Kim Wilde first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at No 2 in the UK.
36 Facts About Kim Wilde
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Kim Wilde holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles.
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The eldest child of 1950s rock and roller Marty Wilde and Joyce Baker, who had been a member of the singing and dancing group the Vernons Girls, Kim Smith was born in the West London suburb of Chiswick and attended Oakfield Preparatory School, in the Southeast London area of Dulwich.
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Kim Wilde released her debut single "Kids in America" in January 1981.
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Kim Wilde's third studio album, Catch as Catch Can was a relative commercial failure.
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On her fifth studio album, 1986's Another Step, Kim Wilde wrote or co-wrote most of the songs.
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The album's lead single "Schoolgirl" flopped in Europe and Australia, but Kim Wilde's fortunes improved in spectacular fashion with the album's second single, a Hi-NRG remake of the Supremes classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On".
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In 1988, Kim Wilde released her biggest selling album to date, Close, which returned her to the UK top 10 and spent almost eight months on the UK album chart.
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Kim Wilde released her next studio album, Love Moves, in 1990.
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Kim Wilde toured Europe again, this time opening for fellow Briton David Bowie.
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Kim Wilde embarked on a huge "Greatest Hits" concert tour through Europe in 1994 and toured Australia and Japan for the first time in six years.
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Kim Wilde's single "Breakin' Away" was a minor hit, and the follow-up, "This I Swear", was a minor hit in Europe.
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Kim Wilde released the single "Shame" in 1996, an Evelyn "Champagne" King cover.
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From February 1996 to February 1997, Kim Wilde appeared in London's West End production of the rock musical, Tommy.
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Since November 2001, Kim Wilde has toured the UK three times as part of the Here and Now Tour, an Eighties revival concert series, together with artists such as Paul Young, the Human League, Belinda Carlisle, Howard Jones and Five Star.
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Kim Wilde recorded the single "Born to be Wild" in 2002, and in summer of 2003 she had a major hit with "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", a duet with German pop star Nena.
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In 2006, Kim Wilde signed a new recording contract with EMI Germany and released the first single from her tenth studio album in many countries across Europe, Scandinavia and Asia.
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Since 2003, Kim Wilde has appeared on numerous festival bills and concerts all over Europe with her own band.
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In 2010, Kim Wilde signed a new recording contract with Sony Music Germany.
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Kim Wilde toured in support of the album in Germany in March 2012.
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Kim Wilde released her next studio album, Kim Wilde Winter Songbook in November 2013.
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Kim Wilde released her fourteenth studio album Here Come the Aliens on 16 March 2018.
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Kim Wilde thought about it every day and it gave her the idea for her new album.
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In May 2021, Kim Wilde confirmed she would celebrate 40 years of music with the release of a box set greatest hits album titled, Pop Don't Stop: Greatest Hits.
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Kim Wilde holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles throughout the decade.
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Wilde has provided inspiration for other artists, including Charlotte Hatherley, who wrote a song about her entitled "Kim Wilde", and included it on her debut album, Grey Will Fade.
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East German punk rock band Feeling B recorded a song called "Kim Wilde", which featured on their debut album, Hea Hoa Hoa Hea Hea Hoa.
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Kim Wilde has designed and created numerous gardens during her involvement in the Better Gardens and Garden Invaders TV programmes and commissioned by individuals and organisations.
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Kim Wilde has created gardens for flower shows across the UK.
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Kim Wilde has written two books as part of her gardening career.
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Kim Wilde's second book, The First-Time Gardener, was released on 3 April 2006, and is a beginner's guide to gardening.
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Kim Wilde broadened her eco-friendly image by taking on advertising jobs for various 'green' companies.
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Kim Wilde wrote infomercials for Bold and Timotei, and in 2008, she started advertising 'green kitchens' for Magnet.
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Kim Wilde presented Secret Songs on Magic 105.4 every Sunday between 10am and 1pm.
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In 2021, Kim Wilde joined Ireland's Classic Hits Radio, presenting The Kim Wilde 80's Show which airs in the evenings, four days a week.
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On 1 September 1996, Kim Wilde married her co-star in Tommy, Hal Fowler, and expressed a desire to have children as soon as possible.