Mutya Buena

The odd, lurid life of a very young pop star...If confirmation were ever needed that the Naughties were a toxic time to be famous and female, Real Girl delivers it, vividly and colourfully.

Mutya Buena was only thirteen when she became one third of the original line up of the iconic girlband, Sugababes. 
 
Launching into fame, her life became unrecognisable overnight. Suddenly she was going straight from the studio to school in the early hours, rubbing shoulders with music royalty, and hearing fans scream her name. 
 
This is the story of the girl the tabloids never saw. 
 
In Real Girl Mutya takes us through the highs of her spectacular career and the lows that came with a life in the limelight and shares for the first time the struggles she’d kept hidden from the public eye. 
 
Now the Sugababes are back and shining brighter than ever, Mutya is ready to share her story on her own terms.

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The odd, lurid life of a very young pop star...If confirmation were ever needed that the Naughties were a toxic time to be famous and female, Real Girl delivers it, vividly and colourfully.

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