Natasha Bedingfield (November 26, 1981) is an English pop singer-songwriter. She originally debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Bedingfield recorded rock and gospel songs for the Hillsong London Church. Daniel Bedingfield went on to enjoy success with hits “Gotta Get Thru This” and “If You're Not The One”. Natasha and Daniel share the Guinness World Record for being the only siblings to have had solo number-ones in UK chart history.
Bedingfield recorded her first album Unwritten in 2004. The album contained primarily uptempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music; Johnny Loftus. blank">Review of Unwritten. _All Music Guide. Retrieved March 7, 2007. it enjoyed international success with over 2.5 million sold worldwide. Stuart Clarke. blank">Staggered Plan for Bedingfield Return. _Music Week. June 10, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2007. In 2007, she received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for the song "Unwritten". Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx#02" target="_blank">2007 Grammy Award Nominations. _Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 29, 2007. Bedingfield's second album N.B. (2007) yielded the singles "I Wanna Have Your Babies", "Soulmate" and "Say It Again". Bedingfield has achieved 5 top ten singles in the United Kingdom to date and as of February 2008, she has sold over 7 million singles and albums worldwide.
Bedingfield has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with children in the "Stop the Traffik" campaign through her mother's charity, Global Angels. While she is not politically outspoken in the US, her song "Unwritten" has been used by Barack Obama on the campaign trail in 2008.
