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Natasha Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer-songwriter and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' as well as her song "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity to this day, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series, prominent examples being ''Film/EasyA'' and ''Film/AnyoneButYou''.

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Natasha Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer-songwriter and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' as well as her song "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity to this day, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series, prominent examples being ''Film/EasyA'' and ''Film/AnyoneButYou''.
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Natasha Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer-songwriter and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' as well as her song "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity to this day, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series, one prominent example being ''Film/EasyA''.

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Natasha Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer-songwriter and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' as well as her song "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity to this day, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series, one prominent example examples being ''Film/EasyA''.
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Natasha Bedingfield is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' and "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series. One prominent example being ''Film/EasyA''.

Because of the above reason, she is a guest star who [[AsHerself plays herself]]. She's also done her bit of voice acting. Bedingfield has been nominated for several awards and won the 2008 AC Female Artist of the Year, the 2007 Best Pop Artist, the 2006 AC Single of the Year, the 2005 Best International New Artist, the 2005 UK Solo Artist, the 2005 Best Use of Mobile, and the 2004 Hot New Talent.

She's had some acting roles, including a Bond Girl in the ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'' video game (one of her songs, in remixed form, was used for the previous ''Bond'' game, ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''); she also participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper (being eliminated in the eighth episode) and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's also created songs for ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies The Pirate Fairy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''.

Not to be confused with Daniel Bedingfield, her older brother.

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Natasha Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer singer-songwriter and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' and as well as her song "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity, popularity to this day, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series. One series, one prominent example being ''Film/EasyA''.

Because of the above reason, she is a guest star who [[AsHerself plays herself]]. She's also done her bit of voice acting. Bedingfield has been nominated for several awards awards, and won the 2008 AC Female Artist of the Year, the 2007 Best Pop Artist, the 2006 AC Single of the Year, the 2005 Best International New Artist, the 2005 UK Solo Artist, the 2005 Best Use of Mobile, and the 2004 Hot New Talent.

She's also had some acting roles, including a Bond Girl girl in the ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'' video game (one of her songs, in remixed form, was used for the previous ''Bond'' game, ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''); she also participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper (being eliminated in the eighth episode) and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's also created songs for ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies The Pirate Fairy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''.

Not to be confused with
''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'', and has done her bit of voice acting.

She has sold over 20 million records worldwide, and was ranked by Creator/{{VH1}} at #66 on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

Her older brother
Daniel Bedingfield, her older brother.is also a musician best known for his debut single "Gotta Get Thru This".
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She's had some acting roles, including a Bond Girl in the ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'' video game (one of her songs, in remixed form, was used for the previous ''Bond'' game, ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''); she also participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper (being eliminated in the eighth episode) and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's also created songs for ''Franchise/DisneyFairies The Pirate Fairy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''.

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She's had some acting roles, including a Bond Girl in the ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'' video game (one of her songs, in remixed form, was used for the previous ''Bond'' game, ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''); she also participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper (being eliminated in the eighth episode) and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's also created songs for ''Franchise/DisneyFairies ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies The Pirate Fairy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''.
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She's had some acting roles, including a Bond Girl in the ''VideoGame/007FromRussiaWithLove'' video game (one of her songs, in remixed form, was used for the previous ''Bond'' game, ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''); she also participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper (being eliminated in the eighth episode) and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's also created songs for ''Franchise/DisneyFairies The Pirate Fairy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''.

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She's had some acting roles, including a Bond Girl in the ''VideoGame/007FromRussiaWithLove'' ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'' video game (one of her songs, in remixed form, was used for the previous ''Bond'' game, ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''); she also participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper (being eliminated in the eighth episode) and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's also created songs for ''Franchise/DisneyFairies The Pirate Fairy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''.

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She participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper and was eliminated in the eighth episode and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's produced original soundtracks for ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', the ''Film/RockyBalboa'' saga (although it went unreleased), and ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove''.

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She She's had some acting roles, including a Bond Girl in the ''VideoGame/007FromRussiaWithLove'' video game (one of her songs, in remixed form, was used for the previous ''Bond'' game, ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''); she also participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper and was (being eliminated in the eighth episode episode) and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's produced original soundtracks also created songs for ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', the ''Film/RockyBalboa'' saga (although it went unreleased), ''Franchise/DisneyFairies The Pirate Fairy]]'' and ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove''.
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* OutlandishDeviceSetting: Her heart megaphone is set on eleven. ItMakesSenseInContext.



