BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Hollywood Records) -
Jonas Brothers are the "boys of summer" with multiple chart topping successes and four of the top ten songs on iTunes. The soundtrack for "
Camp Rock" debuted at No 3 on the Billboard Top 200, selling 188,000 units since its June 17 release on Walt Disney Records and ranking No 1 on Billboard's
Soundtrack and Children's charts. Their "
Burnin' Up" single from their upcoming album, "A
Little Bit Longer," shipped to Top 40 radio this weekend, and is officially the No 1 most added song of the week while also setting a new record for most requests in 24 hours for the
Radio Disney request phone lines. On iTunes,
Jonas Brothers have the No 1 video ("
Burnin' Up"), No 1 podcast for their forthcoming CD, as well as the No 1 song ("
Burnin' Up"), and No 2 album ("
Camp Rock"). On YouTube, "
Burnin' Up" is the No 1 video of the week. The album debuts August 12 on Hollywood Records.
The platinum certified band kicked off summer with the premiere of Disney Channel's Original Movie "Camp Rock" and the premiere of Jonas Brothers' new single and video "Burnin' Up" premiered on Disney Channel, ABC and ABC Family to over 12.5 million viewers, and over 2.7 million viewers on YouTube. This week, Jonas Brothers have four of the top ten songs on iTunes; No 1 "Burnin' Up," No 3 "This Is Me" (Joe Jonas duet with Demi Lovato), No 8 "Play My Music," No 9 "Gotta Find You" (Joe Jonas). With their immense popularity it's almost no surprise that the Jonas Brothers replaced themselves at the No 1 position on iTunes from "This Is Me" to "Burnin' Up."
"Camp Rock's" unprecedented multi-platform premiere weekend reached an impressive 24.5 million unique total viewers, 6.0 million Kids 6-11 and more than 6.1 million Tweens 9-14 across the U.S. and Canada, and ranked as the week's No 1 TV program in those youth demographics. Disney Channel's debut of "Camp Rock" ranks as cable TV's No 1 entertainment telecast of the 2007-08 season (8.9 million Total Viewers). On ABC-TV, the movie was the No 1 summer Saturday entertainment telecast on any broadcast network in almost six years in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14, and is ABC Family's No 1 movie broadcast ever in Disney Channel's youth targets. "Camp Rock's" online streaming event delivered Disney.com's highest daily unique visitor traffic to its broadband area, and attracted 863,000 video plays.
Their short-form reality series, "Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream" has reached over 26 million Total Viewers and 11 million Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 since its May 16 premiere on Disney Channel.
Jonas Brothers are currently on tour in Europe, and kick off their sold out "Burning Up" tour in North America July 4 in Toronto, with special guest Demi Lovato ("Camp Rock"). The tour will be filmed by Walt Disney Studios for a 3-D movie to be released in early 2009. Following the release of their new CD "A Little Bit Longer," the brothers will start production of their Disney Channel original series "J.O.N.A.S." This fall, Jonas Brothers will release their first book, published by the Disney Book Group. With all the activity Jonas Brothers Summer Mania looks like it will morph into Jonas Brothers Fall Music Mania as well.
