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09-Aug-10:
X Factor's Natalie Imbruglia rethinks music career
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POP star Natalie Imbruglia has quit her singing career, and will use her time as a mentor on upcoming television show X Factor to plot a future path. "I'm deciding how I feel," Imbruglia said. "It's breathing space to figure out how I will continue – or if I will continue." If? "Oops. Did that slip out?" Imbruglia smiled.
"We will see. I've put everything on hold to do this show. I'll take time out to figure it out." Imbruglia is enjoying her spot as a mentor in the music industry.
It is a stark contrast to life in the spotlight and a recent string of unsuccessful records. Imbruglia's last album, Come to Life, with tracks written by Coldplay's Chris Martin, did not crack the top 50. It sold a meagre 750 copies in its first week.
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"I ended up going independent, getting finance and doing it my way," she said. "It's really hard out there. There is not as much money in the industry. They don't want to pay for campaigns.
"There have definitely been frustrations trying to put records out and do it the way I want." The former Neighbours star had a worldwide hit with her debut single, Torn, and then her album Left of the Middle, which ended up selling six million copies.
Imbruglia – who is divorced from singer Daniel Johns – has weathered lows by being tough.
"I'm happy I'm working. But I've got a thick skin," she said."You need a rhinoceros's skin to work in this industry. I've lightened up over the years. But everyone here (at X Factor) thinks I'm aloof.
"I'm loving doing the show, though. This is a dream job for me." Lately, London-based Imbruglia has dabbled in the fashion trade. She designed a cashmere jumper for Banjo & Matilda, a label founded by Elle Macpherson's sister-in-law, Belynda Macpherson. Imbruglia's mentor sidekicks on X Factor include singers Ronan Keating and Guy Sebastian, as well as broadcaster Kyle Sandilands.
Source: News.com.au
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