Keisha Buchanan (born 30 September 1984) is a singer and one of the founding members of the British girl group Sugababes and the only member of the original line-up to remain with the group. Keisha is a cousin of ex-Blue member Simon Webbe.
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Buchanan met Mutya Buena while at primary school in Kingsbury. At the age of thirteen the pair met Siobhán Donaghy at a party. The three formed a band named Sugababes. In 1998, the Sugababes were offered a record deal and had their first hit in 2000 with Overload. Keisha is the only original Sugababes member still with the band. Siobhan left in September 2001 to be replaced by Heidi Range, and Mutya departed in December 2005 (replaced by Amelle Berrabah).
Keisha is the only Sugababe to have a writing credit on a Sugababes song without any other members of the group, co-writing "Whatever Makes You Happy" on their third studio album, Three.
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Keisha Buchanan (born Keisha Kerreece Fayeanne Buchanan[1] on 30 September 1984 in Westminster, London) is an English singer-songwriter and was the longest-standing founding member of the Brit Award-winning girl group Sugababes. With the band, Buchanan had seven number one singles, and two number one studio albums, making Sugababes the most successful female act of the 21st century.
Sugababes (1998-2009)
Keisha Buchanan met Mutya Buena while at primary school in Kingsbury. At the age of thirteen the pair met Siobhán Donaghy at a music studio. The three formed a girl group called the Sugababies but then changes to Sugababes. In 1998, the Sugababes were offered a record deal with Island Records and had their first break-through hit in 2000 with "Overload" from their debut album One Touch. Donaghy left the group in September 2001 to be replaced by Heidi Range, and Buena departed in December 2005, replaced by Amelle Berrabah, leaving Buchanan as the only founding member still in the Sugababes between 2005 to 2009. Sugababes had seven number-one singles, "Freak Like Me", "Round Round", "Hole In The Head", "Do They Know Its Christmas?" (with Band Aid 20), "Push The Button", "Walk This Way" and "About You Now". They have also had several top-three hits including "Ugly", "Girls" and Buchanan's final release with the group, "Get Sexy". The group has also had six top-ten albums, two of which, Taller In More Ways and Change, went to number one in the UK and were certified triple platinum. In terms of record sales, Sugababes are the most successful female act of the century, and have had number one singles in fifteen other countries in Europe and Asia — "Hole In The Head" also went to number one on the U.S. Billboard dance chart.
On 21 September 2009, it was officially announced that Buchanan had exited the group[4], resulting in Sugababes retaining none of its original members. Buchanan, who will pursue a solo career with Island Records, was replaced by former-Eurovision entrant Jade Ewen. Buchanan revealed on Twitter that it was not her decision to leave,[5] resulting in some journalists described her as having been "sacked".[6]
I'm sad to say that I am no longer a part of the Sugababes ... Although it was not my choice to leave, it's time to enter a new chapter in my life ... I would like to state that there were no arguments, bullying or anything of the sort that lead to this. Sometimes a breakdown in communication and lack of trust can result in many different things.
—Keisha Buchanan, September 2009
Rumours following the announcement suggested that Heidi Range, who was herself a replacement for Siobhán Donaghy in 2001, was responsible for the change and that she "pushed Keisha out" due to conflicts between Buchanan and Amelle Berrabah.[7] Former member Mutya Buena, who left in 2005 and was replaced by Berrabah, declared that the group, without any of its original members, no longer has the right to be known as Sugababes. She eulogised the group by stating "it all started so innocently ... a love for music and a dream ... look what it's become", and slammed Range for not supporting Buchanan.[8][9] Buena also expressed interest in reforming the original line-up with Buchanan and Donaghy.[10]
Critics reacted negatively to the news. British broadsheet The Guardian ran an article named "Why the Sugababes' show can't go on without Keisha". It argued that the group had suffered "one lineup change too many, and moves the group from a clever shape-shifting pop force into a total laughing stock". Whilst praising the Sugababes music history as being soulful and highly original, the article argued that its need to be a "brand" resulted in a "rather miserable, undignified end to a band who fell together at school... and achieved what they did with a rare class".
Today the Sugababes don't exist as a band, and after "Get Sexy" they don't really exist as a sound either. If this new girl group before us today is to have any future at all, and Ewen, Berrabah and Range do actually make a great three-piece, it must find a new name. Sugababes died when Buchanan left.
