Laura Imbruglia (born 15 June 1983) is an Australian

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singer-songwriter.

Early life and family

Imbruglia's father is an Italian of Sicilian heritage and her mother

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. She grew up on the Central Coast. Among four daughters, Imbruglia is the youngest in her family; one of her elder sisters is pop-

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singer and actress

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. Imbruglia has insisted on maintaining her musical career independent of her famous sibling.

Career

Imbruglia has released a single, EP and four albums. Her debut album was released through

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, Silversonic Records (DE) and Strange Ears (DK), and the others were released independently through her own label Ready Freddie Records. She was featured on jtv, where "Looking for a Rabbit" was voted No. 2 music video of the year in 2007, and

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and performed at the 2002

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festival. She has appeared on the television drama series ''

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''. Imbruglia toured Europe in late 2007 and March 2008 to promote her self-titled album, including dates in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and the UK. She released her second album "The Lighter Side Of..." in 2010, prior to relocating from Sydney NSW to Melbourne VIC. Imbruglia chose "depressing, countrified, stark, humorous and bent," as five words to sum up the record. In 2013, Laura released country album "What A Treat" with a new band composed of Melbourne musicians. From 2015 to 2017, she embarked on a new career – producing, writing and hosting web series "Amateur Hour" – an episodic arts and culture show based in Melbourne which featured the popular skit "Gender Reversed Guitar Shopping" along with performances from emerging and established Australian musicians and interviews with creatives. In 2019, she returned to music, releasing her fourth album "Scared Of You".

Personal life

Imbruglia is currently based in

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. Karaoke is something of an obsession for Imbruglia. Imbruglia grew up listening to

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and

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, the latter being the largest influence on Imbruglia, who proudly wears a tattoo of

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on her right arm. She used to work in a record store.

Discography

* ''It Makes a Crunchy Noise'' (2003) – EP * "My Dream of a Magical Washing Machine" (2005) – single * ''Laura Imbruglia'' (2006) – album * ''The Lighter Side of...'' (2010) – album * ''What A Treat'' (2013) – album *''Scared Of You'' (2019) – album

References

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* 1983 births Australian rock singers Australian singer-songwriters People from the Central Coast (New South Wales) Singers from Melbourne Singers from Sydney Australian people of English descent Australian people of Italian descent Australian people of Sicilian descent Living people 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers Australian women singer-songwriters {{Australia-singer-stub