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Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers is an American pop-rock band from Wyckoff, New Jersey made up of three brothers, Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas. All three brothers attended Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, New Jersey.[1] They have released two albums - It's About Time in 2006, and Jonas Brothers in 2007, and will release A Little Bit Longer in 2008.

Band biography

Nick Jonas: Discovery and solo album (1999-2005)

The band started as a solo project of Nicholas Jonas. When Nick was 6 years old, he was discovered while singing at a barber shop and was referred to a professional show business manager.[2][3][4] At the age of 7, Nicholas began performing on Broadway.[5][6] He had acted in several plays, including A Christmas Carol (in 2000 as Tiny Tim and Scrooge at eight), Annie Get Your Gun (in 2001 as Little Jake), Beauty and the Beast (in 2002 as Chip), and Les Misérables (in 2003 as Gavroche).[6][7][8][9] After Les Misérables closed, he performed in The Sound of Music (as Kurt) at the Paper Mill Playhouse.[10]

In 2002 while performing in Beauty and the Beast, Nicholas had written a song with his father called "Joy To The World (A Christmas Prayer)." With background vocals from the Beauty and the Beast cast, Nick performed the song on the 2002 annual Broadway "Equity Fights AIDS" album, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 4.[11][12][13] In November 2003, INO Records received a demo copy of "Joy To The World (A Christmas Prayer)."[14] The label released the song to Christian radio, where it quickly became popular on Record & Radio's Christian Adult Contemporary Chart.[12] While Nicholas was working on his solo project, Joseph followed in his footsteps to Broadway, appearing in Baz Lurhmann's production of La Boheme.

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"Dear God" single
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"Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)" single

By September 2004, an executive at Columbia Records found out about Nick's song.[11][12] Nick was soon jointly signed to INO Records and Columbia Records and released the single "Dear God."[15][16] A second single, "Joy To The World (A Christmas Prayer)" (a new solo recording), was released on November 16.[17] It was supposed to be followed by a December release of a self-titled solo album, but the album had been pushed back;[18] it did, however, get a limited release.[19] Nick, along with Kevin and Joe, had written several other songs for the album.[11]

In early 2005, Columbia Records' new president, Steve Greenberg, listened to Nick's record. While Greenberg did not like the album, he did like Nick's voice. [20] After meeting with Nick and hearing the song, "Please Be Mine," written and performed by the brothers, Daylight/Columbia Records had decided to sign the three as a group act. [11][21][22]

Track listing of Nicholas Jonas's solo album:

  1. "Dear God" - 3:12
  2. "Time for Me to Fly" (Nick Jonas Version) - 3:31
  3. "Appreciate" - 3:08
  4. "When You Look Me In the Eyes" (First Version) - 4:01
  5. "Higher Love" - 3:54
  6. "Please Be Mine" (Nick Jonas Version) - 4:04
  7. "I Will Be the Light" - 4:16
  8. "Don't Walk Away" - 3:35
  9. "Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)" - 3:58
  10. "Crazy Kind of Crush On You" - 2:54
  11. "Wrong Again" - 3:55

It's About Time (2005-2006)

After being signed to Columbia, the brothers considered naming their group "Sons of Jonas" before settling on the name "Jonas Brothers".[23]

Throughout 2005, the Jonas Brothers went on several tours, including Kelly Clarkson, Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys, and The Click Five.[2][24] They spent the latter portion of the year on an anti-drug tour with Aly & AJ and The Cheetah Girls.[24][25] Additionally, they opened for The Veronicas in early 2006.[11]

For the album, titled It's About Time, the band collaborated with several writers, including Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), Michael Mangini (Joss Stone), Desmond Child (Aerosmith, Bon Jovi), Billy Mann (Destiny's Child, Jessica Simpson) and Steve Greenberg (Joss Stone, Hanson).[25] The album was initially supposed to be released in February 2006, but was pushed back several times.[11][21][24][25] The delay was due to executive changes at Sony (the parent company of Columbia) and the executives' desire to have "another lead single" on the album. For the album, the Jonas Brothers covered two hit songs by UK band Busted - "Year 3000" and "What I Go to School For". [20]

