Jonas Brothers Notch First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 as 'Sucker' Blasts In On Top
The group, consisting of Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas, initially appeared on the chart over 12 years go and reached a prior No. 5 high with "Burnin' Up" in 2008.
Jonas Brothers, who formed in 2005, ascended to boy band royalty soon after thanks to their numerous Disney TV and film projects, in addition to their music, which included a pair of No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart in 2008 and 2009. After their split in 2013, they announced their reunion Feb. 28 and released "Sucker," and its official video, the following day (at midnight ET on March 1).
Also on the latest Hot 100, Cardi B and Bruno Mars' "Please Me" blasts to a new No. 3 peak following the March 1 premiere of its official video.
No. 1 in sales & streams: "Sucker," released on Republic Records, starts as the 1,085th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 60-year history.
The track launches atop the Streaming Songs chart with 43.7 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 7, according to Nielsen Music. The trio reigns in its first appearance on the tally (which began in 2013).
"Sucker" also debuts at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with 88,000 first-week downloads sold in the week ending March 7. The trio's 22nd entry on the chart is its first No. 1 (following three No. 2-peaking hits, all in 2008: "Burnin' Up," "Pushing Me Away" and "Tonight").
First No. 1, after 12 years on the Hot 100: Jonas Brothers achieve their first Hot 100 No. 1 after initially appearing on the chart 12 years and one month ago: first entry "Year 3000" debuted, at No. 40, on the chart dated Feb. 17, 2007 (and rose to No. 31 that March).
The group charted 16 titles in 2007-09 and one more (the No. 60-peaking "Pom Poms") in 2013. Two top 10s preceded "Sucker": "Burnin' Up" (No. 5) and "Tonight" (No. 8), both in 2008.
Jonas Brothers' 12-year-plus trek for a first Hot 100 No. 1 marks the longest since Daft Punk waited close to 20 years between its first entry, "Around the World" (August 1997), and first leader, as featured on The Weeknd's "Starboy" (January 2017). The record? Santana spanned almost exactly 30 years between its first Hot 100 visit, with "Jingo" (Oct. 25, 1969), and its first No. 1, "Smooth," featuring Rob Thomas (Oct. 23, 1999).
Oh, brothers: Jonas Brothers are the fifth act with the word "brothers" in its name to top the Hot 100, following The Everly Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, The Doobie Brothers and Bellamy Brothers. Of those, the Jonases join the Everly and Bellamy duos as real-life sibling acts to lead the list.
Of course, other (partial or full) sibling and/or family acts have the led the Hot 100, including The Beach Boys, Jackson 5, Carpenters, The Osmonds, Bee Gees, Heart, Bangles, New Kids on the Block, Wilson Phillips, Nelson, Hanson, K-Ci & JoJo, 98 Degrees, Rae Sremmurd and Migos.
First boy band at No. 1 in over 16 years: Jonas Brothers are the first act regarded as a boy band (even if Nick is 26, Joe is 29 and Kevin is 31) to crown the Hot 100 since B2K, whose "Bump, Bump, Bump," with P. Diddy, led the chart dated Feb. 1, 2003. (In December, Billboard exclusively broke the news of B2K's reunion for the Millennium Tour, which began Friday, March 8.)
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