All Time High: The Wanted get ready to release their first U.S. album after Stateside chart success

British bands know that it is notoriously difficult to crack the U.S. market and have a top ten hit across the Pond.

So The Wanted are making the most of their Stateside success and releasing an album for their American fans next month.

The lads - Max George, Jay McGuiness, Siva Kaneswaran, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes - took to Twitter to announce their exciting news.

Stateside stars: Off the back of their chart success in the US, boy band The Wanted have announced they they set to launch their first album over there

They wrote: 'Great news, America: We are thrilled to announce we will be releasing our first U.S. album on April 24!! Stay tuned for details :).'

The band, which hail from Ireland to Manchester to Nottingham, outstripped Take That last week to become the most successful British boy band in the States after they made it to No.2 in the U.S. iTunes Charts with Glad You Came.

At the end of last month, Jay said the lads had been recording songs with Ryan Tedder from One Republic, which may be on the album.

From pop to rock: The band are believed top have recorded some songs with One Republic's Ryan Tedder

He said: 'My guess would be we'll take some songs from the first album, some from the second and add some new ones in too, just so everyone is on the same page.'

The wanted are currently touring the UK and Ireland but will be back across the Pond for some promotional appearances as the album release date approaches.

Meanwhile, Max George took to his Twitter page to clear up reports that he had said rival boy band One Direction would not be as successful in the U.S. as they are as 'people look at them more like a Jonas Brothers sort of band that are very TV and children’s magazine based'.

Trailing in their Stateside wake: Take That tried to crack the US market but didn't get as high in the charts as The Wanted

But he said his words had been twisted and explained: 'Just to clear up... I think interviews have been twisted and made into much dramtatic than what they were.. We appreciate all other artists (sic).

'And all fans of any age, whether youre 1 or 90. Anyone who says or thinks different is full of s**t. Hope this puts peoples minds at rest xx'

Rivals: But Max George said his comments that suggested One Direction were a band like the Jonas Brothers, was taken out of context

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Now One Direction Gets Bashed by The Wanted's Nathan Sykes

Does One Direction have The Wanted worried?

Nathan Sykes and his band mates might keep saying that they aren't worried about Harry Styles and his group, but the guys certainly can't quit talking about their boy band rivals—aren't they showing everyone one that they really are worried about 1D by bashing them in interview after interview?

In a recent interview with The People, Nathan made sure to let the world know that he and his band don't care about 1D fans. Here's what he said about 1D and Directioners: "They have different fans to us. We don't want their fans, they're too young. We laugh and say that their fans are our fans' younger sisters. We have our own success going on in America and it isn't just with the music."

Of course lots of older One Direction fans might take offense to Nathan Sykes' comments. To make matters worse, Tom Parker recently expressed a similar sentimentabout The Wanted's rivals.

There are probably plenty of girls who love both groups, but Tom and Nathan's comments might make them feel like they've got to pick sides in what is shaping up to be a big boy battle. Both groups are currently working on winning over girls in the States, so of course they're going to feel competitive.

However, it's unfortunate that Nathan feels the need to say things like this: "If you look at 1D's chart position and then look at ours, they're not really even our rivals."

It is true that 1D's "What Makes You Beautiful" is at number 28 on the charts while "Glad You Came" is at number 5, but 1D has found success in other ways, like appearing on the showiCarly. And the guys of The Wanted better watch getting too cocky—Jay McGuiness bragged that he's slept with more girls in one month in America than he did in a whole year in the U.K. That kind of talk is certainly no way to win women over, but talking about sex seems to be one of the ways that The Wanted is trying to differentiate themselves from 1D—while Harry Styles is taking over Nickelodeon, Jay is talking about how nice American girls' fake breasts are (at least the guys are honest about their exploits).

Nathan Sykes has also bragged that his group can drink more than the guys of 1D, and he's hoping that they'll all get to have a drinking competition in the future.

But getting dangerously drunk probably isn't the best way for the guys to decide which band is better—maybe they should let music fans make that decision through record sales. And why fight, anyway? There's plenty of room in the music world for more than one boy band—just look at 90s groups like 'N Sync, The Backstreet Boys, and 98 Degrees.

So do you think The Wanted's trash talk is all in fun, or do they really view One Direction as a threat?

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