Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band.[5][6][7][8] Formed in 2005, they have gained popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network and consists of three brothers from the shore region of New Jersey; Paul Kevin Jonas II, Joseph Adam Jonas and Nicholas Jerry Jonas. In the summer of 2008 they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movies Camp Rock and its sequel,Camp Rock 2:The Final Jam. The band has released four albums: It's About Time, Jonas Brothers, A Little Bit Longer, and Lines, Vines and Trying Times. In 2008, the group was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 51st Grammy Awards and won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the American Music Awards. As of May 2009, before the release of Lines, Vines and Trying Times, they have sold over eightmillion albums worldwide.[9]

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History and music career
1999–2005: Nick Jonas - Discovery and solo album
Main articles: Nick Jonas and Nicholas Jonas (album)
The band started as a solo project for Nick Jonas.[10][11][12] At the age of 7, Nicholas began performing on Broadway.[13][14] He has acted in several plays, including A Christmas Carol (in2000 as Tiny Tim and as 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).[14][15][16][17] After Les Misérablesclosed, he performed in The Sound of Music (as Kurt) at the Paper Mill Playhouse.[18]
In 2002 while performing in Beauty and the Beast, Nick had written a song with his father called "Joy to theWorld (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.[19][20] In November 2003, INO Records received a demo copy of "Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)".[21] The label released the song to Christian radio, where it quickly becamepopular on Record & Radio's Christian Adult Contemporary Chart.[20] While Nick was working on his solo project, Joe followed in his footsteps to Broadway, appearing in Baz Luhrmann's production of La bohème. According to Nick, this was also the first year the brothers started writing songs together.[22]
By September 2004, an executive at Columbia Records found out about Nick'ssong.[19][20] Nick was soon jointly signed to INO Records and Columbia Records and released the single "Dear God".[23] A second single, a new solo recording of "Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)", was released on November 16.[24] It was supposed to be followed by a December release of a self-titled solo albumNicholas Jonas, but the album had been pushed back;[25] it did, however, get a limitedrelease.[26] Nick, along with his brothers, Kevin and Joe, had written several other songs for the album.[19] In early 2005, Columbia Records' new president, Steve Greenberg, listened to Nick's record. Greenberg liked Nick's voice.[27] After meeting with Nick and hearing the song "Please Be Mine", written and performed by the brothers, Daylight/Columbia Records decided to sign the three as a groupact.[19][28][29]
2005–06: It's About Time
After being signed to Columbia, the brothers considered naming their group "Sons of Jonas" before settling on the name "Jonas Brothers."[30] Throughout 2005, the Jonas Brothers had gone on several tours, opening for various artists including, Jump5, Kelly Clarkson, Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys, and The Click Five.[10][31] They spent the latter portion of theyear on an anti-drug tour with Aly & AJ and The Cheetah Girls.[31][32] Additionally, they opened for The Veronicas in early 2006.[19] 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...