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October 1971
Danielle Jane Minogue was born on 20th October 1971 in Melbourne, Australia, the youngest of three children. (Nickname: Danstar, Queen Of The Clubs, Disco.)
Family: Her mum, Carol, was a dancer with a ballet company before she married Dannii's dad, Ron. Her older brother, Brendan is a TV cameraman, and we all know who her sister, Kylie is.
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June 1978
Role in Australian television series Skyways.
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October 1978
Role in Australian television series Sullivans.
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October 1979
Dannii appears on Young Talent Time in Australia as a Talent Discovery.
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June 1982
Dannii joined Young Talent Time on its 11th birthday special as a permanent team member.
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December 1985
Young Talent Time album Now And Then is released. Dannii's first solo song Material Girl, originally recorded by Madonna, is released on the album.
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July 1987
A concert appearance with Young Talent Time at a Sydney Shopping Centre turns into a riot as 17, 000 fans mob the team, leaving several people injured.
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August 1987
Young Talent Time album Phenomenon is released. Dannii has two solo tracks on the album - Final Countdown by Europe and Let's Go by The Cars.
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April 1988
After almost six years, Dannii leaves Young Talent Time in preparation for her new role in a upcoming Channel Nine drama series All The Way which is set in the 60's.
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July 1988
Dannii films New Generation, a half hour television variety show screened internationally.
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September 1988
Dannii releases her own fashion range entitled Dannii, selling out in a record ten days throughout Australia.
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December 1988
Dannii appears on the New Generation Tour with the Young Talent Team producing a series of Christmas concerts around Australia.
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January 1989
Dannii signs a record contract with Mushroom Records, Australia.
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July 1989
Dannii begins recording and writing in New York with producers Alvin Moody and Vincent Bell.
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August 1989
Dannii begins filming as the rebellious Emma Jackson in Home & Away ringing her to European audiences.
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September 1989
The Dannii label's 1989 summer range sells out in record time. Demand is so high that production immediately begins for the second and third ranges of the season.
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December 1989
Readers of Australia's TV Hits magazine vote Dannii New Star of 1989. The occasion of Dannii joining Home & Away is voted amongst the Top 10 TV events of the year. Dannii is also ranked amongst the sexiest people alive!
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February 1990
Dannii's debut single Love And Kisses is released throughout Australia. The track spends fifteen weeks on the chart after reaching number 4.
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March 1990
Dannii is nominated Most Popular Female TV Personality at the Australian Television Industry's 1989 Logie Awards. The Variety Club of Australia present Dannii with the Young Variety Award for 1989.
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April 1990
Love And Kisses exceeds Australian gold status with sales reaching over 60,000.
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June 1990
After a year on Home & Away, Dannii records her final scenes on the show and prepares for the release of her debut LP.
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September 1990
Dannii's second single Success is released in Australia, giving her a second top 40 hit.
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October 1990
Within two weeks of release, her self-titled debut album, Dannii, races up the Australian charts.
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November 1990
Dannii's third single I Don't Wanna Take this Pain is released in Australia.
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December 1990
Mushroom records license Dannii's recordings to MCA records for outside Australia and Japan.
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January 1991
Dannii is voted Best Female TV Star in the UK by TV Hits magazine.
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February 1991
Dannii flies to Japan and Europe for promotions.
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March 1991
Love And Kisses is released in the UK, peaking at number 8. Dannii is invited to lunch with Princess Diana, along with other celebrities for Help A London Child.
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April 1991
Love And Kisses is released in Japan peaking at number 14. Dannii's album is also released, under the name Party Jam. Dannii performs before Princess Margaret at the Children's Royal Variety Performance.
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May 1991
Dannii's second UK single Success enters the charts at number 21, and peaks at number eleven two weeks later. Dannii signs to star in a feature film entitled Secrets, (announced at the Cannes Film Festival). London's Radio One and Fast Forward magazine award Dannii with No 1 Woman of the Year.
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June 1991
Dannii's album, after considerable remixing, is released in Europe and Asia, and retitled, Love And Kisses. In the UK, it peaks at number 8. Dannii films her first feature film, an Australian production entitled Secrets, featuring the original music of The Beatles.
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July 1991
Jump To The Beat is released in the UK as Dannii's third single release, peaking at number 8.
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August 1991
Dannii embarks on an extensive promotional tour of South East Asia, resulting in top ten hits in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taipei and the Philippines. After two months in the UK top 40 the album, Love And Kisses goes Gold.
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September 1991
Baby Love, mixed by Steve 'Silk' Hurley is released in the UK, peaking at number 14.
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October 1991
UK Smash Hits readers vote Dannii Best New Artist, and second only to Madonna as Most Fanciable Female and Best Female Singer In The World. Her album is also nominated for Album Of The Year.
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November 1991
Jump To The Beat, Dannii's debut release in the US is released. The launch of the single is at a reception held in her honor attended by a host of personalities including Mike Tyson and C&C Music Factory.
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December 1991
I Don't Wanna Take this Pain is released in the UK as Dannii's fifth single. The readers of UK Big Magazine vote Dannii The World's Best Female Pop Star.
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February 1992
Dannii travels across America promoting her first single.
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April 1992
Dannii flies back to London to commence writing tracks for her new album. Dannii's remix album Love And Kisses And... is released in the UK and sells an amazing 60,000 copies in it's own right.
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July 1992
Dannii performs at the Cesme Music Festival in Turkey. Dannii is also honoured to record the track Show You The Way To Go for N.M.E's charity album Ruby Trax. Royalties are donated to the British Spastics Society.
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November 1992
Having just turned 21 Dannii releases her seventh UK single Love's On Every Corner, written especially for her by Cathy Dennis. Dannii returns briefly to Australia for the premiere of her debut film Secrets.
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December 1992
The readers of Big Magazine vote Dannii amongst the world's Top 5 Best Female Stars.
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