Joel Little


Joel Little is one of our most successful songwriters ever, although it wasn’t something he expected when he first picked up a guitar at the age of 15.

He has gone all the way from fronting gold-selling Auckland pop-punk act Goodnight Nurse through to producing and co-writing billion streaming hits by some of the biggest stars in the world, including Lorde, Taylor Swift, Khalid, and Imagine Dragons.

Joel Little's Grammy Award for 'Royals', photographed May 11, 2014.
Goodnight Nurse: Paul Taite, Joel Little, Jaden Parkes.
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Joel Little in 2012.
Photo credit: Jordan Arts
Joel Little photographed February 7, 2020, with an award for 5x platinum sales for Taylor Swift's 2019 album Lover.
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Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down (2019)
Goodnight Nurse: Sam McCarthy, Rowan Clarke, Joel Little, Jaden Parkes.
Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (2017)
Goodnight Nurse: Jaden Parkes, Rowan Clarke, Joel Little, Sam McCarthy.
Joel Little with his box of Tuis.
Joel Little and Ella Yelich-O’Connor (Lorde) receive the award for 'Royals' being the most-performed work overseas in 2013-2014, presented by Mike Chunn, former Apra NZ head of operations. 
Goodnight Nurse - Death Goes to Disco (2006)
Joel Little in the studio, 5 June 2015.
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Joel Little, right, and his dad Paul Little on the radio show Happy Hour - It's New Orleans, 24 September 2015. The programme is hosted by expat New Zealander Grant Morris. 
Photo credit: Alison Moon
Goodnight Nurse.
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Lorde - Royals (2013)
Goodnight Nurse: Sam McCarthy, Jaden Parkes, Rowan Clarke, Joel Little.
Joel Little and Lorde.
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Joel Little and Lorde.
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Goodnight Nurse: Jaden Parkes, Rowan Clarke, Sam McCarthy, Joel Little.
Joel Little, APRA Silver Scroll Awards, 2020.
Photo credit: Amanda Ratcliffe
Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke (2017)
Broods - Free (2016)
Joel Little and Lorde, APRA Silver Scroll Awards.
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Joel Little on the Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans radio show, 24 September 2015.
Photo credit: Alison Moon
Joel Little in 2013.
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Joel Little being interviewed at the 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards.
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Broods in the studio, May 24, 2017.
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Joel Little on the Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans radio show, 24 September 2015.
Photo credit: Alison Moon
Joel Little.
Photo credit: Jordan Arts
'Royals' gets a star on the pavement.
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Joel Little.
Photo credit: Jordan Arts
Joel Little (right) with Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift, September 4, 2019.
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Trivia:

Joel Little has continued to work regularly with NZ acts throughout his career as a producer, collaborating with Robinson, Brooke Fraser, and Indi. He also produced the charity single ‘Team Ball Player Thing’ which featured various All Blacks singing alongside NZ musicians Lorde, Broods, Kimbra, The Naked and Famous, Jason Kerrison (Opshop), Matiu Walters (Six60), and Dave Dobbyn.

Joel Little's mother Trish Scott was a founding member of 1970s Auckland punk band Suburban Reptiles, playing rhythm guitar as "Sissy Spunk".

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