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Kylie Minogue’s Fever: Songs and Awards

Explore Kylie Minogue’s Fever album, its songwriting, UK chart history and Grammy dates, with the original programme distinguished from the 2026 reissue.

Kylie Minogue wearing a black dress at Cannes, with a car and event staff in the background
2001
Original album year
No. 1
UK album chart peak
2004
Come Into My World Grammy

By Biography Compass Editorial TeamPublished 23 October 2026

The short answer

Fever is a 2001 album, not simply another name for Can’t Get You Out of My Head. Its songs, chart record, later awards and anniversary material belong to connected but different moments. Reading those records together makes the album’s history clearer.

Chronology

A timeline of the turning points

  1. The original album

    Fever joins Can’t Get You Out of My Head to a twelve-song programme.

  2. UK chart entry

    Official Charts first lists the album at number one; this is a chart-week date.

  3. Recognition on different calendars

    Australian award recognition precedes Come Into My World’s 2004 Grammy.

  4. Scheduled anniversary release

    The official store lists this date for Fever XXV; it remains forthcoming at the October review.

Fever followed an established career, not a debut

By 2001 Minogue had already moved from Australian television into an international recording career. Anglia Ruskin University’s career profile identifies Can’t Get You Out of My Head as a major 2001 breakthrough, but that success followed years of records rather than introducing a previously unknown performer.

The National Film and Sound Archive places the song among several distinct phases of her public image. Its account connects earlier singles, the 1995 Nick Cave duet and later touring productions. Fever therefore belongs within an evolving career, while remaining a particular album with its own programme.

Sources for this section: [1] · [2]

The lead single has its own writing history

Can’t Get You Out of My Head was written by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis. MusicRadar’s account draws on their descriptions of the writing session and recording process. That distinction separates the singer’s performance from the identity of the songwriters; describing it as a Kylie hit does not make her its sole composer.

Nor should one song’s credits be transferred to every track on Fever. A lead single can define an album’s public reception without providing a complete account of the other compositions, collaborators or recordings collected beside it.

Sources for this section: [3] · [4]

The album programme extends beyond its best-known song

The twelve-song programme reproduced for the anniversary edition opens with More More More, followed by Love at First Sight and Can’t Get You Out of My Head. Come Into My World and In Your Eyes appear later; Burning Up closes the sequence.

The distinction matters when comparing editions. The official store separates that album programme from an additional disc of era material and remixes. A bonus track appearing on a later package is not automatically part of the original twelve-song sequence.

Sources for this section: [4]

Charts and awards answer different questions

Official Charts gives Fever a UK album peak of number one and a first chart date of 13 October 2001. The dated chart week is evidence of its chart entry, not necessarily the shop release day. It also describes the UK market rather than every territory.

The NFSA catalogues Minogue’s five ARIAs in 2002, including highest-selling album recognition for Fever and highest-selling single recognition for Can’t Get You Out of My Head. The Grammys follow a different chronology: Love at First Sight was nominated in 2003, while Come Into My World won Best Dance Recording in 2004. Calling Fever a “2002 Grammy winner” confuses these records.

Sources for this section: [5] · [6] · [7]

The 2026 anniversary edition is a later release

As reviewed on 23 October 2026, the official store scheduled Fever XXV for 27 November. Its additional material includes Can’t Get Blue Monday Out of My Head and named mixes of In Your Eyes, Love at First Sight and Come Into My World.

Those additions document later circulation and repackaging around the album. They do not change its original year or turn an announced November edition into an already released October product. Readers comparing track lists should first establish which edition they are looking at, then distinguish the original album from supplementary material.

Sources for this section: [4] · [8]

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Quick answers

Common questions

When did Kylie Minogue release Fever?
The original album is from 2001. Official Charts dates its first UK album-chart entry to 13 October 2001; that chart date should not be substituted for a release-day claim.
Who wrote Can’t Get You Out of My Head?
Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis wrote the song performed by Minogue.
Did Fever win a Grammy in 2002?
That wording is inaccurate. Come Into My World won Best Dance Recording in 2004; Love at First Sight was nominated in 2003.
Was Fever XXV already available on 23 October 2026?
The official store then listed it for release on 27 November 2026. This guide treats it as a scheduled anniversary edition.

Primary and institutional sources

How this history was checked

Official chart and award records control their own dates. The official store separates the album programme from a forthcoming anniversary package. MusicRadar reports the songwriters’ production accounts. No full recording, broadcast or unpublished session archive is claimed to have been reviewed. The Cannes photograph is a portrait, not an image of a Fever session. This article was reviewed on 23 October 2026.

  1. Anglia Ruskin UniversityKylie Minogue: honorary award holder and career profile
  2. National Film and Sound Archive of AustraliaKylie Minogue Inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame: 2011 broadcast catalogue and written description
  3. MusicRadar / Roland Schmidt, with Andy PriceCathy Dennis and Rob Davis: writing and recording Can’t Get You Out of My Head, 8 July 2026
  4. Kylie Minogue official storeFever XXV Edition: release date, original programme and additional material
  5. Official Charts CompanyFever: UK album chart history, first chart date 13 October 2001
  6. National Film and Sound Archive of AustraliaKylie Wins Five ARIAs: 2002 broadcast catalogue and written description
  7. Recording AcademyKylie Minogue: Grammy awards and nominations
  8. Kylie MinogueOfficial website: current music, documentary and Fever anniversary announcements
  9. Wikimedia Commons / Georges BiardKylie Minogue Cannes.jpg: copyright-holder licence, VRT confirmation and full-frame file history