Jonas Bros. hit No. 1

It’s been a good week, to say the least, for the teen-hearththrob Jonas Brothers. Not only have Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas succeeded at entering the national sales chart at No. 1 with their new album “A Little Bit Longer,” they logged the third biggest sales week of the year by selling 525,000 copies during its first week of release.

In addition, their previous album, “The Jonas Brothers,” which has remained on the chart for more than a year, edged back into the Top 10, giving the group the distinction of being the first act in nine years to have two albums in the Top 10 simultaneously, according to Billboard. The last time it happened was during the heady peak of the boy band craze in 1999, when 'N Sync pulled it off.

First-week sales of “A Little Bit Longer” came in behind Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III,” which sold 1 million copies, and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," which registered 721,000 in back to back weeks in June.

Finally, the Jonases figure prominently in the No. 8 album as well, the soundtrack to the Disney Channel movie “Camp Rock," which also experienced a slight sales increase last week.

Meanwhile, a boy band from another era, New Kids on the Block, returned to the chart, entering at No. 22 with a hits collection that sold 19,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The group has recently reunited and will put out an album of new material on Sept. 2.

--Randy Lewis

[Photo: Jonas Brothers. Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times]

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[yessenia]

i love the jobros they rock i have his new album and it is amazing congratulations guys and i love all songs kisses