The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band formed in 2009, and originally consisted of members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker, and Nathan Sykes.

The album lead single, "Gold Forever", was released in aid of Comic Relief and peaked at number three in the UK.

In early 2012, the Wanted achieved success in the United States and Canada with their single "Glad You Came" which became their second UK number-one.

[1] It peaked at number three for four consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest American chart entry by a British boy band at the time.

Their follow-up singles "Chasing the Sun" and "I Found You" reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

On 8 September 2021, 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 2020.

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.

Between 28 March and 15 April 2010, the group embarked on the fifteen-date Behind Bars theatre tour, which saw them play in twelve UK cities.

The album featured writing credits from the band members on ten of the fifteen tracks, and contributions from Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Ed Drewett, Diane Warren and Guy Chambers.

The fourth single, "Warzone", was released on 26 December 2011, with the music video and radio debut coming in early November 2011.

In addition to shows in the United Kingdom, including T4 on the Beach, V Festival, and the iTunes Festival, the group supported Canadian singer Justin Bieber in Brazil on 8 and 9 October 2011 and Britney Spears on her Femme Fatale Tour at the Manchester Evening News Arena on 6 November 2011.

Known as #TheCodeTour, each concert featured an interactive element that linked to the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages.

On 14 June 2012 the band performed a concert at New York City's Beacon Theatre, which was also broadcast live on music television station Fuse.

Around this time, the band also premiered a brand new track called "Satellite", which was co-written by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic.

In August 2012, the band filmed a music video in Los Angeles, reportedly for their brand new single, "I Found You".

[16] The band confirmed in September 2012 that the album would contain a number of collaborations, including tracks with Pitbull, LMFAO,[17] Chris Brown, Rita Ora[18] and Dappy.

On 25 July 2013 the group was spoken to by police after champagne was thrown out of a hotel window, soaking poet Todd Swift.

[27] The band originally announced in January 2014 that they were taking a hiatus in order to pursue individual solo projects.

[30] Parker later echoed George's statements in an interview with Digital Spy, stating "For The Wanted to try and compete against one of the biggest bands in the world ... it's almost impossible.

Their Christmas single, a cover of East 17's "Stay Another Day", was released 5 November 2021 and also features on the deluxe version of Most Wanted.

An acoustic cover of "Remember" by Becky Hill and David Guetta was released as the first promotional single off the album.

The group run a weekly online podcast, #WantedWednesday, featuring backstage footage, social activities and exclusive performances.

Known as the Code Tour and T.W.A.T., each concert featured an interactive element that links to their official Facebook and Twitter pages.