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Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena (born 21 May 1985) is an English singer and songwriter who rose to fame as a member of
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the
Sugababes Sugababes are a British girl group composed of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy. The lineup changed three times before returning to the original lineup in 2011. Formed in 1998 by All Saints manager Ron Tom, Sugababes releas ...
. With the Sugababes, Buena had four UK number one singles, an additional six top-ten hits and three multi-platinum albums. After leaving the group in December 2005, she released her debut solo album, ''
Real Girl ''Real Girl'' is the debut and only album by British singer Mutya Buena. It was released on 4 June 2007 via Universal Records, following her departure from UK girl group the Sugababes in December 2005. Singles " Real Girl", the album's lead ...
'' in June 2007. In October 2010, Buena released a compilation album dedicated to British singers, titled ''Sound of Camden: Mutya Buena''. In 2012, Buena and her former Sugababes bandmates
Siobhán Donaghy Siobhán Emma Donaghy (born 14 June 1984) is an English-Irish singer and songwriter. She is best known as a founding member of the girl group Sugababes. Donaghy left the Sugababes in 2001 and released her debut solo album, '' Revolution in Me'', ...
and
Keisha Buchanan Keisha Kerreece Fayeanne Buchanan (; born 30 September 1984) is an English singer and a founding member of the girl group Sugababes alongside Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy. With the Sugababes, she had six number one singles and two number ...
confirmed their reunion. The original trio originally opted to release music under the name MKS (
Mutya Keisha Siobhan Sugababes are a British girl group composed of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy. The lineup changed three times before returning to the original lineup in 2011. Formed in 1998 by All Saints manager Ron Tom, Sugababes release ...
), releasing one single, "
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", in 2013. In September 2019, the group officially confirmed their return as the Sugababes. In May 2021, Mutya released a UK garage-inspired track entitled "The One" with electronic music producer duo Ryuken on New State Music.


Early life

Buena was born in
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, London and attended
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. Her father is
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with partial
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descent and her mother is of
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and
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descent.


Career


1998–2005: Early career and ''Sugababes''

The Sugababes were formed in 1998 by
Siobhán Donaghy Siobhán Emma Donaghy (born 14 June 1984) is an English-Irish singer and songwriter. She is best known as a founding member of the girl group Sugababes. Donaghy left the Sugababes in 2001 and released her debut solo album, '' Revolution in Me'', ...
,
Keisha Buchanan Keisha Kerreece Fayeanne Buchanan (; born 30 September 1984) is an English singer and a founding member of the girl group Sugababes alongside Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy. With the Sugababes, she had six number one singles and two number ...
and Buena. Their debut album, '' One Touch'', was released in November 2000 and peaked at number twenty-six on the UK Albums Chart, eventually earning a gold certification. ''One Touch'' spawned four singles, three of which reached the top twenty, while the album's lead single " Overload" was nominated for a
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for "Best British Single". The album's sales did not meet the expectations of
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and the group was subsequently dropped. The group's second album ''
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'' was released in August 2002 through
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. Influenced by the new wave,
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, and pop music of the 1980s, the record enjoyed success in the UK, where it reached number two and went triple platinum. It produced two number one singles and was nominated for "Best British Album" at the 2003 BRIT Awards. ''
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'', Sugababes' third album, was released in October 2003. It reached number three in the UK and produced four singles, all of which reached the top ten. The group's fourth album, ''
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'', was released in October 2005. The album reached number one and went double platinum in the UK. On 21 December 2005, it was announced Buena left the Sugababes. According to an announcement on their official website, " uenas decision was based purely on personal reasons and she will continue to remain the best of friends with both uchananand
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. Buena later stated in an interview that she was suffering from
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after the birth of her daughter combined with the group's increasingly hectic schedules, and chose to leave to spend more time with her daughter. The last remaining original member, Buchanan, said upon Buena's departure, "...we will all miss Mutya, but we also knew there was still a place for bringing in somebody new who could help us carry on taking the Sugababes brand of music forward".
Amelle Berrabah Amelle Berrabah (born 22 April 1984), also known as Amelle, is a British singer, best known for being a former member of the girl group the Sugababes, replacing founding member Mutya Buena, who left the group in December 2005. She achieved a so ...
joined the group 48 hours after Buena's departure.


