Key facts
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Genres
- Pop dance-pop
- Years active
- 2009–2014 2021–present
- Labels
- Geffen Island Mercury
- Members
- Max George Siva Kaneswaran Jay McGuiness Nathan Sykes
- Past members
- Tom Parker
- Website
- thewantedmusic .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- The Wanted
- Official website
- thewantedmusic.com
- Image
- The Wanted By Daniel Åhs Karlsson.jpg
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- social media followers
- 1658864
- Commons category
- The Wanted (band)
- inception
- 2009-00-00
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- native label
- The Wanted
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The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band formed in 2009, and originally consisted of members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker, and Nathan Sykes. The group signed a worldwide contract to Universal Music, Island Records and Mercury Records, and was managed by Scooter Braun.
The Wanted's released their debut album, The Wanted in 2010. It peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. and spawned three UK top 20 singles: their debut single, "All Time Low", which topped UK Singles Chart, "Heart Vacancy", which reached number two, and "Lose My Mind", which reached number nineteen. Their follow-up album Battleground, was released in 2011 and reached number five in the UK and number four in Ireland. The album lead single, "Gold Forever", was released in aid of Comic Relief and peaked at number three in the UK. The third single, "Lightning", hit number two in the UK.