While a member of the hit English girl group Sugababes, she released the multi-platinum album Angels with Dirty Faces (2002) and the double platinum recordings Three (2003) and Taller in More Ways (2005). Before rejoining a relaunched version of Sugababes called MKS, she recorded a solo album titled Real Girl. She and her Sugababes collaborators released their first album, One Touch, in late 2000. Their first two UK number one singles, "Freak Like Me" and "Round Round," debuted two years later.