Tom Parker, the British singer best known for his role in the popular boy band the Wanted, died Wednesday after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor two years prior. He was 33.
Parker embarked on his music career after a brief stint studying geography at Manchester Metropolitan University. His first major gig was performing in a tribute band to Take That, the Nineties English pop group best known for launching the career of Robbie Williams. In 2009, he auditioned for the Wanted, which came together after an extensive audition process.
The Wanted earned early success in 2010 with their self-titled debut album. Their first single, “All Time Low,” hit Number One on the U.K. charts, while the follow-up, “Heart Vacancy” peaked at Number Two. Their international breakthrough came the following year with “Glad You Came,” the second single off their second album,Hot 100. The group’s crossover success came at the same time another British-Irish boy band, One Direction, was reaching similar heights in the U.K. and U.S.
While the Wanted wouldn’t score another song as big in the U.S. as “Glad You Came,” they continued to notch Top 10 hits in Britain, including “Lighting” fromand “Chasing the Sun,” “I Found You” and “Walks Like Rihanna” from their final album, 2013’s. In 2014, the Wanted announced they were going on hiatus, with each member pursuing individual projects.
For Parker, his post-Wanted career included a collaborative single with Richard Rawson, “Fireflies,” a run on the British version of the cooking competition,, and a 2017 solo single, “Undiscovered.” He also played Danny Zuko in a U.K. touring production ofParker — who formed The Wanted with Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, and Nathan Sykes — reunited with his former bandmates last fall.
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