"The Jonas Brothers" is een Amerikaanse pop-rockband uit "Wyckoff" - "New Jersey" bestaande uit drie broers, "Kevin", "Joe" en "Nick" Jonas... Ik heb helaas niet meer veel tijd, dus is hier een beknopte info over de band die ik op "en.wikipedie.org" heb gevonden... >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. At the age of 7, Nick began performing on Broadway. He had acted in several plays, including A Christmas Carol, Annie Get Your Gun, Beauty and the Beast and Les Misrables. After Les Misrables closed, he performed in The Sound of Music at the Paper Mill Playhouse. In 2002 while performing in Beauty and the Beast, Nick 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. In November 2003, INO Records received a demo copy of the song and the label released it to Christian radio, where it quickly became popular on Record & Radio's Christian Adult Contemporary Chart. By September 2004, an executive at Columbia Records found out about Nick's song and he was soon jointly signed to INO Records and Columbia Records and released the single "Dear God." A second single, "Joy To The World (A Christmas Prayer)" (a new solo recording), was released on November 16. It was supposed to be followed by a December release of a self-titled solo album, but the album had been pushed back. Nick, along with Kevin and Joe, had written several other songs for the album. In early 2005, Columbia Records' new president Steve Greenberg, listened to Nick's unreleased record. While Greenberg did not like the album, he did like Nick's voice. 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 and Nick's solo album was then canceled. After being signed to Columbia, the brothers considered naming their group "Sons of Jonas," before settling on the name the "Jonas Brothers". Throughout 2005, the Jonas Brothers went on several tours, including Kelly Clarkson, Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys, and the Click Five. They spent the later portion of the year on an anti-drug tour with Aly & AJ and The Cheetah Girls. Additionally, they opened for the Veronicas in early 2006. 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). The album was initially supposed to be released in February 2006, but was pushed back several times. The delay was due to executive changes at Sony (the parent company of Columbia) and the executives' desire to have "another lead single." For the album, the Jonas Brothers covered two hit songs by UK band Busted - "Year 3000" and "What I Go to School For". The Jonas Brothers' first single, "Mandy," was released on December 27, 2005. Its music video was shown on MTV's Total Request Live on February 22, 2006 and reached number four. The album It's About Time was finally released on August 8, 2006. 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. The second single released off of the album was "Year 3000." The song became popular on Radio Disney, and the music video debuted on the Disney Channel in mid-January 2007. The band was ultimately dropped by Columbia Records in early 2007. After shortly being without a label, the Jonas Brothers signed with Hollywood Records in February 2007. Their self-titled second album, Jonas Brothers was released on August 7th 2007. It reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart 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.
"The Jonas Brothers" is een Amerikaanse pop-rockband uit "Wyckoff" - "New Jersey" bestaande uit drie...