* UpToEleven: Her heart megaphone is set on eleven. ItMakesSenseInContext.
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Natasha Bedingfield is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' and "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series.

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Natasha Bedingfield is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' and "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series.
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* HowIWroteThisArticleArticle: "These Words" is about the difficulty of writing a love song that really expresses how she feels about the person she's dedicating it to.
-->Trying to find the magic,\\
Trying to write a classic,\\
Waste-bin full of paper,\\
Clever rhymes, see you later.
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Daniel Bedingfield is her older brother.

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Not to be confused with Daniel Bedingfield is Bedingfield, her older brother.
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She participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper and was eliminated in the eighth episode and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's produced original soundtracks for ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.

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She participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper and was eliminated in the eighth episode and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's produced original soundtracks for ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.
''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', the ''Film/RockyBalboa'' saga (although it went unreleased), and ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove''.
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She participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper and was eliminated in the eighth episode and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's produced original soundtracks for ''WesnternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.

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She participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper and was eliminated in the eighth episode and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten". She's produced original soundtracks for ''WesnternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.
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* MisattributedSong: "Pocketful of Sunshine" aka "the song Emma Stone sings in ''Film/EasyA''" is not by Mandy Moore, it is by Natasha Bedingfield --although Moore has a hit song called "In My Pocket".



* RefrainFromAssuming: She doesn't have a song called "Take me Away". The name of the song is "Pocketful of Sunshine".



* ToughActToFollow: Her two singles "Single" and "I Bruise Easily" underperformed, partially because they were both released after her monster hit "Unwritten," which radio stations simply refused to let die. It wasn't until "Pocketful of Sunshine" that things got back on track.
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* CreatorKiller: Despite international success at the beginning of her career, following in the footsteps of her already successful older brother Daniel, her popularity became almost exclusively concentrated in North America by the time "Pocketful of Sunshine" came out in 2008. As a result, advertising for her ''Strip Me'' album focused primarily on the US and Canada, but the album and its singles flopped badly on the charts, and things didn't improve for her when she finally released "Pocketful of Sunshine" in Europe, three years after its American success. Her planned fourth album, The Next Chapter, finally came out in 2019, seven years after its original announcement, to little success.



* OneHitWonder: She is definitely not a one-hit-wonder at pop, but at country, her only success was backing Rascal Flatts on the #3 hit "Easy" in 2011.



* TwoHitWonder: In 2006 and 2008, she had two hits in the U.S. with "Unwritten" and "Pocketful of Sunshine" respectively, which both peaked at #5. Two more songs, "These Words" and "Love Like This", made the Top 20, but are forgotten today. Afterwards, she completely fell out of the public's eye outside a 2011 guest appearance on Rascal Flatts' "Easy" (#3 country, #43 pop). She is more successful back home, however.
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* HurtComfortFic: "Angel" could be used to describe that trope.
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Protect you from the pain\\
I'll keep you safe from danger\\
You'll never hurt again"

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She participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper and was eliminated in the eighth episode and in {{Music/Cimorelli}}'s cover of "Unwritten".

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"Unwritten". She's produced original soundtracks for ''WesnternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.


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* AlternateMusicVideo:
** "Unwritten" consists of two versions. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7k0a5hYnSI North American version]] has her standing in the elevator and observes on several people and during the chorus, she stops over different floors leading to outdoor spaces like a park or children dancing. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFFBSSntZgs International version]] has herself contained inside a book as the book itself climbs up the library ceiling.
** "These Words" also has two versions. The international version has her in Málaga frustrated by her inability to find inspiration for songwriting, while she walks and dances in colorful outfits, ending with her boyfriend arriving at her home with the help of her scribblings. The North American version, filmed in Brazil, features Bedingfield with boomboxes that come alive and dance.


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* CreatorKiller: Despite international success at the beginning of her career, following in the footsteps of her already successful older brother Daniel, her popularity became almost exclusively concentrated in North America by the time "Pocketful of Sunshine" came out in 2008. As a result, advertising for her ''Strip Me'' album focused primarily on the US and Canada, but the album and its singles flopped badly on the charts, and things didn't improve for her when she finally released "Pocketful of Sunshine" in Europe, three years after its American success. Her planned fourth album, The Next Chapter, finally came out in 2019, seven years after its original announcement, to little success.


