1. Amelle Berrabah is best known for being a former member of the girl group the Sugababes, replacing founding member Mutya Buena, who left the group in December 2005.
20 Facts About Amelle Berrabah
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Amelle Berrabah achieved a solo number one single in 2009 when she collaborated with Tinchy Stryder on their single "Never Leave You", which made her the only member of the Sugababes to achieve a number-one single outside of the group.
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Amelle Sousa Berrabah was born on 22 April 1984 in Aldershot, Hampshire to Catholic Moroccan parents.
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Amelle Berrabah has four sisters, younger sister Samiya, older sisters Laila, Zakiya and Nora and a brother, Khaled.
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Amelle Berrabah won Top of the Pops magazine's Star Search in 2003 that gave her the chance to be the lead singer of a new group and had performed at Party in the Park as well.
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Amelle Berrabah contributed the song, "Now You're Gone" to the new track listing.
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On 28 April 2007, Amelle Berrabah was arrested over allegations that she had assaulted a girl on the dancefloor in a club.
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Amelle Berrabah was credited with co-writing five songs on the album.
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Amelle Berrabah was arrested again on 10 January 2008 on suspicion of causing criminal damage and a public order offence.
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Around this time, Amelle Berrabah featured on "Never Leave You" by Tinchy Stryder in 2009, the single debuted at number one in the UK.
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Amelle Berrabah began working on solo material in 2011 with producer Pete Kirtley, who had previously produced her co-writing contribution, "Now You're Gone" from Taller in More Ways and material by Boo2.
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In January 2012, Amelle Berrabah confirmed she had been working on a solo album.
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On 6 March 2012, it was reported Amelle Berrabah had gone to Los Angeles to record new material for the album.
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Amelle Berrabah was featured on the song "Ordinary Me" by rapper Mr Bigz on the latter's mixtape The Bigz Bang Theory in late 2012.
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In May 2013, Amelle Berrabah confirmed she had nearly completed work on her solo album, and was looking to release the collection some time in the summer.
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Amelle Berrabah had earlier stated that she had written every song on the album apart from two.
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Amelle Berrabah teamed up with British DJ Adam J for his single "Love ", and featured production team The Nightcrashers.
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Amelle Berrabah made her theatre debut in 2019, with the jukebox musical Club Tropicana.
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In January 2022, Amelle Berrabah was announced as the presenter of the late show on Milton Keynes radio station MKFM.
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Amelle Berrabah married Marcio Sousa Rosa on 17 October 2014 and the couple filed for divorce in 2020.