Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess

January 2003
Kylie is nominated for 'Best Dance Recording' for Love At First Sight at the 2003 Grammy Awards.

9th January - Fever is awarded Platinum in the USA with sales of over a million copies.

12th January - the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia name Kylie as the 'Most Broadcast Artist on Australian TV and Radio in 2002'.

February 2003
4th February - UK launch of the LoveKylie lingerie range, in Selfridges, London.

KylieFever2002 wins Best Music DVD at both the UK and Australian DVD Awards.

Kylie and Justin Timberlake at the Brits 2003

20th February - Kylie performs with Justin Timberlake at the Brit Awards, duetting on a cover of Blondie's Rapture. Although neither nominated for or presenting any awards, the performance commands the front page of all the newspapers the following day, whilst the press interest in the couple off stage continues for some weeks after!

25th February - Kylie travels to New York where she presents an award with Justin Timberlake at the Grammys.

March 2003
Kylie visits Paris, where she is the special guest at the 50th Anniversary Party for the Chloe fashion label. At an exclusive party at the Cafe De Flores, she performs a jazz set, including covers of Big Spender, Peel Me A Grape, Peggy Lee's Fever and Nena Simone's My Baby Just Cares For Me.

Kylie ventures back into Biffco's Dublin studios to begin recording her ninth album.

17th March - in Australia, the new season of the LoveKylie range is launched by Kylie herself during Melbourne Fashion Week.

Details are announced of Kylie's involvement in a ballet production called 21 for the Rambert Dance Company. In a specially commissioned short film, to be projected onto the stage during the production, her performance is choreographed by Rafael Bonachela, who created the dance routines for the Fever2002 Tour. The score also includes a vocal performance by Kylie, electronically altered for the production.

Kylie is awarded a Centenary Medal by the Governor General of Australia for Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry.

Kylie wins Australian Performer of the Year (for the THIRD year in a row) and Showbusiness Ambassador of the Year at the Mo Awards in Australia.

April 2003
Kylie appears in an exclusive spread in Australian Vogue magazine, whose cover carries a special sparkly 'Vogue' logo.

Kylie appears as part of the ballet show '21' at Sadlers Wells, appearing in a video performance. The show is directed by Fever Tour choreographer Raphael Bonachela.

May 2003
6th May - Kylie attends the launch of a new body art exhibition called Body Craze at Selfridges in London, arriving in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce phantom, and flanked by 10 models in Burberry macs, showing glimpses of their LoveKylie lingerie... saucy!

26th May - reissue of Kylie's two deConstruction albums Kylie Minogue and Impossible Princess. Both albums feature bonus discs of rare tracks and previously unreleased remixes.

August 2003
Kylie travels to the French Riviera where she shoots a set of photos that reveals a very sexy image evocative of Brigitte Bardot.

September 2003
Kylie is nominated for 2 Aria Awards - 'Best Female Artist' and 'Best Pop Release' for Come Into My World.

Kylie is featured in an exclusive portrait in Pop magazine entitled 'You Were Never Lovelier'. Photographed in Coco Chanel's very own Paris apartment, Kylie appears with no hair styling or make-up, simply dressed in Chanel couture.

An updated softback edition of Kylie La La La is released, featuring many more previously unseen photos and updated commentary from Kylie and William Baker.

Kylie travels to Barcelona, where she films the video for her new single Slow by a poolside surrounded by numerous hunks in trunks!

29th September - Slow debuts on British and Australian radio. A minimal electronic track with a hypnotic bass and beat, the song is a radical departure for Kylie, causing much discussion and debate amongst her fanbase.

October 2003
Release details are confirmed for Kylie's new album. An exclusive feature in Music Week proclaims: "Fans expecting Fever mark II are in for a surprise when they get to hear Body Language on November 17th. Immersed in cutting edge production, the album's touches of electro and hip-hop give it a truly minimal feel, as highlighted on lead single Slow. However, the cool production is not at the expense of melody. Highlights such as Still Standing are perhaps Minogue's most adventurous tracks to date, but at the same time some of her most pop-friendly...Not only is Body Language Kylie's strongest album to date, it looks set to strike the rarely achieved balance between cutting edge cool and retaining huge commercial appeal..."

In Europe and the USA, an updated Greatest Hits compilation is released, featuring the same tracks as the UK 2002 edition, together with the singles from the deConstruction era. The packaging is updated to include a Kylie picture sleeve, replacing the 'controversial' UK cover which featured an anonymous Kylie 'look-alike'...

17th October - debut performance of Slow on Top Of The Pops, revealing Kylie's striking Bardot-inspired image with long blonde hair and fire-engine red lipstick, her dancers carrying neon red poles for the sultry routine.

18th October - details are announced on Kylie.com of a one-off exclusive Kylie show on November 15th in London. Entitled Money Can't Buy, the performance is to be filmed for a TV special showcasing tracks from the new album, and the 4000 available tickets are to be given away through various TV, radio and internet competitions.

28th October - Kylie is appointed ambassador for the NSPCC (the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), lending her support to campaigns led by the charity. Kylie commented of her new position: "Cruelty to children is an everyday occurrence, which must be stopped. The work undertaken by the NSPCC is essential and I fully support its mission to end child cruelty. I support its vision of a society in which all children are loved and valued. The levels of abuse in this country are shocking. Without charities like the NSPCC, they would be worse. Together, we may be able to improve the lives of children within the UK". For more information on the NSPCC, visit their official site at www.nspcc.org.uk.

November 2003
3rd November - release of Slow in the UK and Australia. The single enters the charts of both countries at No.1, giving Kylie her seventh UK No.1 single (her first ever self-penned No.1) and her NINTH Australian No.1!

6th November - Kylie performs Slow at the MTV Europe Awards in Edinburgh.

Kylie graces the cover of the December edition of UK Vogue magazine, her second appearance on the magazine's cover.

15th November - Kylie showcases tracks from her new Body Language album, as well as some of her more recent hits at a special one-off concert at London's Hammersmith Apollo. With a distinctive French flavour running through the show, from the sets to Kylie's costumes, to a special version of Breathe combined with Serge Gainsbourg's Je T'aime, the show reportedly cost £1M to stage.

17th November - Kylie's ninth studio album Body Language is released. Combining a mixture of laid back beats, funky grooves, a hint of R 'n' B and several 80s references throughout, the album enters the UK chart at No.6.

28th November - Kylie's hectic European promotion continues with an exclusive performance of After Dark, the closing track from the album written by Cathy Dennis, on Top Of The Pops (28th), and performances of Slow on the Swiss National Lottery show (29th) and Italy's Quelli Che il Calcio.

December 2003
2nd December - Slow is released in France as a limited edition DVD single featuring the beautiful video.

6th December - Kylie performs Slow on Germany's hit TV show Wetten Dass.

Kylie receives her second Grammy nomination, when Come Into My World is nominated for Best Dance Recording.