Line #10 Music/MutyaBuena


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2	[[caption-width-right:200:She's just a Real Girl.]]
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4	Mutya Buena (born Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena, May 21, 1985) is an English {{Soul}}/[[RAndB R&B]] recording artist who was a member of the GirlGroup Music/{{Sugababes}} from 1998 to December 21, 2005 (citing "personal reasons" for her departure, most likely to do with infighting and political strife as well as becoming a new mother). She attained four number one singles with the group with six top-ten hits and three multi-platinum albums. One of those albums, ''Three'', contained a song Mutya dedicated to her late sister entitled "Maya".
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6	In 2007 Buena released her only solo effort, ''Real Girl''. Every inch a blue-eyed soul album (save for [="Song4Mutya"=] which was a dance track produced by Groove Armada), it peaked at number ten in the UK charts and was certified Gold. However, the commercial failure of the last two singles released from the album meant that Buena was dropped from her label, Universal, in early 2008. She later released a few singles from an album with the working title ''Mutya Mk II'' but after the commercial failures of all tracks released the album was shelved. In 2010 she contributed vocals to the tribute album ''Sound of Camden'' and expressed a desire to quit music and become a child psychologist.
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8	The same year, Buena launched a claim for ownership of the original ''Sugababes'' name with former bandmates Keisha Buchanan and Music/SiobhanDonaghy, but ultimately only walked away with the right to use it on stationery and paper products. Because of this her reformation with the original Sugababes has lead to them using the name ''Music/MutyaKeishaSiobhan'' instead.
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10	In addition to her career as a musician Buena has also appeared on the CelebrityEdition of ''Series/BigBrother'' UK.
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12	!!Discography:
13	* ''Real Girl'' (2007)
14	* ''[[CoverAlbum Sound of Camden]]'' (2010)
15	* ''Mutya Mk II'' ([[DevelopmentHell originally slated for release in 2008]])
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17	!!Tropes:
18	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Her social network accounts read like a twelve-year-old hijacked them, but there's no mistaking Mutya's vocal prowess.
19	* CameraFiend: If her Instagram is anything to go by.
20	* CoverVersion: ''Sound of Camden'', targeted towards the "Camden Town" crowd, is full of these. Some include "Zombie" by Music/TheCranberries, "Come As You Are" by Music/{{Nirvana}}, "Creep" by Music/{{Radiohead}} and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by Music/{{U2}}.
21	* DrugsAreBad: The song "Strung Out" is about a teenage flame who becomes addicted to drugs and suffers a subsequent downward spiral [[spoiler:before dying towards the end of the song]].
22	* EmotionlessGirl: Portrayed herself as this while in Sugababes.
23	* NewSoundAlbum: ''Mutya Mk II'' was meant to be this to ''Real Girl'', with more of a dance/electropop focus.
24	* [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Real Life Writes The Music]]: [="Song4Mutya"=], while denied by the song's writers (apparently the song was originally written under the WorkingTitle [="Song4Estelle"=]), can be viewed as a TakeThat to the Sugababes lineup after Mutya had left.
25	--> ''Sat there with some new girl, what is this!''
26	--> ''(Don't panic panic Mutya, don't drive erratic, hey!)''
27	--> ''That's who has replaced me? What a diss!''
28	--> ''(Don't panic panic, don't act too manic manic)''
29	* TheQuietOne: She only speaks in interviews when she really needs to.
30	* {{Retraux}}: The entirety of ''Real Girl'' hearkens back to old-school soul.
31	* {{Sampling}}: The song "Real Girl" samples Music/LennyKravitz's "It Ain't Over Till It's Over". "B Boy Baby" also samples The Ronettes' "Be My Baby".
32	* SelfBackingVocalist
33	* SpecialGuest: Her album ''Real Girl'' contains duets with George Michael and Music/AmyWinehouse.
34	* ThisIsASong: "My Song".
35	* YoungerThanTheyLook:
36	** From looking at the cover of ''Real Girl'', it's hard to believe that Mutya was only 22 at the time.
37	** With her smoky old-school vocals, it's fair to say she's younger than she ''sounds'' too.

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