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1.0 History

1.1 1998-2005: Sugababes

1.2 2006-2008: Solo career, Real Girl

1.3 2009: Big Brother

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Mutya Buena Wiki Information

Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena (born 21 May 1985 in Kingsbury, London), known professionally as Mutya Buena , is an English singer and songwriter, who rose to fame as a member of the pop group Sugababes. In January 2009, Mutya appeared in the sixth series of Celebrity Big Brother but left on Day 15 citing homesickness. She will be releasing her second solo album later in 2010 with a new sound and is set for release mid way through that year.

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{{#ifexist:Category:Articles needing additional references from August 2009 Her family currently lives in Kingsbury, London. She attended Kingsbury High School. Mutya is of Filipino, Chinese, and Irish descent. Her name "Mutya" means "muse" or "The one I adore" in Tagalog, the official language in the Philippines. She has five brothers (Bayani means "Hero", Charlie, Chris, Danny and Roberto) and two younger sisters, Ligaya means "Happiness" in Filipino and Dalisay means "Pure"; another sister, Maya (named after a bird of the Philippines), died in 2002, and the song "Maya" on the album Three is dedicated to her. On 23 March 2005, Mutya gave birth to Tahlia-Maya Buena, her first child with boyfriend Jay. She named her child Tahlia-Maya in memory of her sister, Maya.

She appeared on the UK edition of Celebrity Big Brother 2009 , but walked out after Tina Malone was evicted. She cited her reasons for leaving as not wanting to spend another day away from her family.

She is known for her numerous piercings and tattoos, which includes her sister's name "MAYA" on her hip, Buena and heart on arm, heart on her hand, lady & naughty on her leg, bar code on neck, only god can judge me on neck, Chinese symbol on right arm, lion on back, large rose on left shoulder, rose on left breast, and a large purple rose on the outside of her left leg. ^[1]

1998-2005: Sugababes

The original line-up of the group consisted of friends Keisha Buchanan, Siobhan Donaghy and Buena. Buena and Buchanan were friends from school and met Donaghy at a party in 1998. Since scoring a record deal, the band has gone on to become one of the most successful UK-based female groups in British history - second only to the Spice Girls in terms of record sales. They have had four platinum selling albums, six number one singles, a BRIT-Award as well as a platinum-selling greatest hits album.

Following an apparent illness ^[2] that prevented Buena from promoting the follow-up single "Ugly", it was announced on 21 December 2005 that Buena had left Sugababes. According to an announcement on their site, "[Buena]'s decision was based purely on personal reasons and she will continue to remain the best of friends with both [Buchanan] and [Range]". It was found that Buchanan wanted to stay friends with Buena but found it hard as she never sees her. 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".." ^[3] Amelle Berrabah joined the group in late December, just 48 hours after Buena's departure. Berrabah was chosen by the group's management and "[Buchanan and Range] instantly knew she was the only person to share the rest of the journey with us." ^[4]

2006-2008: Solo career, Real Girl

Since her departure from the Sugababes, Buena has worked with a range of record producers and artists, including Amy Winehouse, George Michael and dance music writers Groove Armada.

Buena began working on her debut album in early 2006, after signing with her previous label Universal Island Records. The first single to be released in the UK featuring Buena was that of a sultry ballad duet with George Michael, entitled This Is Not Real Love. Released in November 2006, it was UK Top 20 hit after reaching no. 15. It also appeared on Michael's Greatest Hits album Twenty Five . Following this, Buena toured with Michael on the London and Manchester leg of his 2006 25 Live tour. The duet between Michael and Buena is also included on Buena's debut album Real Girl . Preceding the album, the title track "Real Girl" was released in early 2007. It was a big hit in the UK, making it to Number 2 in the charts, as well as having a BRIT Award nomination for "Best Single". The song samples Lenny Kravitz's hit "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over", 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 Following this, Buena's debut album Real Girl was released, and made Number 10 in the UK amid mixed reviews from critics and fans alike. The album only held a place in the UK Top 40 Albums for three weeks, quickly dropping off the chart.

