Music career

After his song "Gotta Get Thru This" gathered momentum on white label, surprisingly through the underground UK garage scene, it went on to become a #1 hit in the UK Top 40 in December 2001.

He has since had two more no.1 singles ("If You're Not The One" and "Never Gonna Leave Your Side"), as well as three further top 10 hits. His debut album, also titled Gotta Get Thru This, reached #2 in the UK albums chart and went on to sell more than 4 million copies worlwide[citation needed]. In 2003 he appeared on the Delirious? album World Service, singing guest backing vocals on "Every Little Thing". On 23 March 2003, he appeared in an episode of Popworld.[1] In 2004, he won a BRIT Award for Best British Male Artist. He also moved to the Universal Music subsidiary label Polydor Records to release his second album, Second First Impression, which reached #8 in the UK. The album sold poorly compared to his first offering, though did include two UK Top 20 singles ("Nothing Hurts Like Love" reached #3, and "Wrap My Words Around You" peaked at #12). The third and final single, "The Way", became his first to miss the top 40, reaching #41. The album was not released in the US He also was a guest star as himself on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch in the episode "The Lyin', the Witch, and the Wardrobe." In an interview with the New Zealand Herald in April 2007, Bedingfield said that "after a three-year hiatus, following his album Second First Impression, he now has three albums recorded and awaiting release."[2] His first performance in his native New Zealand was on 18 April 2007, at the opening of Auckland's new Vector Arena. He sang three songs, including "Gotta Get Thru This" and "If You're Not the One." However, no new material was released as planned. Bedingfield signed with Magus Entertainment and is working on an album for release in mid-2009.