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Joel Little (born 13th February 1983) is a New Zealand musician, songwriter and producer.

Career

Little began his career as singer and guitarist of pop punk band Goodnight Nurse. The band released two studio albums, Always and Never (2006) and Keep Me On Your Side (2008) both of which peaked at number five on the New Zealand Top 40 Albums Chart. Both albums spawned a number of singles and radio hits, and the band had a Top 40 single in New Zealand every year from 2004 to 2008 [1]. The group disbanded in 2010.

Along with Goodnight Nurse guitarist Sam McCarthy, Little produced and co-wrote the majority of the debut album by McCarthy's new group, electro pop duo Kids of 88 [2]. The album, Sugarpills, was released in 2010 and debuted at number two in the New Zealand Top 40 Albums Chart [3]. It featured three hit singles, My House, Just a Little Bit and Downtown [4]. Just a Little Bit went on to win Single Of The Year at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards in 2010. [5]

In 2011, Little set up his own production studio, Golden Age, in Morningside, Auckland, where he now does the majority of his production and writing.

In 2012, Little co-wrote and produced, recorded and mixed The Love Club EP by Lorde[6]. Initially released as a free download, the EP quickly gained popularity and was downloaded 60,000 times [7] before being made available for purchase via digital download. First single Royals debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 in March 2013 and stayed in the top spot for three weeks. [8] The EP also debuted at number two on the New Zealand Top 40 Albums Chart the same week. [9] As of July 2013, the EP has achieved gold certification in New Zealand [10] and platinum certification in Australia. [11]

On June 14 2013 the second Lorde single Tennis Court, co-written and produced by Little, debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40. [12] Four Lorde songs appeared in the top 20 of the New Zealand Top 40 that same week. She is the first artist to achieve this feat. [12]

Little is currently working on the debut Lorde album,[7] due for worldwide release on September 30 2013.[13]

Discography

Goodnight Nurse

Goodnight Nurse discography
Studio albums2
Singles11
Music videos6

Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certification
NZ
[14]
2006 Always and Never
  • Released on 23 January 2006
  • Label: Festival
 5 Gold
2008 Keep Me on Your Side
  • Released on 7 April 2008
  • Label: Warner
 5 —

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
NZ[15]
2003 "Loner" 19 Always and Never
2004 "Taking Over" 19
2004 "Going Away" —
2005 "Our Song" 15
2006 "My Only" 21
2006 "Death Goes to Disco" —
2007 "All for You" 29
2008 "The Night" 24 Keep Me on Your Side
2008 "I Need This" —
2008 "This Is It" —
2009 "Lay With Me" —

Kids of 88 (as producer / co-writer)

Albums

Year Album details Peak positions
NZ[16]
2010 Sugarpills
  • Released: 16 August 2010
  • Label: Dryden Street/Sony Music
 2

Extended Plays

Year Album details Peak positions
NZ[16]
2011 Sugarpills EP
  • Released: 14 February 2011
  • Label: Dryden Street/Sony Music
 —

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album Certification
NZ[17]
2009 "My House" 3 Sugarpills Platinum
2010 "Just a Little Bit" 11 Gold
"Downtown" 21 -
"Sugarpills" Sugarpills EP -
2012 "Tucan" Modern Love -

Lorde (as producer / co-writer)

Extended Plays

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
NZ
[18] 		US
[19] 		AUS
[20]
2013 The Love Club - EP

2 49 3

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NZ
[18] 		AUS
[20] 		UK
[23] 		US
[24][19] 		US
Alt.
[25] 		US
Rock
[26]
"Royals" 2013 1 —[A] — 59 4 8 The Love Club - EP
"The Love Club" 17 —[A] — — — —
"Tennis Court" 1 35 197 — — — Tennis Court - EP
"Swingin' Party" 10 — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart, were not released, or for which the chart position is unknown.
  • A ^ "Royals" and "The Love Club" could not chart in Australia as their sales went towards The Love Club EP.

References

  1. ^ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=goodnight+nurse
  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/sugarpills-mw0002057018
  3. ^ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=kids+of+88
  4. ^ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=kids+of+88
  5. ^ http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2010/10/07/2010-vnzma-winners/
  6. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Lorde-The-Love-Club-EP/release/4619713
  7. ^ a b http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1710775/lorde-royals.jhtml
  8. ^ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=lorde
  9. ^ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=lorde
  10. ^ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2238
  11. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/singles
  12. ^ a b http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2215
  13. ^ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1568730/lorde-breaks-onto-us-charts-preps-september-album
  14. ^ http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=Goodnight+Nurse
  15. ^ "Goodnight Nurse NZ Chart". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
  16. ^ a b "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  17. ^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  18. ^ a b "Discography Lorde". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  19. ^ a b Gary Trust (21 June 2013). "Weekly Chart Notes: Lorde's 'Royals' Roars Onto Alternative Radio". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  20. ^ a b "Discography Lorde". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  21. ^ "ARIA Singles Chart – 17/06/2013". Australian Recording Industry Association. June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  22. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Lorde – The Love Club EP". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 22 June 2013.[dead link‍]
  23. ^ Tobias Zywietz (July 13, 2013). "Chart Log UK: New Entries (wk27)". Zobbel.
  24. ^ "The Hot 100 : Page 7 – Week Ending July 20, 2013". Billboard. July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  25. ^ "Alternative Songs – Week Ending July 20, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 16 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  26. ^ "Rock Songs – Week Ending July 20, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved 16 July 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  27. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Lorde – Royals". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 3 June 2013.[dead link‍]
  28. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Lorde – The Love Club". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 16 July 2013.[dead link‍]
  29. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Lorde – Tennis Court". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 1 July 2013.[dead link‍]

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