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Natalie Imbruglia Information
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'Natalie Jane Imbruglia' (born February 4 1975) is an Australian singer and actress. The second of the four daughters of an Italian father and an Australian mother, Natalie grew up on the Central Coast, north of Sydney. Like Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, she also played a role in the soap Neighbours before venturing into a singing career.
Her first single, an Ednaswap cover, "Torn" (1997), reached number 2 in the British charts, and her album Left of the Middle became a million seller. The follow up came in 2001 with the album White Lilies Island. In a 1999 cooperation with singer Tom Jones, she appeared on a track of his album Reload.
Imbruglia returned to acting in 2002 with a supporting role in British spy spoof Johnny English, playing alongside Rowan Atkinson. She married her long-time boyfriend Daniel Johns, lead singer of Silverchair, on December 31, 2003.
In April 2005, Imbruglia released her third studio album Counting Down The Days to the UK, which in its first week of sales hit number one on the album charts. The first single from this album was "Shiver." Shiver became her longest running single on the UK Charts since her debut "Torn" and also topped the UK Airplay charts for several weeks. The second single the title track "Counting Down The Days" was released on July 25th and although it did not have as much success in the singles chart as "Shiver" it reignited interest in its parent album, and has been dominating the UK airwaves like its older sister has. Natalie did a small European tour in late October and November. It looks unlikely that a third single will be released from the album as Natalie will soon be working on a small independent film in Australia.
Discography
Albums
* Left of the Middle (1997) #5 UK, #10 US, #'1' Australia
* White Lilies Island (2001) #15 UK, #35 US, #3 Australia
* Counting Down the Days (2005) #'1' UK, #12 Australia, #9 Switzerland
Singles
'From Left of the Middle:'
* "Torn" (27 October 1997) #2 UK, #1 Australia, #42 US
* "Big Mistake" (17 April 1998) #2 UK, #5 Australia
* "Wishing I Was There" (June 1998) #19 UK, #24 Australia
* "Smoke" (16 November 1998) #5 UK, #42 Australia
'From White Lilies Island:'
* "That Day" (29 October 2001) #11 UK, #10 Australia
* "Wrong Impression" (11 March 2002) #10 UK, #15 Australia, #64 US
* "Beauty on the Fire" (22 July 2002) #26 UK, #21 Australia
'From Counting Down the Days:'
* "Shiver" (21 March 2005) #8 UK, #19 Australia, #34 France, #6 Italy, #'1' UK Airplay, #19 Ireland, #52 Germany, #2 China (International Artists), #41 Austria, #21 Austria Airplay, #36 Switzerland, #30 Flanders, #28 Wallonia
* "Counting Down the Days" (25 July 2005) #23 UK, #52 Australia, #11 Portugal, #90 Switzerland, #35 Ireland, #3 Lebanon
Appearances
* "Troubled by the Way We Came Together" on Go O.S.T. (1999)
* "Never Tear Us Apart" with Tom Jones on Reload (1999)
* "Identify" on Stigmata O.S.T (1999)
* "Cold Air" on Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too) O.S.T. (2001)
* "Pineapple Head" on She Will Have Her Way (2005)
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