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Natasha Bedingfield is the UK's biggest female pop star bar none: a bold, beautiful British answer to U.S. super-divas Christina Aguilera and Pink. Her first disc, Unwritten, flew to the top of the UK charts in 2004, and the disc’s title track became the most-played song on mainstream American radio in 2006. Vanity Fair singled her out as the spearhead of a new Brit-pop invasion; she became one of the faces of Gap (alongside Mia Farrow and Common); she was invited by her hero Prince to jam with him at a private party; Bono enlisted her for his (RED) campaign. Bedingfield's second album, Pocketful of Sunshine, in the States, continues to prove that affairs of the heart, although difficult, make for excellent song-writing material. Each track on the album explores a varying stage of the relationship story, and the issues, experiences, and processes that come with these stages. Never one to mouth empty platitudes or re-hash well-worn cliches, Natasha's gift for creating pop music that does not sacrifice intelligence on the altar of universal appeal prevails throughout.