Biography personal the wanted album

The Wanted's released their debut album, The Wanted in It peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart.

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Their follow-up album Battleground , was released in and reached number five in the UK and number four in Ireland. The third single, " Lightning ", hit number two in the UK. The band's compilation album , The Wanted , reached the top 10 on the Billboard On 8 September , The Wanted had announced that they would be reuniting for a greatest hits album and a performance at a charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall in support of band member Tom Parker, [ 8 ] who had been diagnosed with brain cancer in late The Wanted were formed in through mass auditions held by Jayne Collins, who also put together the Saturdays and Parade.

Just George, Parker and Sykes were involved at the start, and Kaneswaran and McGuiness joined later through the process. The group revealed in their autobiography that after they were informed of the line-up, seven more people were re-auditioned before they were signed to Maximum Artist Management and Geffen Records. The group were credited with co-writing five of the thirteen tracks on the album.

On 25 July , they released their debut single, " All Time Low ". It hit number one in the UK and spent 17 weeks in the UK top The second single " Heart Vacancy ", again written with Hector, was released on 17 October It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. The group's eponymous debut album was released on 25 October and peaked at number four in the UK and has since been certified Platinum in the UK.

Between 28 March and 15 April , the group embarked on the fifteen-date Behind Bars theatre tour, which saw them play in twelve UK cities.