“inspire more people to discover and enjoy some of the stunning gardens in Cumbria.”
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Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer. She first gained success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at no. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, she had a UK no. 2 hit with a reworked version of the Supremes' song "You Keep Me Hangin' On", which also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Between 1981 and 1996, she…
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entertainment · English pop singer (born 1960) · singer · songwriter · radio personality · gardener · pop musician · composer · musician · also Kim Wilde, Kim Smith, Wilde
Born 18 November 1960 · Q1790
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2026· 15 entries
tippahnews.com: NEMCC Adult Education spotlights assistant director Kim Smith
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WRIC ABC 8News: The Setlist: Catching up with RVA radio icon Rebecca Wilde
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Hospitality Net: HN Original: From Search Box to Travel Advisor: IHG’s Kim Smith on the Next Phase of AI Booking
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Public attention spiked: 3,510 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 929, with 0 article edits.
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Published video “Kim's Teases & Dares 2CD/DVD deluxe...”.
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Published video “Water On Glass released 44 years ago today...”.
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Published video “To all the kids in America...Happy 4th July 🇺🇸❤️ #Happy4thJuly”.
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Published video “Kids In America in Killing Eve!”.
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Published video “Kim's debut album #unboxing”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde talks about Kids In America”.
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Published video “Chequered Love ❤️ #80smusic #shorts #anniversary”.
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Published video “Rage To Love on Top Of The Pops 1985!”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - View From A Bridge on ToTP, 1982! #shorts #80smusic”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - Love Blonde (BBC Top Of The Pops, 1983)”.
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2025· 2 entries
Released ep “Scorpio”.
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Released album “Closer”.
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2024· 1 entry
Released album “LOVE BLONDE – THE RAK YEARS”.
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2022· 2 entries
Released ep “You Keep Me Hangin' On (RAY ISAAC Remixes Promo)”.
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Wilde and Fowler announced their separation and subsequent divorce via a statement on Twitter on 21 December 2022.
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2021· 2 entries
Released album “Pop Don’t Stop: Greatest Hits”.
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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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2019· 2 entries
Released album “Aliens Live”.
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Cadbury featured Wilde in one of their 30 second TV commercials for their Darkmilk chocolate bar campaign, set in a horticultural setting
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2018· 5 entries
Published video “Kim Wilde - Birthday (Wilde Party Mix)”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - Birthday (Official Video)”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - Kandy Krush (Official Music Video)”.
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Released album “Here Come the Aliens”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - Pop Don't Stop (Official Video)”.
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2017· 3 entries
Published video “Kim Wilde, Lawnmower Deth - F U Kristmas! (Official Video)”.
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Published video “KimWildeVEVO Live Stream”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - Born to Be Wild”.
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2013· 4 entries
Released album “Wilde Winter Songbook”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - Lights Down Low (Videoclip)”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - Hey Mister Heartache”.
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Published video “Kim Wilde - Love In The Natural Way”.
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2011· 2 entries
Released album “Snapshots”.
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Released album “Essential”.
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2010· 2 entries
Released album “Come Out and Play”.
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Wilde signed a new recording contract with Sony Music Germany
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “Platinum Kim Wilde”.
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Started advertising 'green kitchens' for Magnet
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2007· 2 entries
Released ep “Together We Belong”.
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For her album I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More
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2006· 3 entries
Released album “The Hits Collection”.
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Released album “Never Say Never”.
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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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2005· 1 entry
Won a Gold award for her courtyard garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Het Beste Van Kim Wilde”.
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2003· 1 entry
Collaborated with Nena on the song "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", which topped the Dutch and Austrian charts
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Discomania”.
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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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2001· 5 entries
Released album “The Collection”.
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Released album “You Keep Me Hangin' On”.
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(along with fellow horticulturist David Fountain) created the "All About Alice" garden for the Tatton Flower Show and was awarded the 'Best Show Garden' award
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Recorded a new track, "Loved", for a compilation album which became a surprise hit in Belgium
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Was involved in setting a world record for the largest tree transplantation, when a 18 metres (58 ft) London plane was moved from Belgium to a development site in Warrington
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2000· 3 entries
Released album “The Remix Collection 2”.
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Released album “Best of the 80's: Kim Wilde”.
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Released album “Golden Collection 2000”.
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1998· 4 entries
Released album “More of the Best”.
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Released album “Original Gold”.
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While still active in music, she has branched into an alternative career as a landscape gardener, which has included presenting gardening shows on the BBC and Channel 4
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Released album “Collection”.
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1996· 4 entries
Released album “The Best of Kim Wilde”.
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Released album “The Gold Collection: Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Kim Wilde”.
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Released album “The Singles Collection”.
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Now & Forever”.
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1994· 1 entry
And also toured Australia and Japan for the first time in six years
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1993· 4 entries
Released album “The Remix Collection”.
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Released album “The Singles Collection 1981–1993”.
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Released album “Love Blonde: The Best of Kim Wilde”.
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Released her first official compilation album The Singles Collection 1981–1993, which was a success throughout Europe and Australia and the dancefloor-influenced single "If I Can't Have You" (a cover of the Yvonne El
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Love Is”.
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “Love Moves”.
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1988· 2 entries
Released album “Close”.
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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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1987· 4 entries
Released album “The Very Best of Kim Wilde”.
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Released album “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”.
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With "Another Step (Closer to You)" (recorded with Junior) and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a Comic Relief charity single, recorded with comedian Mel Smith)
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Released ep “You Keep Me Hangin’ On (extended mix)”.
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “Another Step”.
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1985· 1 entry
French singer Laurent Voulzy paid tribute to Wilde in his song "Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" ("The Nights without Kim Wilde")
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1984· 1 entry
Released album “Teases & Dares”.
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1983· 2 entries
Released album “Catch as Catch Can”.
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Received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist
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1982· 2 entries
Released album “Select”.
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It is often regarded today as Wilde's signature song
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1981· 1 entry
With her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at no
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1980· 1 entry
At age 19, she completed a foundation course at St Albans College of Art & Design
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-11-18.
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