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LONDON: Australian singer Kylie Minogue has become the first female artist to have number one albums in Britain across five decades as her album “Disco” topped the charts.

Mostly recorded at home during lockdown, her 15th studio album “Disco” also notched up the best opening week for any UK release so far in 2020 with 55,000 chart sales.

It is the eighth time the singer has topped the Official Charts Company album rankings surpassing Sir Elton John, Sir Cliff Richard and George Michael.

“That sounds crazy to me. I’m 52 years old,” Minogue said of the five-decade record – an accolade she now shares with Bruce Springsteen – before it was announced.

‘Disco’, in which she revisits her dance music roots, also marks Minogue’s eighth UK number one album, taking her one ahead of Cliff Richard, Elton John and George Michael with seven apiece.

Speaking about the power of pop, Minogue said it can be a marker for people’s lives. “A lot of the best pop songs that seem so simple are the trickiest ones to do. There’s no distraction. There’s no tricks. It’s just an amazing song,” she said.

After making her name in hit soap opera “Neighbours”, Minogue burst onto the music scene in the late 1980s working with producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman.

Mike Stock recalled their first meeting in 1987. Together they made four albums, with the first two – “Kylie” (1988) and “Enjoy Yourself” (1989) – also reaching number one.