Buena performed at V Festival on 18 and 19 August 2007 at Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Western Park, Staffordshire. She also appeared at T4 On The Beach 2007 on Sunday 22 July 2007. Buena also covered Tracy Chapman's classic "Fast Car" in 2007 for BBC Radio 1 as part of the "Radio 1 Established 1967" 40-year anniversary.

The third song to be released from the album was "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" , her collaboration with dance duo Groove Armada. The song received rave reviews from Popjustice reached position 8 in the UK charts. The fourth release from the album was "Just a Little Bit" which reached 65. Buena then collaborated with Amy Winehouse, on a re-working of the track "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes, entitled "B Boy Baby" which reached number 73 in the UK top 75. Mutya's debut solo album Real Girl, was certified as Gold, after selling more than 100,000 copies.

On 1 October 2007, Buena was nominated for the 2007 British "Music of Black Origin" (MOBO) awards at the o2 Arena in London. ^[5] On 14 December 2007, she stood in at the last minute for the ill Jill Scott on the BBC Two program Later with Jools Holland , fronting Scott's band singing Real Girl and Just A Little Bit which the band had learned in one hour.

On 12 February 2008, Mutya 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 . ^[6] On 31 October 2008, Mutya appeared on Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong .

2009: Big Brother

Mutya was on the Channel 4 show, Celebrity Big Brother 2009 , until she walked on the night of the second eviction, 16 January 2009. ^[7] Mutya walked out of Celebrity Big Brother due to the fact that she found that she missed her family especially her daughter Tahlia. After Big Brother her album sales went up by over 100%.

2009: Fallin

In January 2009, Mutya 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".

In a recent interview with Mail Online , she stated that she will be writing tracks for other people and that she wants to spend more time writing songs this year rather than releasing new material. ^[8]

Buena is currently working on her second studio album with record producer Dave Michigan ready for release in late 2009 or early 2010. She has revealed via her Twitter that she is working with song writer Linda Perry, with whom she worked on the Sugababes album Three. She has mentioned adding the finishing touches to a song called "Wave Your Hands". ^[9] ermmm that twitter account is fake by the way Mutya said on her facebook!

She is currently promoting her duet with Agent X titled Falling with the video already premierd on some music channels.

Discography

Albums

Year	Information	UK	IRE	NL	SWI	Sales and certifications
2007	*Real Girl* First studio album Released: 4 June 2007 Label: Island Records Format: CD, Digital download	10	25	33	36	^{U.K sales: 100,000+ BPI: Gold ^[10]}
2010	TBA Second studio album Released: Summer 2010 Label: Indipendent Records Format: CD, Digital download	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	^{U.K sales: - BPI: -}

Singles

Year	Title	Chart peak positions									UK certifications	Album
Year	Title	UK ^[11] ^[12]	AUS ^[13]	AUT ^[14]	GER ^[15]	IRE ^[16]	NLD ^[17]	NZ ^[18]	SWE ^[19]	SWI ^[20]	UK certifications	Album
2006	"This Is Not Real Love" (with George Michael)	15	—	62	—	27	32	—	—	36
Real Girl
	2007	"Real Girl"	2	59	46	40	25	3	13	—	53

		"Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" (with Groove Armada)	8	24	—	—	26	8	9	—	—

"Just A Little Bit"	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"B Boy Baby" (feat. Amy Winehouse)	73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	"Fallin" (with Agent X)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
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Soundtracks

Year	Information	UK	IRE	NL	SWI	Sales and certifications
2008	*Sex and the City, Vol. 2: More Music* Released: 23 September 2008 Label: New Line Format: CD, Digital download	41	—	—	—	^{U.K sales: 60,000+ BPI: Silver}

Others

Year	Song	Album
2008	"Fast Car"	Promo single only
2008	"Shes Just A Remix" (DJ Naughty Remix featuring Mutya Buena)	Top Selectors
2008	"The Time Is Now" ( Don E featuring Mutya Buena)	Natural
2008	"Good Girl Bad Guy" (Chosen One featuring Mutya Buena)
2009	"With You" (Ashley Walters featuring Mutya Buena)	A. Walters
2009	"Give Back" (with Tah Mac)	Welcome 2 Tah Land
2009	"Falling" (Agent X featuring Mutya Buena with Ultra)	Street Nation