Spotlight: Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga

Kylie Minogue

Though the name may not ring a bell to most, Kylie Minogue is an artist who has been around since the majority of us were in diapers. Though she didn?t make it big until her pop hit “Can?t Get You Outta My Head” in 2001. The single sold more than 30,000 copies in it?s ?rst week of being released. Yet, that isn?t the interesting part. Since then, Minogue has continued to release album after album, her latest which came out in 2010 called “Aphrodite.” This album featured a breakthrough hit titled “Get Outta My Way.” The dance-pop music she is so renowned for both in the U.S. and her homeland of Australia has made her highly famous, and even at age 42 she continues to tour. On May 6, Minogue will be performing in Atlanta, where tickets are already on the verge of being sold out. In recent months she has performed everywhere from Glasgow to Moscow, and her die hard fans can?t wait for her to make it to the states so they can see her perform. At 42 years old, she shows no signs of slowing down, as she continues to record new music and upstage her sister Dannii Minogue in the music industry.

“We perceive Kylie Minogue as kind of a one-hit-wonder,” freshman exercise science major Bekah Belisle and freshman early childhood education major Samantha Kay Profit said. “But we will say that the one hit she had we just can’t get out of our heads!”

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is another artist coming to Atlanta on April 18 for her Monster Ball Tour. Though many believe Gaga to be a completely original artist who made up all of her own material, a lot of Gaga’s inspiration can be seen in the works of previous female artists, such as Madonna and the previously mentioned Kylie Minogue. If you compare Kylie Minogue’s “Can’t Get You Outta My Head” to Gaga’s “Bad Romance” video, you can see many similarities with design and the way the background performer’s are dressed and portrayed. Regardless, it is obvious that Gaga is an amazing artist. She is capable of putting new twists on things done in the past, as well as writing her own music and creating a new beat to jazz it up with. Those lucky enough to see her perform in the coming month will be undoubtedly be in for a great concert.

“I like Lady Gaga because she is different,” freshman mass communication major Betsy Lamb said. “I tried to get tickets to see her in April but they were sold out. I guess I’ll just have to watch the HBO special coming up on her in May.”