Kim Wilde is the eldest child of rock ‘n’ roll singer Marty Wilde and is an icon of the 80s and one of the most internationally successful with hits like “Kids In America”, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” and “You Came”. became pop singers.
Kim released her first single “Kids In America” in January 1981, composed and written by her father and brother Ricky. This song was her first international hit. Her subsequent debut album “Kim Wilde” contained the equally successful synthpop hits “Checkered Love” and “Water On Glass”. After her big breakthrough, Kim Wilde received the “Best Female Vocalist Award” from the “British Phonographic Industry” in 1983 and received two further nominations in this category in the following years.
She then landed one of her biggest hits in Germany and Switzerland with “Cambodia”.
With a cover version of the Supremes classic “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (1986), Kim Wilde successfully returned to the British and international charts. This song also gave the singer a No. 1 hit in the USA in 1987. This was followed by “Another Step (Closer To You)” (1987), a duet with Junior Giscombe and other hits, including “You Came”, “Never Trust A Stranger” and “Four Letter Word”, all from the album Close (1988). .
Because of this hit series, Kim Wilde was also hired to support the tours of Michael Jackson (1988) and David Bowie (1990).
With “Love Is Holy” (1992) and “If I Can’t Have You” (a cover of the Bee Gees classic from the film Saturday Night Fever) she achieved another number of hits in the top 20 of the British singles charts.
In February 1996 to February 1997 she starred in a production of the successful musical Tommy on London’s West End.
The now mother of two celebrated her comeback in 2003 with the single “Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime”, a duet with Nena, which stayed in the top ten of the charts in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands for over six weeks.
In April 2005, the trained landscape gardener’s first book was published: “Gardening For Children”. At the moment, Kim Wilde is currently working on a new album, which is scheduled to be released in 2006.