Kylie Minogue has certainly received her fair share of honours throughout her long career.
Ahead of the Aussie superstar’s two night stand at Madison Square Garden, the City Of New York welcomed Kylie in style.
The city’s iconic Empire State Building will be illuminated green and gold as a tribute to the pop princess on her debut Madison Square Garden performance on Friday.
Kylie, 56, cut a breezy figure at an event at the Empire State Building on Thursday (New York time) to commemorate the landmark occasion.
The Padam Padam hitmaker wore a light green double breasted blazer and a pair pf matching, loose fitting pants.
She matched the chic suit with a light coloured blouse.
Ahead of Kylie Minogue’s two night stand at Madison Square Garden, the City Of New York welcomed Kylie in style
The city’s iconic Empire State Building has been illuminated green and gold as a tribute to the pop princess on her debut Madison Square Garden performance on Friday.
Kylie finished her ensemble with a pair of moss green heels that were barely visible from underneath the wide leg of her pants.
She wore her flaxen locks loose for the occasion, to playfully fall over her shoulders.
Kylie added a touch of drama to her look with a smokey eye, as well as a light rose shade for her lip.
The pop star looked genuinely to be receiving the honour, beaming as she stood in front of a miniature version of the Empire State Building.
Kylie wasn’t afraid to ham it up with Australia’s Consul General in New York, Heather Ridout as they prepared to light up the miniature building.
The songstress was definitely in a playful mood, cheekily blowing a kiss as she posed for photographers.
Following a bravura Australian leg of her Tension tour, Kylie is currently a in the middle of he North American leg, which is also her first-ever US arena run.
The star is the highest-selling Australian female artist of all time and the third best-selling in the UK, but has only now begun to make a name for herself in the US following the success of her viral 2023 hit Padam Padam.
Kylie cut a breezy figure at an event at the Empire State Building on Thursday (New York Time) to commemorate the landmark occasion
The Padam Padam hitmaker wore a light green double breasted blazer and a pair pf matching, loose fitting pants
Kylie finished her ensemble with a pair of moss green heels that were barely visible from underneath the wide leg of her pants
The pop star looked genuinely to be receiving the honour, beaming as she stood in front of a miniature version of the Empire State Building
In the past, Kylie has claimed her failure to catch on Stateside didn’t phase her and she enjoyed her anonymity there.
However, her record label revealed in 2023 that the singer now has her eyes firmly set on cracking the US market.
Padam Padam and follow-up album Tension helped turn her fortunes around in America and landed her a Grammy, a second number one on the US Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and a Las Vegas residency.
Speaking about her lack of success in the US Kylie said in 2022 she had ‘resigned myself to the fact that America wouldn’t be like the rest of the world for me. I’m anonymous there — which, I must confess, I kind of like.’
As well as telling The Express in 2009: ‘It doesn’t frustrate me [not cracking America]. It’s frustrating being asked about it and the assumption that it’s something really missing in my career and in my life.’
‘It just so happens that I live in London and my time is spent more throughout Europe and then there’s the Asian connection through Australia but the U.S.A. has remained at arm’s length.’
While discussing her plans to crack America Jamie Nelson, SVP of U.K. Recordings at Minogue’s label BMG, confirmed to Variety in 2023 that the label were always ‘confident’ Padam Padam would do well, but admitted that the song’s success has exceeded their expectations.
‘It’s now flipping into an area that’s unprecedented, not just for her, but for a lot of projects that have got so much history,’ he said, crediting TikTok and social media for the song’s viral success.
Kylie wasn’t afraid to ham it up with Australia’s Consul General in New York, Heather Ridout as they prepared to light up the miniature building
The songstress was definitely in a playful mood, cheekily blowing a kiss as she posed for photographers
Following a bravura Australian leg of her Tension tour, Kylie is currently a in the middle of he North American leg, which is also her first-ever US arena run
‘There’s a lot of heat and excitement about the record in America and we’ll continue to constantly build that story,’ he added.
Kylie’s New York honour comes after she was given a commemorative star recognising her phenomenal success entertaining crowds at Melbourne Park.
The beloved pop princess first took to the stage at Rod Laver Arena (previously the National Tennis Centre) back in 1990.
Since then she’s played a whopping 33 shows at the venue, and sold more than 386,000 tickets.
The star was unveiled in February by Melbourne Park CEO, John Harnden, and is located in the forecourt of Rod Laver Arena adjacent to the statue of the late Michael Gudinski.
‘It’s hard to believe it’s been 35 years since I first stepped on stage at this venue, and I’m honoured to be acknowledged in this way in my hometown of Melbourne,’ she said.
‘It seems appropriate that MG will be watching over my star each day.’
