A Little Bit Longer is the third studio album by the American pop-rock band the Jonas Brothers, and their second album released under Hollywood Records and managed under Sony/ATV Music Publishing. It was released on August 12, 2008. The album received generally favorible reviews, with a 1 star review from The Observer, and three four star reviews, from Rolling Stone, Allmusic, and Blender. The first single off the album was "Burnin' Up", released on June 20, 2008. The album was number 40 on Rolling Stone's Best 50 Albums of 2008. One of the songs from the album, "Video Girl" was also number 49 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.
The title of the album, "A Little Bit Longer," comes from their song hello of the same name, which Nick Jonas wrote about his dealings with having Type One Diabetes. The album artwork was released by Team Jonas, the Jonas Brothers' official fan club, to fan club members via an e-mail newsletter on June 20, 2008.
Like their last album, this one also features CDVU technology that includes more than 30 pages of bonus features with exclusive video performance, 60 printable photos, complete album lyrics, downloadable graphics, and hidden links. In addition, the packaging of the album is made from 100% recycled materials.
On August 5, 2008, A Little Bit Longer was put up on MTV's The Leak where one could listen to the album before it was released. The brothers performed their second single, "Lovebug" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
"Burnin' Up"
"Burnin' Up" is the album's first single and was officially released via radio stations on June 20, 2008. Also on that same day, the music video for "Burnin' Up" premiered on Disney Channel, following the premiere of Camp Rock.
"Lovebug"
The second official single "Lovebug" was revealed at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, where they performed this song. It was officially released on September 30, 2008. The official music video for "Lovebug," premiered on Disney Channel on October 19, 2008.
"Tonight"
The third official single "Tonight" was confirmed by the Jonas Brothers at the 36th Annual American Music Awards. It was officially released on January 4, 2009. The music video premiered on January 19, 2009.
Promotional singles
On June 24, 2008, iTunes announced that it would be releasing four songs from A Little Bit Longer, one roughly every two weeks, as part of a promotional deal.
Like their last album, this one also features CDVU technology that includes more than 30 pages of bonus features with exclusive video performance, 60 printable photos, complete album lyrics, downloadable graphics, and hidden links. In addition, the packaging of the album is made from 100% recycled materials.
On August 5, 2008, A Little Bit Longer was put up on MTV's The Leak where one could listen to the album before it was released. The brothers performed their second single, "Lovebug" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
"Burnin' Up"
"Burnin' Up" is the album's first single and was officially released via radio stations on June 20, 2008. Also on that same day, the music video for "Burnin' Up" premiered on Disney Channel, following the premiere of Camp Rock.
"Lovebug"
The second official single "Lovebug" was revealed at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, where they performed this song. It was officially released on September 30, 2008. The official music video for "Lovebug," premiered on Disney Channel on October 19, 2008.
"Tonight"
The third official single "Tonight" was confirmed by the Jonas Brothers at the 36th Annual American Music Awards. It was officially released on January 4, 2009. The music video premiered on January 19, 2009.
Promotional singles
On June 24, 2008, iTunes announced that it would be releasing four songs from A Little Bit Longer, one roughly every two weeks, as part of a promotional deal.
The songs were "Burnin' Up", "Pushin' Me Away", "Tonight", and "A Little Bit Longer". Due to strong digital sales, these songs briefly charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Tonight" as the highest charting song at #8. After the album's release, all of the album tracks charted on various Billboard charts.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 selling 525,402 units in its opening week The album also charted as #1 on the Billboard Comprehensive Albums, Top Digital Albums, Top Internet Albums, and Tastemakers. All 12 tracks from the standard edition CD have charted on either the Billboard Hot 100, the Bubbling Under Chart (essentially positions #101-125) or the Pop 100. The four singles that had been released on iTunes: "Burnin' Up", "Pushin' Me Away", "Tonight", and "A Little Bit Longer" all charted on iTunes' "Top Songs Chart". The album is also considered as the highest first week sales debut at number one for a Hollywood records artist in the U.S. and worldwide.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album remained at number one in its second week on the Billboard 200 August 19—August 26) with about 147,000 copies sold, In its third week, it fell to number four on the Billboard 200, with about 80,000 copies sold. It has sold 1,650,000 in the U.S receiving a platinum certification by the RIAA.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 selling 525,402 units in its opening week The album also charted as #1 on the Billboard Comprehensive Albums, Top Digital Albums, Top Internet Albums, and Tastemakers. All 12 tracks from the standard edition CD have charted on either the Billboard Hot 100, the Bubbling Under Chart (essentially positions #101-125) or the Pop 100. The four singles that had been released on iTunes: "Burnin' Up", "Pushin' Me Away", "Tonight", and "A Little Bit Longer" all charted on iTunes' "Top Songs Chart". The album is also considered as the highest first week sales debut at number one for a Hollywood records artist in the U.S. and worldwide.
According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album remained at number one in its second week on the Billboard 200 August 19—August 26) with about 147,000 copies sold, In its third week, it fell to number four on the Billboard 200, with about 80,000 copies sold. It has sold 1,650,000 in the U.S receiving a platinum certification by the RIAA.
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