Every Little Thing (band)
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- This article is about Every Little Thing, the Japanese band. For the song by the Beatles, see Every Little Thing (song).
| Every Little Thing | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | ELT |
| Origin | Japan |
| Genres | J-pop, soft rock |
| Years active | 1996–Present |
| Labels | Avex Trax |
| Website | http://www.avexnet.or.jp/elt/ |
| Members | |
| Kaori Mochida Ichiro Ito |
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| Former members | |
| Mitsuru Igarashi | |
Every Little Thing is a J-pop and soft rock duo from Japan who debuted in August 1996 with the release of their first single called "Feel My Heart". Their name is usually written in English, and only rarely in katakana or rōmaji.
Also known as ELT by their fans, Every Little Thing was originally a trio but became a duo in 2000 with Kaori Mochida as the singer and Ichiro Ito as the guitarist. Mitsuru Igarashi left ELT following the release of their 3rd original album "eternity" to produce other artists like Dream and the now disbanded Day After Tomorrow, which was criticized for sounding too much like the early Every Little Thing.
In Taiwan, Every Little Thing is also known as 小事樂團.
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[edit] Members
- Kaori Mochida (持田 香織 Mochida Kaori) (Born March 24, 1978) - vocalist, songwriter
- Ichiro Ito (伊藤 一朗 Itō Ichirō) (Born November 10, 1967) - guitarist, composer, arranger
- Mitsuru Igarashi (五十嵐 充 Igarashi Mitsuru) (Born May 17, 1969) - keyboardist, producer, songwriter (Left the band in 2000)
[edit] History
The group was created by Mitsuru Igarashi in 1996. Igarashi was a producer at the label Avex Trax at that time and he was looking for a girl for a new duo with him as the keyboardist. He listened to a demo tape from Kaori Mochida, who at that time was a young girl trying to get a music contract after she went solo from her group called The Kuro Buta All-Stars (a group with many girls similar to Morning Musume). She was still in school at that point of time.
Igarashi was speechless after listening to Kaori, impressed by her strong and sweet voice at the same time. He asked her to be part of a new band, and she accepted. Igarashi had a guitarist friend, Ichiro Ito, and Igarashi asked him to help in the first single of the duo called "Feel My Heart", written, composed, produced and arranged by Igarashi himself, and Ito agreed to help his friend; after "Feel My Heart" did so well at the charts and the group was gaining popularity, Ito finally decided to stay permanently in the group with Mochida and Igarashi.
Their first studio album, called "Everlasting" was a big success, selling nearly two million copies in Japan, and marking ELT as a popular group that was about to stay for a long time in the public eye. The band reached #1 at the Oricon charts for the first time with their fourth single, "For the moment".
The second studio album of the band, entitled "Time to Destination", released in 1998, was one of the best-selling albums of that year, and even now, is still the best-selling album of the band. Additionally, the album became the 10th best selling album of all time in Japan. This album also included their best-selling single, "Time Goes By", which was a ballad tune.
At the release of the third studio album of the band, "Eternity", released in 2000, Mitsuru Igarashi decided to leave the band to produce for other artists inside Avex, and since then, Every Little Thing was known as a duo (like was planned by Igarashi at the beginning). With the release of their 16th single released, "Ai no kakera" at that time, ELT transitioned their style from Igarashi's signature synthesized pop-rock sound to a more acoustic soft rock sound. The single "Sure", which was the last song that Igarashi participated in, was the first song that marked the transition, with "Ai no kakera" marking it definitely. Their single "fragile" later released on January 1, 2001 became a massive hit single, becoming one of ELT's greatest hits from all time, selling approximately 829,580 copies in 2001; its c/w song Jirenma was one of the ending songs for the anime movie Initial D Third Stage.
