Siva Michael Kaneswaran ( ta, சிவ மைக்கல் கணேசுவரன்) (born 16 November 1988) is an Irish singer best known for being a member of the boy band

The Wanted The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band consisting of group members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes and, until his death in 2022, Tom Parker. The group was formed in 2009 and signed a worldwide contract to ...

Early life

Kaneswaran grew up in Corduff

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with a Sri Lankan Tamil father and an

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mother. He has a twin brother Kumar, and six other siblings. Kaneswaran started modelling at 16 and appeared in various ads and landed a contract with Storm Model Management. Kaneswaran took part in ''

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'', televised in eight episodes between 17 March and 23 April 2008. His brother took part as well. Kaneswaran played the role of Carson Coombs and his brother that of Caleb Coombs. The brothers also appeared briefly in one episode of ''

Uncle Max ''Uncle Max'' is a British children's comedy television series originally airing on CITV, and now CBBC. It features David Schneider as the title character, Uncle Max, and William Howe as Luke, Max's nine-year-old nephew, although in the second ...

''. The episode "Uncle Max Plays Tennis" aired on 11 July 2008. Kaneswaran was spotted through his modelling campaigns and subsequently recruited for the band. He is the younger brother of former Dove member and former '' Popstars: The Rivals'' contestant

Hazel Kaneswaran Hazel Kaneswaran (born 1977) is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter and television personality who has been involved in the Irish music industry since 1996.Island Records and

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, and managed by

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. The band's debut album, ''

'', was released on 25 October 2010 and peaked at number four on the

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. Their second number-one hit, "

Glad You Came "Glad You Came", also known as "I'm Glad You Came", is a song by British-Irish boy band the Wanted, released on 10 July 2011 as the second single from their second studio album, '' Battleground''. The song was written by Steve Mac, Wayne Hecto ...

", topped the singles chart in the United Kingdom for two weeks, and in Ireland for five weeks. In early 2012, the Wanted's hit single "Glad You Came" sold 3 million copies in the US and hit number three on the US ''Billboard'' Top 100 Chart and number two on the Canadian Hot 100. Their follow-up singles " Chasing the Sun" and " I Found You" reached the top spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Siva has co-written several songs for the Wanted including "Say It on the Radio", "I Want It All" from their second album '' Battleground'', and "Demons" from their third album ''

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''. In 2014 the Wanted announced their hiatus. In 2015, Kaneswaran made an appearance in

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and his band's, Diz and the Fam, music video for their single "Love". Towards the end of 2014, Kaneswaran did one more tour with the Wanted in Mexico. In 2016, Kaneswaran wrote the song " You're Not Alone" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 sung by Joe and Jake. In 2017, Kaneswaran won the first series of '' Celebrity Hunted'' with bandmate

Jay McGuiness James "Jay" McGuiness (born 24 July 1990) is a British singer, songwriter and actor best known as a vocalist with boy band The Wanted. In 2015, partnered with Aliona Vilani, he won the 13th series of BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing''. In recen ...

In September 2019, Kaneswaran released his debut solo single, "Breathe In". In November 2020, Kaneswaran released another single, "Ready For This Love" In September 2021, another solo single, "Syrup" was released

Other ventures

Kaneswaran was signed to

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at the age of 16 and the face of several international campaigns. Kaneswaran has been featured in several fashion magazines, including British ''Vogue'', ''

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'' and '' Esquire''. In 2013, Kaneswaran was signed to

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. When Siva signed with

in the UK, he soon began acting in

. In 2015, Kaneswaran signed with

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and Untitled Management.

Personal life

Kaneswaran became engaged to be married to luxury shoe designer Nareesha McCaffrey in 2013. ''

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'' mentioned that Kaneswaran invested in tech start-up The Muse. He teamed up with

to support the Tourette Syndrome Association. He is also a supporter of Girl2B, an organization in

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, India that provides a safe haven for homeless girls to live and grow. In 2013, Kaneswaran starred in the E! channel reality series '' The Wanted Life''.

Discography

Filmography

*2006 Uncle Max – Siva Kaneswaran *2008 British Rock Rival – Carson Coombs *2013 The Wanted Life – Siva Kaneswaran

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaneswaren, Siva Irish people of Sri Lankan descent Irish pop singers People from Fingal 1988 births Living people The Wanted members