About The Wanted

The Wanted are an English-Irish boy band, formed in 2009 who made their debut release in July 2010. The group consists of members Max George, Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness and Siva Kaneswaran and are currently signed to Island Records and in the US Mercury Records. They are managed by Scooter Braun.^[1][2]

Their debut album, The Wanted, was released on 25 October 2010 and peaked at #4 in the UK. The album had three UK top twenty singles released from it, Their debut single, "All Time Low" which hit the UK #1 spot,^[1] "Heart Vacancy" which reached #2 and "Lose My Mind" which managed a peak of #19 in the UK.

The group's second album Battleground saw release on 4 November 2011 and hit #5 in the UK and #4 in Ireland. The lead single from the album "Gold Forever" was released in aid of Comic Relief and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. Their second #1 hit "Glad You Came" topped the singles chart in the United Kingdom for two weeks, and in Ireland for five weeks.^[1][2] Third and fourth singles "Lightning" and "Warzone" hit #2 and #21 in the UK.

In early 2012, the group began to see success in the US and Canada, with hit single "Glad You Came" selling three million copies there, hitting #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 whilst their follow up singles "Chasing The Sun" and "I Found You" reached the top spot on theBillboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

 Siva Kaneswaran

Full Name: Siva Kaneswaran
Country: United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date Of Birth: November 16, 1988
Occupation: The Wanted
About Me: (written by Nathan)
Eye Colour: Dead
Place of Birth: Land of Leprechauns
Height: Too tall
Favourite Colour: Pink
Favourite TV show: America’s next top model
Favourite Food: Chocolate Brownies
Favourite Band: The Doves
                                         Celebrity idol: Gok Wan 

Tom Parker

Full Name: Thomas “Tom” Anthony Parker
Country: United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date Of Birth: August 4, 1988
Occupation: The Wanted
About Me: (Written by Siva)
Hair Colour: Emerald
Place of Birth: Bolton
Favourite Colour: Coral
Favourite TV Show: Take Me Out
Favourite Food: Floor Food
Favourite Band: The Jude
Favourite Film: Sex and the City (Shoe Boxset)
                                          Celebrity Idol: Jeff Brazier 

Nathan Sykes

Full Name: Nathan James Sykes
Country: United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Date Of Birth: April 18, 1993
Occupation: The Wanted
About Me: (written by Max)
Eye Colour: Cold
Place of birth: His mum
Height: Huge!
Favourite colour: Pink
Favourite film: Never off Football Manager
Celebrity idol: Britney
 Favourite band: Boys II Men
                                          Distinguishing features: His fly-shaped face 

Jay McGuiness

Full Name: James “Jay” Noah Carlos McGuiness
Country: United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Date Of Birth: Independence day +20 (July 24, 1990)
About Me: (Written by Tom)
Hair Colour: Ginger
Eye colour: Purple
Place of birth: Caravan site
Height: Tall as ****
Favourite band: Steps
Celebrity idol: Michael Barrymore
Distinguishing features: ‘Girls like curls’ 

Max George

Full Name: Maximillian “Max” Alberto George
Country: United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date Of Birth: September 6, 1988
Occupation: The Wanted
About Me: (Written by Jay)
Hair Colour: Indeterminate: possibily black, for all we know though he could be ginger
Eye Colour: Green / Hazel
Place of Birth: Oasis Land
Favourite Colour: City Blue
Favourite TV show: Coronation Street
Favourite band: Aqua
                                         Favourite film: Brokeback Mountain