Natalie Imbruglia

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Natalie Jane Imbruglia ( born 4 February 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, she played Beth Brennan in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, she began a singing career with her successful and massive hit cover of Ednaswap's song, "Torn".


Her subsequent album, Left of the Middle (1997), sold 7 million copies worldwide. Further releases include White Lilies Island (2001), Counting Down the Days (2005), a hits compilation, Glorious: The Singles 97–07 (2007), Come To Life (2009), and a cover album of songs originally performed by male artists, Male (2015). Since 1997, Imbruglia has sold 10 million records worldwide, and received several accolades, including eight ARIA Awards,  two Brit Awards,  one Billboard Music Award, and three Grammy nominations.

Outside singing career, Imbruglia appeared in several films, including a 2003 film Johnny English and an Australian indie film, Closed for Winter (2009). She also became a model for several brands, such as L'Oreal, Gap, and Kailis.

Since 2005, Imbruglia has become a spokesperson of Virgin Unite and campaigned to raise awareness of obstetric fistula.

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Torn" is a song written by Scott Cutler, Anne Preven and Phil Thornalley in 1993. It was first recorded that year by Danish singer Lis Sørensen, and again two years later by Cutler and Preven's American alternative rock band Ednaswap.

"Torn" is best known as Australian pop singer Natalie Imbruglia's 1997 debut single, which peaked at number one on singles charts in Belgium, Denmark, Canada, Spain and Sweden and on Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 charts. It reached number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and the Italian, Swiss and United Kingdom charts.

Other artists have covered the song since.