The Jonas Brothers' first single, "Mandy," was released on December 27, 2005.[26] Its music video was shown on MTV's Total Request Live on February 22, 2006[4] and reached number four. Another song, "Time for Me to Fly," was released on the Aquamarine soundtrack, also in February.[27] In March, "Mandy" was featured in the Nickelodeon television film Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up and the Zoey 101: Music Mix soundtrack album, with Nicholas Jonas listed as the artist name.[27] The group's music was also featured on Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoon Fridays.[2][27] The band covered "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" from Pirates of the Caribbean for the DisneyMania 4 album, released on April 4, 2006.[28] Over the summer of 2006, the Jonas Brothers went on tour with Aly & AJ. [29] The Jonas Brothers also created the theme song for the second season of American Dragon Jake Long, airing from June 2006 to September 2007 on the Disney Channel.[27][30]

It's About Time was finally released on August 8 2006.[31] According to the band's manager, it was only a "limited release" of 50,000 copies. Because Sony was not interested in further promoting the band, the Jonas Brothers then considered switching labels.[20]

On October 3, 2006, Nick's 2004 solo single, "Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)", was re-released on Joy to the World: The Ultimate Christmas Collection.[32] Also in October, the Jonas Brothers covered "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from The Little Mermaid. Along with a music video, the song was released on a two-disk special-edition release of The Little Mermaid soundtrack.[33] The second single from It's About Time was "Year 3000". The song became popular on Radio Disney, and the music video debuted on the Disney Channel in January 2007.[20]

The band was ultimately dropped by Columbia Records in early 2007.

Jonas Brothers (2007-2008)

After shortly being without a label, the Jonas Brothers signed with Hollywood Records in February 2007.[34][35] Around the same time, brothers began appearing in commercials for Baby Bottle Pops, singing the jingle.[35] On March 24, two additional songs on two different albums were released: "Kids of the Future" from the Meet the Robinsons soundtrack (Based on Kim Wilde's "Kids in America") and "I Wanna Be like You" from DisneyMania 5. [36][37]

Their self-titled second album, Jonas Brothers, was released on August 7, 2007.[38] It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 200 chart in its first week. Two singles with music videos were also released around this time - "Hold On" two weeks before and "SOS" just after the release of the album.

In August, the Jonas Brothers made several appearances on television. On August 17, they guest-starred in an episode of the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana titled "Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas". They also performed "We Got the Party" with Miley Cyrus in the episode, which premiered after High School Musical 2 and was viewed by 10.7 million people that night.[39] On August 24, the Jonas Brothers performed two songs at the Miss Teen USA contest.[40] The following day, the closing ceremonies of the Disney Channel Games was aired, featuring a performance from the Jonas Brothers. The games were taped on April 27, 2007 in Orlando, Florida.[41][42] On August 26, the Jonas Brothers co-presented an award with Miley Cyrus at the Teen Choice Awards.They also performed at the American Music Awards on November 18, 2007, performing the song "SOS".[43]

On November 22, 2007, the brothers appeared in the 81st annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. For their final performance of 2007 the three brothers performed their singles "Hold On" and "SOS" at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. Kevin Jonas co-wrote the lyrics for a song for Malese Jow.[44]

The Jonas Brothers kicked off their Look Me In The Eyes Tour on January 31, 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. They performed several new songs on the tour that will be on their 3rd studio album, A Little Bit Longer.

A Little Bit Longer (2008-present)

After the Look Me In The Eyes Tour had ended on March 22, 2008, the Jonas Brothers announced that they will be opening up for Avril Lavigne along with Boys Like Girls, but will only be going for the second leg of the tour in Europe.

The band had filmed a film for Disney Channel, called Camp Rock, where they play a band called "Connect Three". Joe plays the lead role, "Shane Gray", love interest of Demi Lovato; Nick plays the role of "Nate", and Kevin plays "Jason". A soundtrack for the movie is scheduled for a release on June 17. The movie will premiere on June 20 in the USA on Disney Channel and Canada on Family Channel. It will air around the world throughout the summer and in September for some other countries.

