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Sunday Best (2026)

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Sunday Best debuted at number 30 on the Billboard 200, the lowest chart entry of Nick Jonas' career, yet it reached number 8 on the Top Vinyl Albums chart, his first entry there.

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Album story

Overview

• Sunday Best: fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Nick Jonas
• Released February 6, 2026, through Republic Records
• Contains one guest appearance: his band the Jonas Brothers, including older brothers Joe and Kevin Jonas
• Lead single "Gut Punch" released on New Year's Day 2026, ahead of the album
• Music video for "Gut Punch" directed by Anthony Mandler, released with the album

Background

• Preceded by Spaceman, Jonas' fourth studio album, released March 12, 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic
• After Spaceman, Jonas resumed work with the Jonas Brothers on their sixth studio album, The Album (May 12, 2023)
• Jonas Brothers' seventh studio album Greetings from Your Hometown released August 8, 2025
• Album announced at Nick Jonas' Sunday Best Brunch, held November 30, 2025 at Nellie's Southern Kitchen in Las Vegas
• Jonas described the album as centering around love, with lyrics on important chapters of his life
• Themes include his journey as a musician and the new life perspective gained as a parent and husband

Recording

• Production handled by Ryan Daly, Tommy English, Jeremy Hatcher, James Amaradio, Kevin Farzad, Joel Little, Jeff Gitelman, and Matt Bronleewe

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Tracklist

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Artist

Formation

• Nicholas Jerry Jonas, born September 16, 1992 in Dallas, Texas, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor.
• He rose to fame as a member of the pop rock band Jonas Brothers with his brothers Joe and Kevin.
• The group released a debut album, It's About Time (2006), and later signed with Hollywood Records.

Members

• Members: Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas.
• The brothers were homeschooled by their mother and raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey.

Career

• The Jonas Brothers' second album Jonas Brothers (2007) entered the top five of the Billboard 200.
• A Little Bit Longer (2008) became their first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200.
• The group starred in Disney Channel projects including Camp Rock (2008) and Jonas (2009–2010).
• The band split in 2013 and reunited in 2019.
• As a solo artist, Nick Jonas released Nick Jonas (2014) on Island Records, which included the hit single "Jealous".
• Last Year Was Complicated (2016) peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.
• He has acted in films including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Chaos Walking (2021), and in Broadway productions.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Mostly positive reviews from critics upon release
• Matt Collar of AllMusic praised its stripped-down and affecting emotional honesty and called it the softest, most emotionally candid and heartfelt album of Jonas' career
• Mike DeWald of Riff called it Jonas' most grounded solo statement, praising its mature tone and personal lyrics
• Jeffrey Davies of PopMatters named it Jonas' strongest music to date and marked "The Greatest" and "Princesses" as standouts
• Eryn Murphy of Euphoria said it presented the best vocal performance of Jonas' career, though it did not catapult him to new heights
• Reagan Denning of Melodic found it showed Jonas at his most open and vulnerable, highlighting "Sweet to Me", "Gut Punch", and "The Greatest"
• InMusic called it reflective and emotionally grounded and ranked "Gut Punch" as the best song on the record
• Roman Kamshin of Showbiz by PS offered a more critical view, describing a deliberately cautious adult-contemporary record that lacks artistic evolution and emotional depth

Records

• US Billboard 200: debuted at number 30, Jonas' lowest entry on the chart to date
• Billboard Top Album Sales: debuted at number 6
• Billboard Top Vinyl Albums: debuted at number 8, the first entry of Jonas' career on that chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• On December 14, 2025, ahead of the Sunday Best Brunch in Toronto, Canada, Jonas shared that the first single "Gut Punch" would come out on New Year's Day
• The Sunday Best Brunch on November 30, 2025 was where the album was announced
• The music video for "Gut Punch", directed by Anthony Mandler, came out on the album's release day
• Jonas announced A Night with Nick, a series of intimate performances with songs from Sunday Best, starting June 4, 2026 at Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, New York
• The album includes a sole guest appearance by the Jonas Brothers

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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