November Bedingfield was born on November 26, 1981, in Lewisham, southeast London, England. The daughter of two New Zealand-born social workers, November grew up alongside three siblings: Daniel, Nikola and Joshua. While she is close to all of them today, her and the eldest sibling, Daniel, were rivals growing up.

November showed an interest in music from an early age. Daniel and younger sister Nikola shared November's passion, and the three Bedingfields formed their own group, the DNA Algorithm, when they were teenagers. But for November, music remained a hobby at first. Torn between pursuing art or psychology studies in college, November settled on psychology.

After two years of balancing college work and music, November withdrew from university in order to write songs full-time. Honing her skills on guitar and piano, November wrote songs and recorded in friends' studios in the hopes of building up a body of work that she could take to a record company. In the meantime, her brother Daniel became a pop star, and November, mindful of her own talents, was encouraged by his example and industry contacts.

Once she was ready, November took her demos to Phonogenic, an imprint of BMG. The record company was impressed by both her music and her unique attitude, and signed November up. She next went to Los Angeles for six months of writing and recording with some of pop music's top writing and producing talents.

November's debut was ready in the spring of 2004. Her first single, called "Single," climbed the UK charts, as did her second single, "These Words." November wrote her third single, the inspirational "Unwritten," for her younger brother Joshua's 14th birthday. That September, November released her debut album, Unwritten. The album entered the charts at No. 1, only the third debut album of a solo female to do so. By October of 2004, Unwritten had gone platinum.

After such an impressive debut, November was in high demand and raking in critical accolades. She was nominated for Best UK & Ireland act at the 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards.

Back home, the BRIT Awards have reportedly offered November and brother Daniel £10,000 each to perform a duet in the spring of 2005. Such a reunion would be fitting, since November and Daniel Bedingfield are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the only brother and sister to have separate solo No. 1 hits in the United Kingdom.