What Is Natasha Bedingfield's Net Worth?
Natasha Bedingfield is a British singer and songwriter who has a net worth of $13 million. Bedingfield earned a Grammy nomination for her song "Unwritten," which was the title track of her 2004 debut album. Since her successful debut (which sold more than 2.3 million copies), Natasha has released the albums "N.B." (2007), "Strip Me" (2010), and "Roll with Me" (2019) and hit singles such as "Soulmate," "Love Like This" (featuring Sean Kingston), and "Pocketful of Sunshine." She also performed the theme songs of the MTV reality series "The Hills" and "The Hills: New Beginnings," and she has appeared on the shows "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (2008), "The Naked Brothers Band" (2008), "True Jackson, VP" (2009), "Web Therapy" (2012–2013), and "The Masked Singer" (2021). Bedingfield was ranked #66 on VH1's 2012 list of the "100 Greatest Women in Music."
Early Life
Natasha Bedingfield was born Natasha Anne Bedingfield on November 26, 1981, in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. She is the daughter of social workers John and Molly Bedingfield, and as a teenager, she formed The DNA Algorithm, a dance/electronic group, with her siblings Daniel and Nikola. Natasha also has a brother named Joshua. When Bedingfield was 14 years old, she sang on the Origin album "Refined Intricacy." She studied psychology at the University of Greenwich for a year, then she dropped out to focus on her music career. Natasha recorded demos in her friends' garages, and she composed songs for Hillsong Church UK in the early 2000s, which appeared on the albums "Shout God's Fame," "Blessed," and "Jesus Is My Superhero."
Career
Bedingfield signed with BMG UK & Ireland's Phonogenic Records in July 2003, and she released her first album, "Unwritten," on September 6, 2004. The album was certified 3x Platinum in the U.K. and Gold in the U.S. and reached #1 on the UK Albums Chart and #4 on the Irish Albums Chart. The title track went 3x Platinum in the U.S. and Platinum in the U.K. and Canada, and it reached the top 10 in nine countries. The single "These Words" was also a hit, topping the charts in the U.K. and Ireland and going Gold in the U.K., U.S, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway. Natasha's follow-up, 2007's "N.B." (known as "Pocketful of Sunshine" in North America), was certified Gold in the U.K., U.S., and Canada, and it reached #3 in the U.S. and #9 in the U.K. The album featured the singles "I Wanna Have Your Babies," "Soulmate," "Love Like This" (featuring Sean Kingston), "Pocketful of Sunshine," and "Angel." "Soulmate" went Gold in Germany, "Love Like This" went Platinum in the U.S. and Gold in New Zealand, and "Pocketful of Sunshine" went 2x Platinum in the U.S., Platinum in Canada, and Silver in the U.K.
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In 2010, Bedingfield released the album "Strip Me," and the following year, she performed on the Simple Plan single "Jet Lag," which was certified 2x Platinum in Australia and Platinum in Canada. That year she was also featured on the Platinum Rascal Flatts single "Easy," which earned her an Academy of Country Music Award nomination. In 2012, Natasha appeared on the Lifehouse single "Between the Raindrops," and in May 2013, she served as a guest judges on New Zealand's version of the music competition "The X Factor." Her brother Daniel was a judge and mentor on the series that season. Bedingfield contributed the track "Who I Am" to the 2014 Disney film "The Pirate Fairy," and she toured with Band of Merrymakers in 2015 and 2016 and performed on their 2015 album "Welcome to Our Christmas Party." Her song "More Of Me" appeared on the "Tangled: Before Ever After" soundtrack in 2017, and in 2018, she signed with We Are Hear, Linda Perry's record label. Natasha released her fourth album, "Roll with Me," in 2019, and the single "Roller Skate" received a Pop Award nomination. In 2021, she competed on Fox's "The Masked Singer" as "Pepper," and in March 2022, it was announced that she would be hosting "The Masked Singer" National Tour.
Personal Life
Natasha married businessman Matthew Robinson on March 21, 2009, in Malibu, California, and they welcomed son Solomon Dylan on December 31, 2017. Solomon underwent brain surgery in 2019, and Bedingfield wrote on Instagram, "Feeling gutted but also thank God that we live in a time of MRI where we are able to see into our own minds and for doctors who are wise enough to keep asking questions. He has an area of infection that somehow found its way into the brain. We are so grateful though that there is treatment for what Solo is experiencing and it is straight forward and has worked many times." Natasha is an ambassador for the charitable organization Global Angels, which was founded by her mother. Bedingfield got involved because she wanted to help "people around the world, particularly children, who live in conditions that would horrify us." In 2010, she visited a refugee camp in Mumbai, India, for children who had been rescued from prostitution, and she filmed video diaries during the trip. Natasha is a supporter of Stop the Traffik as well as the (RED) campaign, which raises money to fight HIV/AIDS. In 2008, Bedingfield was one of several singers to perform on the charity single "Just Stand Up" in support of Stand Up to Cancer.
Awards and Nominations
In 2007, Bedingfield earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Unwritten." She won a BMI Film & TV Award for "The Hills" in 2008, and she received a Glamour Award for UK Solo Artist in 2005. Natasha has earned three BT Digital Music Award nominations, winning Best Use of Mobile in 2005 and Best Pop Artist in 2007; she was also nominated for Artist of the Year in 2007. She won New Music Awards for AC Single of the Year ("Unwritten") in 2006 and AC Female Artist of the Year in 2008, and she was named Best International New Artist at the 2005 TMF Awards. Bedingfield received "Billboard" Music Award nominations for Pop 100 Airplay Song of the Year ("Unwritten") in 2006 and Top Hot Dance Airplay Artist and Top Hot Dance Club Play Artist in 2008, and in 2005, she earned BRIT Award nominations for British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act, British Pop Act, and British Single ("These Words").
"These Words" also received an Ivor Novello Award nomination for Best Song Musically and Lyrically, and "Love Like This" earned Natasha and Sean Kingston a People's Choice Award nomination for Favourite Combined Forces. Bedingfield received an MTV Europe Music Award nomination for Best UK and Ireland Act (2004), a Meteor Music Award nomination for Best International Female (2005), and a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Music: Breakout Artist – Female (2006), and in 2010, "Strip Me," which was featured in the film "Morning Glory," earned a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination for Best Original Song. In 2013, she shared an Academy of Country Music Award nomination for Vocal Event of the Year with Rascal Flatts and producers Brian Kennedy and Dann Huff for "Easy," and in 2020, "Roller Skate" earned a Pop Award nomination for Song of the Year.
Real Estate
In 2009, Natasha and Matt paid $2.3 million for a home in L.A.'s Los Feliz neighborhood. They sold this home in 2017 for $4.2 million. The couple purchased a home in the Hollywood Hills for $1.65 million in 2015, and they put it on the market for $2.25 million in July 2020. It sold for $2.538 million a few months later.
