"Unwritten" is a Grammy-nominated single from English singer Natasha Bedingfield, co-written by her, Danielle Brisebois and Wayne Rodrigues. The song appears on her debut album, which is also named Unwritten. It was released as her third single in the United Kingdom in November 2004, and as her second single in the United States in 2006, the song proved to be a big hit for the singer in the U.S., as it climbed slowly on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, eventually reaching number five for two weeks (becoming her second Top 20 hit and first Top 10 hit in the country).
As of March 2006, "Unwritten" was certified platinum in the U.S., making it one of the best selling digital tracks (and one of very few singles to sell in excess of a million copies) to date.
Unwritten was also the most played song on U.S. radio during 2006 as confirmed before her performance at the Diana concert.[citation needed]
The song also proved to be very popular in other radio formats in the United States. The Johnny Vicious and Hani Club Mixes peaked at number one on the Dance Club Play and number two on the Dance Radio Airplay chart, while the original version went to number two on the Adult Top 40 and spent 10 weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. It spent 13 weeks in the top 10 of the Hot 100.
On the fifth season of American Idol, contestant Ayla Brown sang "Unwritten" just before being eliminated from the show. "Unwritten" was also played in the following motion pictures: Ice Princess, The Da Vinci Code, Family Guy, Because I Said So, and The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants. 2006 World Champion figure skater Kimmie Meissner has done multiple exhibition programs to the song as well.
This song is also used as the theme song for MTV's reality show The Hills. She will be perfoming this Pocketful of Sunshine in the season finle of Degrassi:the next generation
It was also used in spots that announce the relaunch of Pantene in the United States and throughout Western Europe, including the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy and Spain, where it was the first single from N.B.. It reached number one in the Spanish iTunes chart, in the Airplay chart and in los 40 chart, in 2007.
Bedingfield performed this song in the Concert For Diana.