  Daniel Bedingfield was born in
New Zealand but hails from England. He began
writing songs at age 6 and formed a band as a
teen with his 2 younger sisters. Bedingfield
stormed the world charts in late 2001 with
"Gotta Get Thru This" - a song he
wrote about his girlfriend.
"Gotta Get Thru This" topped the UK
Singles chart for 3 weeks.
 # 41
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bedingfield hit the Top 40 with
"Gotta Get Thru This" and the Top 10 by the end of the
month.
Bedingield's debut LP, Gotta
Get Thru This, was released in the US.
Bedingfield topped the Billboard
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week chart
with "Gotta Get Thru This."
 Bedingfield topped the UK
singles chart for a week with "If You're Not The One."
Bedingfield hit the Top 40 with
"James Dean (I Wanna
Know)."
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
Bedingfield was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording ("Gotta Get Thru This").
 Bedingfield hit the Top 40 with
"If You're Not The One."
Bedingfield hit the Top 10 with "If You're Not The One."
Bedingfield topped the Billboard
Hot Dance Singles Sales chart for 10 weeks
with "If You're Not The One."
Gotta
Get Thru This was certified gold.
Bedingfield toopped the UK
singles chart for a week with "Never
Gonna Leave Your Side."
Bedingfield was
hospitalized after his Jeep overturned in New
Zealand.
Bedingfield won a Brit Award for
Best Male Solo Artist.
# 385 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
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