1. Daniel John Bedingfield was born on 3 December 1979 and is a New Zealand-British singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
21 Facts About Daniel Bedingfield
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Daniel Bedingfield has written songs for other artists and has acted in the West End theatre in London, UK.
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Daniel Bedingfield was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and attended Lynfield College.
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Daniel Bedingfield is the elder brother of fellow singers Natasha Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle.
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Daniel Bedingfield released his first single, "Gotta Get Thru This" in November 2001.
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Daniel Bedingfield has since had two more number-one singles on the chart, "If You're Not the One" and "Never Gonna Leave Your Side", as well as three further top ten hits.
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In 2004, Daniel Bedingfield won a BRIT Award for Best British Male Artist.
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Daniel Bedingfield then moved to the Universal Music subsidiary label Polydor Records to release his second album, Second First Impression, which reached number 8 in the UK.
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Daniel Bedingfield has worked with Pixie Lott, and contributed guest vocals on a track by a former member of The Roots.
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Daniel Bedingfield provided backing vocals for the Kirsten Morrell track "He Walked In" from the album Ultraviolet, which was released in May 2010.
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In December 2010, Daniel Bedingfield spent a month in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he wrote and recorded a song with a local freak folk band, The Raw Men Empire.
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Daniel Bedingfield concluded his visit with a Tel Aviv gig, hosting Uzi Feinerman, The Raw Men Empire and a variety of other Israeli musicians.
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In February 2012, Daniel Bedingfield released the single "Rocks Off" with an accompanying video on MTV which can be viewed here.
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On 21 December 2012, Daniel Bedingfield took up a role as a judge for the first New Zealand series of The X Factor joining Stan Walker, Melanie Blatt and Ruby Frost.
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Daniel Bedingfield was the winning mentor of series one when his act Jackie Thomas won the competition.
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Daniel Bedingfield performed two of his songs on the show.
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Daniel Bedingfield co-wrote "I Wanna Feel" by SecondCity, which debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 1 June 2014 and stayed in the top 20 for the next six weeks.
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Daniel Bedingfield spent time working in the studio with K-pop group Spica, including co-producing their first English language single "I Did It".
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From February 2016 until April 2016, Daniel Bedingfield appeared in the West End musical The War of the Worlds as The Artilleryman.
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In January 2024, Daniel Bedingfield announced a UK tour for April 2024.
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Daniel Bedingfield helped to launch the Stop the Traffik coalition against modern day slavery.