In 2008, the group was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the51st Annual Grammy Awards and won the award for Breakthrough Artist at theAmerican Music Awards. Before the release ofLines, Vines and Trying Times, they had sold over eight million albums worldwide.[6] After a hiatus between 2010 and 2011 to pursue solo projects, the group reunited in 2012 to record a new album, which was cancelled following their break-up on October 29, 2013. As of that year, they had sold over 17 million albums worldwide.[7][8]
Six years following their split, the group reunited with the release of "Sucker" on March 1, 2019.[9] The song became the 34th song in history to debut at number one on theBillboard Hot 100, and became the Jonas Brothers' first number one single on the chart.[10] Their fifth studio album,Happiness Begins, was released on June 7, 2019, topping the USBillboard 200.[11]
The brothers released their sixth studio album,The Album, on May 12, 2023, preceded by two singles, "Waffle House" and "Wings". The 12-track record was produced byJon Bellion.[12]
The band covered "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" fromPirates of the Caribbean for theDisneymania 4 album, released on April 4, 2006.[18] Over the summer of 2006, the Jonas Brothers went on tour with Aly & AJ. The Jonas Brothers also created the theme song for the second season ofAmerican Dragon: Jake Long, airing from June 2006 to September 2007 on theDisney Channel.[19]It's About Time was finally released on August 8, 2006.[20] According to the band's manager, it was only a "limited release" of 50,000 copies, so the album's price can rise as high as $200–$300 USD on auction sites likeeBay. Because Sony was not interested in further promoting the band, the Jonas Brothers considered switching labels. On October 3, 2006, Nick's 2004 solo single, "Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)", was re-released onJoy to the World: The Ultimate Christmas Collection.[21] The same month, the Jonas Brothers covered "Poor Unfortunate Souls" fromThe Little Mermaid. Along with a music video, the song was released on a two-disc special-edition release ofThe Little Mermaid soundtrack.[22] The second single fromIt's About Time was "Year 3000", the music video of which premiered on the Disney Channel in January 2007. The band was ultimately dropped by Columbia Records in early 2007.
2007–2008:Jonas Brothers
After being without a label for a short time, the Jonas Brothers signed with Hollywood Records in February 2007.[23] Around the same time, the brothers began appearing in commercials for Baby Bottle Pops, singing thejingle.[24] On March 24, two additional songs on two different albums were released: "Kids of the Future", from theMeet the Robinsons soundtrack[25] (spoof ofKim Wilde's "Kids in America"), and "I Wanna Be Like You", fromDisneymania 5.[26] The Jonas Brothers made their first appearance at the White House on Monday, April 9, 2007, during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, where they sang the National Anthem.[27] They returned on Wednesday June 27, 2007, during a Celebrating Women in Sports Tee Ball game on the South Lawn. They sang the National Anthem again, and, after the game, the Jonas Brothers entertained at the picnic-reception with a selection of their hits.[28] Theirself-titled second album was released on August 7, 2007.[29] It reached number five on theBillboard Hot 200 chart in its first week. Two singles with music videos were also released around this time – "Hold On" two weeks before, and "S.O.S.", four days before the release of the album. In August 2007, the Jonas Brothers made several appearances on television. On August 17, they guest-starred in an episode of the Disney Channel showHannah Montana titled "Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas".
