'''Natalie Jane Imbruglia''' (pronounced eem-broo-lee-ah) (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer, songwriter, model and actress. Like Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, she also played a role in the soap ''Neighbours'' before venturing into a singing career. She is known in most parts of the world for her smash-hit, "Torn". She is married to Daniel Johns of Silverchair fame. To date she has sold more than 7.5 million albums around the world.
Biography
Born as second of the four daughters to an Italian father and an Australian mother, Imbruglia grew up on the Central Coast, north of Sydney. Imbruglia studied ballet as a child, hoping to make a career out of it. Later, she started auditioning for Australian TV commercials and appeared in spots for Coke and the popular Australian snack Twisties. By age 16, she left high school to start a career in acting. Eventually, she obtained the chance to play a regular role on the Australian soap opera, ''Neighbours'', which launched the careers of many other successful Australian female artists such as Kylie Minogue, Holly Valance and Delta Goodrem. However, by the end of her second year, she left the show to move to London, immersing herself in the city's club scene.
There, she decided to try her hand at singing, something which she had never attempted before. Her effort paid off and she was signed to BMG Publishing. She came up with a demo of the song "Torn" which greatly impressed RCA Records and got her a record contract.
Music
Allegedly, Natalie Imbruglia is one of the two biggest Australian-born female singers, apart from Kylie Minogue. However, her chart performance in 1998 during Torn era and the release of her first album, Left of the Middle surpass that of Kylie's peak performance in 1987 or 2001 (Locomotion and Fever era). Natalie Imbruglia has received one MTV Awards for Best New Artist in 1998, and 3 constitutive nominations of Grammy Awards in 1999.
From Rock on the Net: She is No. 11 single artist of the year of 1998, and No. 76 single artist in 2001.
Torn
Her first internationally released single, was an Ednaswap cover, "Torn", instantly the single became one of the biggest hits of the 90s reaching number-two in the UK Singles Chart and number-one on Airplay around the world, the single went on to sell over a million copies in the United Kingdom alone and more than 2.5 million copies worldwide.
It was also released on the airwaves in the US, but not in buyable CD-format. There, it impressed radio audiences and stayed at the
