The Jonas Brothers—Joe, Kevin and Nick—just landed the third biggest opening week of the year as their latest album, A Little Bit Longer,, sold a whopping 525,000 copies to debut at No. 1, one of three Jonas-powered joints in the Top 10.
A Little Bit Longer, which sold north of 200,000 on its first day in stores last week, trails only Lil Wayne’s million-plus Tha Carter III and Coldplay’s 721,000-copy Viva La Vida as the year’s biggest debuts, per Nielsen SoundScan.
If that wasn’t enough, the Jonas boys are just the second sibling act to top the charts since the Bee Gees reigned supreme in the 1970s. (The Isley Brothers’ Body Kiss accomplished the feat in 2003.)
The Jonases were all over the place. The Disneyfied band’s eponymous sophomore album, released just over a year ago, inched its way back up the charts to No. 10, selling 31,000 copies. This marks the first time in nearly a decade that a group simultaneously claimed two Top 10 spots. (‘N Sync did it last in January 1999.)
And the Jonas-juiced Camp Rock soundtrack finished the week at No. 8, selling another 50,000 copies. Released in June in connection with the Disney Channel film, the disc is already the 10th bestselling album of the year, moving 861,000 copies to date.