The Jonas Brothers' third studio album,A Little Bit Longer, was released in the United States on August 12, 2008. On June 24, 2008, iTunes announced that it would release four songs fromA Little Bit Longer, one roughly every two weeks.[32] The purchase of each of the songs applies to the cost of the entire album, which could be purchased via iTunes' Complete the Album feature after release. Each song released also featured a podcast. Each song occupied the number one spot on iTunes for at least three days. After theLook Me in the Eyes Tour ended on March 22, 2008, the Jonas Brothers announced that they would be opening up forAvril Lavigne'sThe Best Damn Tour along withBoys Like Girls, for the second leg of the tour in Europe, which lasted from late May to late June 2008.[33] While filmingCamp Rock, the Jonas Brothers co-wrote and co-produced six songs for fellow Disney Channel starDemi Lovato, for Lovato's albumDon't Forget.[34] The album, co-produced by the Jonas Brothers, was released on September 23, 2008.[35] Asoundtrack was released forCamp Rock on June 17, 2008, debuting at No. 3 on theBillboard 200 with 188,000 copies sold in its first week.[36] The Jonas Brothers also did a half-hour variety special on Disney Channel entitled,Studio DC: Almost Live, that featuredThe Muppets and other Disney Channel stars. During this time, the Jonas Brothers also appeared on the Olympics-based special miniseries theDisney Channel Games, for the third annual show.[37]
Jonas Brothers at the Grammy Auction in February 2009
ADisney Digital 3-D production crew filmed the two shows of theirs Burnin' Up Tour inAnaheim on July 13 and 14, 2008, including a performance by Lovato with the Jonas Brothers on "This Is Me" andTaylor Swift with the brothers on "Should've Said No". Both shows and additional footage recorded while on tour were used for the theatrical release of their 3D concert biopic,Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, on February 22, 2009.[38]
On July 14, they announced on stage that the band had already written five songs for their fourth studio album. The band was featured in the July 2008 issue ofRolling Stone magazine and became the youngest band to be on the cover of the magazine. The Jonas Brothers visited downtownCleveland, Ohio'sRock and Roll Hall of Fame before their sold-out concert on the evening of August 22, 2008, atBlossom Music Center. They presented the suits and pants they wore on the cover artwork ofA Little Bit Longer to Jim Henke, vice president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The suits are part of theRight Here, Right Now! exhibit.[39] In December 2008, the Jonas Brothers were nominated for theBest New Artist award at the51st Grammy Awards. The Jonas Brothers appeared as musical guest onSaturday Night Live's34th season on February 14, 2009, making theirSNL debut.[40] The band also announced on March 11, 2009, that they will be embarking on aworld tour in mid-2009. They were joined by the popular Korean girl bandWonder Girls, who debuted in America, as their opening act.[41] In April 2009, the Jonas Brothers finished filming the first season of theirDisney Channel Original Series,Jonas and was premiered on May 2, 2009.[42] The Jonas Brothers also voiced three stonecherubs in the filmNight at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which was released on May 22, 2009.
2009–2010:Jonas andLines, Vines and Trying Times
The brothers finished recording their fourth studio album,Lines, Vines and Trying Times, and began to talk about the album in the beginning of 2009. They said on several occasions that they had been working on writing and recording songs since theirBurnin' Up tour in mid-2008. On March 11, 2009, the Jonas Brothers announced that their fourth studio album,Lines, Vines and Trying Times, would be released on June 15, 2009.[43] They said about the title in the interview withRolling Stone that, "Lines are something that someone feeds you, vines are the things that get in the way, and trying times, well, that's obvious." They also told Billboard, "We're trying to learn as much as we can, continuing to grow." Kevin added that, "The overall message is it's the same old Jonas Brothers, in a sense, but we're adding more and more music, including different musical instruments that are going to add and build to the sound we already have." Nick also said the songs on the album are "our journal in songs, about all things we've gone through, personal experiences we get inspiration from. We've also been working on trying to use metaphors.. to kind of mask a literal thing that happens to us.". Before the release ofLines, Vines and Trying Times, they released two singles, "Paranoid" (a month before) and "Fly with Me" (seven days before).Lines, Vines and Trying Times debuted at number one, thus becoming their second No. 1 album.[44]
In 2011, the brothers took a hiatus to focus on their solo careers – Joe released his debut albumFastlife, Nick embarked on2011 Tour with his bandNick Jonas & the Administration and Kevin studied music production.[50] In addition, they parted ways with Hollywood Records, who had been their label since February 2007. In December 2011, a new song leaked on the internet, "Dance Until Tomorrow", but they never released it.[51][52] Despite rumors that they had split, Kevin said the band would release new material in the future: "I think the tides are perfectly lining up for the future of the Jonas Brothers again".[53][54] In August 2012, Kevin starred in theE!reality seriesMarried to Jonas alongside his wife Danielle and brothers Nick and Joe, documenting the young couple's domestic life.[55]
Nick and Joe Jonas performing in Moscow, November 2012
