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As of 2026-10-16, "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield has charted in 52 markets across 3 platforms, peaking at #1 (AR) on the Rotation chart.

Markets
52
First seen
2026-06-17
Latest chart date
2026-10-16
Peak
#1 ar

Started in 12 markets, now in 52.

Why it's moving

  • vault release: registered 2004, first charted 2026-09-08
  • #4 on Shazam in 15 countriesOct 16
  • #1 in Shazam's fastest risers in 6 countriessince Aug 23
  • On Shazam in 12 countries, up from 3Oct 6–16
  • Climbed #180 → #113 in Australia on ShazamOct 10–16
  • Climbed #81 → #56 in Jordan on DeezerOct 10–14
Signal breakdown
Velocity68.4
Play growth0.0
Breadth44.5
Acceleration42.5
Discovery62.7
New entry0.0
Sources moving3

Score 63.0

Why it's here

"Unwritten" is a long-running catalogue staple that served as the theme song for MTV's reality series The Hills, which ran from 2006 to 2010, and was re-recorded with producer Linda Perry as the theme for the 2019 reboot The Hills: New Beginnings. [1] Its modern streaming base was rebuilt by its plot-central placement in Will Gluck's 2023 romcom Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, which returned the 2004 song to the Official UK Singles Chart Top 20 at Number 18 in January 2024. [2] Bedingfield has continued to keep the song in circulation, discussing its endurance in a short documentary covered by Rolling Stone in September 2025 and headlining Fordham University's 2026 Spring Weekend concert. [3]

stapleDrafted 2026-09-01Confidence 0.72

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. Austriaat · shazam spotify#14
  3. Belgiumbe · shazam spotify#14
  4. Irelandie · deezer shazam spotify#14
  5. Latvialv · deezer spotify#15
  6. Australiaau · shazam spotify#16
  7. Germanyde · shazam spotify#17
  8. New Zealandnz · shazam spotify#18
  9. United Kingdomgb · shazam spotify · 1 city#26

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. Global feedglobal · spotify#64
  3. World feedworld · shazam#46

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

  1. mx 6 cities · best #32 guadalajara
  2. br 3 cities · best #4 rio de janeiro
  3. ca 2 cities · best #25 quebec
  4. co 2 cities · best #5 bogota
  5. ar 1 city · best #6 buenos aires
  6. cl 1 city · best #8 santiago
  7. gb 1 city · best #46 brighton
  8. pe 1 city · best #12 lima
  9. us 1 city · best #31 newark

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Elsewhere

Editions

  1. 2026-10-16Chart-only edition#41
  2. 2026-07-19Chart-only edition#27

Identity

ISRC
GBARL0400707

The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.

Slug
natasha-bedingfield__unwritten

Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).

Sources
deezer, shazam, spotify

Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.

Fridays

What moved this week, and why.

The records that climbed, what broke in one place first, what came back. One email on Friday, assembled from the week's charts, with a pressing when there is one.

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Ranks and positions only. We hold no licensed stream counts and never imply one. Every date on this page is the date the source chart covers.

Data: Apple Music, Shazam, Spotify, Deezer · Chart: Rotation