Synopsis
Paul Kevin Jonas is an American actor and musician, well known as the oldest member of the Jonas Brothers, a pop-rock band found by the Nick, the youngest brother.
Early life and education
Kevin Jonas was born on 5th November 1987, in Teaneck, New Jersey, and was raised in Wyckoff. Kevin was born to his father; Paul Kevin Jonas Sr, a musician, songwriter, and ex-ordained minister at Assemblies of God church.
Kevin's mother, Denise Marie, is a former singer and sign language teacher. Kevin has three younger brothers along with him, Frankie ( born in 2000), Nick( 1992), and Joe ( born 1992).
Kevin is White in ethnicity and holds an American nationality.
Career
In the year 2005, Steve Greenberg, the new president for Columbia Records, listened to Nicks song. He did not like the album, but he was impressed by Nick's voice.
After listening to the song 'Please Be Mine,' performed and written by all the brothers, Daylight/Columbia Records agreed to sign the three brothers as a group band.
After the three brothers got signed to Columbia, they thought of naming their band 'Sons of Jonas' before they kept the name 'Jonas Brothers'.
On 8th August 2006, the Jonas Brothers released their debut album titled 'Its About Time.' As said by the band's manager, it was only a ''limited release'' of 50,000 copies.
Later on 7th August 2007, the band released their second album titled 'Jonas Brothers'. The album charted at number five on the Billboard Hot 200 chart in its first week.
On 12 August 2008, The Jonas Brothers published their third album, A Little Bit Longer. The album was released in the United States and reached at number one the Billboard 200.
The following year on 16 June, they released their fourth studio album and third release under Hollywood Records titled Lines, Vines, and Trying Times. The album charted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 247,000 copies sold.
Acting
On 17 August 2007, Jonas along with his brothers made a guest appearance in an episode of Hannah Montana, titled Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas. The episode first released along with the movie, High School Musical 2 and a short part of the new Disney Channel show, Phineas and Ferb.
However, the episode broke cable records with a record 10.7 million viewers and also became cable's most watched series telecast ever.
Jonas Brother also made their appearance on the Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock where they played the band named 'Connect 3'. Joe played the lead male role and lead singer; Shane Gray, Kevin played Jason, a guitarist and Nick played Nate, also a guitarist.
On 17 June 2008, the soundtrack for the movie was published. The movie was premiered on 20 June 2008 in the U.S.A, on Disney Channel.
The Disney Channel short series titled, Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream was aired on 16 May 2008. The show lasted until 5th of September 2008, which doc u mented the brother's lives at the time of 'Look Me in the Eyes Tour.'
They named the tour after their one of the famous songs When You Look Me in the Eyes. The series was remade for the second season which was aired on 21 March 2010.
Joe, Nick, Kevin, and Frankie also portrayed in their own Disney Channel Original Seris, Jonas, which had on 2 May 2009. The show was remade for the second season premiering on 20 June 2010 as Jonas L.A that centered on the brothers vacationing at their summer house in L.A with Macy and Stella.
Jonas has also made his appearance on MTV's fourth episode of When I Was 17, sying about his memories from when he was seventeen. Additionally, he has also guest-hosted 'Live With Kelly,'' on 31 December 2011, which made him the second brother beside Nick to achieve the honor of doing such.
Kevin has made his appearance in an E! reality series along with his wife Danielle and brothers Joe and Nick, which was premiered on 19 August 2012.
Moreover, Kevin Jonas was also the part of the seventh season of Celebrity Apprentice in 2014 spring. They had a shoot throughout New York City. Jonas got fired during the second episode when his team lost the competition, at the time he was the team leader.
Personal life
Jonas is a married man. He got married to his longtime girlfriend Danielle Deleasa who previously worked as a hairdresser, at Oheka Castle. The couple got married on 19 December 2009, in the presence of his brothers Nick and Joe as his best men.
Kevin mat Danielle while on a vacation with their families in the Bahamas in 2007. Kevin Jonas had his first child with Danielle, a daughter named Alena Rose Jonas. The baby girl was born on 2nd Feb 2014.
Later on, 25th April 2016, the husband and wife announced through Instagram that they are going to have another baby daughter. On 27 October 2016, Jonas's wife gave birth to another daughter named Valentina Angelina.
After few years, of being married, the couple made their appearance in their own reality show titled Married to Jonas, which was premiered on the E1 Network. On 26 May 2013, the final episode of the season was published.
Net worth
Kevin Jonas earns a good amount of money from his successful career as a singer and actor, as he has released several hit songs and appeared in various notable movies which adds up to his total net of $ 20 million.
by ab-sandip, 14 Nov, 2017
