Early life

Sykes was born on 18 April 1993 to parents Harry and Karen Sykes. He has a younger sister, Jessica Sykes, who is also a singer. Sykes attended Sylvia Young Theatre School and Ribston Hall High School Sixth Form.

Music career

Early beginnings

Sykes started singing at a very young age, when he was just 6 years old. In 2003, he won various competitions including Britney Spears' Karaoke Kriminals and Cheltenham Competitive Festival of Dramatic Art. In 2004, he appeared on ITV's Ministry of Mayhem, and won the Door Youth Project's "Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest" where he performed "Mack the Knife" in Derker, and he attempted to represent United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 that was held in Lillehammer. In the finals he finished in third place with the song, "Born to Dance", not being able to beat, Cory Spedding and runner up Andrew Merry. In 2008, he performed for the music competition "Live and Unsigned".

2009-14: The Wanted

Main article: The Wanted

In 2009, when he was 16 years old, Sykes auditioned for the boy band The Wanted. Auditions were held by Jayne Collins and Sykes was chosen as one of the five members. He joined bandmates Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Tom Parker and Jay McGuiness. In 2014, the band The Wanted decided to take a break and pursue personal endeavors. To go out in style, they ended with a tour of the UK and the US. They have been getting together on occasions throughout 2015 but show no signs of re-grouping yet.

2013-present: Debut solo album

In 2013, Sykes and Ariana Grande released "Almost Is Never Enough". In 2014 Sykes signed a record deal with Global Entertainment (a part of the Global Group along with Capital's owner Global Radio). In June 2014 he joined singer Jessie J on stage for Capital's Summertime Ball to perform "Calling All Hearts". In March 2015, Sykes debuted his music video "More Than You'll Ever Know" on Vevo.

Sykes went on his first ever solo tour on 8 April 2015, which includes 6 sold out shows across the United Kingdom. Sykes also announced via the app Periscope that his debut single is called "Kiss Me Quick". The single was released on 5 July 2015. On 21 May 2015 Nathan released his music video for his debut single "Kiss Me Quick" On Vevo. The song peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. On 22 May 2015 Sykes officially joined the 2015 line-up of Capital's Summertime Ball making it his sixth consecutive appearance at the ball (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 with The Wanted, 2014 as Jessie J's special guest and 2015 his first time as a solo performer). Sykes announced his second single "Over and Over Again" in October 2015. The music video for "Over and Over Again" was released on 28 October and received worldwide praise from fans. It was then later released worldwide on 20 November 2015. It was also announced that Sykes would support Little Mix on their 'Get Weird' Tour in March 2016. Sykes announced that his third single, "Give It Up", will be released on May 13th 2016. The video for Give It Up was released on the 27th April 2016, and was later banned from television after featuring numerous scenes which came across unsuitable for most audiences.

Personal life

In the summer of 2012, he started seeing Dionne Bromfield, but in early 2013, they split. He also dated Ariana Grande, from whom he split in December 2013.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Magic Door	Elf Warrior	Actor
2010	Loose Women	Himself	5 episodes
2013	Chasing the Saturdays	Himself	1 episode
	The Wanted Life	Himself	7 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Type	Award	Result
2016	Kids' Choice Awards	UK Favorite Music Act	Nominated
	Radio Disney Music Awards	The Freshest - Best New Artist	Nominated

Discography

For the discography with his band, see The Wanted discography.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		UK	SCO	US Dance
"Kiss Me Quick"	2015	14	19	1	TBA
"Over and Over Again" (solo or featuring Ariana Grande)		8	6	1
"Give It Up" (featuring G-Eazy)	2016	56	—	—
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
		UK	IRE	US
2004	"Born to Dance"	—	—	—	Non-album single
2013	"Almost Is Never Enough" (Ariana Grande featuring Nathan Sykes)	49	56	82	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Yours Truly
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]