Jonas Brothers To Score First No. 1 Album with “A Little Bit Longer”!!!

14 Aug

According to Billboard.com, the Jonas Brothers new album, A Little Bit Longer, is expected to sell over half a million copies in its first week!!! 🙂

It will definitely beat Miley Cyrus‘ album, that sold 371,000 copies in its first week.

Read the following straight from Billboard.com.

The Jonas Brothers are on track to score their first No. 1 album next week on The Billboard 200, as A Little Bit Longer (Hollywood) leads Nielsen SoundScan’s Building chart, released this afternoon (Aug. 13).

Unweighted sales of Longer through the close of business yesterday (Aug. 12) stood at 201,000. Billboard estimates the nine merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan’s Building chart — Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, Target, Anderson Merchandisers and Handleman Co. — comprise about 80% of all U.S. album sales.

Both Hollywood and its distributor, Universal, are projecting that Longer could finish the week with a number between 675,000 and 725,000. Based on the percentage of first-day sales that recent albums by Carrie Underwood, Usher, Mariah Carey and Jonas Brothers labelmate Miley Cyrus contributed to their first-week sales, Billboard estimates that Longer could surpass 600,000 and might start with as many as 725,000.

Hollywood GM Abbey Konowitch says, “We knew the fan base was as fanatical as it gets, but what was done by the group and us in the past few months, in a way, flies in the face of conventional marketing.” That includes the band having played the bulk of the new album live in concert since last fall and encouraging fans to share YouTube performances of the songs.

Konowitch also calls out iTunes’ “Countdown to ‘A Little Bit Longer'” campaign as a key ingredient in the ramp up towards the release. Four individual tracks from the set were put up for sale in the weeks previous to the album’s street date, and purchasers could then use iTunes’ Complete My Album offer to download the full set yesterday.

It’s expected that Longer will see a huge digital download number when final figures come in next week. Earlier this year, Coldplay racked up the biggest-ever week for a digital album when Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends sold 288,000 downloads, 40% of the 721,000 total copies it sold in its first week.

The Jonas Brothers may pull off another chart feat next week, too. With Longer an all-but-lock for No. 1, there’s a good chance the sibling trio’s sophomore set, Jonas Brothers, now ranked No. 11, could return to the top 10. If they place two albums in the top 10 next week, it’ll be the first time a group has done so since ‘N Sync on the chart dated Jan. 2, 1999.

41 Responses to “Jonas Brothers To Score First No. 1 Album with “A Little Bit Longer”!!!”

  1. truejbfan14 August 14, 2008 at 9:57 pm #

    YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    As always, this fan supports you guys 100%!

    i for one, LOVE LOVE LOVE their new album! it’s muy perfecto! aribba! (just working on my spanish, school starts in 2 weeks!)

    go jonas brothers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. hye August 15, 2008 at 1:07 am #

    I LOVE JB. THEIR ALBUM SHOULD SELL 1 MILION COPIES. I GOT THEIR ALBUM. AMAZING. I LOVE JOE. IM THEIR BIGGEST FAN. I LOVE ARMENIA

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  4. Amanda August 16, 2008 at 1:13 am #

    No surprise here.They have a lot of fans!

  5. lin August 27, 2008 at 4:09 pm #

    hey! yo!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

  6. lin August 27, 2008 at 4:11 pm #

    hey im lin!!!!!!!!!! i love the JONAS BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!! JOE IS SO HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

  7. Meagan September 4, 2008 at 9:42 pm #

    I love you guys!!!!!!!

  8. hellosunshine565 September 8, 2008 at 8:10 pm #

    I LOVE JOE JONAS!!!…….HE IS MINE 4EVER AND EVER ❤

  9. hellosunshine565 September 8, 2008 at 8:12 pm #

    ITS MEEE AGIAN
    i love you guys sooo much and i am for sure your #1 fan
    keep rockin

  10. lamaine September 8, 2008 at 11:38 pm #

    dude the jonas brothers r soo sexy lolz dude but yeah kk byez

  11. shaiiiii September 9, 2008 at 4:15 am #

    you guys rock.
    just know that you’ll always have fans.
    well, hope :).

    keep being true, and doing what ever it is youre doing
    cause it’s workinnng. 🙂

  12. soumy September 10, 2008 at 4:58 pm #

    (The effort of No wasted and hope the work effort and to

    achieve the dream we must make an effort) and I like Joe

    and Nick is very ^^

  13. MARI September 10, 2008 at 10:42 pm #

    son re lindos los jonas

    mejustan muchos sus cansiones su ropa

    tengo todos los sidis que aslieron asta hora jajajaj:)

    yo pienso que nunca tienen que dejar de ser fomosos y de cantar

    porque quien no quiere ser famoso asta yo quiero ser famosa y canto bien pero bueno

    los re kiero yonas

  14. Danielle Bonillas September 12, 2008 at 6:32 pm #

    hi Jonas brothers

    i like jonas brothers new song album A little bit longers good song very very good 5 star. form: Yuma Arizona and going to Arizona Western College. my forings song all the song.

