Sugababes’ Mutya Buena says one thing she 'wouldn’t let her child' do because of 'sharks'

Sugababes star Mutya Buena says that she wouldn't let her child go into the music industry as young as she did, because of all the "sharks". The singer was speaking along with bandmates Siobhan Donaghy and Keisha Buchanan about their experiences in the music business.

The trio were all in their teens when they formed the original Sugababes back in 1998. Aged 15 and 16 at the time of their runaway chart hit Overload, the three singers have now spoken to Channel 4 News about what it was like to become pop stars at such a young age and discussed whether the industry is still predominantly run by men.

Keisha, now 38, said the harshness she faced in the music industry, where female artists have a “magnifying glass on their relationships”, has been “gut-wrenching”. Sugababes formed in 1998 and Donaghy left the band in 2001.

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She was replaced by Heidi Range, with Buena replaced by Amelle Berrabah in 2005 and Buchanan, the final original member, replaced by Jade Ewen in 2009.

Speaking on the fallouts and how women are treated in the music industry, Buchanan said: “Women in general – the magnifying glass on their relationships is actually quite odd to me. I think it’s especially harsh if you’re a person of colour. God forbid if you make a mistake.

“The harshness, in my experience, has been very gut-wrenching. It’s been really difficult.”

Keisha also spoke on whether the music industry has had an issue with women being in control of their own careers, and said: “I can’t speak for whether it’s just the women because I feel in general artists are treated like bird brains.

"I remember there was this quote someone said from our past: ‘I