ELT's popularity has declined over the years, but although many similar bands like Day After Tomorrow have disbanded, ELT remains to be one of the few older bands that are still together, along with globe and Dreams Come True. In November 2004 the duo released their single "Koibumi / good night" that was a surprise for many, because it performed comparatively well at the charts, selling more than many of their previous singles. This result maybe because the 2nd song, "good night", was the theme song for the game Tales Of Rebirth.
Every Little Thing hasn't been releasing much materials lately, releasing two singles in 2004, and just one single in 2005, the soft rock "Kimi no te", and the acoustic compilation album "Acoustic:Latte".
During Every Little Thing's 2004-2005 commonplace tour, Mochida suffered from bronchitis which further effected her singing style during the tour as well as on their 7th album, Crispy Park, released on August 9, 2006 (their 10th anniversary day). Mochida’s singing style has changed slightly on every album, going from a clear, soothing voice to a high and cuter voice. Other than her singing, Mochida’s unique hairstyles have also been making extreme changes throughout each album; it went from long, straight, and dyed during the Everlasting -Time To Destination era to short and blonde during the Eternity era. Mochida’s hair then changed to medium-length black during the 4 FORCE era and further progressed to an extremely long and permed style during the Many Pieces-Commonplace era. When Acoustic: Latte was released, Mochida’s hair has changed to a bowlcut-like style and became even shorter during the era of Crispy Park. She has been letting it grow back ever since.
In March 2006 the band released its 29th single "azure moon" and later close to their 10 year anniversary they released their 30th single "Hi-Fi-Message", an up-tempo song. A 2006-2007 concert tour followed their tenth anniversary album release, "Crispy Park", which came out in August 2006. Their 31st single, "Swimmy" (スイミー), theme song for the drama series "Kekkon Dekinai Otoko" (結婚できない男), was released later that month. Their latest single "Dream Goes On" was released September 23, 2009 and a 2008 concert tour followed their latest album release, "Door", which was released on March 5, 2008.
It was announced on November 20th that lead vocalist Kaori Mochida will begin her solo career in January 2009 but both she and Itoh will continue as Every Little Thing.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| # | Information | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Everlasting
|
1,922,160 copies sold |
| 1st Remix Album |
The Remixes
|
647,020 copies sold |
| 2nd | Time to Destination
|
3,520,330 copies sold |
| 2nd Remix Album |
The Remixes II
|
299,380 copies sold |
| 1st Best Of Album |
Every Best Single +3
|
2,556,314 copies sold |
| 3rd | Eternity
|
966,710 copies sold |
| 4th | 4 Force
|
847,330 copies sold |
| 2nd Best Of Album |
Every Ballad Songs
|
498,795 copies sold |
| 3rd Remix Album |
Super Eurobeat Presents Euro Every Little Thing
|
202,650 copies sold |
| 4th Remix Album |
The Remixes III: Mix Rice Plantation
|
35,070 copies sold |
| 5th Remix Album |
Cyber Trance Presents ELT Trance
|
61,870 copies sold |
| 5th | Many Pieces
|
526,542 copies sold |
| 3rd Best Of Album |
Every Best Single 2
|
712,460 copies sold |
| 6th | Commonplace
|
313,647 copies sold |
| 1st Acoustic Album |
Acoustic : Latte
|
136,553 copies sold |
| 7th | 'Crispy Park
|
209,316 copies sold |
| 4th Best Of Album |
14 Message: Every Ballad Songs 2
|
112,745 copies sold |
| 8th | Door
|
89,894 copies sold |
| 5th Best Of Album |
Every Best Singles〜Complete〜
|
??,??? copies sold |
[edit] Singles
| # | Information | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Feel My Heart
|
129,120 copies sold |
| 2nd | Future World
|
110,050 copies sold |
| 3rd | Dear My Friend
|
488,890 copies sold |
| 4th | For the Moment
|
688,270 copies sold |
| 5th | Deatta koro no you ni 出逢った頃のように
|
602,830 copies sold |
| 6th | Shapes of Love / Never Stop!