  15. Kira September 14, 2008 at 1:01 am #

    OMG i love you guys. my sister does to she said that if she would be able to go to one of your concerts she would pull Nock of stage and run of with him. lol

  16. TRUE RELIGION September 14, 2008 at 4:17 am #

    i luv ya. my fav song is sorry!

  17. Anonymous September 24, 2008 at 9:15 pm #

    `drpt´g`jjh8nkk i 8,jupdes6khbtg

  18. diane September 24, 2008 at 9:51 pm #

    hola les mando saludos y embiemen su mensenyer ok bye
    love to the jonas brothers

  19. girl September 25, 2008 at 10:41 pm #

    hi i love jonas brothers

    bye

    see you

  20. sarah September 27, 2008 at 3:27 pm #

    i love you jonas brothers you rock i wish i could kiss you.from sarah

  21. zinab September 27, 2008 at 3:35 pm #

    i like u joe u are so hansom

  22. lucila September 27, 2008 at 11:41 pm #

    hola como estan espero que de 10 esta re capada la foto chauu te paso mi metro http://www.metroflog.com/luchi_bonita_linda loa mo son mis idolos chauu los dejoo

  23. halla September 29, 2008 at 6:49 pm #

    hello jonas brothers you rock i whis i can see you right now

  24. adeline34570 October 8, 2008 at 5:09 pm #

    Hello brothers Jonas is fair to say that I love you I can live without you have music in your head and into the skin.
    Every 3 your were beautiful.
    Nick I love you I can not live without you.

    I LOVE YOU JONAS BROTHERS!!!

  25. josete October 11, 2008 at 8:14 pm #

    hello, i,m from spain and i like the jonas brothers

  26. josete October 11, 2008 at 8:22 pm #

    “viva”the jonas brothes and Hanna

  27. isabel echalar October 12, 2008 at 3:54 am #

    he jonas brothes los amo quisiera k algun dia vinieran a bolivia

  28. halla October 12, 2008 at 10:25 am #

    hello jonas brother you rock i do
    not go be out you

  29. halla October 12, 2008 at 10:26 am #

    i love wush you in tv with hannah motanta

  30. Elizabeth October 12, 2008 at 4:08 pm #

    The Jonas Brothers are the hhhhhhooooooottttttttttttt. I Love Them

  31. ***Jhoana** October 12, 2008 at 8:07 pm #

    Olizzz

    Los Jonas Brothers

    son lo maximo

    me fasinan sus canciones

    son super calida

    les deceo muxo

    exito los kiero full…….

    espero q algun dia los pueda

    conocer.

    Jhoana se despide de ustedes

    *___________* 🙂 XD XP

  32. julieta October 13, 2008 at 12:46 am #

    hello jonas brothers los amo y a vs you te re quiero besos cuidate amor

  33. julieta October 13, 2008 at 12:49 am #

    los re amo espero algun dia verlo los amo muah

  34. becky October 16, 2008 at 5:29 pm #

    hiya, just lettin u know, i think ur all fab!!!
    i like nick the best-sry joe, sry kevin! its because i know how nick might feel-bout diabetes-i av it too, only i’ve had it alot longer. hope to see all in concert 1 day (if my mum will finally let me!lol! lie u all. Ur songs rock, i listen 2 em from the moment i get up to the moment i go 2 bed lol! ur all rock. hope to see you soon.
    fingers crossed!
    becky XXX

  35. ayman October 16, 2008 at 6:27 pm #

    hi jonas brother are you reddy to rock any way you rock

  36. enab October 17, 2008 at 9:04 am #

    i love jonas brother

  37. halla November 1, 2008 at 4:08 pm #

    hi jonas brother you can rock the holl summy

  38. hiba November 1, 2008 at 5:55 pm #

    hi jonas broths u rock i wish i was u forever

  39. hiba November 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm #

    i wanna be famous like u please make me faous i beg u please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  40. Júlia May 10, 2009 at 5:44 pm #

    Oi , pra começar amo vcs de coração

    Adoro as música de vcs

    Parabéns pelas músicas mara!!!

  41. joe August 3, 2010 at 4:43 pm #

    jonas brothers they rock they are my favourite singers thank you for singing this beautiful songs your new album rocks ihad seen your 9 times i like the movie camp rock iam waiting for your next movie for camp rock 2

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