In the summer, the Jonas Brothers will start their tour, Burning Up Tour, promoting Camp Rock, their first film, and their 3rd studio album, A Little Bit Longer, the tour kicks off July 4th 2008 at Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Ontario. A Disney Digital 3D production crew will be filming their entire Burning Up Tour which will be a theatrical release in late January or early February 2009. [45]

Touring

Jonas Brothers Fall 2005 Promo Tour

Jonas Brothers's first tour, Jonas Brothers Fall 2005 Promo Tour, began on November 5, 2005 and ended on December 17, 2005.

Jonas Brothers American Club Tour

From January 28, 2006 to March 3, 2006, the Jonas Brothers were on their Jonas Brothers American Club Tour, promoting their debut album with Columbia Records, titled It's About Time.

Marvelous Party Tour

On June 25, 2007, the Jonas Brothers began their prom-themed tour, Marvelous Party Tour in Lodi, NJ. The tour lasted for several months, ending in October 21 in Columbia, South Carolina. [46]

Best of Both Worlds Tour

From October 18, 2007 to January 9, 2008, the Jonas Brothers opened for Miley Cyrus on her 54-date Best of Both Worlds Tour.They started in St. Louis, Missouri, and ended in Albany, New York.[47]

The Jonas Brothers also appeared in the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert film which was released on February 1, 2008. In the 3-D Movie the brothers perform their newest single When You Look Me In The Eyes, their cover hit Year 3000, and lastly their duet with Miley Cyrus, We Got the Party.

Look Me in the Eyes Tour

They kicked off their Look Me In The Eyes Tour on January 31, 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. It finished on March 22 2008 in their home town in New Jersey. The show was at the Izod Center. At the end of the last show they brought all of their family and friends and crew members from the tour out on stage and sand, We are the Champions Opening Acts included Rooney for every show, and Valoria or Menudo for select shows.

Best Damn Tour

The Jonas Brothers will be opening up for Avril Lavigne along with Boys Like Girls, but they will only be going for the second leg of the tour in Europe.

Burning Up Tour

A tour promoting the band's new CD A Little Bit Longer has been cancelled due to the sudden death of lead singer, Joe Jonas. The fans are expected to recieve full refunds for tickets purchased.

Future projects

Because of their major success with Disney and Hollywood Records, Disney is now set to create another one of their signature breakout stars. Disney has signed the brothers to a concert special, movie (Camp Rock, premieres June 2008), and TV Series.[48] The fictional television series entitled J.O.N.A.S! (Junior Operatives Networking As Spies) starring the trio as a group of government hired spies was filmed, and is expected to debut on the Disney Channel in September 2008.[49] Another Disney Channel Original Series, Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream is set to premiere in May. It will follow the Jonas Brothers as they went on their Look Me In The Eyes Tour. [50] [51] Nick recently confirmed with Popstar Magazine that the third album will be titled "A Little Bit Longer".
A Disney Digital 3D production crew will be filming their entire Burning Up Tour which will be a theatrical release in late January or early February 2009.[52]

Band In a Bus

Band In A Bus shows footage of the Jonas Brothers recording their third album, A Little Bit Longer, on their tour bus on the Best of Both Worlds Tour. It will be released as a DVD sometime in Spring of 2008.

Image

The three Jonas Brothers - Nick, Joe, and Kevin, all wears purity rings on their left-hand ring finger and promises to stay pure until marriage. [53] [54] [55] They all started wearing it when their parents, Denise and Kevin, Sr., asked them if they wanted to. [56] Joe quoted that they "promises to ourselves and to God that we'll stay pure 'till marriage", and Nick had stated that "it's [purity rings] are pretty awesome" and the rings are "just one of our ways of kind of like being different than everybody else out there".

Charity

The Jonas Brothers earned about $12 million dollars total in 2007. They had been donating 10% of their earnings to Nick's charity, Change for the Children Foundation, which means they donated about $1.2 million. [57]

Members

Current members

The brothers

  • Joseph Adam "Joe" Jonas (also known as Lightning, or DJ Danger/Danger) (August 15, 1989- April 30th, 2008) - lead vocals, tambourine, guitar in the song "A Little Bit Longer". Joe is the "middle Jonas". He originally had no intention of becoming a singer. He wanted to be a comedian, and work on the show All That.
At the 2007 AMAs, Joe tripped and fell after walking through a glass window at the beginning of the song S.O.S. He cut his hand on broken glass but got back up and performed the whole song. Joe Jonas was shot and killed on April 30th, 2008. There's no current iformation about this at the time.


  • Paul Kevin "Kevin" Jonas Jr. (born November 5, 1987) - lead guitar (usually a Gibson Les Paul) and background vocals. Kevin is the eldest of the band. He goes by Kevin instead of Paul. Kevin helped produce the bands' self-titled CD Jonas Brothers[58]

Kevin, Joe, and Nick also have a younger brother, Franklin "Frankie" Nathaniel Jonas, also known as the "Bonus Jonas" and "Frank the Tank".

Backups

  • John Taylor - guitar. Helps produce for the boys as well as plays lead guitar. Resident of LA. [59]
  • Greg Garbowsky AKA "GARBO" - bass guitarBeen with the brothers since they started. Born and raised in New Jersey. Keeps a blog of life on the road with the boys. [59]
  • Jack Lawless - drums. Joined the band in early 2007. Born and raised in Monmouth County New Jersey. Nickname is "Flawless Lawless" [59]
  • Ryan Liestman - keyboards[60]

Former members

  • Alex Noyes - drums[29]

Discography

Main article: Jonas Brothers discography

Filmography

Year Title Joe's role Nick's role Kevin's role Notes
2007 Hannah Montana Joe Nick Kevin Guest appearance
2008 Best of Both Worlds Concert Joe Nick Kevin Main Role
Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream Joe Nick Kevin Main Role
Camp Rock Shane Gray Nate Jason TV movie
Band In A Bus Joe Nick Kevin DVD
J.O.N.A.S! Joe Nick Kevin Main Role
Guest Appearances
Year Show Role Notes
2008 The Oprah Winfrey Show Guest Interview
The Ellen Degeneres show Guest Twice, Interview and performed
Dancing with the stars Guest Performed
Access Hollywood Guest
The Tonight show with Jay Leno Guest Performed
The Early Show Guest Performed
Jimmy Kimmel Live Guest Interview and performance
2007 Yo on E Guest
What Perez Sez Guest
Macy's thanksgiving day parade Guest Performance
The Ellen Degeneres show Guest Interview and performance
Walt Disney Christmas Day Parade Guest Performance
Live with Regis and Kelly Guest Kelly wasn't there
Access Hollywood Guest
Total Request Live Guest Short interview
New Years Rockin Eve 2008 Guest Performed in Times Square
Early Show Guest Performed
Teen Choice Awards Guest With Miley Cyrus 2007
American Music Award 2007 Guest Performed
2006 Total Request Live Guest performed: Mandy
2004 Early Show Guest Performance, "Time for Me to Fly"

