The Jonas Brothers formed in 2005, and gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas, who in 2005 recorded 'Please Be Mine', their first song to be recorded, and on hearing the song, Columbia Records president Steve Greenberg decided to sign the brothers as a group. 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, and the executives' desire to have "another lead single" on the album. The brothers covered two hit songs by UK band Busted – 'Year 3000' and 'What I Go To School For', and 'It's About Time' was finally released in August 2006. Because Sony was not interested in further promoting the band, the Jonas Brothers considered switching labels, and in 2007 they signed with Hollywood Records, and their self-titled second album was released in August 2007, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 200 chart in its first week.
At the same time, they guest-starred in an episode of the Disney Channel show 'Hannah Montana' titled 'Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas'. Their third studio album, 'A Little Bit Longer', was released in the United States in August 2008, and iTunes announced that it would release four songs from it, one roughly every two weeks, and the purchase of each of the songs applied to the cost of the entire album, which could be purchased via iTunes 'Complete The Album' feature after release. In 2008 they made their film debut in the Disney Channel Original Movie 'Camp Rock', in which they played a band called Connect Three, but it was released to mixed reviews. In July 2008 they announced on stage that they had already written five songs for their fourth studio album, and a feature in the July 2008 issue of Rolling Stone magazine made them the youngest band to be on the cover of the magazine. 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, announcing a release date of 15 June 2009, and that it would be preceded by two singles, 'Paranoid' and 'Fly With Me'. When 'Lines, Vines And Trying Times' was released it debuted at number one on the Billboard chart, becoming their second No. 1 album.
In 2011 the brothers took a hiatus to focus on their solo careers, with Joe releasing his debut album 'Fastlife', Nick embarked on a tour with his band Nick Jonas & the Administration, and Kevin studied music production. In addition, they parted ways with Hollywood Records, and despite rumours that they had split, Kevin said the band would release new material in the future. In August 2012, two years after they last worked together, they announced a new concert tour, and a preview of the song 'Meet You In Paris' was released on Cambio. Their fifth studio album, which would have been their first not to be released through Hollywood Records, was scheduled to be released in 2013, and would be titled 'V' (pronounced: Five). A lead single, 'Pom Pom', was released on 2 April 2013, followed by a second, 'First Time', in June, but trouble was brewing on their tour, and in October they cancelled 23 tour dates between October and December, citing a "deep rift within the band" over creative differences. On 29 October 2013, the Jonas Brothers officially confirmed their split, and announced that their fifth album wouldn't be released, although some of the songs would feature on a live album that would appear in the future, titled 'LiVe', with the letter "V" in caps as a reference to their would-be fifth studio album. One track from the cancelled album is proving extremely elusive, with 'Sandbox' still unreleased after a decade, but all the other tracks have surfaced, so here is The Jonas Brothers' cancelled 'V' from 2013.
Track listing
01 Pom Poms
02 Wedding Bells
03 Mr. Nice Guy
04 Neon
05 First Time
06 Let's Go (feat. Karmin)
07 What Do I Mean
08 Don't Say
09 The World
10 Found
