Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess

January 1991
A readers' poll for best dance track in American DJ magazine Dance Music Reports votes Better The Devil You Know No.7 and Wouldn't Change A Thing (Espagna Mix) No.60.

21st January - What Do I Have To Do is released, remixed from its original form and charts at No.6. March 1991 "Better The Devil You Know" No. 1 on U.S. Dance Trax Import Chart (Hitmaker Magazine)

February 1991
Kylie s February's cover girl for Rolling Stone magazine in Australia, which carries an exclusive interview, whilst in the UK i-D magazine features a leather-clad Kylie on the cover of their March issue.

Kylie embarks on the Rhythm Of Love Tour in Australia and the Far East, starting in Perth. To commemorate the tour, the album is re-issued in Australasia with a gold, die-cut sleeve and extra tracks - remixes of Better The Devil You Know, Step Back In Time and What Do I Have To Do.

15th February - Kylie presents a cheque for AU$10,391 to the Environmental Youth Alliance for the Australian Conservation Foundation. The cheque is from video sales of The Delinquents (Kylie donated $1 from the sale of every copy) and the proceeds from the Sydney premiere of the film. The video carries a three-minute personal message from Kylie about environmental issues.

March 1991
Better The Devil You Know hits No.1 on Hitmaker Magazine's US Dance Trax Import Chart.

April 1991
D.N.A. who had such a big hit in 1990 with Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" request to re-mix a single version of "Shocked" from the "Rhythm Of Love" album.

May 1991
20th May - release of Shocked, the fourth single from Rhythm Of Love, radically remodeled from its original album version by DNA. The single version features a rap by Jazzi P and is the first Kylie single since Locomotion to be mixed outside of PWL. The single peaks at No.6 in the UK and Australia.

Kylie is invited by Prince Albert of Monaco to perform at the World Music Awards where she is presented with 'Best Selling Australian Artist'.

June 1991
Kylie enters the Guinness Book Of Records. After "Shocked" became Kylie's 13th Top 10 single, "Music Week" magazine declared that in the history of the British charts Kylie was the only act to have their first 13 releases all go Top 10 - another first for Kylie. The obvious rivals for this title, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Michael Jackson etc. all had early releases which didn't make the Top 10.

Rhythm Of Love is re-packaged and re-released in the UK with bonus mixes of Step Back In Time, What Do I Have To Do and Shocked.

July 1991
Kylie returns to the PWL studios to record her fourth LP. Matt Aitken is no longer with SAW, giving Kylie the opportunity to co-write some tracks with Mike Stock and Pete Waterman.

August 1991
With the LP complete, Kylie films the video for her brand new single, Word Is Out in Camden Lock (and the alleys at the back of the PWL studios!). The single is a slightly different sound for Kylie, with more of a swing beat feel, rather than the pounding, hi-energy throb of her recent hits.

16th August - Promotion of the single begins with a performance at the Radio One Roadshow in Plymouth, where Kylie announces she is to tour the UK in the autumn.

26th August - Word Is Out is released, entering the UK chart at No.16. A second, limited edition twelve-inch is issued in the UK, featuring the Summer Breeze Remix, which is released as the single version in Australia, where it reaches No.10.

October 1991
PWL issue a one-sided 12" white label under the name Angel K. The track, I Guess I Like It Like That, is a club/rave tune, borrowing a chunk of 2 Unlimited's Get Ready For This. This is followed in December by a 12" of another rave track called Do You Dare. Angel K is later revealed to be Kylie after the tunes became sizeable club hits.

Kylie appears in fashion magazine The Face, which carries an exclusive interview and photo session shot in a hotel room. She appears on the cover curling her eyelashes.

14th October - Kylie's fourth album, Let's Get To It is released, going gold in its first week in the UK and receiving favourable reviews in the music press. Combining a variety of styles, taking in swing-beat, pop, with a touch of R 'n' B and techno for good measure, it peaks at No.15.

21st October - Finer Feelings is earmarked to be the next single, but this is postponed in favour of If You Were With Me Now, a soulful duet with US singer Keith Washington, with whom Kylie co-wrote the track. If You Were With Me Now reaches No.4 in the UK charts as Kylie embarks on her stadium tour of the UK.

The Let's Get To It Tour is an extension of the Australian Rhythm Of Love Tour, with Kylie having altered the set list to include several tracks from the new LP. A stir is caused in the media as Kylie appears on stage in a variety of outrageous costumes specially designed for her by John Galliano. The costumes include a frilly bra and knickers set with a clear PVC jacket, a fishnet body stocking with leather cap (the infamous 'S&M Bus Conductor' outfit!) and a skirt that is ripped off by her dancers to reveal a tiny basque and suspenders. Unfortunately, the media are so whipped into a frenzy by the 'raunchy' costumes that they fail to actually review the show itself!

November 1991
A new video collection, Let's Get To...The Videos is released, featuring the clips to the singles from Rhythm Of Love and Let's Get To It. PWL release a single called Keep On Pumpin' ItKeep On Pumpin' It, which is a radically remixed version of I Guess I Like It Like That. The single is credited to the Visionmasters and Tony King featuring Kylie and peaks at No.47, without any promotion at all.

December 1991
A 12" rave mix of "Do You Dare" written by Kylie, Mike and Pete is released to U.K. clubs under the name of Angel K. immediately charting in the Record Mirror Club Chart.

January 1992
13th January - the third single from Let's Get To It, Give Me Just A Little More Time is released and hits the Top Five. A remake of the 70s hit by Chairman Of The Board, the song is featured in a TV commercial for Accurist watches. With a fun 'New Orleans' theme video of a buxom Kylie and chums dancing in a coffee-house, the single peaks at No.2.

