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Natasha Bedingfield Profile |
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Birth Date: November 26, 1981
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Birth Place: London, England, UK
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Birth Name: Natasha Bedingfield
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Height: 5'6"
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Biography |
Natasha Bedingfield was born on November 26, 1981, in
Lewisham, southeast London, England. The daughter of two New
Zealand-born social workers, Natasha grew up alongside three
siblings: Daniel, Nikola and Joshua. While she is close to
all of them today, her and the eldest sibling, Daniel, were
rivals growing up.
Natasha showed an interest in music from an early age.
Daniel and younger sister Nikola shared Natasha's passion,
and the three Bedingfields formed their own group, the DNA
Algorithm, when they were teenagers. But for Natasha, music
remained a hobby at first. Torn between pursuing art or
psychology studies in college, Natasha settled on
psychology.
After two years of balancing college work and music, Natasha
withdrew from university in order to write songs full-time.
Honing her skills on guitar and piano, Natasha wrote songs
and recorded in friends' studios in the hopes of building up
a body of work that she could take to a record company. In
the meantime, her brother Daniel became a pop star, and
Natasha, mindful of her own talents, was encouraged by his
example and industry contacts.
Once she was ready, Natasha took her demos to Phonogenic, an
imprint of BMG. The record company was impressed by both her
music and her unique attitude, and signed Natasha up. She
next went to Los Angeles for six months of writing and
recording with some of pop music's top writing and producing
talents.
Natasha's debut was ready in the spring of 2004. Her first
single, called "Single," climbed the UK charts, as did her
second single, "These Words." Natasha wrote her third
single, the inspirational "Unwritten," for her younger
brother Joshua's 14th birthday. That September, Natasha
released her debut album, Unwritten. The album entered the
charts at No. 1, only the third debut album of a solo female
to do so. By October of 2004, Unwritten had gone platinum.
After such an impressive debut, Natasha was in high demand
and raking in critical accolades. She was nominated for Best
UK & Ireland act at the 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Back home, the BRIT Awards have reportedly offered Natasha
and brother Daniel 10,000 each to perform a duet in the
spring of 2005. Such a reunion would be fitting, since
Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield are listed in the Guinness
Book of World Records as the only brother and sister to have
separate solo No. 1 hits in the United Kingdom. |
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Other
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Sister of Daniel Bedingfield
Set a record in the Guinness World of Records with brother
Daniel as the only brother and sister to have separate solo
no.1 hits in the UK.
Took part in the Band Aid 20 re-recording of "Do They Know
It's Christmas?". [14 November 2004]
She is the daughter of two New Zealand-born social workers.
She has two brothers: Daniel and Josua and a sister, Nikola.
She studied psychology. |
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