Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian singer and actress. She is the highest-selling female recording artist from Australia, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. Referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has been recognised for reinventing herself in music and fashion as a style icon. Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards and eighteen ARIA Music Awards. In 2024, Time named her one of the most influential people in the world.
The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality vocal performances in the dance music and/or electronic music genres. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
Dance-pop is a subgenre of pop music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of dance and pop with influences of disco, post-disco and synth-pop, it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. The genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven, despite some notable exceptions.
The Grammy Award for Best Music Film is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs.
The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards — a ceremony that was established in 1958 — honor quality dance and electronica albums in any given year. The award was first presented at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005 as an complement to the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, which had been presented as the sole award for dance music since 1998.
The Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance is an honor presented to recording artists for influential music from around the globe at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
The Grammy Award for Best Música Urbana Album is an honor presented to recording artists for quality vocal or instrumental Latin urban albums at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". Bad Bunny was the inaugural winner of this category thanks to his 2020 album El Último Tour Del Mundo.
Tension is the sixteenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released on 22 September 2023 by BMG and Minogue's company, Darenote, and was distributed in several digital, physical, and streaming formats. It is her first musical project since Disco (2020), and she began working on new material in May 2022, completing it the following year. Minogue's team enlisted several collaborators and producers for the album, including Richard "Biff" Stannard, Duck Blackwell, Jackson Foote, Lostboy, PhD, Cutfather, and Oliver Heldens.
"Padam Padam" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. BMG and Darenote released it on 18 May 2023 as the lead single to Minogue's sixteenth studio album Tension (2023). Written by Norwegian singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen with British producer Lostboy, "Padam Padam" is a dance-pop and synthpop song with elements of electronic music and Eastern European sound. Lyrically, it touches on the topic of sexual encounters, with its title being an onomatopoeia for a heartbeat.
"Tension" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It is the second single from Minogue's sixteenth studio album Tension (2023), and was released on 31 August 2023 by BMG and Minogue's company Darenote, in digital, streaming, and physical formats. Minogue co-wrote the song with Camille "Kamille" Purcell, Anya Jones, and producers Duck Blackwell, Jon Green, and Richard "Biff" Stannard. It was conceived after Minogue, Blackwell, Green, and Stannard collaborated on various songs in Surrey and asked Purcell and Jones to assist them with new material.
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Jazz is an award presented by the Recording Academy to honor quality alternative jazz music performances in any given year. The award will be presented for the first time at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024, and is the first new category in the jazz genre field since 1995.
The Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance is an award presented by the Recording Academy to honor quality African music performances in any given year. The award was presented for the first time at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024, and is a sister category to the Best Global Music Performance award, following on from the creation of that category in 2022, and sits in the global genre field.
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards honored the best recordings, compositions, and artists from October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023, as chosen by the members of The Recording Academy, on February 4, 2024. In its 21st year at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the ceremony was broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+, and was hosted by Trevor Noah for the fourth time.
Peter Rycroft, known professionally as Lostboy, is a British songwriter and music producer. Active in the music fields since 2010s, he has written and produced music across multiple genres, working with Tiësto, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Lewis Capaldi, Anne-Marie, Little Mix, Zedd and Ava Max. In 2023, he co-wrote Calvin Harris' single "Miracle" which spent 8 weeks at No.1 in the UK, and produced and co-wrote Kylie Minogue's 2023 hit single "Padam Padam", for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording.
The 67th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will honor the best recordings, compositions, and artists from September 16, 2023, to August 30, 2024, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy, on February 2, 2025. In its 22nd year at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the ceremony will be broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+. A host for the ceremony is yet to be announced.
"My Oh My" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, American singer Bebe Rexha and Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo. It was first released on 11 July 2024 by BMG through streaming platforms, and further distributed a day later on physical and digital outlets. The song was written by Ina Wroldsen and Lo, with Steve Mac co-writing and producing. It is included on the track listing of Minogue's seventeenth studio album Tension II (2024).
Tension II is the upcoming seventeenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. BMG and Minogue's company Darenote plan to release it on 18 October 2024, in a variety of digital, physical, and streaming formats. It is a sequel to her sixteenth studio album, Tension (2023), and is described as a record influenced by electronic music with elements of dance. Before its release, "My Oh My" was released with Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo as well as three additional collaborative singles: "Dance Alone" with Sia, "Midnight Ride" with Orville Peck and Diplo and "Edge of Saturday Night" with The Blessed Madonna.
"Lights Camera Action" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released as the lead single from her seventeenth studio album, Tension II (2024), on 27 September 2024 by BMG and Minogue's company, Darenote, and was distributed in both digital, streaming and phyiscal formats. The song was written by Minogue, Norwegian singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen and its producer Lewis Thompson. Musically, it is an upbeat electronic track with elements of club music and a heavy beat drop, and the lyrics focus on topics such as having a glamorous lifestyle.
