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A Gem discovered in a salon

“Having haters is just a part of the business, and the more haters you have, the more people like you – that’s how I view it because I try to see the positive in things” 

Have you heard about Nicholas Jerry Jonas?? Maybe or maybe not. But just check whether you know Nick Jonas?? Oh yeah. You know the guy. Nicholas Jerry Jonas aka Nick Jonas is a famous American singer, a songwriter and an actor too. He is also a well-known celebrity all over the world by his nicknames, Nick J, Nick and Mr President. Starting his acting career at the age of seven in theatre, he went into people with the release of his first debut single in 2002. This made “Columbia Records” pay attention towards Nick Jonas and it was a huge support for himself for his own career development.  Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment and under their label the band “Jonas Brothers” including Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas released their very first debut studio album “It’s About Time” in 2006. But after some time, the Jonas Brothers leave Columbia Records and join with “Hollywood Records” releasing their second studio album, a self-titled one in 2007, which was a big hit over the world. 

Paul Kevin Jonas is a musician, and his beloved wife Denise Miller-Jonas is a Foreign Language teacher. They have three children namely Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Frankie Jonas and Nick Jonas was also born to them as their third child. He was born in Dallas, Texas in the U.S.A in 1992 with brown eyes and brown hair. In the first part of his childhood, he was homeschooled and then as they are quite a religious family where their father was once a Christian pastor, Nick had his higher education in Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, New Jersey. As a person Nick found his interests in collecting Baseball cards and listening to music and, influenced by his musical family background, he was fond of “The Commodores” as his favourite boy band and ‘Steve Wonder‘, ‘Fall Out Boy’ and ‘Switchfoot’ as his favourite musicians. 

Do you know that there’s a quite interesting story behind his career? It is about him being discovered for the first time. When he was having a haircut in a salon and singing in the meanwhile, a stranger heard him singing and was impressed and decided to share a manager’s number with Nick Jonas’ mother, suggesting to meet him. This is the very first time Nick Jonas was discovered, and he was just six years old then. Then after a year he got the opportunity and starred in a commercial when he was ten years old. Not only that, on Broadway he had the chance to perform a variety of characters like Tiny Tim, Chip Potts, Gavroche and Little Jake. By 2002 he had his luck to release his first debut single which followed by the first debut single of their band ‘Jonas Brothers’ in 2005. But unfortunately, in the same year, he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. When Jonas Brothers self-titled second album was released, it became a big hit, and they had the chance to enter Top 5 Billboard 200 in the United States. That popularity earned them an opportunity to appear in TV shows and eventually they starred in their own TV show “Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream “.  

You may probably have heard of “The X Factor”. Nick Jonas with Demi Lovato appeared in “The X Factor “ as a mentor and it’s quite interesting to know that Nick hosted the Miss USA competition in 2013 on NBC. When considering the acting career of Nick Jonas, 

  • Hannah Montana (2007)
  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
  • Jonas (2009)
  • Hawaii Five – O (2010) 
  • Last Man Standing (2011) 
  • Careful What You Wish For (2015)
  • Scream Queens (2015)
  • Jumanji: Welcome to The Jungle (2017) 
  • Uglydolls 
  • Midway 
  • Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) 

can be listed as several of his films and tv series. 

Moving to his solo music career, it started in 2014 with the release of a self-titled debut album. It included “Jealous” which was a radio hit, “Chains” which is a double-platinum single, and “Levels” which is a single hit. In the year 2015 his launching of artistic-centric record label, Safehouse Records was done in partnership with Island Records, Phil McIntyre and Demi Lovato. As a multi-talented person, Nick Jonas showed his talents bringing up Demi Lovato prominence in Hollywood Records through his capabilities as a co-writer and a solo writer. In 2016 his next album “Last Year Was Complicated”  was released with his co- writings on ‘Chainsaw’,  ‘Unhinged’, ‘The Difference’, ‘Champagne Problems‘,  and ‘Bacon‘. Other than that, 

  • Area Code (2014) 
  • Believe (2015)
  • Close (2016)
  • Find You (2017)
  • Home (2017)
  • Right Now (2018)
  • Spaceman (2021)
  • This Is Heaven (2021)

are some of his other well-known songs

For his service done for the music, and film industry he was awarded with, 

  • Teen Choice Awards – Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2009)
  • Young Hollywood Artistic of the Year (2010)
  • Teen Choice Awards – Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2010) 
  • Teen Choice Awards – Acuvue Inspire Award (2013)
  • Young Hollywood Awards – Coolest Crossover Artist (2014)
  • Kids’ Choice Awards – Favorite Male Singer (2015) 
  • BMI Awards – Pop Songwriter (2016) for the son ‘Jealous’ 
  • Radio Disney Music Awards – Hero Award (2017). 

Not only that he was nominated for different categories in, 

  • Astra Awards (2009)
  • Kids Choice Awards (2010)
  • Teen Choice Awards (2010)
  • Young Hollywood Awards (2014)
  • MTV Europe Music Awards (2015)
  • CinEurophia Awards (2017)
  • Golden Globes, USA (2018)
  • Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (2018) 

Stepping onto the latest updates about Nick Jonas, it is quite famous that he got married to famous Indian actress Priyanka Chopra. After his former relationships with Kate Hudson and Miley Cyrus, Nick Jonas enters a whirlwind romantic relationship with stunning Priyanka Chopra. In August 2018 they got engaged and in December the same year, they had a three-day wedding ceremony which culminated with both Hindu and Christian traditions in Jodhpur where a featuring dance competition between the two families occurred! Now the couple is having a huge fame as a gorgeous couple, and they are on a way to success. 

So today, Nick Jonas: the outstanding celebrity celebrates his birthday, and we wish him a Happiest Birthday and heartiest wishes for both his career and personal life. 

“You’ve got to avoid situations that make you uncomfortable ”                                                                                               ~ Nick Jonas ~

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