2005–2007: ''It's About Time'' In 2005, Joe, Kevin and Nick recorded "Please Be Mine", their first song recorded. Upon hearing the song, the
Columbia Records president
Steve Greenberg decided to sign the brothers as a group. They considered naming their group "Sons of Jonas" before settling on the name Jonas Brothers. While working on their debut studio album, the band toured throughout 2005 with artists such as
Jump5,
Kelly Clarkson,
Jesse McCartney, the
Backstreet Boys, and
the Click Five, among others. They spent the latter portion of the year on a tour with
Aly & AJ and
the Cheetah Girls. Additionally, they opened for
the Veronicas in early 2006. For their first 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. The album was initially supposed to be released in February 2006, but was pushed back several times, 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". 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. Another song, "
Time for Me to Fly", was released on the
Aquamarine soundtrack, also in February. 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. The group's music was also featured on
Cartoon Network's Friday night programming block
Fridays. 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 of
American Dragon: Jake Long, airing from June 2006 to September 2007 on the
Disney Channel. ''
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, so the album's price can rise as high as $200–$300 USD on auction sites like
eBay. 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 on
Joy to the World: The Ultimate Christmas Collection. The same month, the Jonas Brothers covered "
Poor Unfortunate Souls" from
The Little Mermaid. Along with a music video, the song was released on a two-disc special-edition release of
The Little Mermaid soundtrack. The second single from ''It'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. Around the same time, the brothers began appearing in commercials for Baby Bottle Pops, singing the
jingle. On March 24, two additional songs on two different albums were released: "Kids of the Future", from the
Meet the Robinsons soundtrack (spoof of
Kim Wilde's "
Kids in America"), and "
I Wanna Be Like You", from
Disneymania 5. 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. 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. Their
self-titled second album was released on August 7, 2007. 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 "
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 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. On August 24, the Jonas Brothers performed two songs at the
Miss Teen USA contest. On August 26, the Jonas Brothers co-presented an award with Miley Cyrus at the
Teen Choice Awards. On November 18, 2007, they performed at the
American Music Awards, performing the song "S.O.S." On November 22, 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 "S.O.S." at ''
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. The Jonas Brothers kicked off their When You Look Me in the Eyes Tour on January 31, 2008, in Tucson, Arizona. They performed several new songs on the tour that were slated to be on their third studio album, A Little Bit Longer. The Jonas Brothers made their acting debut in Season 2 of the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, where they guest starred and performed "We Got The Party With Us" on the episode "Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas". In 2008, they collaborated with Miley Cyrus on her 3D concert film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert'', filmed during Cyrus'
Best of Both Worlds Tour, where they sang "We Got The Party With Us" with Cyrus as
Hannah Montana. While on the
When You Look Me in the Eyes Tour, the Jonas Brothers filmed a Disney Channel reality short series entitled,
Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream, that premiered on
Disney Channel.
2008–2009: A Little Bit Longer and acting concert in 2009 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 from
A Little Bit Longer, one roughly every two weeks. 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 the
Look Me in the Eyes Tour ended on March 22, 2008, the Jonas Brothers announced that they would be opening up for
Avril Lavigne's
The Best Damn Tour along with
Boys Like Girls, for the second leg of the tour in Europe, which lasted from late May to late June 2008. While filming
Camp Rock, the Jonas Brothers co-wrote and co-produced six songs for fellow Disney Channel star
Demi Lovato, for Lovato's album ''
Don't Forget. The album, co-produced by the Jonas Brothers, was released on September 23, 2008. A soundtrack was released for Camp Rock
on June 17, 2008, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard
200 with 188,000 copies sold in its first week. The Jonas Brothers also did a half-hour variety special on Disney Channel entitled, Studio DC: Almost Live, that featured The Muppets and other Disney Channel stars. During this time, the Jonas Brothers also appeared on the Olympics-based special miniseries the Disney Channel Games'', for the third annual show. During the summer of 2008, the Jonas Brothers started the
Burnin' Up Tour in North America, promoting
A Little Bit Longer. The tour began on July 4, 2008, at
Molson Amphitheatre in
Toronto, Ontario. The band made their film debut in the
Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock, in which they played a band called Connect Three. Joe Jonas plays the lead male role and lead singer Shane Gray, Nick Jonas plays the role of Nate, a guitarist, and Kevin Jonas plays the role of Jason, another guitarist. The film premiered on June 20, 2008, in the United States on Disney Channel, and Canada on
Family, receiving mixed reviews. On the Disney Channel, the film was followed by the premiere of the music video for "
Burnin' Up", which featured cameos from
Selena Gomez,
Robert Davi,
Danny Trejo and
David Carradine. Directed by
Brendan Malloy, the video earned nominations for
Video of the Year and
Best Pop Video at the
2008 MTV Video Music Awards. A
Disney Digital 3-D production crew filmed the two shows of theirs Burnin' Up Tour in
Anaheim on July 13 and 14, 2008, including a performance by Lovato with the Jonas Brothers on "
This Is Me" and
Taylor 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. 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 of
Rolling Stone magazine and became the youngest band to be on the cover of the magazine. The Jonas Brothers visited downtown
Cleveland, Ohio's
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before their sold-out concert on the evening of August 22, 2008, at
Blossom Music Center. They presented the suits and pants they wore on the cover artwork of
A Little Bit Longer to Jim Henke, vice president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The suits are part of the
Right Here, Right Now! exhibit. In December 2008, the Jonas Brothers were nominated for the
Best New Artist award at the
51st Grammy Awards. The Jonas Brothers appeared as musical guest on
Saturday Night Live's
34th season on February 14, 2009, making their
SNL debut. The band also announced on March 11, 2009, that they will be embarking on a
world tour in mid-2009. They were joined by the popular Korean girl band
Wonder Girls, who debuted in America, as their opening act. In April 2009, the Jonas Brothers finished filming the first season of their
Disney Channel Original Series,
Jonas and was premiered on May 2, 2009. The Jonas Brothers also voiced three stone
cherubs in the film
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which was released on May 22, 2009.
2009–2010: Jonas and Lines, 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 their
Burnin' 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. They said about the title in the interview with
Rolling 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 of
Lines, 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. " in 2010. On July 7, 2009, the Jonas Brothers announced that they had signed
Honor Society to the record label they started with Hollywood Records. A month later, "
Send It On" was released on
Radio Disney. The radio single was performed with
Selena Gomez,
Miley Cyrus, and
Demi Lovato for
Disney's Friends for Change. On August 9, 2009, the Jonas Brothers hosted and performed on the 2009
Teen Choice Awards. Hollywood Records announced via
YouTube Demi Lovato and Jonas Brothers'
Walmart CD+DVD Soundcheck. Joe was a guest judge on
American Idol during the Dallas auditions, which aired January 27, 2010. After the success of
Camp Rock, a sequel was in immediate development. Production on the film began on September 3, 2009, and wrapped on October 16, 2009. The film, entitled
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, was aired on
Disney Channel on September 3, 2010. The movie was filmed in Ontario, Canada. 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. 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". In August 2012, Kevin starred in the
E! reality series Married to Jonas alongside his wife Danielle and brothers Nick and Joe, documenting the young couple's domestic life. On August 17, 2012, after two years of their last work together, they announced a new concert tour, the
World Tour 2012/2013. On October 3, 2012, a preview of the song "Meet You in Paris" was released on Cambio. The new tour started on October 11, 2012, at
Radio 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". During the reunion concert, they also performed other new songs: "
Wedding Bells", "
First Time" and "Neon". They performed at
Jingle Ball at
L.A. Live on December 1, 2012, and announced several tour dates to take place in South America. They performed at the
Viña del Mar International Song Festival on February 28, 2013, in Chile. Their fifth studio album, which would have been their first not to be released through
Hollywood Records since 2006 and their first record since 2009's
Lines, Vines and Trying Times, was scheduled to be released in 2013. The album would be titled
V (pronounced:
Five), the
Roman numeral for five. The lead single, "
Pom Poms", was released on April 2, 2013. The music video for the song was filmed in February 2013 in
New Orleans,
Louisiana, and premiered on
E! on April 2, 2013. "
First Time", the second single from their fifth album, was released on June 25, 2013. In June they embarked the
Jonas Brothers Live 2013 tour to promote the new songs. On October 9, 2013, the group cancelled 23 tour dates between October and December, citing a "deep rift within the band" over "creative differences". On October 29, 2013, the Jonas Brothers officially confirmed their split. 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." The album was released with the title
Live, noting the letter "V" in caps as a reference to their would-be fifth studio album of the same name.
