Natasha

The difficult second album by Natasha Bedingfield, titled N.B., was released in April 2007. Her brother Daniel had already been there with Second First Impression which was nowhere near as successful as his first album Gotta Get Thru This. Since her debut album Unwritten, a whole series of similar female singers had broken through, including Amy Winehouse, Corinne Bailey Rae and Lily Allen and this was the market Bedingfield was now competing in. The songs on NB focus on relationships from the very start of the ballad "Soulmate," the first single to be lifted from the album, about being on your own and wondering if there is a soulmate for everyone, through to "When You Know You Know" about breaking up, set to a soundtrack reminiscent of early-'70s soul bands like the Delfonics or Bloodstone.

Dans la lignée de l'album "Thérèse, vivre d'amour", Natasha St Pier retrace aujourd'hui la vie de Jeanne d'Arc. Reconnue comme l'une des premières icônes féministes à travers le monde, Jeanne d'Arc a connu une destinée exceptionnelle. Elle demeure depuis toujours une source d'inspiration et un modèle résolument moderne par le message qu'elle incarne. Thérèse de Lisieux, l'une des plus grandes figures spirituelles et mystiques à travers le monde, fut aussi lune des premières à se passionner pour cette héroïne française, allant jusqu'à écrire une poésie et deux pièces de théâtre en hommage à Jeanne d'Arc. Natasha Saint Pier est aujourd'hui le trait d'union reliant ces deux saintes, ces soeurs intimes, ces deux figures inspirantes. Avec la force des mots de Thérèse de Lisieux, sur des chansons écrites et composées sur mesure par Véronique Sanson, Lionel Florence, ou Jacques Vénéruso, Natasha St Pier raconte l'incroyable destin de Jeanne d'Arc dans un album exceptionnel qui sortira le 30 septembre.

'Natasha' is a beautiful album, close to her best, partly due to the fact that she wrote all of the songs (on her previous album 'Instincts', the three that she wrote were far and away the standouts-the rest was fairly mediocre)…

Pocketful of Sunshine was Brit-pop artist Natasha Bedingfield's North American sophomore album; everywhere else around the world, a similar album was released eight months earlier, simply entitled N.B. Pocketful of Sunshine is built from half of N.B.'s original track list, as well as a handful of pop singles geared perfectly toward the mainstream American market, such as lead single "Love Like This" (with Sean Kingston) and the title track. Compared to its international counterpart, the album was packed with more potential singles, a sunnier disposition, and a much more radio-friendly sound, allowing Bedingfield to release two similar but different albums around the same time to appeal to the two markets in which she has found success.

In September 2004 Natasha Bedingfield debuted smashingly in the United Kingdom. Her first record, Unwritten, went to number one almost immediately and the glowing response established her as an instant pop star. Her ascent mirrored the sudden popularity of brother Daniel Bedingfield in 2001, when his bedroom production "Gotta Get Through This" rocketed similarly up the charts. For Natasha, it's "Single" and the near-perfect "These Words (I Love You, I Love You)" – tracks that merge the rhythms and flavors of hip-hop and R&B with unique melodies and Bedingfield's vocal confidence – "Single," for example, suggests Kelly Clarkson's 2003 single "Miss Independent."