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Nick Jonas & The Administration Debuts at # 3 on The Billboard 200 With Who I Am CD
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posted Feb 18, 2010, 16:17
The debut CD from Nick Jonas & The Administration debuts at # 3 on The Billboard 200 album chart, selling over 80,000 units.
(Burbank, CA) The debut CD from Nick Jonas & The Administration debuts
at # 3 on The Billboard 200 album chart, selling over 80,000 units.
Nick Jonas & The Administration sprang to life last spring when Nick Jonas
went to Nashville's Blackbird Studios to record songs that were in his heart
and that he knew would be stylistically different than music he has written
in the past. With help from producer John Fields, Nick assembled a top notch
band of musicians and recorded Who I Am in two weeks time. The CD features Michael
Bland on drums, David Ryan Harris on guitar, Tommy Barbarella on keys, and John
Fields on bass. For the tour, Sonny Thompson came to the plate on guitar.
The album launch started in December with the band's first national prime-time
network appearance on the Grammy Nomination Show. On January 2, Nick Jonas &
The Administration kicked off their tour in Dallas with two sold out House of
Blues Shows and rave reviews, prompting comparisons to Prince, Justin Timberlake,
Stevie Wonder and John Mayer. Nick's passion for music and songwriting fueled
his creative nature even further. By the opening night of the tour Nick had
written a new song, "Stay," which became an internet sensation. "Stay"
will be made available as a digital single on March 2.
Nick's pace picked up more and more speed along the tour with radio station
visits, TV appearances on Late Show with David Letterman, sitting in with Kelly
Ripa on Live with Regis & Kelly, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Jay Leno
Show, Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Nick also landed the cover (actually three covers) of V-Man and features in
Vanity Fair, NY Times, USA Today, and Teen Vogue.
On street date, Nick performed three impromptu acoustic sets with Sonny Thompson
in and around Los Angeles as a thank you to his fans. By U-streaming the shows
on Nick's social networks, fans around the world were able to join in.
Who is Nick Jonas? Perhaps it was said best by NY Post critic Dan Aquilante,
"I like that he really sings. His guitar work is propulsive, and he's humble."
Nick Jonas is managed exclusively by Kevin Jonas, Sr. and Philip McIntyre of
The Jonas Group and Johnny Wright of Wright Entertainment Group.
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