Kylie Minogue - Legacy

Legacy

In February 2012, VH1 had ranked Minogue at number 47 on their VH1 Greatest Women In Music and number 49 on the "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era". Channel 4 had listed Minogue as one of the World's Greatest Pop Stars. The Official Chart Company revealed that Minogue is the 12th best selling singer in the United Kingdom to date, and the third best selling female artist, selling over 10.1 million sales. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), all her studio albums have been certified, and with her singles as well, she has a total of 27 certified records. In January 2011, Minogue received a Guinness World Records citiation for having the most consecutive decades with top five albums, with all her albums doing so. In September, Minogue was ranked 27 on VH1's "100 Sexiest Artists". In 2008, Minogue was honored Music Industry Trust's award for recognition of her 20-year career and was hailed as 'an icon of pop and style'." She became the first female musician or act to receive an Music Industry Trust award. She has sold more than 68 million records worldwide, making her one of the best selling artists of all time.

Dino Scatena from Smh.co.au wrote that "A quarter of a century ago, a sequence of symbiotic events altered the fabric of Australian popular culture and set in motion the transformation of a 19-year-old soap actor from Melbourne into an international pop icon." He then stated "Who could have imagined this tiny, unsophisticated star of Neighbours, with the bad '80s perm and questionable vocal ability, would go on to become Australia's single most successful entertainer and a world-renowned style idol?" Throughout her career the singer has been known for reinventing herself in fashion and her musical content. Fabulous Magazine had labelled her a "Master of Reinvention." In November 2006, Minogue posed for Vogue Australia, which Larissa Dubecki from The Age had labelled her the "Mother of Reinvetion" by saying "This unveiling is as cleverly managed as every aspect of her career, and her illness, to date. Like sharks, celebrities cannot remain static; they must keep moving or die. Kylie has beaten her early detractors by inhabiting almost a dozen identities "

Some of Minogue's hits have garned many legacy and accolades through her career. Her worldwide hit single "Can't Get You Out of My Head" has been known with great legacy. In January 2012, NME had listed the song at number 4 on their Greatest Pop Songs In History. The song was also named the most-played track of the decade. The song has been listed on many critic's list for their best lists. The song eventually became the 3rd best-selling UK single and the most-played song in the UK in 2001. Currently, 'Can't Get You Out of My Head" is the 72nd song featured on UK’s Official Top 100 Biggest Selling Singles of All Time. Her single "Spinning Around" has also been iconic to Minogue's career, mostly surrounding her iconic hot pants, with critics calling the music video an "excellent tabloid fodder" and a trademark to her career. Her song "Come into My World" was later honoured with a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2004, becoming Minogue's first and, to date, only Grammy Award. Slant Magazine placed the video for "Come Into My World" at 1 on their "Best of the Aughts: Music Videos" list.

Kylie Minogue has been recognized with many honorific nicknames in contemporary music. Minogue has been compared to American recording artist Madonna in many media outlets, but because Madonna has been indentifed as Queen of Pop, outlets have labelled Minogue as the Princess of Pop. By saying that, Birmingham Post said in 2000; "nce upon a time, long before anybody had even heard of Britney, Christina, Jessica or Mandy, Australian singer Kylie Minogue ruled the charts as princess of pop. Back in 1988 her first single, I Should Be So Lucky, spent five weeks at number one, making her the most successful female artist in the UK charts with 13 successive Top 10 entries." Minogue is sometimes referred to as the Goddess of Pop or the "pop goddess". From the music beginnings of her studio album Light Years, Minogue has been recognized for her introduction to more mainstream disco music, which has been evident to her music, with people and critics dubbing her a Disco Queen. While William Baker, co-author of her book Kylie: La La La, was talking about her song "Better The Devil You Know", he commented that "The track transferred well onto the dance-floor and heralded a long reign for Kylie as the new queen of disco... a pop princess." Jon O'Brien from Allmusic was reviewing her Kylie: The Albums 2000-2010 and stated " Kylie has yet to make that one essential album, and the going-through-the-motions nature of her later releases suggests her time may have passed, but this box set still contains plenty of moments to justify her position as one of the all-time premier pop princesses." On 27 November 2011 on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ARIA Music Awards, Kylie Minogue was inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

Many fans and critics have noted her as a role model. While Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, many media outlets have said many people, particularly woman, have been going through regular checks for cancer symptoms ever since her diagnosis. Then in December 2006, Sugar had voted her the Most Inspirational Celebrity by teenage girls. Editor of the magazine Annabel Brog stated " couldn't be any more inspirational. She's friendly, gorgeous, talented - and this year she's shown just how strong she is too." However, celebrities in general have also cited her as a role model. American singer and songwriter Lady Gaga thanked her on twitter, citing her as "a supportive female." While Minogue was in the era of her cancer, singer Madonna released a statement to her about wishing her well, but stated; "Aside from being tremendously talented, Kylie's a fighter and I know this is a battle she will win." TV host Giuliana Rancic had cited Minogue's cancer story "inspirational" because in 2011, she too was diagnosed with cancer. She said "When you get diagnosed, you don't know what to do… you Google. I went online and I read your story, and it gave me the strength to go public as well." Swedish singer September has cited Minogue as one of her influences in her music.