2006–2011: ''Real Girl'', other ventures and musical hiatus

Following her departure from the Sugababes, Buena began working on her debut album in early 2006 after signing with her previous label, Universal Island Records. She also contributed vocals to the album Soundboy Rock by
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. The first single to be released in the UK featuring Buena was a
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duet with
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, titled "
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". It was released in November 2006 and reached number 15 in the UK. Preceding the album, the title track, "
Real Girl ''Real Girl'' is the debut and only album by British singer Mutya Buena. It was released on 4 June 2007 via Universal Records, following her departure from UK girl group the Sugababes in December 2005. Singles " Real Girl", the album's lead ...
", was released in early 2007. It reached number 2 in the UK and received a BRIT Award nomination for "Best Single". The song samples
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's hit "
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", and was produced by London-based production company Full Phat. "Real Girl" was also featured on the ''Sex and the City, Vol 2: More Music Soundtrack''. Buena's debut album, ''
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'', peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart. " Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)", her collaboration with dance duo Groove Armada, was released in the UK in July 2007 peaked at number 8. The fourth release from the album was " Just a Little Bit", which reached number 65. Buena also collaborated with
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, on a re-working of the track "
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titled " B Boy Baby", which reached number 73 in the UK top 75. On 1 October 2007, Buena was nominated for the 2007 British "Music of Black Origin" (
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) awards at the
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in London. On 12 February 2008, Buena was dropped by her record label due to poor sales and charting positions from ''Real Girl'' and her last two singles, "Just a Little Bit" and "B Boy Baby". In October 2008, Buena appeared on '' Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong''. In January 2009, Buena featured on Asher D's second single "With You", from his album ''Ashley Walters'', as well as the Don-E track "The Time Is Now". She also promoted the collaborations "Fallin'" with Agent X and "Give Back" with Tah Mac. Buena also joined an array of UK, US and Jamaican artists to feature on the debut single of the London-based urban/funky house production duo, NightShift. The song is titled "Can You Persuade Me" and it also features MegaMan (
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),
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, Sam Obernik and
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. After rejection from Buena, the song was then recorded by
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as "
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". On 2 January 2009, Buena entered ''
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'' as a housemate. On 16 January 2009, day 15 of the series, she walked out of the Big Brother house after surviving eviction the same night. She was the last celebrity housemate to walk from the show until
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left the Summer 2014 series of ''
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'' on 31 August 2014. In September 2010, Buena contributed to six tracks on the album ''The Sound of Camden'', which was recorded in Israel with music producer Roy Sela. The album deals with Camden Town market in London, and has been available for purchase at the market itself and online. She recorded a series of covers of rock songs from rock bands such as U2,
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and
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, in a chilled-out-lounge style. In October 2010, Buena expressed uncertainty about continuing in the music industry and said she was currently training to become a psychologist for children. Despite the announcement, Buena teamed up with City Boy Soul, a band consisting of ex-
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singer Coree Richards and British rapper Gak Jonze, and digitally released "Be Ok" in January 2011. Buena also recorded lead vocals for "Give Me Love", penned by UK DJ/Producer Paul Morrell. Mutya was set to release "My Love" featuring Thor Alaye in early 2012 and "Bedroom" featuring Shide Boss during the same year. Buena performed at Birmingham
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on 28 May 2011. In 2011, Buena released a demo on SoundCloud called "All B4".


2011–2017: Forming Mutya Keisha Siobhan

In October 2011, several news outlets reported that the original line-up of the
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would reform. In January 2012, further circulations that the group would reunite were sparked, after both Buena and Buchanan
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that they were in the studio with "two other females" and British rapper
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. However, Buena later denied this on Twitter, saying: "No track
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keisha or professor G he was around tha studio. im jus workin on my stuff @ tha moment. (sic)" Despite this, Scottish singer-songwriter
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confirmed to
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that she had written new songs for Buena, Buchanan and Donaghy, saying: "Yes, that is true. I've written for the original line-up of the Sugababes, which I'm very happy about because I just loved them when they first came out. I loved their sound, it was so cool. It was very different, so I'm happy to kind of be involved in what started the whole Sugababes journey. It sounds amazing." In April 2012, it was reported that the line-up had signed a £1 million record deal with
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. In June 2012, Donaghy confirmed on Twitter that new music would be released, saying: "the soonest it'll be is in 2 weeks. The latest is 10 weeks." In July 2012, it was officially confirmed that the group had reformed under the name Mutya Keisha Siobhan and were writing songs for a new album under Polydor.