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* DramaticChoirNumber: A choir begins to sing the last pre-chorus of "Unwritten" before she joins in at the chorus. A choir is also shown in the US version of the music video.


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* GiftOfSong: "Unwritten" was created as a birthday present for her brother who was turning 14 at the time.
* GospelChoirsAreJustBetter: "Unwritten".


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* NoPointsForNeutrality: "If You're Gonna Jump" is about a woman wanting to become HotBlooded and suffuse passion in everything she does. In short, never aim for the so-called golden middle ground because it's useless to go halfway.
-->If you're gonna play a guitar, you gotta play 'til you blister [snip]\\
No half-baked apples for my tea\\
It's hot or cold no in between


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* ToughActToFollow: Her two singles "Single" and "I Bruise Easily" underperformed, partially because they were both released after her monster hit "Unwritten," which radio stations simply refused to let die. It wasn't until "Pocketful of Sunshine" that things got back on track.


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* CommonTime: {{Averted}} in "Easy", a duet with Music/RascalFlatts.


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* {{Escapism}}: "Pocketful of Sunshine" is about women who dream of a world where there they are not demeaned and misunderstood by the men in their lives. This is complimented by the music video.
-->There's a place that I go that nobody knows\\
Where the rivers flow and I call it home\\
And there's no more lies\\
In the darkness there's light\\
And nobody cries\\
There's only butterflies\\
Take me away (Take me away)\\
A secret place (A secret place)\\
A sweet escape (A sweet escape)\\
Take me away (Take me away)\\
Take me away (Take me away)\\
To better days (To better days)\\
Take me away (Take me away)\\
A hiding place (A hiding place)
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* AgeProgressionSong: "Love Like This" shows young children growing up to high-school age and then to the present (assuming mid-20s).
* BadToTheBone: "Unwritten" is played for pretty much any product marketed to women for pretty much all of 2007.


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* DistantDuet: "Jet Lag" is sung from the perspective of a couple who are separated by continents, to the point where he (Music/SimplePlan's vocalist) is waking up just as the sun is setting where she (Natasha Bedingfield) is.
* MisattributedSong: "Pocketful of Sunshine" aka "the song Emma Stone sings in ''Film/EasyA''" is not by Mandy Moore, it is by Natasha Bedingfield --although Moore has a hit song called "In My Pocket".


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* RefrainFromAssuming: She doesn't have a song called "Take me Away". The name of the song is "Pocketful of Sunshine".
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* TwoHitWonder: In 2006 and 2008, she had two hits in the U.S. with "Unwritten" and "Pocketful of Sunshine" respectively, which both peaked at #5. Two more songs, "These Words" and "Love Like This", made the Top 20, but are forgotten today. Afterwards, she completely fell out of the public's eye outside a 2011 guest appearance on Rascal Flatts' "Easy" (#3 country, #43 pop). She is more successful back home, however.
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Natasha Bedingfield is a UsefulNotes/{{Brit|ain}}ish singer and {{composer|s}} who is best known for the eponymous single of her debut album ''Unwritten'' and "Pocketful of Sunshine". Both songs enjoy massive popularity, to the point of the latter regularly being featured in the soundtracks of films and series.

Because of the above reason, she is a guest star who [[AsHerself plays herself]]. She's also done her bit of voice acting. Bedingfield has been nominated for several awards and won the 2008 AC Female Artist of the Year, the 2007 Best Pop Artist, the 2006 AC Single of the Year, the 2005 Best International New Artist, the 2005 UK Solo Artist, the 2005 Best Use of Mobile, and the 2004 Hot New Talent.

She participated in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as Pepper and was eliminated in the eighth episode.

Daniel Bedingfield is her older brother.
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* BellyDancer: She ends up surrounded by dancers while slowly floating up to the sky on a large white lotus in her music video for "Pocketful of Sunshine".
* OneHitWonder: She is definitely not a one-hit-wonder at pop, but at country, her only success was backing Rascal Flatts on the #3 hit "Easy" in 2011.
* TruckDriversGearChange: "Easy" is a particularly odd variant: the key jumps up a minor third (C♯ minor to E minor) halfway through the second verse.
* WordSaladTitle: "Bruised Water" is named so since it's a mashup of Chicane's "Saltwater" and Bedingfield's "I Bruise Easily".

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