Natasha Bedingfield

Grammy-nominated vocalist and composer Natasha Bedingfield attained worldwide fame in 2004 through her buoyant, R&B-infused dance-pop style, first presented on her opening album Unwritten. The set contained the British chart-topping single "These Words" along with "Unwritten," both of which reached the Top 20 on U.S. rankings. Tracks such as "Love Like This" (with Sean Kingston) and "Soulmate" from 2007's N.B. sustained the British performer's visibility across international charts. Although her third studio album, 2010's Strip Me, posted weaker commercial results, she earned platinum certifications via joint releases with Simple Plan on "Jet Lag" and Rascal Flatts on "Easy" in 2011. Retaining a fusion of glossy textures, dance rhythms, and candid feeling, her fourth full-length and debut independent project Roll with Me arrived in 2019, landing inside the Top 40 of the Billboard Independent Albums chart.

Born Natasha Anne Bedingfield in West Sussex, she spent her formative years in South London amid a household steeped in music. During their teenage period, Natasha joined siblings Daniel and Nikola to create an R&B-oriented vocal ensemble that eventually dissolved, yet the venture spurred the Bedingfields onward in music; Natasha supplied vocals for Origin's 1997 club cut "Refined Intricacy." Between 2001 and 2002, Daniel Bedingfield claimed British number-one placements with "Gotta Get Through This" and "If You're Not the One," clearing the path for Natasha's breakthrough. She exited university to ink a deal with BMG and promptly commenced work on her initial record.

Propelled by early cuts including "Single" and the U.K. chart-topper "These Words," Unwritten entered the British album listing at number one following its 2004 launch. The enthusiastic response to Bedingfield's rhythmic pop approach delivered platinum sales and multiple BRIT awards while priming her advance onto American pop charts, which commenced with the U.S. rollout of Unwritten in July 2005. The album climbed to number 26 domestically as the title track entered the Hot 100's Top Five and secured Bedingfield a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2007, U.K. hit singles "I Wanna Have Your Babies" and "Soulmate," each reaching number seven, previewed her second album N.B. That project never appeared stateside; instead a revised edition comprising half of N.B. and six additional tracks reached American listeners as Pocketful of Sunshine in early 2008. N.B. peaked at number nine in the U.K., whereas the U.S. edition advanced to the Top Three. Following her 2009 marriage to businessman and filmmaker Matt Robinson, Bedingfield began composing material for a third studio album.

Produced in part by OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, Strip Me emerged in late 2010. It reached number 103 on the Billboard 200, yet Bedingfield scored greater chart traction that year with the Top 50 Rascal Flatts duet "Easy" than with her solo releases. She also registered on European singles charts via a featured role on Simple Plan's "Jet Lag," then appeared in the Canadian Top 20 on Lifehouse's 2012 track "Between the Raindrops." Bedingfield issued several standalone singles during the mid-2010s, supplied songs for the animated features The Pirate Fairy (2014) and Tangled: Before Ever After (2017), and returned with her fourth solo album Roll with Me in August 2019. Issued on the We Are Hear imprint founded by Linda Perry and Kerry Brown, the record attained number 36 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart. One year later she performed "Together in This" for Jungle Beat: The Movie, followed by her own single "Lighthearted" in 2021.