    daniel john bedingfield (born 3 december 1979) is an english-new zealand singer-songwriter and record producer. he is the brother of fellow singers natasha bedingfield and nikola rachelle. he was a judge on the x factor new zealand in 2013. ==music career== ===2001â03: gotta get thru this and international breakthrough=== he released his first single, "gotta get thru this" in november 2001. it gathered momentum on white label through the uk garage music scene, and peaked at number one on the uk singles chart. he has since had two more number-one singles on the chart â "if you're not the one" and "never gonna leave your side" â as well as three further top ten hits. his debut album, also titled gotta get thru this, which was recorded at home using making waves audio software , peaked at number two on the uk albums chart and went on to sell more than 4 million copies worldwide. ===2004â05: second first impression=== in 2004, bedingfield won a brit award for best british male artist. he 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. the album sold poorly compared to his first offering, though it did include two uk top 20 singles, "nothing hurts like love" (which reached number three) and "wrap my words around you" (which peaked at number 12). the third and final single, "the way", became his first to miss the top 40, reaching number 41. the
1979_births Brit_Award_winners British_Christians British_Pentecostals British_dance_musicians British_electronic_musicians British_male_singers British_people_of_New_Zealand_descent British_performers_of_Christian_music British_pop_singers British_singer-songwriters British_tenors Living_people New_Zealand_emigrants_to_the_United_Kingdom New_Zealand_expatriates_in_the_United_Kingdom People_from_Lewisham Polydor_Records_artists UK_garage_musicians