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Joel Little (born 13 February 1983) is a New Zealand musician, producer and a Silver Scroll and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.〔(Lorde's Silver Scroll 'a big deal' for co-writer Joel Little ). ''3 News NZ''. 16 October 2013.〕〔(Lorde takes out top Silver Scroll ). ''Radio NZ''. 16 October 2013.〕 He is best known for his work as a songwriter and producer with artists Lorde, Broods, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Elliphant, Daniel Johns, Jarryd James, Kids of 88, and Priory. == 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 five singles in the New Zealand top-40 from 2004 to 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Goodnight+Nurse )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sugarpills-mw0002057018 )〕 The album, ''Sugarpills'', was released in 2010 and debuted at number two in the New Zealand album chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kids+Of+88 )〕 It featured three hit singles, "My House", "Just a Little Bit" and "Downtown", all co-written by Little. "Just a Little Bit" went on to win Single of the Year at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2011/01/17/2010-winners-2/ )〕 In 2011, Little set up his own production studio, Golden Age, in Morningside, Auckland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/studio/pi_regionid/2/pi_studioid/143 )〕 In 2012, Little co-wrote and produced, recorded and mixed ''The Love Club'' EP by Lorde at Golden Age.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.discogs.com/Lorde-The-Love-Club-EP/release/4718376 )〕 Singles "Royals" and "Tennis Court" both charted at number one in New Zealand in 2013,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lorde )〕 with the EP achieving gold certification in New Zealand and Platinum certification in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2254 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/video/lorde/the-love-club-ep-feat-royals/346142?trackListId=1404 )〕 Little also co-wrote, produced, mixed, engineered and played the instruments on the debut Lorde album, ''Pure Heroine'', which was released worldwide on 30 September 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1568730/lorde-breaks-onto-us-charts-preps-september-album )〕 In early September 2013, Little and cowriter Yelich-O'Connor were shortlisted for "Royals" in the 2013 Silver Scroll Award, which honours outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://thecorner.co.nz/2013/09/11/apra-silver-scroll-awards-2013-finalists-announced/ )〕 They went on to win this award,〔 at a ceremony on 16 October.〔〔 He also won a Grammy award on 26 January 2014, alongside Lorde, winning Song of the Year for "Royals". He produced Auckland-based pop duo Broods' single, "Bridges", and EP, ''Broods'', and produced their 2014 album, Evergreen Little is currently based in Los Angeles working on new projects.〔http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/63161125/Joel-Little-The-man-behind-Lorde〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joel Little」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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