2. A English-Irish band consisting of members
Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness,
Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes
The band was formed in 2009 and is
managed by Scooter Braun, currently signed
worldwide to Universal Music subsidiaries
Island Records and Mercury Records
Genres; Dance-pop, pop, Euro dance
3. Maximillian Alberto "Max" George grew
up in Manchester with his family.
Before The Wanted he had been a
football player at Preston North End
and was a band member of Avenue.
Nathan James Sykes grew up in
Abbeydale, Gloucester with his mother,
who is a music teacher, and younger
sister Jessica. Nathan started singing
and performed at the age of six. At 11
years old he attended Sylvia Young
Theatre School. Nathan is known as
"the baby" of the group.
4. Siva Micheal Kaneswaran grew up in
Blanchardstown, Dublin with his parents,
twin brother Kumar, and six other
siblings. He started modelling at 16.
James Kevin "Jay" McGuiness grew up in
Newark, Nottinghamshire with his
family. He attended All Saints RC School,
Mansfield. At the age of 13, he went to
Charlotte Hamilton School of Dance
Thomas Anthony "Tom" Parker grew up
in Bolton and learned to play the guitar
at the age of 16. He is the oldest
member and he went to Manchester
Metropolitan University and studied
Geography but dropped out to start a
singing career.
5. Released on 25th October
2010
Was number 4 on the UK
Singles Chart
Included 3 UK top 20 singles;
their debut single “All Time
Low” which was number one,
“Heart Vacancy” which reached
number two and “Lose My
Mind” which reached at
number 19.
6. Released on 4th November 2011
Came number five in the UK and
number four in Ireland
The single “Gold Forever” was
released in aid of Comic relief in
the album and reached number
three in the UK
This album included their second
one hit “Glad You Came” which was
at the top of the singles chart for
two weeks in the UK and for five
weeks in Ireland
Lightning and Warzone hit number
two and twenty-one in the UK.
It has since been certified Platinum
in the UK
7. In May 2012 “Chasing the Sun”
was released as the albums
lead single. During this time they
also premiered a new track called
“Satellite” which was written by Ryan
Tedder of One Republic.
In August 2012, the boys filmed
the music video for “I Found You”
in LA which they wernt very keen on
so in October 2012 they released a
different one as the “fan version”.
“I Found You” was released on 5th November 2012 as the albums
second single.
This album included collaborations with Pitbull, LMFAO, Chris
Brown, Rita Ora and Dappy.
In April 2013 the band released their third single from their third
album called “Walks like Rihanna” named after the Singer Rihanna
and peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart.
8. With their hit single “Glad You came” they saw
success by selling 3 million copies in the US,
hitting number three on the Billboard Hot 100
and number two on the Canadian Hot 100.
“Chasing the Sun” and “I found you” also
reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot
Dance Club songs chart.
9. In 2013 the group had their own reality series
on E! called The Wanted Life.
In the United States it premiered on E! on 2nd
June 2013. It premiered internationally in
Autumn 2013
This would give the fans to see what the boys
got up to during their
stay in Los Angeles
whilst recording a
new worldwide album and preparing for a
world tour.
10. 15th February – 9th March
2012 the band went on a
arena tour “The Code”
promoting the release of
the album
Fans saw the group play in
thirteen cities in England,
Wales, Scotland, Ireland
and Northern Ireland
Each concert featured an
interactive element that
linked to the bands official
Facebook and Twitter
pages.
11. From the colour and lips you can easily tell
what sexuality the audience mainly is. Women
prefer to choose the colour pink as it‟s a very
innocent and virginal colour. This appeals to
the bands target audience which is mainly
teenage girls or young women in their early
20‟s. As a teenage girl.. For the first time, they
have sexual feelings/thoughts of the opposite
sex and fan-girling is a way of expressing their
feelings. This would attract a lot of females as
the colours are bright and not boring.
The album name „Word of Mouth‟ goes well
with the cover as there is a image of attractive
lips biting into a chain with the bands name.
The lips are wide open showing their teeth
which without making any sounds, the words
are said.
12. This cover was The Wanted first official album. There's is an image of 5
hot young men posing with serious facial expressions. The facial
expressions portray them to be quite a tease and look quite seductive. I
think this definitely gives away the target audience which would be
mostly for females than males as the mid/full body photo allows that
male gaze appeal to be into play. This instantly draws the females eyes
to their body and faces which would mean the focus is moved away
from the album.
As it is their first album, from
the mid to full body shot it gives
the audience a view of what the
artists wear and allows them to
be idolized. If someone wanted
to dress like the boys, the
mid/full shot allows the
audience to get a feel how to
dress like them.
13. All the band members are looking directly at the owner of the album which
can be used to target young female audiences as not only are the band
members young males but with their use of eye contact and facial
expressions in the image creates personal contact with the band.
The contrasting colours
start with bright hot
colours to cold dull
colours which draws
attention to the cover as
its appealing to the
audience visually.
The colours reflect the
songs on the album as
the love songs start of
”hot” and finish more
“cold”. This is what
most young females
experience (being
heartbroken)
The members
dressed in a
certain dress
code shows that
the album cover
does not distract
the audience
visually, which
ensures that all
attention is
focused on the
faces of the band
members and the
title of the
album.
