Jonas Brothers: Snapshot
The trio has crafted target-hitting soft-rock tunes for the new millennium – creating an enormous fan base made up of tweens and their parents. Many of the Jonas Brothers' upbeat, catchy songs have been influenced by the wide-ranging, high-energy music of Hanson, Prince and Elvis Costello. It's no surprise, then, that megastar-maker Disney has scooped up the adorable siblings, giving them their own Disney Channel film (Camp Rock), reality show, and TV series (J.O.N.A.S.). In August, JoBro mania continued with the brothers' third album, A Little Bit Longer, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart.
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Jonas Brothers: Five Fun Facts
- The Jonas Brothers wear purity rings as a symbol of their mutual pact to remain celibate until marriage. "It's a personal decision," Nick told PEOPLE in the magazine's Jonas Brothers Special Collector's Edition. "It's another way for us to be different."
- As a kid, Nick Jonas "had this Batman costume that I wore all the time," he told PEOPLE. "It was awesome. I would run around in my backyard and be Batman."
- The Jonas Brothers' youngest brother, Frankie, is often referred to as "the Bonus Jonas." But the littlest JoBro – who has his own band, Webline – is nicknamed, "Frank the Tank." "I have it engraved on a brass ring I got at Disney World," he told PEOPLE.
- Joe Jonas' favorite fan gift is a hippo. "Someone adopted it for us at a wildlife reserve," he told PEOPLE. "It's named Jonas Brothers."
- As a kid, Kevin Jonas was teased about his ears. "They made fun of my Spock ears," he told PEOPLE. "I was such a dork." He also revealed that he has "freckles in the form of a star" on his neck.
Jonas Brothers: Biography 
- circa 1990s
Growing Up Jonas
As sons of musical parents, the brothers grow up doing sing-alongs around the family piano. Each also begins playing guitar, keyboard and/or drums, and the three oldest boys perform in a series of commercials for Burger King, Clorox, and Lego. "We kind of always grew up into music and making music with my dad," Joe Jonas tells the Houston Chronicle in 2008. "He was part of record labels and things like that. My mom's an amazing singer. We kind of grew into it."
- 1998-2004
A Standout Nick
Six-year-old Nick nabs an audition with a talent agent. Soon, he is singing on Broadway in shows such as Les Miserables and Beauty and the Beast. "Broadway was really great training for what we're doing now," Nick tells Minneapolis' Star-Tribune. In 2002, he cowrites a holiday tune with his dad, Kevin, called "Joy to the World (A Christmas Prayer)," helping Nick land a solo deal with Daylight/INO/Columbia Records, which releases his solo debut album in 2004.
- 2005
One Becomes Three
Nick asks brothers Kevin and Joe to rehearse with him at home. The resulting sound prompts the boys' decision to form a trio. "We knew we could do this," Kevin tells the New Haven Register. "The pieces started falling into place." After performing their song, "Please Be Mine," for Columbia Records exec Steve Greenberg (who discovered Hanson), they sign with the label. "I liked the idea of putting together this little garage-rock band," Greenberg tells Billboard. They go on to open for the likes of Kelly Clarkson and the Cheetah Girls.
Photo Credits
Top Left: Peter Yang
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Courtesy of The Jonas Brothers; yahoo.com; Gary Gershoff/WireImage
