Siobhan Donaghy biography
Siobhán Emma Donaghy She was a founding member of girl group the Sugababes. Donaghy left the group after one album. Since her departure from the Sugababes, Donaghy has released five solo singles, two albums, and has appeared in a remixed version of the hit stage show Rent Remixed for its 2007-2008 run. In January 2012, it was confirmed that Donaghy would reform the original line-up of Sugababes alongside Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan.
History
Donaghy was born in London, England and has two sisters named Bevin and Róisín, who works as her make-up artist. She attended The Douay Martyrs School in Ickenham, in the London Borough of Hillingdon. She was discovered by former All Saints manager Ron Tom, who went on to manage Sugababes.
The group was created when Donaghy and Mutya Buena, while working together in a studio, hooked up with Buena's best friend Keisha Buchanan. Manager Ron Tom decided they were to be a trio, and came up with the name "the Sugababies". Within a year they were offered a record contract by London Records and started calling themselves the Sugababes.
Their debut single, "Overload", was a top ten hit in the UK and was nominated for a BRIT Award for "Best Single". It was a top five hit in Germany and New Zealand. The group co-wrote most of the tracks on One Touch, with the help of All Saints producer Cameron McVey. One Touch produced three more top forty singles in the UK: "New Year", "Run for Cover" and "Soul Sound".
According to Donaghy, she left the group because she never got along with Keisha Buchanan, whom she described as a bully. Donaghy became depressed (eventually being diagnosed with clinical depression) and could no longer be a part of the Sugababes. In an interview with thelondonpaper, Donaghy said: "It's difficult to leave a band and then make sort of a solo career. I left for a very good reason and I've never for a second wanted to go back there." Donaghy is still in touch with her former colleague, Buena, saying she is always pleased to see her.
In March 2010, it was reported that Donaghy's former bandmate, Mutya Buena, was pursuing legal rights to the Sugababes name. Buena was doing it by herself and only listed Donaghy and Buchanan's names on the documentation to register the Sugababes' name with the EU's trademark office OHIM.
2002-05: Revolution in Me
Donaghy started writing music with the help of former producer Cameron McVey to help overcome her depression, and began performing under the alias of "Shanghai Nobody", an anagram of "Siobhán Donaghy". In March 2003, Donaghy released the 7-inch vinyl single "Nothing but Song" under this title as she did not want to be known as "the girl who left the Sugababes". For the release of her first commercial single in June 2003, "Overrated" (co-written with McVey and Paul Simm), Donaghy reverted to her given name. "Overrated" peaked at number nineteen in the United Kingdom. It was followed by the single "Twist of Fate", which was released in September 2003 and charted at number thirty-seven.
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