Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess

January 2002
Capitol Records confirm plans to release Fever in February, which will be Kylie's first album release in the States since Enjoy Yourself in 1990.

Australian group Gerling release their album When Young Terrorists Chase The Sun which features Kylie on the vocals of the funky house track The G-House Project.

Can't Get You Out Of My Head enters the US Billboard Charts at No.64, from airplay alone and begins a steady ascent. The promo 12" reaches No.1 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Meanwhile, the single is confirmed as having sold over 2.5 million copies around the world, reaching No.1 in every single Western European country (except Finland No.2!). In the UK it has become her biggest-selling single ever, remaining in the singles chart 3 months after release.

21st January - In Your Eyes is released in Australia and enters the charts at No.1. This makes it Kylie's eighth Australian No.1, five of which have entered the charts at the top position. In the UK the track is at No.4 in the airplay charts, even though it will not be commercially available for another month.

Kylie wins 'Best International Song' for Can't Get You Out Of My Head at the NRJ Awards in Stockholm.

February 2002
Kylie travels to the USA for promotion, appearing on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn. She also does a special signing session at the Virgin Megastore in New York's Time Square. In LA, looking very 'Joan Collins', she shoots a photosession with David LaChapelle for Flaunt Magazine.

18th February - In Your Eyes is released in the UK. Featuring remixes by Roger Sanchez and Jean-Jacques Smoothie, the single peaks at No.3 in the Official Charts after reaching No.1 on the Airplay Charts.

20th February - Kylie's night as she attends the Brit Awards. Wearing a white Dolce and Gabbana dress and knee-high silver boots, she delivers a sensational performance of Can't Get You Out Of My Head blended with New Order's Blue Monday, arriving onstage on a giant CD. She wins 'Best International Female' and 'Best International Album' for Fever and predictably grabs the front page of every newspaper in the UK the following day.

26th February - Fever is released in America and enters the Billboard Hot 100 at an impressive No.3 the following week.

In the UK, Kylie wins 'Best Pop Act' at the NME Awards.

28th February - Kylie wins 'Best International Song' at the Edisson Awards in Holland (the Dutch equivalent to the Brits). She performs In Your Eyes at the ceremony.

March 2002
The phenomenal career of Kylie Minogue reaches an all time high - Fever debuts at Number 3 in the US Billboard Album Charts. "Live In Sydney" wins Best Music Video at the Australian DVD Awards. In Your Eyes tops the UK Airplay Chart for the 4 week in a row. Kylie is officially the most played artist of the last year. th Kylie performs Can't Get You Out Of My Head and In Your Eyes on the legendary Saturday Night Live Show in New York. Kylie's Agent Provocateur commercial wins Best Cinema Commercial of the Year at the British TV Awards.

3rd March - Kylie attends a Dolce and Gabbana fashion show in Milan.

5th March - Kylie performs In Your Eyes at the San Remo Festival in Italy, thanking the crowd in Italian with her speech written on her hand.

Blueplate Records release a limited edition CD maxi-single of Butterfly, exclusively available through their website.

6th March - Kylie is awarded 'Best Selling Australian Artist' at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo where she performs the Blue Monday remix of Can't Get You Out Of My Head.

16th March - Kylie appears on US TV on Saturday Night Live with Sir Ian McKellen, where she takes part in a short sketch and performs Can't Get You Out Of My Head and In Your Eyes completely live. Can't Get You Out Of My Head reaches No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100.

21st March - Kylie's Agent Provocateur ad wins 'Best Cinema Commercial Of The Year' at the British TV Awards. Live In Sydney wins 'Best Music Video' at The Australian DVD Awards.

Kylie continues promotion of Can't Get You Out Of My Head in South America, performing on MTV's Spring Break.

27th March - Kylie wins 'Favourite International Female' and 'Favourite International Song' for Can't Get You Out Of My Head at the Capital FM Awards 2002 for Help A London Child.

Fever2002 Tour

April - May 2002
Kylie takes on her biggest project yet as the KylieFever2002 Tour kicks off in Cardiff at the end of April. The sci-fi themed shows begin with Kylie onstage in a robotic suit - the Ky-Borg - which opens to reveal her inside wearing a glittering bra top, mini-skirt and silver boots. Clad in numerous Dolce and Gabbana outfits, Kylie performs re-vamped versions of many of her hits, including a techno version of I Should Be So Lucky / Dreams, a Prince-style Locomotion and a hip-hop Cowboy Style. Light Years is mixed with Donna Summer's I Feel Love, whilst In Your Eyes turns into a flemenco-fest!

