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Natasha Bedingfield

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Natasha Bedingfield
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Natasha Bedingfield on the cover of the U.S. CD single release for the single "These Words".
Background information
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
Years active2004–present

Natasha Bedingfield (born November 26, 1981 in London, United Kingdom) is a pop singer and songwriter, and is the sister of fellow pop singer Daniel Bedingfield. Originally a member of the Christian worship band The DNA Algorithm with her sister Nikola and brother Daniel, Bedingfield was signed by Phonogenic Records. Her debut album Unwritten peaked at number one in the United Kingdom, and spawned her debut single "Single", the title track "Unwritten", "I Bruise Easily", and the worldwide success "These Words", which peaked at #17 on the U.S. Hot 100. When Unwritten was released as a single in the United States, it became her first top 10 hit.

Bedingfield became the third female solo singer in UK history have a number-one debut album, but she and her brother Daniel Bedingfield were documented in the Guinness Book of World Records as the only brother and sister to have solo number-ones in UK chart history. She is also known for voicing Elizabeth Stark, a Bond girl and daughter of the Prime Minister who Bond rescues in the pre-title sequence From Russia with Love, a video game by Electronic Arts.

Selected discography

  • 2004: Unwritten — #1 UK (3x platinum, cumulative sales since 2004, 912,000 copies, #26 U.S. 259,188 copies (so far)(Feb 2006)

Singles

Single Chart Positions
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"Single"

  • #3 (United Kingdom)
  • #7 (Ireland)
  • #16 (Norway)
  • #17 (Sweden)
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"These Words"

  • #1 (United Kingdom)
  • #1 (Austria)
  • #1 (France)
  • #1 (India)
  • #1 (Ireland)
  • #1 (Russia)
  • #2 (New Zealand)
  • #2 (Norway)
  • #5 (Australia)
  • #7 (Philippines)
  • #15 (Canada)
  • #17 (United States)
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"Unwritten"

  • #4 (Netherlands)
  • #4 (Philippines)
  • #6 (United Kingdom)
  • #9 (Ireland)
  • #10 (United States)
  • #15 (New Zealand)
  • #16 (Russia)
  • #18 (Austria)
  • #26 (Australia)
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"I Bruise Easily"

  • #12 (United Kingdom)
  • #17 (Ireland)
  • #18 (Netherlands)

References