NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - IMBRUGLIA'S MARRIAGE INSPIRES 'UPLIFTING MUSIC'

Australian star NATALIE IMBRUGLIA credits husband DANIEL JOHNS's positive influence on her life for the "uplifting music" on her new album.

The antipodean beauty believes her new disc COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS completely encapsulates her upbeat mood, which she attributes to the SILVERCHAIR frontman whom she married in 2003 after a four-year courtship.

The three-year recording session is in marked contrast to her second album, WHITE LILIES ISLAND, which was released in 2001 and heavily influenced by the deep depression she was suffering from.

She says, "My new album, which Dan and I worked on together, is proof that I'm in a good place.

"The songs refer to Dan because he's been at the forefront of my mind during the three-year recording process.

"And this is evidence of how happy I've been - and remain. It's all uplifting music."

As for the public reaction, she comments, "Finally, I think I've got to a place where I can cope with it."