2017–present: Solo projects and return to Sugababes

In March 2017, Buena started her own agency with friends. The agency is called Colour of Musiq. In 2018, Buena was featured on the track called "Game Over" with Rockwell, JSTN and Rico Flames. She was also featured in the music video. Buena has also began undertaking various television projects. She appeared in an episode of MTV's ''
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'', and appeared in series 5 of ''
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'' on E4. In 2019, she appeared on the fourth series of ''
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'' alongside
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. The couple won the series. In September 2019 Buena regained rights to the Sugababes name and rejoined the band alongside original members
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and Siobhan Donaghy. They featured on a track on a
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album and confirmed that they had plans to release new material and tour in 2020. The plans were later put on hold, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, she was ranked as #2 among the best girl band members of all time in a ''Guardian'' article, second only to American singer
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. In February 2020, she released the single "Black Valentine", on which she has writing credit, in collaboration with London-based pop duo Electric Pineapple. Later that year, she expressed an interest in releasing an R&B album. In February 2022, Buena released the single "Feels Good" alongside Ryuken. On 20 May 2022, Buena released the single "Takin' It Easy, alongside Morfius.


Personal life

On 23 March 2005, Buena gave birth to her daughter Tahlia. Buena dedicated a song to her late sister Maya on the Sugababes album, ''
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''. In March 2010, Buena filed a claim for ownership of the Sugababes name with the European Trademark Authority. Though Buchanan and Donaghy's names appear on the trademark submission, it was confirmed that Buena was the sole applicant for submission and Donaghy and Buchanan were not involved. The fourth line-up launched an opposition to the claim on the basis that goodwill and reputation in the mark and trading name "Sugababes" belongs to the partnership – not an individual. Buena has buttock implants and previously had breast enlargements. In November 2013, Buena had the implants removed. In September 2014, Buena was declared to be
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by a High Court judge. In 2020, she criticised the media for not covering the fact that she instantly paid off her £100,000 tax debts when she was made aware of the administrative error made by her accountants.


Discography

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Awards and nominations

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NME Awards The ''NME'' Awards is an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, founded by the music magazine ''NME'' (''New Musical Express''). The first awards show was held in 1953 as the ''NME'' Poll Winners Concerts, shortly after the founding of ...
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Popjustice £20 Music Prize The Popjustice £20 Music Prize, also known as the Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize, is an annual prize awarded by music website Popjustice to recognise the best British pop single of the previous year. The prize was conceived by Popjustice founder P ...
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Hole in the Head "Hole in the Head" is a song performed by British girl group Sugababes, released on 13 October 2003 as the lead single from their third studio album, ''Three (Sugababes album), Three''. It was written by Brian Higgins (producer), Brian Higgins, ...
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Freak Like Me "Freak Like Me" is the debut single of American R&B singer Adina Howard. It was released on January 25, 1995, as the lead single from her debut album, ''Do You Wanna Ride?''. It reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for two weeks, as ...
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Smash Hits Poll Winners Party The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was a British awards ceremony which ran from 1979 (as the Smash Hits Readers' Poll) to 2005. Each award winner was voted by readers of the '' Smash Hits'' magazine. It ended with the closure of the magazine in F ...
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Round Round "Round Round" is a song performed by British girl group Sugababes. It was written by group members Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, and Heidi Range, as well as Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, and Lisa Cowling. Produced by ...
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Angels with Dirty Faces ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was wr ...
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Taller in More Ways ''Taller in More Ways'' is the fourth studio album by British girl group Sugababes, released by Island Records on 10 October 2005. It was primarily produced by Dallas Austin and Jony Rockstar, with additional production from Cameron McVey, Xenom ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buena, Mutya 1985 births Living people English women singer-songwriters English child singers Filipino British musicians English mezzo-sopranos Sugababes members English people of Filipino descent English people of Irish descent Singers from London People from Kingsbury, London English women pop singers 21st-century British women singers