|
526,130 copies sold |
| 7th | Face the Change
|
633,970 copies sold |
| 8th | Time Goes By
|
1,149,600 copies sold |
| 9th | Forever Yours
|
475,470 copies sold |
| 10th | Necessary
|
233,910 copies sold |
| 11th | Over and Over
|
314,600 copies sold |
| 12th | Someday,Someplace
|
183,840 copies sold |
| 13th | Over and Over / ELT Songs from L.A.
|
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| 14th | Pray / Get into a Groove
|
407,030 copies sold |
| 15th | Sure
|
250,660 copies sold |
| 16th | Rescue Me/Smile Again
|
99,280 copies sold |
| 17th | Ai no Kakera 愛のカケラ
|
206,360 copies sold |
| 18th | Fragile/Jirenma
|
834,020 copies sold |
| 19th | Graceful World
|
194,400 copies sold |
| 20th | Jump
|
107,240 copies sold |
| 21st | Kiwoku キヲク
|
136,970 copies sold |
| 22nd | Sasayaka na Inori ささやかな祈り
|
77,130 copies sold |
| 23rd | Untitled 4 Ballads
|
369,674 copies sold |
| 24th | Grip!
|
65,037 copies sold |
| 25th | Fundamental Love ファンダメンタル・ラブ
|
55,914 copies sold |
| 26th | Mata Ashita また あした
|
181,426 copies sold |
| 27th | Soraai ソラアイ
|
48,019 copies sold |
| 28th | Koibumi / Good Night 恋文 / Good Night
|
156,512 copies sold |
| 29th | Kimi no te きみの て
|
74,857 copies sold |
| 30th | Azure Moon
|
24,574 copies sold |
| 31st | Hi-Fi Message ハイファイ メッセージ
|
23,541 copies sold |
| 32nd | Swimmy スイミー
|
21,119 copies sold |
| 33rd | Kirameki Hour キラメキアワー
|
20,204 copies sold |
| 34th | Koi wo shiteiru/fuyu ga hajimaru yo feat. Makihara Noriyuki 恋をしている / 冬がはじまるよ feat. 槇原敬之
|
39,402 copies sold |
| 35th | Sakurabito サクラビト
|
24,623 copies sold |
| 36th | Atarashi Hibi/Ogon no Tsuki あたらしい日々 / 黄金の月
|
31,215 copies sold (still charting) |
| 37th | Dream Goes On
|
??,??? copies sold |
| 38th | Tsumetai Ame (冷たい雨)
|
??,??? copies sold |
- SACD
- Koibumi / Good Night (恋文 / good night), December 15, 2004
[edit] Vinyls sets
- The Remixes Analog Box Set, December 19, 1997
- The Remixes II Analog Set, June 16, 1999
[edit] DVD
- DVD Video
- The Video Compilation, March 29, 2000
- concert tour '98, March 29, 2000
- Concert Tour Spirit 2000, August 30, 2000
- Ai no Kakera (愛のカケラ), January 31, 2001
- The Video Compilation II, March 7, 2001
- Fragile: Graceful World, March 28, 2001
- Concert Tour Spirit 2001 4 Force, September 27, 2001
- The Video Compilation I & II, March 13, 2002
- Best Clips, December 11, 2002
- Nostalgia, January 29, 2003
- The Video Compilation III, April 16, 2003
- 2003 Tour Many Pieces, December 3, 2003
- Commonplace Tour 2004-2005, March 24, 2005
- The Video Compilation IV, September 27, 2006
- concert tour 2006-2007 Crispy Park, March 7, 2007
- 10th Anniversary Special Live at Nippon Budokan, August 8, 2007
- Concert Tour 2008 Door, September 17, 2008
- X'mas Concert 2008, March 11, 2009
- DVD-Audio
- Every Best Single +3, January 28, 2004
- Koibumi / Good Night (恋文 / Good Night), December 15, 2004
