And God Created Kylie

Mr Gudinski could not say how Minogue was handling the news, but he paid tribute to her spirit. "I've never heard of an artist in my life … it's so Kylie, to have put in her own press release that she wrote herself today that she's sorry to have disappointed her fans. Knowing Kylie and what she's written here … I'd say she'd be more concerned about how worried her family and people around her are.

Pop Princess a survivor

But it has not always been easy for Minogue, 36, once dismissed by critics as the "Singing Budgie".