2019–2022: Reunion and Happiness Begins On February 28, 2019, the Jonas Brothers announced their comeback via social media. On March 1, they released a new single, "
Sucker", under
Republic Records. They appeared on
The Late Late Show with James Corden each night from March 4 to 7 to promote the track. 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 after
Aerosmith's "
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and the first group in this century to achieve this. On April 5, the group released the single "
Cool". On April 22, the band announced their upcoming album
Happiness Begins, which was released on June 7, 2019, and preceded by a documentary titled
Chasing Happiness, which premiered on June 4 on
Amazon Prime Video. The album debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200 chart, marked the biggest debut of 2019 and maintained the record until
Taylor Swift's seventh studio album,
Lover, was released on August 23 of the same year. The group embarked on their tenth headlining tour, the "
Happiness Begins Tour", performing 92 shows around the globe. 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. On June 18, the band released the promotional single "Greenlight" from their episode of
Songland. On June 21, they were featured on Latino singers
Sebastián Yatra,
Daddy Yankee, and
Natti Natasha's single called "
Runaway". On July 2, the band released "
Only Human", the third single off
Happiness Begins, followed by the music video on August 13. On September 27,
Diplo released a single titled "
Lonely", which featured the Jonas Brothers. On November 8, the group released a
Christmas song titled "
Like It's Christmas". The subsequent year, the band made a cameo appearance on the series
Dash & Lily and performed the single. On January 17, 2020, the band released the single "
What a Man Gotta Do". On January 24, they announced a residency show in
Las 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. The residency was ultimately cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. The band performed at the
62nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, revealing a new song titled "
Five More Minutes". On May 15, they released a two-track bundle titled
XV, which contains the singles "
X" and "Five More Minutes", the former of which features Colombian singer
Karol G. On May 16, they made an appearance on
Graduate 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". 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. 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, in
Las Vegas. During their Remember This Tour tour, the Jonas Brothers required all fans attending their shows to present a proof of
vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative
COVID-19 test. 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."
Kelsea Ballerini was announced as a special guest for a majority of shows. On May 21, DJ
Marshmello released "
Leave Before You Love Me", a single featuring the Jonas Brothers. Two days later, they performed the single at the
2021 Billboard Music Awards, with Nick Jonas also serving as the host for the ceremony. The single "
Remember This" premiered on June 18 and was used in NBC's coverage of the
2020 Summer Olympics. They recorded the song "Mercy" for the soundtrack of
Space Jam: A New Legacy which was released on July 9. 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. 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. It was followed by a second 3-dates residency, which took place in November of the same year.
2023–present: The Album, 20th Anniversary and Greetings from Your Hometown In January 2023, while appearing on
The Kelly Clarkson Show, Nick Jonas announced that the band's new album was completed. On January 30, 2023, the Jonas Brothers received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame and announced that their sixth studio album, titled
The Album, would be released on May 5, 2023, later delayed to and released on May 12.
The Album debuted at number three on
Billboard 200 chart, marking the Jonas Brothers' seventh top ten album on the chart. The record was preceded by its lead single, "
Wings", which was released on February 24 of the same year. "
Waffle House" was released as the second single on April 7, 2023. The third single, "
Summer Baby", was sent to
adult contemporary radio on June 5, 2023. In support of
The Album, the band embarked the tour "
Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour". The single "
Do It Like That", a collaboration with South Korean boy band
Tomorrow X Together from the album
The Name Chapter: Freefall, was released on July 7, 2023. On July 27, 2023, Busted released "
Year 3000 2.0", which features the Jonas Brothers in a collaboration celebrating the 20th anniversary of Busted. The song is included in the compilation album
Greatest Hits 2.0. The single "
Strong Enough", a collaboration with
Bailey Zimmerman, was released on November 10, 2023. The band performed at the
halftime show at the
111th Grey Cup on November 17, 2024, in
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada. On January 17, 2025, the Jonas Brothers released the single "
Slow Motion" as their second collaboration with
Marshmello. On January 31, the band released a collaboration with
country music trio
Rascal Flatts entitled "
I Dare You". 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. The
original soundtrack was released on the same day and features 10 songs, including "
Coming Home This Christmas" (featuring
Kenny G), and the band's 2019 song "Like It's Christmas".
JonasCon, a
fan convention celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band, took place on March 23, 2025, in
East Rutherford, New Jersey. During the event, the Jonas Brothers announced that their seventh studio album,
Greetings from Your Hometown, would be released on August 8, 2025. The lead single, "
Love Me to Heaven", was released on March 21, 2025. The second single, "
No Time to Talk", was released on June 20, 2025. "
I Can't Lose" was released as the album's third single on July 15, 2025. The album debuted at number six on the
Billboard 200, becoming the Jonas Brothers' eighth top ten album on the chart. In support of the record, the band begun embarking on the
Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour on August 10, 2025. During the first concert, they were joined by their
Camp Rock co-star Lovato, with whom they performed "
This Is Me" and "
Wouldn't Change a Thing". 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. The tour concluded on December 30, 2025. A live album from the concerts, titled
Friends from Your Hometown, was released on March 13, 2026. On November 25, 2025,
MGK released a remix of his single "
Cliché" featuring the Jonas Brothers. On December 3, they were honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at the
TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. ==Philanthropy==