One of the Manchester dates is filmed for an intended video release and is also broadcast live across the internet to over a million people. The Manchester Evening News Arena presents Kylie with a plaque in recognition of having the most number of shows by a solo artist to sell out the arena ever! The tour is completely sold out as it moves into mainland Europe at the beginning of June.

Can't Get You Out Of My Head wins 3 Ivor Novello Awards: Best International Single, Best Dance Record and Most Played Record of the Year!

May 2002
Can't Get You Out Of My Head wins major awards at the UK Creative and Design Awards including; Best Pop Video and Best Video of 2001 The Manchester Evening News presents Kylie with a plaque in recognition of having the most number of shows by a solo artist to sell out the Arena EVER! Kylie is nominated at the MTV Movie Awards for best cameo as the Green Fairy in Moulin Rouge. Can't Get You Out Of My Head is nominated for Best International Video at the Mush Music Video Awards in Canada. Can't Get You Out Of My Head wins 3 Ivor Novello Awards: Best International Single, Best Dance Record and Most Played Record of The Year.

June 2002
3rd June - Love At First Sight is released in Australia. Featuring remixes by Scumfrog and Ruff & Jam, the single also includes Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head (the Blue Monday remix of Can't Get You Out Of My Head). The video, directed by Johan Renck features Kylie's trademark futuristic dancers, and is shot to look like one continuous take. The single enters the charts at No.3.

10th June - Love At First Sight is released in the UK, entering the charts at No.2.

18th June - the Fever Tour winds up in Europe with a party thrown by Kylie's tour costume designers Dolce & Gabbana. Kylie arrives at the party dressed in a golden Roman gladiator's outfit to perform Can't Get You Out Of My Head, whilst guests have been given their own Kylie t-shirts to customise for the lavish event.

July 2002
Kylie travels to the USA for promotion of Love At First Sight, including performances on MTV Total Request Live, Regis & Kelly, and a live performance of the US remix on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. The 12" promo of the song reaches No.1 on the Billboard Dance Charts.

In the UK, a brand new waxwork of Kylie is unveiled at Madame Tussaud's, their THIRD Kylie incarnation! The new model, posed on all fours, whilst wearing a very short dress, attracts some criticism from the lady herself, not merely for the fact that visitors are invited to walk around it and view her from all angles...

August 2002
2nd August - after a short break, the Australian leg of the Fever Tour begins. An emotional Kylie wraps herself in the Aussie flag at the end of the opening show in Sydney after her gruelling world schedule "There's a lot that I can say in words, it's just easier that I didn't... I'm one very happy girl to be home."

After the tour finishes, Kylie returns to the recording studios to re-record the vocals for her next single Come Into My World, whilst rumours abound that she has also recorded a Madonna-penned track called Alone Again as the double A-side. Kylie herself has been busy song-writing, this time for UK girl group Atomic Kitten and the title track of their new album Feels So Good.

29th August - Kylie attends the MTV Video Music Awards in the USA where she picks up the award for 'Best Choreography' for the Can't Get You Out Of My Head video. With Enrique Inglesias she also co-presents an award to Mary J Blige.

September 2002
Kylie films the video for Come Into My World in Paris. Directed by Michael Gondry (who has directed videos for the likes of Bjork, Daft Punk and The White Stripes), the video features multiple Kylies wandering the Paris streets as weird and wonderful events take place in the background.

Love At First Sight is released in France featuring brand new remixes by French DJs David Guetta and Joachim Garraud.

At the Elle Style Awards, Kylie wins 'Woman Of The Year', and the magazine feature her on the cover of their November issue.

October 2002
Kylie appears on the cover of GQ magazine in South Africa wearing nothing but a pair of striped knickers and cowboy boots (the shot was previously featured on the cover of The Face in January 2002). The cover sparks controversy after being banned by a top supermarket chain for being 'pornographic'!

15th October - Kylie's night at the ARIA Awards where she wins an unprecedented FIVE awards: 'Best Single' for Can't Get You Out Of My Head, 'Highest Selling Single' for Can't Get You Out Of My Head, 'Best Pop Release' for Fever, 'Highest Selling Album' for Fever and the 'Outstanding Achievement Award' for the 'Most Successful Australian Artist Ever'!!!

27th October - Channel 4 in the UK screen a documentary about the Fever Tour and Kylie's resurgent popularity called Feel The Fever. The documentary is followed by edited highlights of the Manchester show filmed earlier in the year.

