[2] Haywoode trained from an early age at London's Corona Stage Academy.
[3] Among singing, dancing and modelling roles in the West End theatre (Bubbling Brown Sugar),[4] she joined Flick Colby's Zoo, as a professional dancer performing weekly on BBC One's Top of the Pops.
Her debut single, "A Time Like This", reached the Top 5 in the US Hot Dance Club Play Chart, and established her distinctive brand of soulful funk/pop.
[2] Her debut album Arrival (released soon after "Roses") included Haywoode's cover version of Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover".
In 2011 Haywoode released an album named Bounce Back, collaborating with different producers in Australia, Netherlands, Italy and United States.