Kylie Minogue Keeps Climbing + The Contest Winners

First off, thanks to everyone who entered the Kylie Minogue Aphrodite/"All The Lovers" giveaway I did here on the blog the other day. Several of you came close, but in the end only two got all three answers correct. I would have taken either Fever or X as my favorite album, and so the winners turned out to be XOLondon (as Vinny Vero said on Twitter upon hearing this, "They don't call him Chart Rigger for nothing!") and Pourhomme80. Congrats, guys!

For the singles, I was looking for along the lines of "What Kind Of Fool (Heard All That Before)," "On A Night Like This," "Better The Devil You Know," "Put Yourself In My Place," "Hand On Your Heart," "In My Arms," "Breathe," etc. (Or, as the two winners guessed, "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Love At First Sight.")

Anyway, jumping to the new UK singles chart, Kylie actually moves up three positions in her third week with "All The Lovers," which now sits at a new high of #3. The only other single she ever peaked at #3 with was "In Your Eyes" back in 2002.

By Tuesday, Aphrodite will have been released in most territories. I saw a review the other day (was it on NPR's site?) that likened Kylie to soccer: huge everywhere in the world except America.

That said, this American sure loves her. In fact, I'm trying to figure out if I've blogged this much about one artist's upcoming album ever before. Maybe I'll go shoot off some bottle rockets and think about it. (Oh, the irony of doing a UK chart post on Independence Day....) Happy 4th Of July!

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "California Gurls" - Katy Perry *2 weeks*
2. "Airplanes" - B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
3. "All The Lovers" - Kylie Minogue
4. "I Like It" - Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull *new*
5. "Wavin' Flag" - K'naan
6. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
7. "Alejandro" - Lady Gaga
8. "Kickstarts" - Example
9. "Commander" - Kelly Rowland feat. David Guetta
10. "Not Afraid" - Eminem

CLOSED: Kylie Minogue 'Aphrodite'/"All The Lovers" Giveaway

Alright, Kylie stans, Chart Rigger has a nice little pack of goodies to giveaway ahead of the release of her album next week. This includes:

* The deluxe "Experience" edition of her full Aphrodite CD

* The 7" picture disc of "All The Lovers" (containing B-side "Los Amores"—i.e. "All The Lovers" in Spanish)

* "All The Lovers" CD single (containing B-side "Go Hard Or Go Home")

* "All The Lovers" remix CD (with Wawa & MMB Anthem Remix, Michael Woods Remix, XXXChange Remix and the music video)

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO: Now, pay attention pop chyldren. The first person to name 1.) my favorite Kylie album (excluding Aphrodite, so just pick from the other 10 studio albums), 2.) any one of my 10 favorite Kylie singles and 3.) one of my two cats (both of which have been mentioned and pictured more than once on here) in the comments section—as well as emails me at robbie.daw@gmail.com with their full name and address (can be anywhere in the world) and alerts me to who they are in the comments section—wins. So, leave all three answers in the comments section, then email me and tell me your full name/address and your funny-ha-ha comment online name so I can pair it all up.

HINT: I just took part in an all Kylie Pop Panel  over on Pop Trash Addicts, so you might be able to gleen a few of my fave singles from that.

I want to get this stuff sent out by tomorrow, if possible. Maybe Monday. We'll see.

Good luck!

Bearded wonders gather for the hairiest contest in the world