News broke in May that pop sensations the Sugababes are to reform with the three original band members, over 20-years after first getting together.
The three original members Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy are now back together as the Sugababes and performed at Glastonbury this year. All three left the band one-by-one and new members were brought in - including Liverpool's own Heidi Range - eventually resulting in the group's line-up containing no original members in 2009.
The trio began their journey into pop stardom as young teenagers. Now all in their thirties, it's been 22-years since they released their first album together, One Touch, in 2002.
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The last Sugababes line-up, featuring no original band members, took an indefinite hiatus in 2011. However, it was the original trio of Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan who decided to reform in 2012 under a combination of their first-names or MKS for short.
In those intervening years, MKS worked with huge names such as Emeli Sande and MNEK. Their single Flatline in 2013 also received widespread critical acclaim.
In 2019, they managed to regain the rights to their original name, over 20-years after they first formed. They were pegged to relaunch as the Sugababes in 2019 but plans were put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic.
And now it seems there's an appetite to see the original members perform some of their biggest hits, which include Push The Button, Freak Like Me and About You Now. At Glastonbury this month, organisers had to shut down the Avalon Field due to the huge crowd that had come to watch them perform.
So with the original line-up back together, we looked into what each of the six members of the Sugababes - including those who replaced the original three - did after leaving the band.
Mutya Buena
Mutya, 37, was one of the founding members of the girl group alongside Siobhan Donaghy when they were both just 13-years old. A member of the group for seven years between 1998 and 2005, she cited personal reasons for leaving but left on good terms.
She later revealed in an interview that she was suffering from postnatal depression, and combined with the group's increasingly busy schedule, she chose to leave to spend more time with her daughter.
Two years after leaving the Sugababes, Mutya released her solo album, Real Girl, in 2007. She also released a compilation album dedicated to British singers, titled Sound of Camden: Mutya Buena.
She was dropped by her record label in 2008 after poor sales, but continued to provide guest vocals on songs by other artists. In 2009, Buena entered Celebrity Big Brother 6 as a housemate.
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However, after surviving eviction, she walked out of the Big Brother house after just 15-days. In 2012, Mutya joined the two other original Sugababes band members as MKS.
In 2015, Mutya said she was reconsidering her music career after studying a course in child psychology. In an interview with Closer magazine published in 2014, she revealed she had buttock and breast implants in 2010, the latter she since had surgically removed and now kept in a jar.
Since 2017, she has started her own music agency and continued to appear on TV in shows including Celebs Go Dating and Celebrity Coach Trip. She has continued to work in music as part of the now reformed Sugababes as well as working with other artists and releasing original music.
Keisha Buchanan
Keisha, 37, first became friends with future Sugababes member Mutya in primary school after recognising her from an appearance on a talent contest TV show presented by Michael Barrymore.
Aged 13, she was invited to watch the the then duo made up of Mutya and Siobhan perform. Their manager decided to make them a trio originally called the Sugababies.
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After signing with London Records, the band's name was changed to the more mature sounding Sugababes. Keisha was the longest remaining member of the original line-up, joining in 1998 and leaving in 2009.
In 2009, it was officially announced that Keisha had left the group, leaving the Sugababes with none of its original members. She revealed on Twitter that it had not been her decision to leave with some journalists describing her as having been "sacked".
Featuring on other artists' songs and with plans for a solo album, things took an unexpected turn when Keisha reunited with the two other original Sugababes members in 2011. Performing under the name MKS they began writing and releasing new material together.
Since then, MKS worked to regain control of their original name and performed this year as the Sugabababes at Glastonbury. The newly reformed group are also embarking on a reunion tour later this year.
Siobhan Donaghy
Another founding member of the Sugababes, Siobhan, 38, left the group in 2001. Following their successful debut single, Overload, which hit the top 10 in 2000, she left the group saying she quit because she never got along with Keisha, describing her as a "bully".
It was later revealed that Siobhan had also struggled with depression. In 2003, she released her debut solo album, Revolution In Me, which contained three single releases. Her second solo album, Ghosts, was released in 2007.
In 2007, the singer also appeared in a remixed version of the hit stage show, Rent, playing the role of Mimi alongside Denise Van Outen. Taking a break from the music industry in 2009, she also worked as a model booker in London until 2011.
Following a "teary-eyed" reunion of the original members in 2011 its reported they were able put the past behind them. They became a trio once again under the name MKS before reclaiming the name Sugababes in 2019.
Heidi Range
Liverpool born Heidi, 39, became the first non-original member of the Sugababes when she replaced Siobhan Donaghy in 2001. Originally an early member of girl group Atomic Kitten, she left after being signed as a solo artist by legendary pop producers Stock Aitken and Waterman.
Things didn't run smooth with her solo career and Heidi joined Sugababes in August 2001. During her 10-years with the group, she accumulated six UK number-one singles and two number-one albums before the line-up at the time disbanded in 2011.
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Since then, the Liverpool singer songwriter has appeared in ITV's Dancing on Ice in 2012 as well as Celebrity MasterChef in 2013. She has also turned her singing prowess to the stage, appearing as the lead female role of Pinky Tuscadero in the Happy Days musical in 2014, and as Beth in West End musical The War Of The Worlds in 2016.
Since 2016, Heidi and her husband have had two children together. Their second child, another daughter, was born in August 2021.
Amelle Berrabah
Singer Amelle replaced founding member Mutya in 2005. She remained a member of the Sugababes for six years before the line-up at the time disbanded in 2011.
After the Sugababes, she began working on solo material and featured on the song Ordinary Me by rapper Mr. Bigz in 2012. The singer continued to collaborate with other artists and released her own single Summertime in 2014.
She also made a series of appearances in reality TV programmes, including BBC celebrity gymnastics show Tumble in 2014 and Celebrity Masterchef in 2016. Amelle also made her theatre debut in 2019 in the musical Club Tropicana.
Since January 2002, Amelle has turned her hand to radio presenting. She is the host of the late show on Milton Keynes radio station MKFM.
Jade Ewen
Jade, 34, controversially replaced founding Sugababes member Keisha in 2009. Before joining, she represented the United Kingdom in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, performing the song It's My Time, and finished in fifth place.
Despite the Sugababes taking an indefinite hiatus in 2011, Jade confirmed the group would record new music in 2013. But later the same year, she revealed the Sugababes were no longer recording and the group was "pretty much done".
Switching her career to musical theatre, the singer played the role of Clara in a production of Porgy And Bess in 2014, with her role in particular coming in for praise. In 2015, Jade was due to play a lead role in Godspell on a national tour of the UK but had to drop out due to ill health.
Since then, Jade has gone on to play the role of Princess Jasmine in the musical Aladdin to positive reviews. However, it's since been widely reported that she is suing Disney for over £200,000, alleging her voice was damaged having had to sing too loudly to be heard over Matthew Croke who played Aladdin.
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