November 2002
1st November - promotion for new single Come Into My World begins in the UK with a live performance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

4th November - the re-recorded Come Into My World is released in Australia, featuring remixes by Robbie Rivera and Ashtrax, together with live versions of Fever and Love At First Sight. The single debuts at No.4 on the charts, making Fever Kylie's most successful album in Australia, with all its singles reaching the Top Four.

7th November - the long-awaited follow-up to 1999's coffee-table book, Kylie La La La is released. The book features over 300 photos from Kylie's personal archive, most of which have never been seen before, documenting her 15 year pop career. The text is mainly written by Kylie's creative director William Baker, with notes by Kylie as well, covering Neighbours, her singing career, tours, relationships and life in general. In London, a very limited run of autographed copies sells out within the first 24 hours.

In the BBC's survey to find the 100 Greatest Singles of All Time, Kylie comes an impressive 35th with Can't Get You Out Of My Head.

11th November - Come Into My World is released in the UK, entering the charts at No.8, meaning all the Fever singles in the UK reached the Top Ten.

14th November - at the MTV Europe Awards, Kylie scoops two awards, for 'Best Pop Act' and 'Best Dance Act'.

18th November - Release of KylieFever2002 on video and DVD, the full Manchester show recorded earlier in the year. The package also includes the Feel The Fever documentary, and a special limited edition DVD includes a bonus audio CD of a selection of the live tracks. The DVD enters the chart at No.1.

On the same day, a special edition of Fever is released with new artwork and a bonus disc of rare remixes, including the Fischerspooner Mix of Come Into My World which was previously only available on a promo-only 7". Also included is a track called Whenever You Feel Like It, which was originally intended for inclusion on Fever but was dropped in favour of Come Into My World - although it later surfaced on the soundtrack to the movie Scooby-Doo!

Also released is a revamped Greatest Hits on PWL (through Jive Records), featuring all of Kylie's PWL hits, a selection of B-sides and a bonus disc of remixes. Kylie is disapproving of the whole project, in particular the cover which depicts a supposed look-alike dressed in her underwear. An 'official' cover, designed by Kylie and her team is made available to download from her website and is also given away free inside copies of Heat magazine. Despite the teething problems, the compilation is a hit, reaching the Top 25. A video and DVD is also released, to fans' excitement, featuring all Kylie's PWL-era videos, as well as alternative versions and behind the scenes footage. The DVD enters the chart at No.10.

21st November - Kylie appears in the presence of Prince Charles as the special guest in the hit West End show 'The Play What I Wrote'. The Morecambe & Wise spoof features Kylie dressed as a portly monk, performing a song and dance routine in the costume! "I haven't acted for such a long time, it's good to be doing something different. It's the first time I've trodden the boards in the West End and I'm a bit lost for words. It worked and it was just wonderful. If they asked me to do it again I'd do it at the drop of a hat."

22nd November - special appearance on Top Of The Pops with Casey from electro group Fischerspooner, performing their breathtaking remix of Come Into My World.

29th November - performance at the second annual Top Of The Pops Awards where Kylie wows the audience with a stunning live rendition of the Fischerspooner version of Come Into My World. She scoops the award for 'Best Tour' for the second year running.

December 2002
2nd December - Kylie headlines the Royal Variety Performance where she performs a special medley of tracks from Fever, once again in the presence of Prince Charles who proclaims backstage "we must stop meeting like this!"

11th December - Kylie travels to the USA to appear in a series of roadshow dates with several other top artists. The Kiss-108 Jingle Ball kicks off in Boston where Kylie performs Come Into My World, Love At First Sight, The Loco-motion, the Latin version of In Your Eyes from the Fever Tour, and Can't Get You Out Of My Head. The tour continues to New York (Madison Square Garden), Miami and California.

21st - appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno where Kylie performs a live rendition of Santa Baby.

27th - Kylie is named 25th Most Popular Star of All Time in a list compiled by the writers of the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles. She is one of only 4 female artists in the list of most weeks on the British single charts, the others being Madonna, Diana Ross and Shirley Bassey.

Love At First Sight is named as the most played radio song of 2002.

Kylie is the cover star for the winter issue of Hong Kong fashion magazine West East. In a series of exclusive shots for the magazine's first anniversary 'Sex' edition, Kylie is dressed in tight corsets and lingerie from her own range, resulting in striking images inspired by Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe.