Impossible Princess is the sixth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was released on 1 November 1997 by BMG Records in Japan, on 12 January 1998 by Mushroom Records in Australia and on 23 March 1998 by Deconstruction Records in Europe to mixed reviews. The album was produced by Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk, Brothers in Rhythm, Manic Street Preachers and Rob Dougan. Many critics complimented its maturity and personal subject matter, while others called it uninspired and unbelievable. Impossible Princess was a success in Minogue's native Australia, where it reached number four on the Australian Albums Chart and number one on the Australian Music Report chart in January 1998, and was certified platinum for sales of 70,000 copies. The album was a commercial disappointment in the UK and sold 44,000 copies in 1998, considerably less than Minogue's previous albums.
The album represented another, and most radical change in Minogue's musical style, finding influences in drum and bass, indie rock, trip hop, folk and jazz. Impossible Princess became the first album in which Minogue had assumed full creative control, resulting in her contributing all of the lyrics that appeared on the album. The album was retitled Kylie Minogue in the UK following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in August 1997. A remastered edition of Impossible Princess with title reinstated, was issued by BMG in 2003 with a bonus disc of remixes and B-sides. In 2003, Q Magazine in the UK hailed the album as a 'hidden gem,' praising it as a lost pop masterpiece.Impossible Princess is the sixth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was released on 1 November 1997 by BMG Records in Japan, on 12 January 1998 by Mushroom Records in Australia and on 23 March 1998 by Deconstruction Records in Europe to mixed reviews. The album was produced by Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk, Brothers in Rhythm, Manic Street Preachers and Rob Dougan. Many critics complimented its maturity and personal subject matter, while others called it uninspired and unbelievable. Impossible Princess was a success in Minogue's native Australia, where it reached number four on the Australian Albums Chart and number one on the Australian Music Report chart in January 1998, and was certified platinum for sales of 70,000 copies. The album was a commercial disappointment in the UK and sold 44,000 copies in 1998, considerably less than Minogue's previous albums.
The album represented another, and most radical change in Minogue's musical style, finding influences in drum and bass, indie rock, trip hop, folk and jazz. Impossible Princess became the first album in which Minogue had assumed full creative control, resulting in her contributing all of the lyrics that appeared on the album. The album was retitled Kylie Minogue in the UK following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in August 1997. A remastered edition of Impossible Princess with title reinstated, was issued by BMG in 2003 with a bonus disc of remixes and B-sides. In 2003, Q Magazine in the UK hailed the album as a 'hidden gem,' praising it as a lost pop masterpiece.false2024-02-27 19:22:01Impossible Princess819981998-03-231998-03-2350Dance-PopDrum And BassElectronicElectronicaHouseIndie RockPopPop RockRockTechnoTrip Hop1113352111036ee0bc8c8-cd28-3d74-95fc-5b063c0964942fddb92d-24b2-46a5-bf28-3aed46f4684cc58894f6-ff01-3bbd-afa5-4eb54aec6dab/media/data/media5/Music/Kylie Minogue/Impossible Princess (1997)/folder.jpgKylie MinogueAlbumArtist/config/metadata/People/K/Kylie Minogue/folder.jpgKylie MinogueArtist/config/metadata/People/K/Kylie Minogue/folder.jpgKylie MinogueKylie MinogueKylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) 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.
Born and raised in Melbourne, Minogue first achieved recognition starring as Charlene Robinson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1986–1988). She began her music career in the late 1980s, releasing four bubblegum and dance-pop-influenced studio albums under PWL. By the early 1990s, Minogue had amassed several top ten singles in Australia and the UK, including "The Loco-Motion", "I Should Be So Lucky", "Especially for You", "Hand on Your Heart" and "Better the Devil You Know". Taking more creative control over her music, she signed with Deconstruction Records in 1993 and released the albums Kylie Minogue (1994) and Impossible Princess (1997).
By joining Parlophone in 1999, Minogue returned to mainstream dance-oriented music with Light Years (2000), including the number-one hits "Spinning Around" and "On a Night Like This". The follow-up, Fever (2001), was an international breakthrough for Minogue, becoming her best-selling album to date. Its lead single, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" became one of the most successful singles of the 2000s, selling over five million units. Follow up singles, "In Your Eyes" and "Love at First Sight" became hits as well. She continued reinventing her image and experimenting with a range of genres on her subsequent albums, which spawned successful singles such as "Slow", "I Believe in You", "2 Hearts" and "All the Lovers". In 2017, she partnered with BMG Rights Management, with "Dancing" (2018) as their first release. In the following years, Minogue became the only female artist to have a number-one album and a top ten single, from the 1980s to the 2020s in the UK charts, with Disco (2020) and "Padam Padam" (2023) respectively.
In film, Minogue made her debut in The Delinquents (1989), and appeared in Street Fighter (1994), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Holy Motors (2012) and San Andreas (2015). In reality television, she appeared as a judge on The Voice UK and The Voice Australia, both in 2014. Her other ventures include product endorsements, books, perfumes, charitable work and a wine brand. Minogue's achievements include being an ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.).