song writing came in
the shape of a tune called Love Traffic for her sister Dannii's debut LP. She
works with Stephen Bray (famous for his work with Madonna), Michael Jay (who worked with
Martika) and Keith 'KC' Cohen (who produced for Paula Abdul) on four tracks. |
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| Enjoy Yourself is released
in the USA with brand new cover artwork shot by Isobel Snyder. 25th July - Better The Devil You Know is released in Japan. |
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| 25th August - Kylie - On The Go
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| Kylie takes some time to prepare her new look for her third
album release, shooting some glamorous photos in the Mojave Desert near LA. The new image
is very much inspired by 60s sci-fi fantasy movie Barbarella, starring Jane
Fonda. 22nd September - Kylie films the video for her new
single, Step Back In Time around downtown Los Angeles. The song is a tribute to
the 1970s, hence the clip features Kylie wearing a host of outrageous 70s gear, including
hotpants and garishly colourful feathered jackets, her hair backcombed and her false
eyelashes firmly in place. In short, she has a ball filming the video, before traveling
back to London to finish the album at PWL. |
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| 22nd October - Step Back In Time is released,
reaching No.4 in the UK, her 11th consecutive Top 5 hit. |
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| 27th October - Kylie performs Step
Back In Time on Going Live! and causes a panic at PWL when she announces on
live TV a competition to win a limited edition copy of her new album with her name written
in gold leaf on the sleeve. The record company had decided not to release this limited
edition but no one had actually informed Miss Minogue. Therefore 100 copies are hastily
pressed and given to DJs as further competition prizes. |
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1st November - Kylie performs Step Back In Time on Top Of The Pops.
3rd November - Kylie performs Step Back In Time on Motormouth, where
she also takes the opportunity to perform the title track of her new album, Rhythm Of
Love that she co-wrote and recorded in LA without the assistance of SAW.
| 12th November - Kylie's third LP, Rhythm Of Love is
released, going to No.10 in Australia and No.9 in the UK, turning gold.
14th November - performance of Step Back In Time
on Des O'Connor Tonight.
15th November - performance of Step Back In Time on Wetten, Dass..?
in Germany.
16th November - at the Diamond Awards Festival in Antwerp, Belgium, Kylie is presented
with an award for 'Music Excellence', and performs Better The Devil You Know, Step
Back In Time and Rhythm Of Love.
19th November - Rhythm Of Love is released in Spain, turning
gold.
28th November - Step Back In Time is released in
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| Kylie's ever maturing sense of style earns her a feature in
the British edition of Vogue magazine, which devotes a six-page spread to her in their
December issue. The photoshoot is held in Raymond's Revue Bar in Soho, with Kylie dressed
in feathers and jewel-encrusted designer gear. 9th December - Step Back In Time
reaches No.5 in Australia. |
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15th December - Rhythm Of Love is released in Japan.
| Follow Me magazine in Australia carries a feature entitled
'Kylie Vamps Up', accompanied by a stylish set of black and white photos by Grant
Matthews. The striking shots show Kylie looking very different, mature and very sexy. |
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| 17th December - sales of Rhythm
Of Love reach platinum in the UK as Kylie films the video for her next single, What
Do I Have To Do in London. Shot over two days, the clip features 'SexKylie' at her
best, with big hair and lashes, leather outfits and saucy shots galore. One scene features
Kylie with a huge (fake) tattoo of a panther on her back, another shows her dancing and
flirting with a woman at a club, sporting a beehive hairdo. Her sister Dannii guest stars
in the clip. |
25th December - Kylie performs Better The Devil You Know on the Christmas Day
edition of Top Of The Pops.
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