Kylie Minogue launches final bid to crack America

Kylie Minogue has launched one final attempt to crack America.

The Australian pop princess -- who has only had two top ten hits in the US, The Locomotion in 1988 and Can't Get You Out Of My Head in 2002 -- yesterday appeared on The Today Show in New York, and is set to appear on Dancing With The Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Late Late Show to promote the US release of her album X.

A source close to Kylie revealed: "It eats away at Kylie that she’s never hit the big time there.

"She has tried before and it didn’t happen. But being the kind of determined person she is, she’s giving it one more go."

Mingoue, 39, was praised by viewers of the Today Show after speaking honestly of her recent breast cancer battle, revealing: "I'm feeling great. It's something that's always with me and on my mind. But you get up and carry on.

"My diagnosis was almost a blessing in disguise because it came as I was mid-flight on tour. That's why I wanted to get back on track — it was an incredible goal to have to get back on stage."

Kylie then discussed why she has struggled to achieve the same success as she has in the UK and her homeland of Australia, saying, "It’s a notoriously difficult market. To know where I fit within that market is very difficult."