Natasha Bedingfield: 'Pocketful of Sunshine'

Robbie Williams couldn't do it and Oasis nearly broke up attempting it, but breaking America has come easily to one British popstar. Natasha Bedingfield has been lurking around the top end of the US charts since the turn of the year and she even roped in a few A-list collaborators (Maroon 5's Adam Levine, Sean Kingston) for her latest album.

'Pocketful of Sunshine' explains why the US of A has welcomed 'Tash with such open arms - it sounds as American as 'The Star-Spangled Banner' being belted out by a redneck Texan. The slick production is akin to Timbaland's work on Nelly Furtado's Loose album and Natasha whittles off a series of optimistic one-liners ("Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me") with oodles of inoffensive charm. It's nothing original, but this will sound cracking with the car windows wound down in the summer sun.


> Click here for our recent interview with Natasha Bedingfield