★偶像改朝换代!2011全英音乐奖提名、英国当今最爱超人气男团
★全球单曲销售突破4百万张,专辑跨过1百万张门坎,脸书150万名粉丝关注,Vevo/YouTube浏览率总计超过1亿4千万人次
★首度进军美国,精选前两张专辑代表单曲,再加收两首全新歌曲&Chasing The Sun&、&Satellite&
2012年4月24日,英国超人气男团The Wanted首度进军美国,跨海发行同名EP【The Wanted】,此张迷你专辑里的7首歌曲不仅精选了先前两张专辑『The Wanted』(2010年)、『Battleground』(2011年)中的5首代表单曲“Glad You Came”(全英双周冠军+美国No.3)、“All Time Low”(UK冠军/入围2011年全英音乐奖最佳单曲提名)、“Lightning”(UK亚军)、“Heart Vacancy”(UK亚军)、“Gold Forever”(全英No.3),更加收“Chasing The Sun”与“Satellite”两首新歌。为了全球各地喜爱The Wanted的乐迷,特别企划推出这张迷你专辑的加值版本,所收录的歌曲更从7首增加为10首,堪称是一张记录The Wanted出道至今歌唱历程的精选特辑。
成功培植偶像女团The Saturdays的Jayne Collins经由征选方式,一手促成平均年龄仅21岁的帅气小子合体The Wanted,他们带来感染力超强的流行曲风、坚固的摇滚情谊与青春正盛的迷人丰采,为新世纪的流行音乐注入清新的气息,也满足了乐迷对优质男孩团体的渴望!
组团未满三年,至今全球单曲累积销售已突破4百万张,专辑则跨过1百万张门坎,他们的脸书有150万名粉丝不时关注,拥有满载的才华与自信,五个来自英国与爱尔兰的大男孩前进美国,果然不负众望交出一张漂亮的成绩单。点燃舞动节拍强打单曲“Glad You Came”的iTunes数位单曲销售量超过2百万张,在全美Top 40电台榜已蝉联三周冠军,创下自1997年以来首支男孩团体在此榜封王纪录,这首超级单曲更以告示牌流行单曲榜第三名成绩,一举超越由Take That所保持的英国男孩团体在美国的最佳排行纪录!全新单曲“Chasing The Sun”已经获选为即将于2012年暑假上映的动画电影「Ice Age 4: Continental Drift/冰原历险记4」的片尾曲。
The Wanted is the self-titled debut studio album by British-Irish boy band The Wanted, released on 22 October 2010 through Geffen Records. The majority of the album was written by members of the band, with help from songwriters Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Ed Drewett, Lucas Secon, Lukas Hilbert and Alexander Kronlund. The album was available in multiple editions, including a deluxe edition exclusive to Tesco, which contained two bonus remixes and two videos, and individual band member editions, exclusive to HMV, which featured a bonus slipcase and liner notes related to the respective band member. The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, and at number eleven in Ireland. The album produced three singles which attained UK chart success, including the number-one single &All Time Low&.