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Kylie bombs in the US

SMH Australia: April 11, 2008

Kylie Minogue has bombed in the US. The Australian pop princess hoped to score big on the American music charts with the release of her latest album X last week, but when the numbers were released today she only managed to sell a paltry 5500 copies.

The poor sales meant X debuted on America’s Billboard charts at a lowly 139.

The US market, unlike Australia, Europe and Asia where she has dominated, has again proved elusive.

Minogue, 39, appeared to do everything right to promote the album.

She performed two songs in front of almost 30 million US TV viewers on America’s Dancing with the Stars and in an interview on Ellen DeGeneres’ talkshow she dropped a bombshell when she revealed for the first time a doctor had initially misdiagnosed her breast cancer.

There were also appearances on NBC’s top-rating US morning TV news-entertainment program, Today, and a late night spot on the CBS talkshow hosted by comedian Craig Ferguson.

Some critics say Minogue and her handlers picked the wrong single to perform on the talkshows, the slower tempo All I See.

Minogue was well aware of how hard the US market was to crack with her style of pop music.

“It’s a notoriously difficult market,” Minogue said in her interview on Today.

“You have so many denominations with radio.

“To know where I fit within that market is sometimes difficult.”

AAP