Last Updated on June 4, 2015 by Bharat Saini
Who is Kevin Jonas?
Kevin Jonas is an American musician and actor. He is mostly known as a member of a pop rock band called Jonas Brothers, which he founded together with his younger brothers, Nick and Joe. From 2012 to 2013 he starred together with his wife, Danielle Deleasa, in the E! reality TV show Married to Jonas.
Biography
Paul Kevin Jonas II was born on November 5, 1987 in Teaneck, New Jersey. His mother, Denise Marie, is a retired sign language teacher and singer. His father, Paul Kevin Jonas Senior, is a songwriter and musician. Jonas has three brothers, Joe, Nick, and Frankie. Kevin has German, Irish, Italian, Greek, French-Canadian and Scottish ethnic backgrounds. He is married to Danielle Deleasa from 2009.
Career
Kevin Jonas, together with his brothers Nick and Joe, are the members of the band Jonas Brothers that was active from 2005 to 2013. As soon as the band was formed, it was immediately signed by Columbia Records and quite soon got the worldwide fame. Their first album, It’s About Time, was released on August 8, 2006. However, in 2007, the band dropped out from Columbia Records..
On February, 2007, the band signed to Hollywood Records. Soon after this, on August 7 they released their second self-titled album on the new label. The album had the 5th place on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. At that time, Kevin and his brothers also began to appear in GAP advertisements where they sang a song Jingle for promotion of Baby Bottle Pops.
The third band’s album, A Little Bit Longer (2008), had even greater success than two previous ones and was on the 1st position on the Billboard Hot 200. The band released their fourth album Lines, Vines, and Trying Times on June 16, 2009, and it was sold in 247,000 copies. After the release of the fourth album, the band earned $90 during an international tour. On May 1, 2012, the band left Hollywood Records and in 2013 it disbanded.
Except for his music career, Kevin was also engaged in acting. He was a guest star in a Show entitled Me and Mr. Jonas on August 17, 2007 alongside his brothers. The show had 10.7 million viewers and broke the record as the most viewed TV show ever. Later, he appeared as a character Jason Grey in a film Camp Rock,which premiered on June 20, 2008 in the United States and Canada.
Jonas and his brothers produced a TV series entitled Jonas Brothers: Living The Dream, which premiered on May 16, 2008. The show was about their international tours and it had a great success among the audience. In 2010, Kevin and his brothers appeared in Camp Rock 2, where he played a role of Jason Grey again.
Thereby, Kevin Jonas managed to achieve a success due to his music and acting career. His current net worth is around $3.5 million. However, his net worth is relatively small when compared to, for example, Lady Gaga net worth, which is $190 million.
Kevin Jonas net worth: $3.5 million
The author of this article, Richard Mon, is a recent graduate from the University of San Francisco. He gets involved in journalism and in hsi free time, he writes articles for various blogs.