Released on June 30, 2010.
Peaked at #1 on the UK Official Chart // #19 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
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Aphrodite follows a musical approach largely similar to Minogue's previous albums and is primarily a dance-pop and disco record. It draws influences from various dance-based genres including electropop, hi-NRG, club and rave music.
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Upon its release, Aphrodite was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, many of whom complimented it as a return to form for Minogue. However, critics were divided on its production; many felt Stuart Price's production helped make the album cohesive, while some felt it made the album sound too similar to Minogue's previous work and lacked innovation. Commercially, Aphrodite was a success. In Minogue's native country Australia, it peaked at #2 on the Australian Albums chart. In the UK, the album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums chart. Aphrodite was the 4th studio album by Minogue to peak atop the UK albums chart and made her the first solo artist to have a #1 album in four different decades in the region, achieving this in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. She also became a Guinness World Record-holder for achieving the most consecutive decades with top 5 albums in the UK. It also achieved strong charting internationally, reaching the top-five in countries like Belgium, France, Greece, Spain and Switzerland. It became Minogue's second highest-charting album in the US by peaking at number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart.