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If you thought carefully selected groups of children were only 90's fashion, check out this week is on the verge of artists, the British pop act like.

Who? During mass audiences formed in 2009, a group of five singers, the British-Irish landed his first British chart-topping single in 2010 (All Time Low). Last summer Wanted scored another UK # 1 with the infectious dance reaching their second studio album, I'm glad battlefield.

Looking Meet the team - Max George, 23, Jay McGuiness, 21, Kaneswaran Siva, 23, Tom Parker, 23, and Nathan Sykes, 18 - has just finished an acceleration of one month U.S. tour. States. that included stops in all parts of The Ellen DeGeneres Show the high school halls in Philadelphia and Minneapolis. February 21 episode of Glee appears Glad You Came, pushing Wanted is the unique number. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the table, no. 3 on the digital songs chart and no. 9 in the U.S. Today's Top 40 airplay. The song has sold more than 600,000 downloads. Group - which is managed outside the UK Scooter Braun, the man in charge of Justin Bieber, plans to release his third album this summer.

Another British Invasion: The win over fans of Latin American music is the Holy Grail for many foreign artists and Wanted hurt that the conquest. "It was hard work last month, but always fun, too," says McGuinness. "The performances were very rough, with small mosh pits around the world, dirty, in a perfect way to let go of the scene would move energy.".

U. S. His favorite place? "It was a place called Saddle Ranch (Chop House) in Los Angeles in the visit, not once but twice, and hang out," he says with a smile. "It was just drunk American guys look drunk American girls riding a mechanical bull giant. We have nothing like this in the UK, just brilliant."

Mass appeal: "We were in Manchester (England) for a concert, and when he came to sign autographs, about a quarter of the crowd were men," said McGuinness. "All are simple, but we know the fans in the gay community and we appreciate them. We are very pleased that our fans come from all walks of life."

Why this group should go: Sykes is confident that despite the commission created by different personalities and musical tastes in the counties lead the distance group. "It's easy to introduce children, which together sounds good, but perhaps the chemistry is not right, or creative ideas are being opposed," says Sykes. "It's a good balance between the five of us. All have the same drive, but we like different music, which ultimately affects our sound. As I am in classic soul, and Tom is a dubstep, and both types have Issued appeared in our song. "

For the record, adding that "Max is Elvis Presley, Cat Stevens, Jay, and things dry, and Shiva loves Motown stuff." And the musicians all seem to like? "Coldplay," Sykes said, noting that the piano intro wine, which owes much to approach Sonic, Chris Martin. "We do not want to copy, but I love their sound."

Romp, which I was theirGlad Camevideo: Shot in the Party of the European mecca of Ibiza, the video - see some thirty-six million times on YouTube - it looks like a filmed version of what happens every summer in this island sinfully fun off the coast of Spain: The explosion of a full participation of cold drinks and hot body. "I was not, uh, amazing," says Sykes. "We had an idea, and said:" We can make this happen. "So we have this great catalog, and it was filled only with images of girls who could hire for a photo shoot. Insane. We have lots of party fun."

And what his girlfriend thinks the day's work? "Well, I have one," he says, laughing. "So my absent child was well with him."