On August 17, 2012, after two years of their last work together, they announced a new concert tour, theWorld Tour 2012/2013.[56][57][58] On October 3, 2012, a preview of the song "Meet You in Paris" was released on Cambio.[59][60] The new tour started on October 11, 2012, atRadio City Music Hall in New York City, where they performed several songs from their previous albums along with a new song entitled "Let's Go".[61] During the reunion concert, they also performed other new songs: "Wedding Bells", "First Time" and "Neon".[62][63][64][65] They performed atJingle Ball atL.A. Live on December 1, 2012, and announced several tour dates to take place in South America. They performed at theViña del Mar International Song Festival on February 28, 2013, in Chile.[66] Their fifth studio album, which would have been their first not to be released throughHollywood Records since 2006 and their first record since 2009'sLines, Vines and Trying Times, was scheduled to be released in 2013.[67] The album would be titledV (pronounced:Five), theRoman numeral for five. The lead single, "Pom Poms", was released on April 2, 2013.[68] The music video for the song was filmed in February 2013 inNew Orleans,Louisiana, and premiered onE! on April 2, 2013.[69] "First Time", the second single from their fifth album, was released on June 25, 2013.[70] In June they embarked theJonas Brothers Live 2013 tour to promote the new songs.[71]
On October 9, 2013, the group cancelled 23 tour dates between October and December, citing a "deep rift within the band" over "creative differences".[72] On October 29, 2013, the Jonas Brothers officially confirmed their split.[73] During an interview, Nick Jonas stated that the album wouldn't be released but decided to release songs in a live album: "We want to do something special for our fans because they've been so supportive of us for so many years. What we've decided to do is package an album with 10 live tracks from the summer tour and four of the songs that would have been on 'V', and if you count 'Pom Poms' and 'First Time', it's actually 6 songs that would have been on 'V'. We’ll be sending that out soon for the fans."[74] The album was released with the titleLive, noting the letter "V" in caps as a reference to their would-be fifth studio album of the same name.[75]
2019–2022: Reunion andHappiness Begins
On February 28, 2019, the Jonas Brothers announced their comeback via social media.[76]On March 1, they released a new single, "Sucker", underRepublic Records.[77][78] They appeared onThe Late Late Show with James Corden each night from March 4 to 7 to promote the track.[78] The song debuted at number one on theBillboard Hot 100 and the USHot Digital Songs chart, with 88,000 copies sold in its first week, becoming the Jonas Brothers' first number-one song and the first number one by a boy band on the chart since 2003's "Bump, Bump, Bump" byB2K.[79] It became the band's first entry on the chart since 2013's "Pom Poms" and their first top 10 since 2008's "Tonight". The Jonas Brothers also became the second group in history to have a song debut at number one afterAerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and the first group in this century to achieve this.[10] In its April 13, 2019, issue, "Sucker" became the Jonas' first top 10 onDance/Mix Show Airplay, surging 20–6 in its third week of charting.[80] On April 5, the group released the single "Cool".[81][82] On April 22, the band announced their upcoming albumHappiness Begins, which was released on June 7, 2019,[83] and preceded by a documentary titledChasing Happiness, which premiered on June 4 onAmazon Prime Video.[84] The album debuted at number one on theBillboard 200 chart, marked the biggest debut of 2019[85] and maintained the record untilTaylor Swift's seventh studio album,Lover, was released on August 23 of the same year.[86] The group embarked on their tenth headlining tour, the "Happiness Begins Tour", performing 92 shows around the globe.[87]
On June 8, the band performed at Capital's Summertime Ball 2019 in the United Kingdom; the setlist included performing "Year 3000" with the original band behind the song,Busted.[88] On June 18, the band released the promotional single "Greenlight" from their episode ofSongland.[89] On June 21, they were featured on Latino singersSebastián Yatra,Daddy Yankee, andNatti Natasha's single called "Runaway".[90] On July 2, the band released "Only Human", the third single offHappiness Begins, followed by the music video on August 13.[91] On September 27,Diplo released a single titled "Lonely", which featured the Jonas Brothers.[92] On November 8, the group released aChristmas song titled "Like It's Christmas".[93] The subsequent year, the band made a cameo appearance on the seriesDash & Lily and performed the single.[94]
On January 17, 2020, the band released the single "What a Man Gotta Do".[95] On January 24, they announced a residency show inLas Vegas named Jonas Brothers in Vegas at the Park Theater at Park MGM beginning on April 1, with eight other dates during the month keeping them in place until the 18th.[96] The residency was ultimately cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[97] The band performed at the62nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, revealing a new song titled "Five More Minutes".[98] On May 15, they released a two-track bundle titledXV, which contains the singles "X" and "Five More Minutes", the former of which features Colombian singerKarol G.[99] On May 16, they made an appearance onGraduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 to perform their new song. On October 30, they released another Christmas song titled "I Need You Christmas".[100] On March 15, 2021, a deluxe version of Nick Jonas' fourth studio album,Spaceman, was released. The record included the song "Selfish", which featured the Jonas Brothers.[101]
