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Despite enjoying the excitement of her early days, the singer had to develop a tough skin right from the start.

"I can't say it wasn't exciting but I don't miss all the angst I had back then," she explained.

"I had hits but I had a lot of critics. A lot of it was really vicious and I was just a kid and I did get completely trampled by it. I had a kind of breakdown where I just wanted to go away and hide. My family knew what I was going through and the thing was that I agreed with a lot of criticism about me, I just didn't know quite how to deal with it."