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The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band. The band consists of Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes. Their debut single, "All Time Low", was released in July 2010 and reached number one in the United Kingdom for one week.Their debut studio album, The Wanted, was released on 25 October 2010 and peaked at number four in the United Kingdom. The first single from their second album, "Gold Forever", was released in aid of "Comic Relief" and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.The band's second number one hit, "Glad You Came", topped the singles chart in the United Kingdom for two weeks, and in Ireland for five weeks. Their second studio album, Battleground, was released on 7 November 2011.

Members

Max George

Max Albert George, born 6 September 1988 (age 23),
grew up with his family in Manchester.
Before music, he had been a football player with Preston North End and was on the verge of signing a two-year deal with them, whilst he has been a Manchester City supporter since a young age.
Previously he was a member of Avenue, a five-piece boy band made up of Jonathan Lloyd, Scott Clarke, Ross Candy and Jamie Tinkler in addition to George.
He is engaged to British actress Michelle Keegan after meeting her at one of The Wanted's concerts. Max George recently revealed that he and his fiancé, Michelle Keegan, have broken off their engagement.

Nathan Sykes

Nathan James Sykes
born 18 April 1993 (age 19)
known as the baby of the group
grew up in Abbeydale, Gloucester with his mother, who was a music teacher and younger sister.

Siva Kaneswaran

Siva Kaneswaran
born 16 November 1988 (age 23), grew up in Blanchardstown, Dublin with his Sri Lankan Tamil father, Irish mother, twin brother Kumar and six other siblings.
Kaneswaran started modelling at 16 and appeared in various ads and landed a contract with Storm Model Management.

Jay McGuiness

James "Jay" McGuiness
24 July 1990 (age 21), grew up in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
He attended Holy Trinity Roman Catholic school in Newark.
At the age of 13, McGuiness went to Charlotte Hamilton School of Dance.
He has a non-identical twin brother Tom and three other siblings.

Tom Parker

Thomas "Tom" Anthony Parker
born 4 August 1988 (age 23), grew up in Bolton.
Parker learned to play the guitar at the age of sixteen after trying out his older brother's.
He then went on to audition for The X Factor but did not get past the first round.
He went toManchester Metropolitan University and studied Geography, but dropped out in pursuit of a professional singing career.
Parker joined a Take That tribute band known as Take That II and toured Northern England, before joining The Wanted in 2009.