  Natalie Imbruglia was born on
February 4, 1975 in Sydney, Australia. Before
hitting it big worldwide as a singer, Natalie
became known to Australian television
audiences with her role as 'Beth Brennan' on
the soap opera Neighbours - a role
she began in her teens. Natalie left the show
in 1994 and she moved to London within 2
years to begin a music career and signed with
RCA UK.
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year
 Natalie hit the Top 40 with
"Torn."
"Torn," which was
produced by Phil Thornalley formerly of The
Cure, quickly became an
international hit.
Natalie released her debut LP, Left
Of The Middle. The LP contained 9 songs that
were written or co-written by Natalie.
Natalie performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Natalie hit the Top 10 with "Torn."
Left
Of The Middle was certified platinum.
By the end of the month, Natalie
hit #1 with "Torn" and stayed there
for 5 weeks.
 Natalie topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles Airplay chart for 11 weeks with
"Torn."
Natalie hit the Top 40 with
"Wishing I Was There."
Natalie hit the Top 10 with "Wishing I Was There."
Natalie won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best New Artist and was nominated for Best Female Video ("Torn").
Natalie won 6 ARIAs (Australian
Record Industry Association Awards) including
Best Single, Best Female Artist, and Best Pop
Release.
Left
Of The Middle was certified 2x platinum.
Natalie topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Adult Top
40 Single & Track ("Torn").
 # 188
Singles Artist of the Year
Natalie was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New
Artist.
Natalie was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best New
Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
("Torn"), and Best Pop Album (Left
Of The Middle).
Natalie took home 2 Brit Awards
for Best International Newcomer and Best
International Female Artist.
 Natalie helped out with the
track "Identify" on the Stigmata soundtrack.
Natalie took home a few ARIAs
(Australian Music Industry Association
Awards) for Best Female Artist and the
Outstanding Achievement Award, and had also
been nominated for Highest Selling Australian
Album.
 # 76
Singles Artist of the Year
 Natalie hit the Top 40 with
"Wrong Impression."
Natalie released White
Lillies Island with the singles "Wrong Impression" and "Beauty
On The Fire."
 Natalie ranked
# 90 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Natalie will be focusing on
acting for awhile - talking with casting
agents in Los Angeles and working on speaking
with an American accent.
Natalie could be seen in the
film Johnny
English.
Natalie married Daniel Johns of Silverchair.
# 307 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Natalie released Counting
Down The Days overseas and the LP topped the
UK LP charts.
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Left Of The Middle
Released: March, 1998
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 10
Tracks: "Torn" - "One
More Addiction" - "Big
Mistake" - "Leave Me
Alone" - "Wishing I Was There" -
"Smoke" - "Pigeons &
Crumbs" - "Don't You
Think?" - "Impressed" -
"Intuition" - "City"
- "Left Of The Middle" |
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White Lillies Island
Released: March, 2002
Billboard
peak:
# 35
Tracks: "That
Day" - "Beauty On The
Fire" - "Satellite" -
"Do You Love?" - "Wrong Impression" -
"Goodbye" - "Everything
Goes" - "Hurricane" -
"Sunlight" - "Talk In
Tongues" - "Butterflies" -
"Come September" |
| Note: Song title and
position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
samples). |
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