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Fron LiMBO, kylie.co.uk

Tuesday March 9 2004

Recent tabloid stories have been awash with stories about Kylie's supposed claims that she is "bigger than Beyonce", and that she is above other artists like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, and LiMBO felt it necessary to reiterate what has been posted on Kylie's official site, and emphasise the fact that these stories have been utter fabrications. Anyone who knows anything about Kylie will know that she has far more integrity than to voice anything about her musical peers other than praise, and history has proven that. Even when at times she has been under unwarranted verbal attack in the press by other (clearly bitter) public figures, she has never once in her 17 year career in the music business uttered a single word of retaliation beyond dismissing such comments - and even at times had the dignity to even try and justify why a certain person may have felt the need to criticize her!

We're quite bemused by the appearance of these articles, and can only assume that, riding on a wave of huge popularity (partly due to the very nature of Kylie's personality that completely contradicts these stories), Kylie is going through a bout of 'tall poppy syndrome', something she has of course suffered before. We'd urge anyone who reads any of these articles to voice their concerns to the author and/or publication in which it appears - and give 'em hell! Thankfully, some full retractions have already been published, but keep those eyes peeled, as these things tend to do the rounds before they die out.

Finally, we have been asked to run the following statement:

"Kylie would like to clarify that she has never criticised Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce - or, in fact, any of her contemporaries - and wishes each artist the very best. Her comments today are in response to media stories that she has criticised Britney Spears; and come the same day (8th) that The Daily Star printed an apology to her for an article they wrote in which they quoted Minogue as claiming that she was "bigger than Beyonce". The paper admitted today that they had got it wrong and that she had made no such claim; The Daily Express are printing a similar apology tomorrow.

Her spokesman said today:

"Kylie is a fan of these artists and would never put them down. She has never been in the habit of criticising fellow artists, as anyone who had ever met her would know. It's upsetting for her that people would make such false claims, hurting not only Kylie but other artists as well".