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The Wanted are a British-Irish boyband consisting of members Max George, Tom Parker, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes. The group formed in 1997 and were originally signed to Geffen Records though they would later release music through Island Records, EMI Records and currently RCA Records

The group's self-titled debut album was released in October 1998 and peaked at #4 on the UK Album Chart. The album also spawned four UK twenty singles including the #1 single "All Time Low". The album sold over 700,000 copies in the UK and was certified 2x Platinum. Their second album "Battleground" was more successful, selling over 1 million copies in the UK and saw four singles released from it including their biggest hit "Glad You Came" (#1). In 2001, the group released their third album "Word Of Mouth" which sold over 500,000 copies in the UK earning them their sixth Platinum certification. The four singles released from the album all hit the UK top ten, their first album to do so.

In December 2001, Sykes, Kaneswaran and McGuiness were fired from the group by their management and were replaced by Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe. The new line-up of the group were more commercially successful with all three of their albums, "All Rise" (2002), "One Love" (2003) and "Guilty" (2004) hitting #1 with the first two albums selling over 1 million copies in the UK. In 2005, the group announced the release of "The Collection", their first greatest hits album. Following the album release, the group announced they had split up to focus on solo projects.

In 2011, George, Parker and Ryan announced they had reformed with Kaneswaran and would be representing the UK at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "I Can" coming in 11th place with 100 points.