The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band. They formed in 2009 and were signed worldwide to Universal Music subsidiaries Island Records and Mercury Records, and managed by Scooter Braun. The band’s debut album, The Wanted, was released on 25 October 2010 and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. Follow-up album Battleground was released in November 2011 and hit number five in the UK and number four in Ireland.
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The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band. They formed in 2009 and were signed worldwide to Universal Music subsidiaries Island Records and Mercury Records, and managed by Scooter Braun. The band’s debut album, The Wanted, was released on 25 October 2010 and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned three UK top 20 singles: their debut single, \”All Time Low\”, which debuted at number one, and \”Heart Vacancy\”, which reached number two. Follow-up album Battleground was released in November 2011 and hit number five in the UK and number four in Ireland. In 2013, it was announced that the group would be starring in their own reality series on E! entitled The Wanted Life. The group were credited with co-writing five of the thirteen tracks on the album. The Wanted has been certified for 600,000 albums and 2 million singles in the British Phonographic Industry. Their hit single, ‘Glad You Came’, sold 3 million copies in the US and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Canadian Hot 100. Their follow-up singles, ‘Chasing the Sun’ and ‘I Found You’, both reached the top spot on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
They have also had success in some European territories, including Australia, and was very successful in Australia and some European countries. They are currently working on their third album, ‘The Wanted’, which will be released in 2014. They were signed to Maximum Artist Management and Geffen Records in 2010. The first single from the album was ‘Gold Forever’, which was written by Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Ed Drewett, Diane Warren and Guy Chambers. The second single ‘Lose My Mind’ was released following a performance on The X Factor. In January 2011, the group began to work on their second studio album ‘Battleground’, which featured writing credits from the band members on ten of the fifteen tracks, and contributions from Steve Mac and Wayne Hector. It was released early in December 2011, with the music video and radio debut coming in early November 2011. The fourth single ‘Warzone’, released on October 16, peaking at number 2 and number 5 in UK and Ireland. The single also reached number one in Ireland, and stayed in top ten for six weeks.
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