Mutya Buena
Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena (born 21 May 1985) is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for being a member of the Sugababes.
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| Birth name | Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena |
| Born | 21 May 1985 Kingsbury, London, England |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
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Early life
Buena was born in Kingsbury, London to a Filipino father and Irish mother.[1]
Career
Buena became famous as a member of girl group Sugababes in 2000. The band released three studio albums with Buena as a member. She left the band in 2005.[2] In 2007 Buena released an album on her own called Real Girl. It reached number ten in the UK Albums Chart. Five songs from the album were released as singles. The album's first single, "Real Girl", reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. "Song 4 Mutya" was released as the second single.[3] In 2008 the record label that released the album dropped Buena because the album did not sell as many copies as they hoped. On 2 January 2009, Buena entered Celebrity Big Brother 6 as a housemate. On 16 January 2009 Buena chose to leave the Big Brother House.[4] In 2010 Buena said that she did not want to be a musician anymore and that she was training to become a child psychologist.[5] In 2011 Buena started a new band called Mutya Keisha Siobhan with Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy. They released their first single "Flatline" in 2013.
Personal life
In March 2005 Buena gave birth to a daughter called Tahlia.[6]
Discography
- Real Girl (2007)
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Buena performing with Sugababes at Bristol Ashton Court in August 2004
Buena performing live, 2009
Buena performing as part of Mutya Keisha Siobhan at Manchester Pride in August 2013
Buena performing at Amsterdam Pride in August 2019
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References
- ↑ "A Sugababe is reborn". Mail Online.
- ↑ "Colourful past of pop's Sugababes". 21 December 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ↑ Dailyrecord.co.uk (17 January 2009). "Celebrity Big Brother: Mutya Buena walks out of show after Tina is evicted". dailyrecord.
- ↑ "Mutya Buena 'planning career change'". Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ Patterson, Sylvia (6 April 2007). "Sylvia Patterson talks to ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena about her new solo career" – via www.theguardian.com.