The Wanted hit No.1 in the U.S. iTunes pop charts

One Direction aren’t the only British boy band making waves in the U.S.

The Wanted have hit No.1 in the U.S. iTunes pop charts, prompting congratulations from Gary Barlow on Twitter.

And while One Direction’s What Makes You Beautiful is currently No.25 in the U.S.iTunes main charts, The Wanted’s Glad You Came is at No.2.

The five-piece, comprising of Max George, Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuinness and Siva Kaneswaran, also hit No.1 in the Canadian iTunes chart today.

After hearing of The Wanted’s success, X Factor judge Gary Barlow tweeted: ‘Congratulations @thewantedmusic on your US success. Amazing.’

Bandmember Max George was clearly excited, writing on Twitter today: ‘Number 2 on US iTunes…. That’s how we roll….

‘Number 1 in Canada…..boom!!’

The quintet launched Glad You Came as their first U.S. single earlier this month and its been speeding up the charts.

The single has achieved gold status already in America having sold over 500,000 copies.

The group’s communal Twitter read last night: ‘Know its late but we just got word we’re #2 on iTunes in America.

‘Today’s been amazing! Spread the word! #GLADYOUCAME.’

The youngest bandmember Sykes, 18, tweeted: ‘Its so hard to go to bed when I’m this excited.

‘Can’t express how insanely happy this makes us. Cant wait to tell the rest of my mates.’

‘Crazy times’: Max’s bandmate Tom Parker revealed he was proud of the group’s success 

The Wanted are the first British boy band to reach the top 10 in the U.S. since Take That had a no.7 hit with Back For Good in 1995.

However, further Stateside hits have alluded Take That since.

Meanwhile, their younger counterparts One Direction, who were formed on X Factor 2010, are the highest British new entry on the U.S. singles chart since The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony.