Jonas Brothers
Biography Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
It all started with a haircut. Nicholas was singing in a barbershop one day, a patron heard him and recommended to Denise Jonas that they get in contact with Shirley Grant. The rest is history. For the next four years, Nick, Joe, & Kevin enjoyed much success in show business. Nick booked four Broadway shows (A Christmas Carol, Annie Get Your Gun, Beauty & the Beast, and Les Miserables); Kevin did many commercials (E-Brain, Office Depot, Burger King, American Express, Anti-Smoking, AT&T), and Joe made his Broadway debut in Baz Luhrman’s La Boheme as well as doing many commercials (Clorox, Tiger Toys, Spiderman, Zyrtec). Denise and Kevin Jonas had their three boys running all over New York getting them to rehearsals, shows, auditions, all while raising them to be the wonderful men they have become today….and giving the world a bonus Jonas!
Few bands have starred in Hollywood films, been the subject of their very own TV series and won a Grammy Award, but for Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas, AKA The Jonas Brothers, playing upbeat pop-rock and starring in feature-length films are what they do best. Since forming in 2005, the band have released five studio albums and sold over 17 million records worldwide.
The group caught the attention of Columbia Records boss Steve Greenberg who signed them up upon hearing ‘Please Be Mine’ for the first time. The band then toured extensively with Kelly Clarkson, The Backstreet Boys and The Click Five before releasing their debut single, ‘Mandy’ in December 2005. Their song featured heavily on MTV’s Total Request Live, Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network.
In 2006, the brothers made their Disney Channel debut with their cover of ‘Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me)’ from Pirates of the Caribbean. They went on to be Disney channel favourites with their cover of Busted’s ‘Year 3000’. The band’s music featured on the soundtrack for Meet the Robinson’s and Disneymania 5, and in 2007 they even performed in the White House at the behest of former U.S. president, George W. Bush.
Their self-titled second album hit the shelves in August 2007 and by the end of its first week had made it to No 5 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart, with the album’s lead singles ‘Hold On’ and ‘S.O.S’ both making it into the Top 40 of the Billboard Pop Charts.
After disbanding in 2013, the band caused a social media storm when they announced they would be reuniting. In March 2019 they achieved their first Billboard Hot 100 No 1 single, triumphantly announcing the return of one of the world’s most beloved pop acts.