Keisha Buchanan Pictures
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[/url] Buchanan met Mutya Buena while at primary school in Kingsbury. At the age of thirteen the pair met Siobhán Donaghy at a party. The three formed a band named Sugababes. In 1998, the Sugababes were offered a record deal and had their first hit in 2000 with Overload. Keisha is the only original Sugababes member still with the band. Siobhan left in September 2001 to be replaced by Heidi Range, and Mutya departed in December 2005 (replaced by Amelle Berrabah).
Keisha is the only Sugababe to have a writing credit on a Sugababes song without any other members of the group, co-writing "Whatever Makes You Happy" on their third studio album, Three.
Keisha Buchanan Pictures
Keisha Buchanan Pictures
Keisha Buchanan (born Keisha Kerreece Fayeanne Buchanan[1] on 30 September 1984 in Westminster, London) is an English singer-songwriter and was the longest-standing founding member of the Brit Award-winning girl group Sugababes. With the band, Buchanan had seven number one singles, and two number one studio albums, making Sugababes the most successful female act of the 21st century.
Sugababes (1998-2009)
Keisha Buchanan met Mutya Buena while at primary school in Kingsbury. At the age of thirteen the pair met Siobhán Donaghy at a music studio. The three formed a girl group called the Sugababies but then changes to Sugababes. In 1998, the Sugababes were offered a record deal with Island Records and had their first break-through hit in 2000 with "Overload" from their debut album One Touch. Donaghy left the group in September 2001 to be replaced by Heidi Range, and Buena departed in December 2005, replaced by Amelle Berrabah, leaving Buchanan as the only founding member still in the Sugababes between 2005 to 2009. Sugababes had seven number-one singles, "Freak Like Me", "Round Round", "Hole In The Head", "Do They Know Its Christmas?" (with Band Aid 20), "Push The Button", "Walk This Way" and "About You Now". They have also had several top-three hits including "Ugly", "Girls" and Buchanan's final release with the group, "Get Sexy". The group has also had six top-ten albums, two of which, Taller In More Ways and Change, went to number one in the UK and were certified triple platinum. In terms of record sales, Sugababes are the most successful female act of the century, and have had number one singles in fifteen other countries in Europe and Asia — "Hole In The Head" also went to number one on the U.S. Billboard dance chart.
On 21 September 2009, it was officially announced that Buchanan had exited the group[4], resulting in Sugababes retaining none of its original members. Buchanan, who will pursue a solo career with Island Records, was replaced by former-Eurovision entrant Jade Ewen. Buchanan revealed on Twitter that it was not her decision to leave,[5] resulting in some journalists described her as having been "sacked".[6]
I'm sad to say that I am no longer a part of the Sugababes ... Although it was not my choice to leave, it's time to enter a new chapter in my life ... I would like to state that there were no arguments, bullying or anything of the sort that lead to this. Sometimes a breakdown in communication and lack of trust can result in many different things.
—Keisha Buchanan, September 2009
Rumours following the announcement suggested that Heidi Range, who was herself a replacement for Siobhán Donaghy in 2001, was responsible for the change and that she "pushed Keisha out" due to conflicts between Buchanan and Amelle Berrabah.[7] Former member Mutya Buena, who left in 2005 and was replaced by Berrabah, declared that the group, without any of its original members, no longer has the right to be known as Sugababes. She eulogised the group by stating "it all started so innocently ... a love for music and a dream ... look what it's become", and slammed Range for not supporting Buchanan.[8][9] Buena also expressed interest in reforming the original line-up with Buchanan and Donaghy.[10]
Critics reacted negatively to the news. British broadsheet The Guardian ran an article named "Why the Sugababes' show can't go on without Keisha". It argued that the group had suffered "one lineup change too many, and moves the group from a clever shape-shifting pop force into a total laughing stock". Whilst praising the Sugababes music history as being soulful and highly original, the article argued that its need to be a "brand" resulted in a "rather miserable, undignified end to a band who fell together at school... and achieved what they did with a rare class".
Today the Sugababes don't exist as a band, and after "Get Sexy" they don't really exist as a sound either. If this new girl group before us today is to have any future at all, and Ewen, Berrabah and Range do actually make a great three-piece, it must find a new name. Sugababes died when Buchanan left.
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