I like when the Decades posts give me a chance to listen to an artist I’ve never heard before, and frankly will likely never hear again. Kylie Minogue is such an artist.

The 52-year-old dance-pop star is the all-time top-selling Australian artist, with more than 70 million albums sold worldwide. I don’t think I’d ever heard a note of hers until this week.

Minogue’s 2003 album Body Language was a follow-up to 2001’s Fever, her most successful release. Rather than repeat that album’s disco style, she embraced 80s synthpop, citing Prince as a major influence on the new record. She also introduced elements of hip-hop into her music for the first time.

This is not my kind of music, but I enjoyed giving the album a spin. Minogue’s vocals are decent, the songs are hooky, and the production is especially strong.

By the way, my beloved Olivia Newton-John has sold 100 million albums worldwide, but she was born in England before moving to Australia as a child, so she doesn’t count for that “top-selling Australian artist” title.