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Daniel John Bedingfield (born 3 December 1979) is a British singer-songwriter. He is the brother of pop singers Natasha Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle.
Before his song "Gotta Get Thru This" gathered momentum on white label, through the UK pop music scene, and went on to become a number 1 smash in the UK Top 40 in December 2001, he had success writing the theme tune for BBC One DIY series Changing Rooms in 1996. He has since had two more no.1 singles ("If You're Not The One" and "Never Gonna Leave Your Side"), as well as three further top 10 hits. His debut album, also titled Gotta Get Thru This, which was recorded at home using Making Waves Audio software, reached No.2 in the UK albums chart and went on to sell more than 4 million copies worldwide.
In 2003 he appeared on the Delirious? album World Service, singing guest backing vocals on "Every Little Thing". On 23 March 2003, he appeared in an episode of Popworld and he also guest-starred (as himself) on the series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch in the episode "The Lyin', the Witch, and the Wardrobe".
In 2004, Bedingfield won a BRIT Award for Best British Male Artist. He then moved to the Universal Music subsidiary label Polydor Records to release his second album, Second First Impression, which reached No.8 in the UK. The album sold poorly compared to his first offering, though did include two UK Top 20 singles ("Nothing Hurts Like Love" reached #3, and "Wrap My Words Around You" peaked at #12). The third and final single, "The Way", became his first to miss the top 40, reaching #41. The album was not released in the U.S.
In an interview with the New Zealand Herald in April 2007, Bedingfield said that, after a four-year hiatus, he now has three albums recorded and awaiting release. Bedingfield also signed with Magus Entertainment and in September 2009 he confirmed on Twitter that his third album "will be a worldwide release" but when asked about the exact release date, Bedingfield replied "The release is subject to record company negotiations".
New songs that have been performed live include "Way With Words", "Beautiful", "First Base", "I'll Be Home", "Don't Write Me Off", "Remember", "Dynamite", "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", and "Closure".
Since his last release in 2004, Bedingfield has continued to work with other artists. He co-wrote the song "Works for Me!" for American Idol finalist David Archuleta. He has also worked with Pixie Lott, and contributed guest vocals on a track by a former member of The Roots. In December 2009, he was co-writing material with Tessanne Chin as well as recorded three songs with Busy Signal at DJ Karim's Stainless Records studios in Kingston, Jamaica. The songs are said to be for Busy Signal's upcoming VP Records project as well as Bedingfield's own upcoming project. In December 2010 Daniel spent a month in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he wrote and recorded a song with a local freak folk band, The Raw Men Empire. He concluded his visit with a Tel Aviv gig, hosting Uzi Feinerman, The Raw Men Empire and a variety of other Israeli musicians. In July 2011, he recorded on a dancehall riddim called the Overproof Riddim. Like many of the songs on this riddim, it has been getting good rotation in Jamaica.
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