Siobhan Donaghy

Current Role

Siobhan released her second album June 2007 titled Ghosts in which the debut single "Don't Give Up" reached a respectable position in both download and singles chart, the album itself received excellent reviews in the United Kingdom.
Siobhan is the latest star to land a role in the West End, starring as Mimi in William Baker's remixed version of RENT. The phenomenal musical is back in the bright lights of London from the 2nd October 07 to April 08 at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Early Life

Siobhan Donaghy was born in London, England on the 14th of June 1984. She was born of Irish decent and has been performing since she was 12 years old. Siobhan was discovered by former All Saints manager Ron Tom who later formed the chart topping Sugababes when she was just 13 years old. The Sugababes had success with hits such as "Overload" and "Run For Cover", taken from the 2001 album "One Touch".

Career Highlights

After leaving the Sugababes in August 2001 Siobhan started writing music along with the help of former producer Cameron McVey and began performing under the alias of "Shanghai Nobody". In March 2003, Siobhan released her first single as a solo artist. "Nothing But Song" was released as a 7" vinyl single only and was unfortunately relatively unknown. In June 2003 her first commercial solo single was released. "Overrated", co-written with Cameron McVey, entered the Official UK Singles Chart at #19. The title of the lead single, "Overrated", is a play on words on Sugababes' debut single, "Overload." After releasing "Overated" and "Twist of Fate" Siobhan released her debut album "Revolution in Me" - the title is said to reflect her decision to split from the Sugababes. Unfortunately the album was not a success due to lack of promotion. Siobhan parted with London Records in a mutual decision with the company. After recording a second album with no record label it was rumoured that Donaghy was in talks with Parlophone, to which was later confirmed on her My Space page. Her album, "Ghosts" was finally released on June 25, 2007, via Parlophone, to excellent reviews in the United Kingdom, but with no radio support it peaked at #92, and then, fell out of the Top 200 Albums.

Interesting Facts

• Siobhan is also a DJ
• Siobhan has also appeared as a backing vocalist on the Mattafix album "Signs of a Struggle" and on the Morcheeba album "The Antidote"
• Siobhan especially flew out to New York to watch RENT on broadway to get inspiration for her interpretation of her part as Mimi.
• Ghosts is played backwards during portions of the song. When the song is reversed, 45 seconds into the song a hidden message is heard (original reversed bit 2.55 into song)