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\n\tKylie Minogue<\/a>\u00a0has been confirmed as the headline entertainment act for the 2026 AFL Grand Final at Melbourne\u2019s MCG on September 26 \u2014 the first Australian artist to headline the event since 2021.<\/p>\n \n\tThe AFL announced the deal on Sunday, with Minogue describing it as a homecoming. \u201cThe AFL grand final at Melbourne\u2019s one and only, forever iconic MCG? Yes please!\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cAs a Melburnian, I\u2019m so excited to be coming home for the biggest day in the Aussie sporting calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAFL chief executive Andrew Dillon confirmed the league had been chasing Minogue for some time. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThere is no better artist to headline the performance prior to our biggest game of the season,\u201d Dillon said. \u201cOur AFL team recently joined Kylie at the MCG for the grand final content shoot, and you could already feel the excitement for September building.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tMinogue is the first Australian to headline the grand final entertainment since a collection of local acts led the 2021 event at Optus Stadium in Perth, where the game was held due to COVID lockdowns in Melbourne. The league has leaned heavily on international acts in recent years \u2014 Snoop Dogg headlined<\/a> in 2025, while KISS, Robbie Williams, Katy Perry and The Killers have all featured in the past decade.<\/p>\n \n\tBorn and raised in Melbourne, Minogue is one of the most decorated pop artists in Australian and British chart history. She has scored 11 No. 1 albums on the U.K. Official Albums Chart \u2014 drawing level with David Bowie, Eminem and Rod Stewart \u2014 and became the first female artist to score No. 1 U.K. singles across four consecutive decades when she topped the chart at Christmas 2025. <\/p>\n \n\tIn Australia, she holds eight ARIA No. 1 albums and is the country\u2019s highest-selling female artist, with more than 80 million albums sold worldwide. She has won two Grammy Awards and four Brit Awards across a career spanning 17 studio albums.<\/p>\n \n\tIn the U.S., Minogue hit the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 twice \u2014 with \u201cThe Loco-Motion\u201d (No. 3, 1988) and \u201cCan\u2019t Get You Out of My Head\u201d (No. 7, 2002) \u2014 and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with Fever<\/em> (2001). Her 2023 single \u201cPadam Padam\u201d became a global viral phenomenon, reaching the top 10 in the U.K. and cementing a commercial and cultural resurgence that has continued with Tension II<\/em> (2024) and her 2025 Christmas chart-topper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n