James "Jay" McGuiness, born on July 24, 1990, grew up in Nottinghamshire, England. Always interested in muziki and dance, he graduated from England's Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama at age 13. In 2009, at 19, he was chosen from a massive audition across England and Ireland to become a member of the five-member boy band the Wanted. The group scored a No. 1 U.K. single with their song "All Time Low,

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