In 2009, Siva was selected from thousands of auditions to be a member of The Wanted, originally managed by Jayne Collins and signed to
Geffen Island Mercury. The band was then signed worldwide to
Universal Music subsidiaries Island Records and Mercury Records and managed by
Scooter Braun. The band's debut album,
The Wanted, was released on 25 October 2010 and peaked at number four on the
UK Albums Chart. Their second number-one hit, "
Glad You Came", topped the singles chart in the United Kingdom for two weeks, and in Ireland for five weeks. In early 2012, "Glad You Came" would sell 3 million copies in the US and reach number three on the US
Billboard Top 100 Chart, as well as number two on the
Canadian Hot 100. The Wanted’s follow-up singles, "
Chasing the Sun" and "
I Found You", both topped the
Billboard Hot
Dance Club Songs chart. Siva has co-written several songs with The Wanted, notably "Say It on the Radio", "I Want It All" (from their sophomore album,
Battleground), and "Demons" (from their third album,
Word of Mouth). In 2014, The Wanted would announce their hiatus. In 2015, Kaneswaran made an appearance in the music video for the single "Love", by Diz and the Fam, a group he was involved in along with
Dash Mihok. Towards the end of 2014, he did another tour with The Wanted in México. In 2016, Kaneswaran wrote the song "
You're Not Alone" for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016, performed by
Joe and Jake. In 2017, he won the first series of
Celebrity Hunted with bandmate
Jay McGuiness. In September 2019, Kaneswaran released his debut solo single, "Breathe In". In November 2020, he released another single, "Ready For This Love". In September 2021, another single, "Syrup" was released. In 2023, Kaneswaran was a contestant on the
fifteenth series of
Dancing on Ice. == Other ventures ==