With a number 1 single in America, a number 1 UK debut album, and over 6.5 million units shifted worldwide, Natasha Bedingfield is the UK's biggest female pop star bar none - a bold, beautiful home grown answer to US Uber-Divas Christina Aguilera and Pink.
Natasha took the US by storm last year with the first British chart topping hit by a female in almost twenty years. Vanity Fair singled her out as the spearhead of a new Britpop invasion; she became one of the faces of Gap (alongside Mia Farrow and Common); she was invited by her hero Prince to jam with him at a private party; Bono enlisted her for his (RED) campaign; and her song Unwritten proved to be the most played song on mainstream American radio in 2006.
To everyone else she is "The 'Single' Girl" who blasted her way up the British charts in 2004 with her typically outspoken take on the lifestyles of independent young women. So her return to action this year may come as something of a surprise...
"I want to make music that matches who I am. My first album was about independence and opportunism. I'm still very independent and I find it hard to let go of that freedom, but I'm in a different place now. I've been dating, searching for a partner, looking for Mr Right..."
Natasha Bedingfield's sophomore album N.B. is very much reflective of this 'different place' that she is in now, proving that affairs of the heart, although difficult, make for excellent song-writing material. Each track on the album explores a varying stage of the 'relationship' story, and the issues, experiences, and processes that come with these stages: from the lonely place of never feeling like you will fit with anyone (Soulmate), through the flirting, dancing stage where you feel you might (How Do You Do?), to the moment at which the game playing ends and open honesty prevails (Say It Again). Never one to mouth empty platitudes or re-hash well-worn clichés, Natasha's gift for creating pop music that does not sacrifice intelligence on the altar of universal appeal prevails throughout.
Recorded in Los Angeles, Natasha Bedingfield has co-written and co-produced N.B., working with a stellar team of talent including Mike Elizondo of Eminem/Dre/50 Cent fame, Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Greg Kurstin (Beck, Lily Allen), previous collaborators Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton, Wayne Wilkins, Danielle Brisebois and Wayne Rodrigues and long time Madonna collaborator Pat Leonard.
The first cut to be taken from N.B. is forthcoming single I Wanna Have Your Babies, due to be accompanied by a colourful and entertaining video from Dave Meyers (Pink, Missy Elliot, Outkast). Lyrically I Wanna have Your Babies touches on a female's fight to reign in their natural disposition to 'rush into things' in an effort to find that elusive 'one', that potential father to their children. Musically it is distinctly 'Natasha Bedingfield' - the voice to melt radios, the beats that drop either side of the Atlantic, the arrangements that are undeniably quirky, but still, somehow, work.
1 week agokaraokegirl wrote... Hi Natasha, I have never posted a comment to any singer but your music touches me so much. It makes me feel happy and peaceful. I can't stop listening and I tell all my friends about your music. We hopefully will be on the front row in Atlanta. Your music is so uplifting and positive. From your lyrics I can tell you are a warm, kind, and loving person. A few of your songs really are exactly the way I feel inside so listening really helps me. "Freckles,","No More What If's","Happy". I heard "Happy' on the Hitch soundtrack and immediately connected with the song. I should have known you had a part in writing it. The song "Size Matters", so awesome and really is the way we all should be, give from the heart. Thanks so much for your music and lyrics and being such a great songwriter. No one's music has touched me as your's has. See you on May 27th!!!
2 weeks agokitaa wrote... Your amazing, your music is just brilliant, you mean so much to me! i love you :) xx
4 weeks agoVolker wrote... Hi Natasha, I am deeply impressed about your music and all the power and all that kind of energy you put into your songs and how you gonna select them. Once, when I did start to be on my own I also did start with zero and the ppl told me dont think about it you wont get it - but finally I got it. So I do unserstand very well it's a lot of hard work but it's fun and it let the sun shine out of your heart. I personally enjoy this way of work, because all love is put into that too. And that is what makes you rich in the way of thinking and acting and keep the ideas turn into sucess. - However, how can I say thank you to you and your great music? - Well, when ever you like to visit you are very much welcome to say hello at my home in Hamburg or when ever you like to meet somewhere and somehow. Thank you for your wonderful music, it has the right spirit inside and that's because of the person behind - and that's you! Take care, Volker from Hamburg
1 month agoHannahJG wrote... Hiya, I don't know if you spend much time on here anymore but i just want you to know that almost everyday i come on my laptop and listen to your videos on youtube. I am a huge fan and all my friends say I get on thier nerves coz im always either singing your songs or talking about how much time i spend on youtube. I wonder how you write all your songs and always try to write songs like yours but they are soo rubbish. Everyone tells me i have a really good voice and that if i had some confidence i could be a singer like you. Luv Hanni x
1 month agoarcadiop wrote... Natasha... Siempre he asociado Tu nombre con la palabra Potencial y Energía. Te comento que hace unos días escuché tu canción "Say it again" y fue una de esas canciones que cuando la escuchas por primera vez te cautivan inmediatamente. No se explicar exactamente la sensación de ése momento, pero eso me motivó buscar un poco en internet para conocer mas de Ti. Te confieso que en mi país no suenas mucho, por cuestiones preferenciales de nuestra cultura, pero seguramente irás acumulando muchos admiradores aqui y en el resto de Latinoamérica. Me dispongo a partir de éste momento a conocer toda la información de tu sitio web, ya que como te decía, solo he escuchado "Say it again", No se nada de ti, ni siquiera sé si tienes varios discos. Luego te comento mi experiencia.
Arcadio Pérez. Mérida. Venezuela
2 months agoCOURTNEYRULZ wrote... Hi, Your cd's rock i think ur the best singer in the whole world. i's got ur cd and i play it all the time my mum gets tired of it, to be honest everyone gets tired of it but i could listen to it all day and all night. Wat i'm trying to say is that... UR CD ROCKS !!!!!
2 months agoNZ Chick wrote... Hi N, just thought I'd say Hi from NZ, don't know if you spend much time here anymore, but really love what your doing. Looks like your having fun which is the best part. Keep up those great songs, Cheers, D
2 months agosoulmate1 wrote... Hi Natasha, Are you still searching for Mr Right, I feel we can be a good match, I dared my self ...so I am writting to you, do you dare to find out?!!!!! I would love to find out...
2 months agopaige72 wrote... Natasha...you ROCK!!! ...wow!, so amazing your zest and realness...I love that the name of your album is "Pocket Full of Sunshine". ...I wanna have your baby...such a great , fun and true about the "all I say... is mmm mmm mm mm mm" ...you're are the best of role models keeping it real! I cry and get goose bumps with your music...i have had a lot of coffee today too. :) Paige from Fort Wayne, Indiana
2 months agoristo wrote... Dear Natasha. I must say that I really really love your music. Right now I work and study at university at the same time. I must say that listening to your song gives me reason to rush through all my hard moments and make progress. I adore you. Love Risto. :-)
2 months agosean29 wrote... Dear Natasha, I fell this is a must that i write to you for several reasons. First off you have a most delightfully beautiful voice which goes without saying. Secondly I must tell you a brief but true story. It wasn't to long ago that I endeavored in some side work with a good friend of mine on a sunday of all days in beautiful san francisco. we were painting at his wifes nail salon with the radio softly playing in the background when your song, never had a love like this before came on. i've heard the song before and took an instant liking to it. something told me that i had to find out who sang this song. stuck in my head for days on end i had to find out who this was,it was eating at me. long story short, days before hearing your song i was having very vivid dreams with which a beautiful girl i had never met before but felt very closely connected to, like a long lost past love. still i had no idea who was responsible for that great song. finally i dug around enough and with the help from the people on yahoo answers, behold it was you. i quickly googled your name and to my astonishment this was in fact none other than, what i consider my eternal soul mate. i've never felt such a shocking feeling as this nor have i ever felt such a love like this ever before. as i complete this ( true story ) i am now being serenaded by the above listed song in case. 101.3 fm san fran. i have a deep feeling we will be together in this life or the next .trully yours. sean mc.
2 months agokitaa wrote... I love you! would have seen you live tommorow :( not your fault tho i love you x
2 months agocazooa wrote... There is not alot of information about where Ms. Bedingfield's root's were formed. I am intoxicated by her personality, and am curious to where this breath of fresh musical air comes from. What books does she like? What does she do when she cannot sleep? Who is The Being responsible behind her who raised such a pure soul?
3 months agocandy101 wrote... Heyyy Natasha, I totally luv all ur songs, even though I only joined recently, I have listened to all ur songs! I totally worship u 4 love like this ft.sean kingston! Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyye!
3 months agogarysiegler wrote... saw you last nite for the 1st time...it's nice to see a singer with a great voice who loves to sing..Ilook forward to seeing you in concert.
