Natasha Bedingfield | |
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 Bedingfield at the 2013 Australian Hair Fashion Awards in Sydney, Australia | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Natasha Anne Bedingfield |
| Born | 26 November 1981 Cuckfield, West Sussex, England |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Spouse |
Matt Robinson (m. 2009) |
| Website | natashabedingfield |
| Relatives | Daniel Bedingfield (brother) Nikola Bedingfield (sister) |
Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. She released her debut album, Unwritten, in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music.[5] It enjoyed international success with more than 2.3 million copies sold worldwide.[6] Bedingfield received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the title track "Unwritten", and at the 2005 and 2006 Brit Awards, she was nominated for Best British Female Artist.[7][8] Unwritten also produced her only UK number one, "These Words".
Her second album, N.B. (2007), yielded the UK top 10 singles "I Wanna Have Your Babies" and "Soulmate". N.B. was not released in North America, but six tracks from it were included with seven new ones and released in 2008 under the name Pocketful of Sunshine, with the singles "Love Like This" and "Pocketful of Sunshine" earning success on the charts. In December 2010, Bedingfield released her third album in North America, Strip Me, with the song "Strip Me" charting on the US Billboard Hot 100 at 91. Bedingfield has sold over 10 million albums and 10 million singles worldwide, totalling over 20 million records worldwide. In 2012, VH1 ranked Bedingfield number 66 on the list of 100 Greatest Women in Music.[9]
- ^ Green, Alex (30 August 2019). "Natasha Bedingfield: 'Motherhood changed my perception of life... it felt different, but incredible, to be back on stage'". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Malone-Mendez, Chris (30 August 2019). "Natasha Bedingfield Returns to Pop Music with 'Roll with Me' Album". Forbes. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Loftus, Johnny (1 January 2004). "Natasha Bedingfield - AllMusic Biography". RhythmOne. AllMusic. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Richards, Chris (13 March 2024). "Astrid Sonne knows that baby-making music should be weird". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
Until recently, the strangest pop song I'd ever heard about procreation was "I Wanna Have Your Babies," a bubbly reproductive prelude from 2007, delivered with giddy-horny gusto by the British blue-eyed soul singer Natasha Bedingfield
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Review of Unwritten". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2008.
- ^ Stuart Clarke. Staggered Plan for Bedingfield Return. Music Week. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
- ^ "Natasha Bedingfield: BRITs Profile" Archived 1 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Brit Awards. Retrieved 21 November 2012
- ^ "Raaz Reboot (2016) Mp3 Songs" Archived 8 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine. UrSongsPK. Retrieved 7 July 2016
- ^ Graham, Mark (13 February 2012). "VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music [COMPLETE LIST] – | VH1 Tuner". VH1. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.