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

References

  1. ^ Chadwick, John."Wyckoff natives return to stomping grounds for concert", The Record (Bergen County), March 9, 2007. Accessed September 22, 2007. "The brothers -- Kevin, 19, Joseph, 17, and Nicholas, 14 -- are Wyckoff natives who attended Eastern Christian -- a pre-K-12 private school with three North Jersey campuses."
  2. ^ a b c MTV: More Blink-182 Than Hanson, It's Time For The Jonas Brothers
  3. ^ Jonas Brothers - CCMmagazine.com
  4. ^ a b MTV News: Jonas Brothers
  5. ^ Jonas Brothers: It's About Time
  6. ^ a b Clubhouse Magazine
  7. ^ Playbill News: Beauty and the Beast Becomes 8th Longest-Running Show Aug. 4
  8. ^ Playbill News: Photo Call: Les Misérables: Leading Mann
  9. ^ Playbill Biography: Nicholas Jonas
  10. ^ Playbill News: Meg Bussert Joins Paper Mill Sound of Music; Complete Casting Announced
  11. ^ a b c d e f Kansas City Star: Band interview: The Jonas Brothers, on the road, promoting their first CD
  12. ^ a b c Allentown Morning Call: The Jonas Brothers: hearththrobs of the Hanson kind
  13. ^ Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 4
  14. ^ INO Records: Nicholas Jonas - Dear God
  15. ^ Dear God by Nicholas Jonas
  16. ^ About.com: INO Records Signs 12-Year Old Singer/Actor Nicholas Jonas
  17. ^ Joy To The World (A Christmas Prayer) by Nicholas Jonas
  18. ^ About.com: Jonas Brothers It's About Time
  19. ^ WalMart.com: Nicholas Jonas
  20. ^ a b c d Jonas Brothers deliver squeaky clean 'punk' music
  21. ^ a b New Haven Register: Brothers In Arms
  22. ^ The Boy Choir & Soloist Directory: Nicholas Jonas
  23. ^ MTV - The New Boy Bands
  24. ^ a b c Get Out the Red Bull...Here Come the Jonas Brothers
  25. ^ a b c The Montclair Times: 'It's About Time' the Jonas Brothers come to Montclair
  26. ^ Mandy - Jonas Brothers @ SonyMusicStore
  27. ^ a b c d Fashion Show To Be Held In Rome (Greater Rome Times)
  28. ^ Disneymania, Vol. 4
  29. ^ a b Aly & AJ pump up the volume
  30. ^ American Dragon: Jake Long episode guide
  31. ^ Billboard Discography - Jonas Brothers - It's About Time
  32. ^ Joy To The World: The Ultimate Christmas Collection
  33. ^ Little Mermaid (special edition)
  34. ^ PR Newswire: The Jonas Brothers Sign Record Deal With Disney's Hollywood Records
  35. ^ a b Topps' Baby Bottle Pop Sweetens Its Effort
  36. ^ Meet the Robinsons (soundtrack)
  37. ^ Disneymania, Vol. 5
  38. ^ Billboard Discography - Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers
  39. ^ Millions Sold on 'HSM2' - Multichannel News
  40. ^ Miss Teen USA 2007
  41. ^ Walt Disney World News - Disney Channel Games 2007 to Include Kid and 'Tween Favorites From Around the Globe Competing in Fun Games and Sporting Events to Benefit Charity
  42. ^ Disney Channel Games 2007
  43. ^ Teen Choice 2007
  44. ^ Malese Jow's Music
  45. ^ http://news.sawf.org/Entertainment/49826.aspx
  46. ^ The Daily Dish on BOP and Tiger Beat Online » Blog Archive » Coming to your town: Jonas Brothers
  47. ^ "Singer, Songwriter and Actress Miley Cyrus Launches 54-Date "Best of Both Worlds Tour" on October 18" (Press release). Business Wire. August 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-08. Special Guests Jonas Brothers Join Tour {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  48. ^ Yahoo! News: Disney Channel in tune with Jonas Brothers
  49. ^ IMDB - "J.O.N.A.S!"
  50. ^ jonasbrothersfanclub.com news.news
  51. ^ Disney Channel keeping up with Jonases - Yahoo! News
  52. ^ http://news.sawf.org/Entertainment/49826.aspx
  53. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/22/jonas-brothers-virgin-pr_n_88007.html
  54. ^ http://www.usmagazine.com/jonas_brothers_we_are_all_virgins
  55. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0136625220080201
  56. ^ http://www.newsweek.com/id/105564
  57. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/04/29/2008-04-29_some_teen_stars_are_still_wellscrubbed_o.html
  58. ^ Photograph of Nick and Kevin playing their guitars
  59. ^ a b c Musiqtone- Concerts: Jonas Brothers steals show from Jesse McCartney in Florida concert
  60. ^ "Let's Go On Tour". Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  61. ^ http://popstaronline.vpi.net/awards/

External links

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