February 1992
Kylie shoots her third video with Dave Hogan. A romantic piece for "Finer Feelings", shot entirely in Paris with a 1930/40's feel.

March 1992
Kylie is nominated as 'Best Australian Female Artist Of 1991' by the Australian Record Industry Association.

April 1992
13th April - A new single, Finer Feelings is released. The track has been drastically remixed by dance duo Brothers In Rhythm and is accompanied by a stylish black and white video shot in Paris by director Dave Hogan. The single reaches No.11 in the UK.

On the same day, a video entitled simply Kylie Live! is released, featuring footage from the Let's Get To It Tour filmed in Dublin. It enters at No.2 on the UK video charts.

May 1992
Kylie is once again invited by Prince Albert to attend the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. During an interview whilst there, Kylie reveals plans for her forthcoming greatest hits album which she tentatively believes will be called Celebration.

June 1992
Alongside the likes of Yasmin LeBon, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, Kylie participates in the 'Rhythm Of Life' fashion charity gala at London's Grosvenor Hotel, organised by Sting to raise money for the Rainforest Foundation. She appears on the catwalk wearing a stunning John Galliano creation, lip-syncing to Marilyn Monroe's 'Lolita' routine.

Kylie participates in a photo session and interview with Scottish rockers Primal Scream for Select magazine who famously question Ms Minogue as to how she feels about people masturbating over pictures of her...

July 1992
Kylie's Remixes Vol.2, a compilation of remixes from Rhythm Of Love and Let's Get To It, is released in Japan.

Kylie and Dannii headline the Cesme Music Festival in Turkey.

August 1992
10th August - Kylie releases a brand new single What Kind Of Fool (Heard All That Before) which she specially co-wrote and recorded for her greatest hits album. The song is something of a return to her hi-energy pop sound and Kylie parodies the Brigitte Bardot film And God Created Woman for the video, as well as the poster artwork for Stanley Kubrick's Lolita. What Kind Of Fool reaches No.14 in the charts, continuing Kylie's unbroken run of Top 20 singles.

24th August - Release of Kylie's Greatest Hits double LP, featuring all her PWL singles, plus a brand new track called Where In The World?, a salsa-tinged lament for a long-lost love. Aww. Also included is a cover of Kool And The Gang's Celebration, one of Kylie's all-time favourite tracks. She originally recorded the song for inclusion on the Let's Get To It album and the track was produced by PWL remixers Phil Harding and Ian Curnow. The Greatest Hits album and the accompanying video collection Greatest Video Hits both reach No.1 on their respective charts.

November 1992
Kylie receives award for "Sexiest Person On The Planet" from DMC and Mix-Mag Magazine, the world's credible dance music authorities.
16th November - Release of what is to be Kylie's final single with PWL, Celebration. The video is filmed in Rio, featuring Kylie larking about on a beach, joined by several dancers from a mini Mardi Gras. It reaches No.20, meaning that all of Kylie's solo singles with PWL have charted in the Top 20.

February 1993
Kylie signs a new record deal with deConstruction (through RCA/BMG) in the UK, Imago (through BMG) in the USA and BMG throughout the rest of the World. In Australia and New Zealand however, her releases are still through Mushroom Records. Kylie welcomes the move, now 'stablemates' with dance acts such as K-Klass and M People and, although unsure which direction her music is to take, is excited about the deal.

March 1993
Kylie locked away writing and recording her first album for through May '94 deConstruction with the likes of the Rapino Brothers, St.Etienne, Brothers In Rhythm, M-People and Farley & Heller in London and Jimmy Harry in N.Y.

April 1993
Kylie's first recording session for her new label is with Saint Etienne, covering their hit single Nothing Can Stop Us, and a new track When Are You Coming Home?. She also records several tracks with Italian house producers The Rapino Brothers, probably best known for their revamping of Take That’s Could It Be Magic?.

May 1993
Once again Kylie is invited by Prince Albert to present at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, hosted by Michael Douglas and attended by the worlds leading names in music including Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and Rod Stewart. Kylie, together with her sister, mother and closest friends, is invited to "Breakfast At Tiffany's" to celebrate her 25th birthday over a private breakfast in the board-room of the world famous jewellery store.

June 1993
1st June - In Japan, a special CD called Kylie's Non-Stop History 50+1 is released, comprising of a 50-track megamix of almost every single track Kylie has recorded.

19th June - Kylie performs at Bang! night-club in London as part of the Gay Pride celebrations and as a thank you to her fiercely loyal gay following. Her five-song set consists of Shocked, Step Back In Time, Celebration, What Do I Have To Do and her unofficial anthem, Better The Devil You Know.

July 1993
When her sister Dannii, has her 6th Top 40 hit in the U.K. with "This Is It" the girls win the record as the most successful sisters ever on the British charts.

August 1993
Kylie voted the world's Coolest female in music by London's "Select" Magazine.

October 1993
Kylie is invited by Baz Luhrmann, the director of Strictly Ballroom (and more recently Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge!), to pose at Universal Studios in LA for world famous photographer Bert Stern. The "60's style" spread in Australian Vogue covers 21 pages in the January 1994 edition.

November 1993
Two new Kylie compilations are released in Japan. Greatest Remix Hits volumes 1 & 2, are both double CD sets, featuring remixes and B-sides including the original 1987 recording of Locomotion and a rare track from that time called Getting Closer, which was originally intended to be the follow up single to her debut hit.