On May 19, 2021, the Jonas Brothers announced that they would be embarking on their eleventh headlining tour,Remember This Tour, consisting of 44 shows at outdoor venues around the United States, with the tour beginning on August 20, 2021, inLas Vegas. During their Remember This Tour tour, the Jonas Brothers required all fans attending their shows to present a proof ofvaccination against COVID-19 or a negativeCOVID-19 test.[102] The brothers released a statement on social media saying "We believe this is the best thing we can do for our fans, our hard working crew, and the communities we're visiting."[103]Kelsea Ballerini was announced as a special guest for a majority of shows. On May 21, DJMarshmello released "Leave Before You Love Me", a single featuring the Jonas Brothers. Two days later, they performed the single at the2021 Billboard Music Awards,[104] with Nick Jonas also serving as the host for the ceremony.[105] The single "Remember This" premiered on June 18 and was used in NBC's coverage of the2020 Summer Olympics.[106] They recorded the song "Mercy" for the soundtrack ofSpace Jam: A New Legacy which was released on July 9.[107]
On September 5, 2021, during the band's Remember This Tour, the Jonas Brothers premiered a song titled "Who's in Your Head" while performing at the Red Rocks Parks and Amphitheater in Colorado. The single was released on September 17.[108] On March 1, 2022, they announced a 5-dates residency show in Las Vegas named Jonas Brothers: Live in Vegas, taking place from June 3 to 11.[109] It was followed by a second 3-dates residency, which took place in November of the same year.[110]
2023–present:The Album, 20th Anniversary andGreetings from Your Hometown
In January 2023, while appearing onThe Kelly Clarkson Show, Nick Jonas announced that the band's new album was completed.[111] On January 30, 2023, the Jonas Brothers received a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame and announced that their sixth studio album, titledThe Album, would be released on May 5, 2023,[112] later delayed to and released on May 12.[113]The Album debuted at number three onBillboard 200 chart, marking the Jonas Brothers' seventh top ten album on the chart.[114] The record was preceded by its lead single, "Wings", which was released on February 24 of the same year.[115][116] "Waffle House" was released as the second single on April 7, 2023.[117] The third single, "Summer Baby", was sent toadult contemporary radio on June 5, 2023.[118] In support ofThe Album, the band embarked the tour "Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour".[119]
In support of the record, the band begun embarking on theJonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour on August 10, 2025.[135][136] During the first concert, they were joined by theirCamp Rock co-star Lovato, with whom they performed "This Is Me" and "Wouldn't Change a Thing".[137][138] A month later,Camp Rock 3 was announced by Disney with the Jonas Brothers serving as executive producers, while reprising their roles from the first two movies.[139]
In January 2025, it was announced the band would be producing and starring as fictionalized versions of themselves in a Christmas comedy film for Disney+ as they "face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families." The film,A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, was released on Disney+ on November 14, 2025.[140][141] The soundtrack was released on the same day and features 10 songs, including "Coming Home This Christmas" (featuringKenny G), and the band's 2019 song "Like It's Christmas".[142]
Philanthropy
"We started The Change for the Children Foundation to support programs that motivate and inspire children to face adversity with confidence, determination and a will to succeed. And we think the best people to help children are their peers – kids helping other kids who are a little less fortunate".
— Jonas about the success process.
The Jonas Brothers earned an estimated $12 million in 2007, and have donated 10% of their earnings to their charity, Change for the Children Foundation.[143][144]Change for the Children Foundation, started by the Jonas Brothers, has contributors donate to charities such as Nothing But Nets, American Diabetes Foundation, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Summer Stars Camp for the Performing Arts. Since August 6, 2008, Bayer Diabetes Care has partnered with Nick Jonas as adiabetes ambassador to promote the idea that young people should manage their diabetes, as Nick was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 13.[145] Jonas testified in theU.S. Senate to promote more research funding for the disease.[146]
The Jonas Brothers have been strong supporters ofDo Something. In 2007, the brothers filmed a public service announcement raising awareness about teenage homelessness and encouraging teens to begin "jeans drives" in their communities to donate to the homeless. In 2010, Nick further volunteered his efforts forDo Something by offering his time as a prize to teens who donated jeans to Do Something and Aeropostale's "Teens for Jeans" campaign.[147] Further, Nick filmed another public service announcement, this one in support of Do Something's "Battle of the Bands" campaign for the advancement of music education in schools.
The Jonas Brothers have made several appearances atWe Day, an event that encourages young people to do local and global acts of charity.[148][149] In a post on Twitter, the band also announced that a portion of every ticket purchased for their Toronto show would be donated toWE to help provide secondary school scholarships to young girls in Kenya.[150]
In August 2021, the Jonas Brothers partnered with NGOFeeding America to promote donations to the organization by holding a competition to have dinner with a selected fan at a Los Angeles restaurant.[151] The Jonas Brothers have continued to advocate to fight hunger worldwide by partnering, in early 2022, withGlobal Citizen, which fightsextreme poverty, among other issues.[152]
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