Daniel Bedingfield

Daniel John Bedingfield (born December 3, 1979 in Auckland , New Zealand ) is a pop singer who is particularly successful in Great Britain .

biography

His parents emigrated to London from New Zealand shortly after he was born .

Daniel has a total of three siblings, with his younger sister Natasha Bedingfield also starting a musical career in 2004. Together with her and his sister Nikola, he already performed in church services in his youth under the band name The DNA Algorithm .

His musical career began in late 2001 when his first single, Gotta Get Thru This , recorded in his bedroom and released on a small independent label, hit number 1 on the UK charts . Daniel Bedingfield then signed a contract with Polydor and released his debut album in 2002, which was also called Gotta Get Thru This . A total of five more songs from this album were released as a single, two of which again reached number 1 in Great Britain, If You're Not the One in 2002 and Never Gonna Leave Your Side in 2003. In the US , Daniel Bedingfield reached number 10 as the highest chart position with his first single, in Germany he did not get into the higher chart ranks.

On January 2, 2004, he was seriously injured in a car accident in New Zealand.

His second album Second First Impression followed in November 2004 , from which three singles have been released so far. Despite good chart positions in Great Britain, he was unable to repeat the great success of his first album.

Bedingfield supports Stop The Traffik , a coalition against today's slavery.

Awards

In 2004 Daniel Bedingfield won a Brit Award as a British male solo artist .

In addition, he and his sister Natasha Bedingfield are the first siblings to appear in the Guinness Book of Records , both of whom reached number 1 in the UK charts as solo artists.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2002	Gotta Get Thru This	-	-	-	UK2 × 5 Quintuple platinum (81 weeks)UK	US41 gold (35 weeks)US	First published: August 27, 2002
2004	Second first impression	-	-	CH88 (2 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (19 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 8, 2004

EPs

year	title	Remarks
2012	Stop the Traffik - Secret Fear	First published: April 24, 2012

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2001	Gotta Get Thru This Gotta Get Thru This	DE72 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH92 (1 week) CH	UK1 platinum (19 weeks)UK	US10 (21 weeks) US	First published: November 26, 2001
2002	James Dean (I Wanna Know) Gotta Get Thru This	-	-	-	UK4 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 27, 2002
	If You're Not the One Gotta Get Thru This	DE38 (9 weeks) DE	AT49 (9 weeks) AT	CH69 (6 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (28 weeks)UK	US15 (20 weeks) US	First published: November 25, 2002
2003	I Can't Read You Gotta Get Thru This	-	-	-	UK6 (12 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 21, 2003
	Never Gonna Leave Your Side Gotta Get Thru This	-	-	-	UK1 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 21, 2003
	Friday Gotta Get Thru This	-	-	-	UK28 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 20, 2003
2004	Nothing Hurts Like Love Second First Impression	-	-	-	UK3 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 25, 2004
2005	Wrap My Words Around You Second First Impression	-	-	CH30 (13 weeks) CH	UK12 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 7, 2005
	The Way Second First Impression	-	-	-	UK41 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 23, 2005

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

Web links

• Support Daniel Bedingfield and PLEDGE! 2012
• Official website (English)
• Daniel Bedingfield at laut.de